Options File
The options files provide users with the flexibility to control different options and settings within the website. These can be enabled or disabled to adjust different areas. Below is a list of the options available and information on how you can use them to customize your site.
Editing Options
Sign into your site and click on the Website tab
In the root directory, navigate over to the file named options and click edit content. If you want to edit options for specific sport you would need to go into the sports section, click on the section for the sport you want to adjust (ex. bsb, sball, fball, etc.), and click edit content on the options file within that section. Adjusting an option within a sports specific options file will override that same setting applied in the root directory options file.
To add an option:
Click on the "Add" button at the top next to Standard Options
Click "Add" next to the option you would like to add
You will automatically be taken back to the options home page. Click "Add" again to add more
Click Save changes
To change an option:
Select a new value from the drop down menu next to the appropriate option
OR manually enter in a new value in the value field next to the appropriate option
Click Save changes
To remove an option:
Click the Remove button to the right that corresponds with the appropriate option
Click Save changes
Note: Once you remove an option you can re-add it by clicking the Add button at the top
Standard options
Article view: banner score
Shows the line score at the top of recaps that are related to the same event
Article view: headline style
Toggle between options to change the format of your headline in articles.
Article view: infinite scroll
When set to true, articles will continuously scroll through previous releases in that News Rotator or News page.
Article view: layout style
Toggle between options to change the format of your layout in articles.
Article view: play video as overlay
Video will overlay on the article when the play button is pushed. Not available for embedded videos.
Article view: show Facebook like button
The Facebook like button will show at the top of articles.
Article view: show box score
Shows the box score at the top of the article when the article is linked a networked event
Article view: show caption
Shows caption on the thumbnail included in articles
Article view: show date
Shows the date the article was posted
Article view: show only body
Removes other elements from the release page and shows only the body of the article
Article view: show photo album
Shows the photo album at the bottom of the article when the article and album are linked to an event
Article view: show related video
Shows the video at the bottom of the article when the article and video are linked to an event
Article view: show thumbnail
Shows the thumbnail in the article when set to true
Article view: show tweet button
The Tweet button will show at the top of articles
Article view: thumbnail width
Adjust the width of the thumbnail showing on your internal release pages
Bio: Custom1-10
Use these fields to create custom fields for athlete bios and roster pages . Please keep in mind, if you insert this in the main options file, it will apply to all sports. Typically you will want to use the options file in the sport section to customize these fields. To have the custom fields show up on roster pages they will need to be added to roster options using these instructions here.
Bio: hide photo tags
Set to true to hide all tags for photos that appear in an athlete's bio under the Photos tab.
Bio: show career stats
Shows the career stats tab in each athlete's bio
Box score: soccer player minutes
Use this option to show/hide soccer player minutes in your enhanced box scores for soccer.
Calendar: show event notes
Shows notes that are entered on the event info page
Calendar: show links abbreviations
Shows abbreviations on system provided calendars instead of full link text (Not recommended for ADA sites)
Carousel: related video playable
This allows the video from an event to show in the carousel, replacing the thumbnail of the article that is tied to the same event in Game day
Carousel: thumb title length
Controls the number of characters shown in the carousel title area
Component Headlines: Date Format
Used to adjust date format for releases featured to the News Rotator component
Component Hero: Date Format
Used to adjust date format for images in the Hero component
Component Scoreboard: Date Format
Used to adjust date format for events in Scoreboard component
Component Standings: Fields and Component Standings: Labels
These two options are used to adjust the fields that display in the Standings component. Our Support team can enable these for you to adjust the fields that display within the Standings component.
Component Video: Date Format
Used to adjust date format for videos featured to the Recent Videos component
Composite schedule: default view
Can set composite schedule default view to either "day" or "month"
Composite schedule: hide neutral site
Hides info entered into the "Neutral site" field in the composite schedule in month view
Composite schedule: hide team logo
Set to true to hide opponent logo on composite schedule.
Composite schedule: restrict links?
By default, we'll restrict links based on the status of the event. For example, we'll automatically unpublish Live Stats links once the event is marked as final. Set this option to "false" to always show all events links on your schedule page.
Countdown: show full labels, Countdown: show hours, Countdown: show labels, Countdown: show minutes, Countdown: show seconds
Countdown options are admin options only for Countdown setup within Next Event component
Mobile: Android Front Row id
Admin Front Row setup
Mobile: App Store Front Row id
Admin Front Row setup
Mobile: Front Row icon
Enter the file path for the image that will display as the icon for your Front Row app on mobile devices.
Mobile: information tab
If you'd like to display an information tab on the mobile site, enter the path of the navbar file here.
(non-responsive sites only)
Mobile: landing headlines
Enter the path of the headlines file you'd like the landing page top stories and more headlines sections to pull from on the mobile version of the site. (non-responsive sites only)
Mobile: landing scoreboard
Enter the path of the schedule you'd like to display on the home page of the mobile version of the site. (non-responsive sites only)
Mobile: sponsor links
If you'd like to display a sponsors tab on the mobile site, enter the path of the navbar file here.
(non-responsive sites only).
Mobile: sport page headlines
Enter the path of the headlines file you'd like the sport page top stories and more headlines sections to pull from on the mobile version of the site. (non-responsive sites only)
Mobile: sport page schedule
Enter the path of the schedule you'd like to display on the team pages. Usually set to either "composite" or the year such as "2016-17/schedule." (non-responsive sites only)
Mobile: teams menu
Enter the path of the navbar file that you'd like the teams menu on the mobile site to pull from.
(non-responsive sites only)
News Page: Default View
Used to set default view of news pages to list view or grid view.
News Page: Show Date
Can be used to hide the date for articles that show on News pages.
News Page: Show Leadin
Enable this option to have the text from lead-in field of an article show on News pages.
News Page: Show list/grid toggle
Used to enable toggle between list/grid view to show on News pages.
News Page: Show thumb
Can be used to hide thumbnails for releases on News pages.
News Page: Thumbnail Orientation
Used to adjust thumbnail orientation on News pages.
Open graph: Twitter account for metatags
Admin option for setting up Twitter cards
Photo album: hide photo tags
Set to true to hide players tagged in photos in all albums.
Photo album: Layout
Used to change photo albums to a specific layout on the website. The number of layouts available will show in a dropdown on the page where enabled options are listed.
Photo album: show captions
Set to true/false to show or hide captions when entered for photos within an album.
Photo album: photos per row
Set the number of photos that will display in each row within photo albums.
PrimeTime: hide enhanced preview page
Set to hide to hide the enhanced preview page in PrimeTime
Roster: fields and Roster: labels
Allows you to adjust the fields that display on roster pages. Click here for more details on roster options.
Roster: sortable fields
Allows for sorting of certain roster field categories. Use the list found on this page or copy the fields in your Roster: fields option to make them sortable.
Roster: archives
Click here for more details on roster archives.
Roster: default view
This option allows you to select the default view for your roster page. Choose either list to show the roster in the traditional view, or headshot view to show the roster in a grid image format.
Roster: headshot size
This option allows you to adjust the size of the player headshots (small, medium, large).
Roster: show headshot view
This option adds the headshot view to the roster page as an option for fans to select. Your site will show the list view by default unless this option is added.
Schedule : Show Articles in Sidebar?
Enable this option to have articles show in a sidebar on schedule pages
Schedule : Show Team Leader Carousel
Enable this option to display team leaders in multiple stats categories for the season on the right side of the page.
Schedule: show team logo
Set to true to show the opponent's logo on your schedule paegs
Schedule: include time zone
Add this option to show the time zones on your schedule. You'll have the option to choose "Local" or "Site" time.
Schedule: Auto Scroll to Next Event
This option will load your schedule pages at the point of the page where the next upcoming event is located. The default is for the page to load at the top of screen and you have to scroll down to view events.
Schedule: date format
With this option you can customize how the date appears on your schedule pages (day of the week, date, month, year). Click here to see all date format options available. When selecting this option, keep in mind if you are grouping your events by month, you may not want to include the month within the date.
Schedule: enhanced layout
This layout is enabled by default on Themes 2.0 websites. To disable it, add this option and then select no. To enable this layout on Legacy or Themes 1.0 websites, add this option and then select yes.
Schedule: fields and Schedule: labels
Allows you to adjust the fields that display on schedule pages. Click here for more details on schedule options.
Schedule: group by month
Add this option to group your events by month.
Schedule: hide exhibition
Set to true to hide exhibition events from your schedule
Schedule: hide team stats
Set this option to "True" if you want to hide the row of team stats that appears at the top of the schedule.
Schedule: hide vs/at
Set this option to "true" to hide the "at/vs." text that appears in front of the team/event name here. This comes in handy for sports like Cross Country when the event is an invitational name rather than an opponent name.
Schedule: layout
When not using our new Schedule: enhanced layout, we have three standard layouts for you to choose from. For example: layout 1, layout 2, layout 3. The differences are in how the notes and neutral site information appear.
Schedule: Next Event Countdown
Add this option to add a Next Event countdown section at the top of schedule pages
Schedule: restrict links?
By default, we'll restrict links based on the status of the event. For example, we'll automatically unpublish Live Stats links once the event is marked as final. Set this option to "false" to always show all events links on your schedule page.
Schedule: result format
Add this option to choose how you want your results to show. You can choose between your score first, or the winning team's score first. (L, 1-2 OR L, 2-1).
Schedule: Show Game Leaders
Enable this option to display team leaders in multiple stats categories after stats are uploaded for games. This is only available when using the Schedule: enhanced layout option.
Schedule: show SpotOn add to calendar
Admin option for setting up SpotOn app
Search: Google search cx code
Admin option used to connect Google search to the website. Should only be adjusted or added by a Presto employee.
Sidebar: Display
Enable this option to display the sidebar component on your roster and schedule pages. This is available for Themes 2.0 websites only.
Share buttons: show addthis, Share buttons: show email, Share buttons: show Facebook, Share buttons: show Google+, Share buttons: show print, Share buttons: show Twitter
Choose which share buttons show on your pages
Splash: background color
Click here for more information on setting up a splash page and changing the background color
Splash: background color opacity
Click here for more information on setting up a splash page and changing the background color opacity
Splash: links font color
Click here for more information on setting up a splash page and changing the links font color
Staff Directory: Show enhanced layout
Enables the enhanced layout of the staff directory page which will show headshot view instead of grid view for bios on that page.
Standings: Fields and Standings Labels
This option is used to control the fields that show on standings pages on your website. You can find more information on adjusting those fields on this page.
Standings: Show team logo?
Enable this option to display team logos on standings pages and within the Standings component
Standings: division name
Enable this option to specify the custom field used in your standings files for divisions. You can find more information on what to input in this field on this page.
Standings: show division
Enable this option to allow the standings on your website to be broken out by division. You can find more information on setting that up on this page.
Stats: hide attendance tab
Add this option to hide/show attendance numbers on your enhanced stats
Stats: hide conference stats
Add this option to hide/show conference stats on your enhanced stats
Stats: ignore minimums
Add this option so that your stats pages will ignore stats minimums set within the seasons your teams are using
Stats: show roster tab
This option shows or hides a Roster tab on a team enhanced stats page
Stats: show all players
This option shows all players on stats pages even if they haven’t played in a game. The default view will only pull in players that have participated in games and have stats credited to them.
Stats Individual: Number of players to show
This option allows you to select a specific number of players to show on individual stats pages
Stats Individual: Show Totals row
Use this option to disable the Totals row from showing on individual stats pages, or to make it display on those pages
Story rotator: leadin length
Edit this option to set a specific number of characters to show in your story rotator leadin area
Story rotator: show related links
Turn this option to Yes to show your related links (boxscore, video, etc.) in your system-provided story rotator.
Team stats: football - show 4th down conversions
This option will show or hide 4th down conversions for Football enhanced stats.
Video: automatically start playing
Turn this option to true if you have a standalone video that you'd like to autoplay when fans land on the page. This is not meant for playlist layouts or Splash Page videos.
Video: playlist position
Turn on this option to select the default position within a playlist that should show instead of starting with the first video in the playlist.
Video: randomly shuffle
Adjusts order of videos to random shuffle instead of chronological order or order by filename
Video: width
Adjusts display width of video on screen.
Theme options (Themes 2.0)
Landing: Preloader
Used to enable page that displays while pages on the website are loading
Landing: Preloader Effect
Provides you with the option to select your preloader effect: rotate or pulse
Scroll: Scroll To Top
Enable this setting to add an arrow button that will show in the bottom right corner after you have scrolled down the page. Clicking on that arrow will auto-scroll you back up to the top of the page.
Roster: show coaches
Set this option to false to hide coaching staff from showing on roster pages. Those pages by default will display the coaching staff.