Directra's Features

Here is a description of each of Directra's features and built-in homepage gadgets. Group admins enable or disable features using the Edit Group Features option on the Settings tab and place homepage gadgets using the Edit Home Page Layout on the Settings tab.

Album: Organize all your multimedia files (photos, videos and other files that you upload) into albums, assign them to calendar entries and to group members. Customize your home page by adding the Album home page gadget. Albums are automatically enabled when you enable photos, videos or files.
Announcement: A way for the group admin to post announcements for other group members. Announcements can appear on the home page, and you can view all announcements by selecting Announcements on the Features tab.
Calendar: Where you record and display group events. The monthly calendar can be viewed full page using the Calendar tab, and can be displayed on the home page in two formats:
- Large format, when displayed in the center column. The current month is shown and events and other calendar data are displayed.
- Small format (the mini-calendar), when displayed in the left or right column. The current month is shown, and days for which an event or other activity occurs are highlighted.
The calendar can be exported for integration with and subscription to Google, Outlook and other common calendars.
Calendar List: A different view of the calendar. Rather than a monthly layout, the calendar list is a line-by-line view of what has gone on before and what's coming up. You view the calendar list using the Calendar tab, and the calendar list can be displayed on the home page.
Contact Us: A gadget which appears on the home page to allow visitors to the group web site to contact certain group members. The member's photo is shown, together with icons for phone and email which link to phone numbers and/or email addresses which the member has set to visible or protected. Note that even if the contact information is visible, it is shown as protected to the general public.
After you place the gadget on your home page, click the gadget title and select Edit Contact Us Settings. Here you can select the members who will be displayed on the gadget.
Discussions: The way in which group members can communicate with each other directly on the web site. Members can post discussion topics and other members can then add comments.
Event: An item that you enter in the calendar. You can enter single events and recurring events.
File: This feature allows you to upload files for use in Directra. Once uploaded the file can be viewed and downloaded by other members. You can view and upload files using the Features tab. Certain file types are handled specially. For example, .mp3 files are displayed with a built-in player.
Gadget: This allows group admins to create custom pages. The Pages tab provides options for viewing and creating custom pages.
Game: A specific type of event that you enter in the calendar. You can include the type of game, opponent and location.
Group Photo: Display a team or group photo on your group homepage.
Join Group: Use a home page gadget to allow visitors to your group web site to join your group. The visitor fills out contact information which is made available to the group admin who can then contact the visitor about joining.
Links: A gadget in which you can enter and display links to other web pages and sites. You must enter the links using the HTML "a" tag. You provide these links in the Links section of the Group Settings page.
Log In: A gadget that you can choose to display on your group home page which makes it easier for members to log in. Once a member logs in, this gadget is no longer displayed. If you don't include this gadget, members can still select "Log In" on the Directra bar at the top of the group home page.
Map: A Google map display of your group locations, and also of all group members who have made their personal location visible. Access the group map from the Features tab.
Photo: A feature that allows members to upload and view photos. Available from the Features tab, members can view photos, upload single or multiple photos, add comments and arrange photos by date.
Practice: A specific type of event that you enter in the group calendar. You can specify the time and location of the practice, and add notes for reminders, special instructions or any other information helpful to your team.
Recent Activity: This feature is for admins. When enabled it logs all activity at your group web site, allowing the admin to know when changes are made. The full activity log is viewed by selecting RSS Activity from the Features tab.
Related Groups: Use this feature to connect groups to each other in a hierarchy. After enabling this feature you can place the Related group gadget on your home page, then use that gadget to set up your hierarchy of groups.
Roster: For groups that are teams, the list of staff and players on the team.
Sponsor: Use this feature to display links to sponsors sites. For example, as sports team may be sponsored by several local merchants, you can give these merchants recognition by linking to their sites using this feature. You provide these links in the Sponsors section of the Group Settings page.
Tag: This feature enables you to apply tags to members. See Tags in Directra for details on this powerful feature.
Team Record: For teams, a home-page gadget which displays your team's record. Directra calculates the record from information you provide for each game and automatically displays the record.
Video: A feature that allows members to upload and view videos. Available from the Features tab, members can view videos, upload single or multiple videos and add comments and information about each video.