teamfinder.org blog

Problems displaying Icelandic characters

Phil — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:04:23 +0000

A few users have emailed in to report recent problems displaying Icelandic characters on their pages. This has been caused by a recent change to the character set of the database.

Until we find a solution, a workaround is to update your information (e.g. the names of your players, the title of your game, the venue, the description etc.) with the correct characters. Once updated they will be saved in the database and displayed correctly on your game page.

As always, if there are any problems just email info@teamfinder.org

Regards, Phil

teamfinder.org version 2

Phil — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:18:29 +0000

A major upgrade of teamfinder.org is currently in development. I’ll be posting more details on this blog soon.

The first development will be game pages optimised for mobile phones. This will be rolled out in the coming week. Also coming soon will be a survey to help us understand how important you rate some of the features we’re planning, and to give you the opportunity to propose your own improvements.

Cheers,

Phil

Send notifications on the same day as game

Phil — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 08:40:20 +0000

A few users have asked us about sending the automatic email notifications on the same day as the game. As of today this is now active. The emails are automatically sent at 07:00 GMT.

Scheduling Notification Emails

Phil — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:17:52 +0000

A common request from our users was a way of changing the schedule of the email notifications. Previously, the automated emails were hard-coded to send out at 7am GMT the day before your game. For a lot of users, 24 hours before the game wasn’t enough notice so we’ve now added a little option into the Dashboard which lets you specify your own timeframe. You can now choose between 1 and 5 days before the day of your game. Enjoy!

Quickly adding new players to a game

Phil — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:39:08 +0000

We’ve just added a convenient little form on the Game URL pages to enable you to quickly add a new player to your game. You’ll need to be logged in as the game organiser to use it.

Once logged in, click the ‘Add a new player to this game’ link and you’ll see a little quick entry form to add your player’s name and email address.

Once added, the new player will stay associated to this game (to remove the player, untick his name from the Edit Game screen in the Dashboard).

Setting a maximum number of players

Phil — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:48:56 +0000

We’ve just started rolling out one of the most requested features – the ability to set a maximum number of players in your game. Once this limit is reached the Game URL will not accept any more confirmed responses (unless someone drops out). This means you can setup your Game URL to accept, for example, the first 10 players, putting everyone else on ‘reserve’.

To enable this feature, simply log in to the Dashboard, navigate to the Edit screen for your game and enter a value in the ‘Player Limit’ field. That’s all there is to it!

Changes to the activity panel

Phil — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:10:03 +0000

We’ve made a few subtle changes to the activity panel today. If you’re not familiar with it, the activity panel is a useful log of information relating to your game (e.g. when one of your players clicks yes/no/maybe or when the website makes automatic changes to your game – such as clearing messages or refreshing the date).

The new changes involve the addition of drop-down menus to specify a time-frame to view the log of information. By default the drop-downs will display the current days activity.

We’ve also started logging comments in the activity panel – so you should be able to co-relate these to one of your players easier.

Setting up a repeating game

Phil — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:36:26 +0000

One of the most useful features on teamfinder.org is the ability to set up a repeating game. This is a pretty common occurrence – often games happen at the same time and place each week. To enable this on teamfinder.org, login then navigate to the Edit screen for your game. Scroll down to the Game Details section of the form until you see these options :

Check the Repeating option and you’ll see further options to specify which day of the week the game happens on and the time. You can also tick the Clear messages after each game option – this deletes all messages from the Game URL, leaving you with a clean page for the next game.

That’s it! The day after the game teamfinder.org will automatically reset all responses, messages and change the date.

Welcome!

Phil — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:41:01 +0000

Welcome to blog.teamfinder.org – the companion weblog to teamfinder.org, a little web-app designed to take the hassle out of organising games of football. The idea of the blog is to post various tips, advice and announcements to support our growing user-base. I hope you find it useful!