Practices
The Practice form provides an easy way to create and edit individual practices. You create a practice using the Add button, available on the Calendar tab. To edit an existing practice, in the monthly calendar or calendar list hover over the name of the practice and select Edit Practice. Or, when viewing the practice, you open it for editing by clicking the edit button.
The New / Edit Practice Form
- Title: Enter here something that describes the practice. For example, if you practice every Thursday, you might enter Thursday Practice or Regular Practice.
- Date: You can enter the date manually, using mm/dd/yy or mm/dd/yyyy formats. or by clicking the calendar icon, then selecting the desired date.
- Time: You must enter a start time, but an end time is optional. Time formatting is flexible. For example, for 5 o'clock in the afternoon you may enter 5:00 PM, 5 PM or 5pm.
- Repeats ... Until: If this is a recurring practice, specify the interval (e.g. daily, weekly) and the end date (required). When you select the interval you'll see that the Skip these dates option appears. If you know of particular dates when you won't practice, you can enter them here (mm/dd/yyyy) and the practice will not appear on your team's calendar.
- Location: You can enter a location here or select a known team location from the drop-down list. You define team locations using the using the Locations section on the Group Settings Page. If you gave your locations labels, then all you need here is the label. Anyone viewing the practice entry can click and get a Google map of the location.
- Court/Field/Rink: Fill in the particular venue for the practice, if you know it. This is optional.
- Access: As with all Directra objects, specify if the details of this practice can be seen by anyone coming to your web site or only by members who have logged in.
- When your edit the practice you get the additional option, Cancel this practice. Check the box and you have the option of canceling all practices, or only those whose date you specify. Canceled practices appear in the monthly calendar or calendar list with their text struck through.
- Notes: Enter additional information here. For example, you might want to let your team know what gear they need to bring, or if a fee is required for use of the practice facility. You can enter this as plain text, or if you want more flexibility, use HTML.