New Season - website options

[rmiley44]

Starting a new season and I'd like to update the website we had last year. What is the process to update so the new roster is updated and the stats are cleared?

I created a new league "Spring_2012" and did an export from my device. However, the roster on my website still has players from last year. What step am I missing?

Teamname - Sabercats
URL - http://baseball.iscorecentral.com/sabercats" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

EDIT - I tried following the instructions to merge teams from this thread - viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1705" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
but I misread #3, now my team website has no roster information. How to I start over or go back?

[OhioTex]

Couple back ground things

0) TIP: when things are not acting as expected, a good troubleshooting tip is to turn on "ALL LEAGUE" in league manager and see if the issue is a league filter fix

1) Team Web Sites (e.g. http://baseball.iscorecentral.com/TeamName2011" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;) are "matched" one to one with the specific team and device you originally purchase with (eg. iPhone, TeamName2011)

2) the roster for your team (eg. TeamName2011) under Team Manager on your device (e.g. iPhone) is what will be on your team website roster (e.g. http://baseball.iscorecentral.com/TeamName2011" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)

3) team web sites are "annual" subscriptions, 20$/year...
.( if you want to use a team site for a second year it will cost you another 20$)

4) a common practice many of us use year to year is create a new team each year (e.g. TeamName2011, and TeamName2012)..
(create the team on your device under team manger, and add returning players one by one from the add player pick list and create new players as needed)

.. . This lets one keep last years history clean and uncluttered. (can look back later and see who was on that team). I found i prefer that over the "merge team meted" (see below for comments on "merge team")

... as long as you add existing players from the pick list and not create as "new" you will pick up their lifetime stats.. (if you do have multiple versions of the same player, player merge can fix that). this seems to work best for school teams that graduate a few and add a few new ones each year.

5) I then let last years team web site expire (e.g. http://baseball.iscorecentral.com/TeamName2011" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;) and buy a new 2011 team site (e.g. http://baseball.iscorecentral.com/TeamName2012" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;).. I do this year to year and cost is the same 20$ per year, get a new url each year for new team and have to re set up the web site template .


Hope this makes sense for you and any one reading along..


MERGED TEAMS (extra commentary because it sounds like you tried that)

once you merge a team you can not go back, ... for me, if you like the approach i described above, i would "pause" any mre exports and consider asking FTM to roll back your device to the last export you had before you merged. and then do my above scenario

If that is too late, (last export not of quality) or if instead you like the idea of merge team, you have to be sure you merged the correct way or you break the link between TEAM and Website. , merge TEAM2012 (right side column) to TEAM2011 (left side column) .. so you merge into the team that the web site is 'paired with'. If you did not do this, then FTM support would have to manually change the pairing with a customer service request.

[rmiley44]

Thanks for the reply. That information makes sense that the $20 fee is an annual purchase.
I will be purchasing again this year, but I don't think I want to do the teamname_2012 and teamname_2013
I'm really not concernced with historic information at this point.

Once I pay the new $20 fee for this year, will I be able to use the same teamname I had last year? (sabercats) ensuring that I keep the http://iscorebaseball.com/sabercats" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; URL?

Just looking at what I need to do to get ready for the upcoming season.

[FTMSupport]

If you crete a new team, we can point your existing sabercats site to the new team on your device. Just email us at support@iscoresports.com with the URL of the site, and the team you would like the site to point to on your device. Be sure you have done an Options -> Export from within iScore so your latest changes are on our servers.

[rmiley44]

Will do. Thanks for the reply. Really love your product. Hands down the best scoring application on the market.

[OhioTex]

yep, some folks prefer to keep the same name and url year to year. FTM will hook you up in no time when you email them to "re connect" the team web site to the desired team on your device for you. just send them the email with the info. enjoy