- News/Announcements - Blog style: There is a new link in the menu called News that allows league admins to post announcements and updates in a blog format. Visitors will be visually notified that there are new posts to be viewed.
- RSS support: News and schedule data can be subscribed to via RSS feed readers allowing site users to be notified of updates without having to visit the site. If you want to know more about RSS, visit the RSS Specification site for more information and download an RSS feed reader.
- Calendar event labels can now have custom background AND text colors.
- Your facilities (rinks, fields, courts, etc.) can now be linked up to an online map via MapQuest.com. Just edit your existing facilities and specify an address and a map link will automatically be provided.
- Weather data is now available in the calendar. This feature will be expanded in the future.
- Facility conflict wizard: Viewing your list of facilities will now show a column identifying any double scheduling conflicts for the same facility.
- Sponsor links: League managers can now add league sponsor links to their site and they will be displayed at the top of each page the user visits. Logged in admins will not see the links (to avoid increased viewing stats) and view counts can be viewed by admins. Tell your league sponsors they have one more line of communication with your customers!
Why only version 1.9 with this many changes you ask? I hope to soon publish the 2.0 version sometime before fall seasons begin that will allow photo publishing. This new feature will allow you to publish photos and associate them with players, teams, divisions, etc.. Use of this feature will, unfortunately, cost more per month, since I will quickly run out of my available file space with all of the leagues posting pictures. Until that time, I am calling this version 1.x. Just wanted to get all of these other features into your hands.
