Roster Options

To change the columns and fields that appear on your roster pages, the sport's Options file will need to be edited. 

The roster column titles are powered by the "Roster: Labels" option. Edit the text here to change how the column headings appears. This text is fully customizable to whatever you want to use for those headings.

The bio fields that show in each column are powered by the "Roster: fields" option. Edit the text here to change which bios fields show under each column.

*Note - If you do not see these two columns in your options file, please click "add" next to "standard options" to find the two options.

 Instructions

There are a few rules to follow when editing your roster options:

1. Each input in both the Roster: Fields and Roster: Labels text boxes needs to be separated by a comma

2. The number of fields added to Roster: fields and Roster: labels must match

3. When editing the "Roster: Fields", you must use the pre-determined list of key words, which correspond with each field in the bio editor:

   • full_name

   • nickname

   • first_name: :last_name

   • title

   • organization

   • city

   • state

   • zipcode

   • country

   • phone1

   • phone2

   • email_address

   • born

   • height

   • weight

   • weight_class

   • bats_throws

   • year

   • hometown

   • highschool

   • college (corresponds with Previous College)

   • position

   • position_abbr

   • events

   • draft

   • number

   • major

   • minor

   • team

   • home_address

   • highschool_athletic (corresponds with High School Athletic Achievements)

   • highschool_academic (corresponds with High School Academic Achievements)

   • prev_sports (corresponds with Previous College Sports Played)

   • prev_college_athletic (corresponds with Previous College Athletic Achievements)

   • prev_college_academic (corresponds with Previous College Academic Achievements)

   • mother_name

   • father_name

   • brother_name

   • sister_name

   • custom1

   • custom2

   • custom3

   • custom4

   • custom5

   • custom6

   • custom7

   • custom8

   • custom9

   • custom10

4. If you are wanting to display optional fields on the roster page you will need to enable those through the Roster tab in GameDay for that sport season. You can view instructions for enabling those fields on this page.

To edit your roster options, follow the steps below:

1. Sign in to your site and click on the Website tab

2. Click on the “sports” section

3. Click on the name of the sport. Example “mbkb” for men’s basketball

4. Mouse over the “Options” file and click [edit content]. For some, this may be located in the “Design” tab

5. In the “Roster: Fields” and “Roster: Labels” text fields, make the appropriate changes per the information above.

6. Click the “Save changes” button

If you adjust the roster options and you aren’t seeing the fields adjusted once you refresh the roster page on the front end of the website, here are areas to check that could be preventing those fields from updating:

1. Go back into the options file you just updated and check to make sure the number of items in the Roster: Labels area matches the number in the Roster: Fields area. If the number of items don’t match the system won’t show those fields.

2. Check the key words you entered in the Roster: Fields area to make sure they match the list higher up on this page. If the correct key words aren’t used then those fields won’t display.

Video instructions:

Custom Fields

To use any of the ten custom fields you have to set those within the options file first. Here are instructions for that process:

1. Navigate to the options file for the sport and click edit content

2. Click Add next to Standard options

3. Click Add next to the custom field you want to add
   

4. Enter the text for that field in the text field on the options page.

Once you have added the custom field in the sport’s options file you will need to enable it as a field in the bio as well. You can do that by following these instructions:

1. Go to the GameDay tab and navigate to the sports season

2. Click on the Roster tab and click edit settings

3. Check the box next to the corresponding custom field you created and enter how you want that field to display within the bio. You can use this to differentiate that field within the bio compared to how it shows on the roster page. For example, you could put Club Team in the options file and list the field as Club in their bio.
   

   

4. Click Save

5. You can now go into each player’s bio and add text to the custom field.

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