Set up for Tables (scores etc.)

@djeclipse I’d be happy to help you configure SportsPress for your site.

From WP Admin > SportsPress > Configure you’ll need to create the following entries:

Event Outcomes

• Win
• Loss
• Tie

Team Results

• Score

Note: Set “Score” as Primary

Table Columns

• +/- equation = Score (for) – Score (against)
• Points equation = Win x 3 + Tie x 1

This will get you started with the league table calculations. You can keep adding columns and other values as you need. I hope this helps ??

Hello Brian,

Thank you for the fast reply. It is nice to actually have support for a product for once. I have had less support for similar paid plugins.

I have been playing around with it and feel this plugin could be really good as it seems to be very customizable.

Please take the comments below as constructive. I want to give feedback as I run 8 different leagues of various sports and spend a lot of time making schedules, updating scores etc. I would like to help make this plugin something anyone can install and use with ease with little or no help from you (support). the easier it is to use the more people will download and use the app.

To start I do feel that it needs work on the usability side of things. For example just entering scores is going to be a task in it self. Currently I will have to spend a lot of time doing the following just to update the scores after a day of games.

1. Click on a specific match
2. Enter the score
3. Hit update
4. Hit events
5. Sort by league (as I have more than one league)
6. Click the next match (repeat for each match).

There are a lot of steps, and even with a fast connection wordpress is still internet based and it takes time switching from screen to screen.

This could take 20-30min for even a medium sized league and if you run a many leagues like this, 30 +min entering scores every day is too long.

I feel there needs to be a way to edit the scores directly from the events screen where you can see all the games for the day and simply enter all the scores at once, hit save/ update and you are done.

Now that I have been playing with it I have a few questions regarding the table.

1. How do I make abreviations for specific things like Win (I want ti to be a “W” instead of the full word.

2. I have beep playing around, entering scores, things seem to be working except for the position doesn’t seem to change, even with 1 team having a win they all are in 1st. How do I set parameters to determine what position the teams are in based on the rest of the table. Ie. Most points, Plus minus, head to head etc. to determine rank.

3. I don’t see how I can get the game time in the events calendar List view. There is a box that says time/ results, but it only shows the score, not the game time (which is a must for a schedule).

Thank you for your time.

@djeclipse I’m glad we were able to connect on our support site. I’ll mark this topic as resolved ??

Hello Brian,

I have been super busy, I will email you back most likely next week.

Support has been great and you have answered each email in a timely matter.

I would suggest you maybe answer my questions here so others that are searching for specific things may find this thread and get their answers, saving you time in the future from answering the same question more than once.

Thanks again.