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MA CORI Update for Social Security Numbers

Submitted by Dick Fischman on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 4:53pm

Massachusetts clubs collecting information for the CORI process must now collect the last 6 digits of the volunteer's social security number.

Registrars must turn on the "Include SSN field" checkbox in the Modify Club Data menu (Club Maintenance).

Please add instructions for your volunteers by choosing Add/Modify Registraiton Questions. Name the question "SSN" and typr instructions. Select All programs and None for an answer.

If you need help, email Support@AdminSports.com.

Blast Email Software Upgrade

Submitted by Dick Fischman on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 3:48pm

AdminSports is a high volume email provider for our member clubs and organizations. While individually you may not be sending many emails, as a collective group - we process anywhere from 10,000 to as many as 100,000 emails PER DAY.

As time has passed, organizations that handle email for your recipients, like AOL and Comcast, have increased the requirements to deliver email. Recently we realized that many emails to AOL recipients were NOT being delivered. Further research revealed that when we sent emails from AOL users, AOL will not accept them.

Now, when the sender has an AOL.COM account, we automatically change the outbound email address to webmaster@adminsports.net. Admin Users with AOL.com email accounts should read the next MOTD and refer to the email we sent directly to you.

All other emails will be sent from Your Club Name <your club email address). Becasue of the software upgrade, your emails will have faster delivery and there should be less bouncebacks.

AOL email address cannot be used to send blast email and other changes

Submitted by Dick Fischman on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 1:48pm

We have identified the reason for a slowdown in the outgoing blast email queue. It was using an AOL email address to send email to other AOL addresses.

AOL will not allow an email sent from outside their system to another AOL email account. The emails get stuck in our outgoing email queue and eventually may or may not be delivered. To solve the problem, we request that those of you with AOL accounts use a different email account to access our administrative software.

If you have an Admin Sports (ATLAS) website, we can create a url specific email address for you, similar to role@yourclubname.org.

If you have a Gmail, Yahoo, Mac or almost any other account, you should use that. If you don't have one, you should login to Google mail (Gmail) or the like and create an email similar to yourclubhere@gmail.com or similar. We can help if you need it.

To change your email, look at the menu on the lower left with your name and click on My Account. Click Edit.

Our new code is using our webmaster email account in place of AOL to make sure the emails go through. The reply to address is correct on these emails.

You may notice the the sender's email was temporarily changed from your name <your email address> to AdminSports <your email address>. This has been corrected.

Sorry for any inconvenience.

Age chart for Soccer: Fall 2012 - Spring 2013

Submitted by Dick Fischman on Mon, 04/16/2012 - 3:05pm

Click here to download the Soccer Age chart for Fall 2012 - Spring 2013.

New - Merge Coaches

Submitted by Dick Fischman on Mon, 03/19/2012 - 7:27pm

We have released the Merge Coaches program. This is used to combine multiple instances of one person.

For instructions, choose Merge Coaches in the tutorial menu or just click here.

Update - Bulk Emailer for Rosters - Now sent from login email address

Submitted by Dick Fischman on Mon, 03/19/2012 - 7:18pm

We have released the new Bulk Roster Emailer. Instead of opening each team to email rosters to team officails, we now have bulk emailing directly from the Team Management Console.

Updated April 9 - The sender is now the email address of the person logged in, not the club email address.

Step 1 - Go to Team Management and search for teams by season.

Step 2 - Select the roster checkbox for the teams you want to receive rosters. If you want all, click the roster checkbox at the top of the column.

Step 3. Click the Email Roster button.

This dialog will appear. Select the boxes for all of the rosters you are sending. If your league participates in our email roster program, select the proper box, in this case travel teams' rosters will be automatically sent to the correct BAYS division directors. Fill in the optional message and Submit.

Team Rollover and Registered Player Rollover Added

Submitted by Dick Fischman on Mon, 01/09/2012 - 4:02pm

Instructions for Rolling over a team and optionally, players, are in the Tutorial Menu on the left. You can delete a team and roll it over again, this time with registered players.

Or, click here.

US Lacrosse Validation now available

Submitted by Dick Fischman on Wed, 12/21/2011 - 1:12pm

Lacrosse programs may include membership validation with US Lacrosse prior to registration. Please contact support for more information.

How does this work? When a family clicks on registration, we compare the name, birthdate and zip code with the US Lacrosse database and within seconds they will either proceed with registration or see this error message.

FID Added to Family Info Page

Submitted by Dick Fischman on Mon, 11/21/2011 - 10:56am

We have added the FID (Family ID) to the family info page. When emailing support with a question about a family, we request the FID be included. It is on the financial page and now the family page.

Tip - How to Embed a Hyperlink in a Blast Email

Submitted by Dick Fischman on Wed, 11/02/2011 - 2:03pm

Step 1 - open a browser window and copy the url you want to use. In this tutorial, I will use the Apple site. The complete url is http://www.apple.com.

Step 2 - type your text in the body of the email. In this example, I type "Click Here" to go to the Apple website.

Step 3 - highlight the text for the link, in this example Click Here will be highlighted. Once you highlight text, this icon will become available:

Step 4 - clink this icon and paste the url in the box "Link URL" and click Insert.

Here is the finished sentence: Click Here to go to the website.