Slideshow

Guide to setup of Slideshow

A slideshow is a presentation of a competition, which is optimised to be shown on big screens, e.g. TV, Infoboards, projektors and likevise. A slideshow i typically used to show a leaderboard from a competition, but can also be used to show start lists, screensavers and other information.

Each club can setup their own slideshows, and each club can have as many slideshows as they want.

Start by logging in to the tournament module and click on "SLIDESHOW"

SETUP A SLIDESHOW

All existing slideshows in your club are shown in the overview on the right side.

To setup a new slideshow, you need to click [Create Slideshow] in the top left side.

Step 1 of 2

1. Type the name of the slideshow, e.g. the name of the competition
2. Choose the language (is set to you preferred language by default)
3. Click [Next]

 

Step 2 of 2

Now you need to create the different slides in the slideshow. It is the "pages" that are shown. If it is a competition with only one class, you may only need to create a single slide, but if there is more than one class in the competition for example, you need to create a slide for each class.

1. Click [ADD NEW]

Information on a slide

There are three main areas to be completed on each slide:

1. Generally
2. Source data
3. Transitions

1. General

[Slide name] [1]: Enter a name that indicates what the slide shows.

[Slide theme] [2]: At the moment it is only possible to select a default theme.

[Background image] [3]: Here you can add a image to be displayed as the background on the slide, or select the default image. If you have added a image allready, it will be available in the dropdown menu.

[Slide type] [4]: ​​Select the type of slide to be displayed, depending on the type of competition in question, Stroke Play, Match Play or Ryder Cup format. It is also possible to select a [Information Slide], where you can write a free text or [Blank slide] which can be used for a picture or just to indication that the slideshow is transitioning to a new class or the like.

[Subtitle] [5]: Free text that will appear on each slide.

2. Source data

[Competition] [6]: Here you choose the competition which is the basis for the slide in question.

[Class] [7]: This determines which class in the competition, to be displayed on the slide.

[Range] [8]: Select the number of players in the class to be displayed on the slide. For example, if there is 100 players in the class, but you only want to show the top 10, then change the range to 0 to 10 players. You change the range by dragging the start and end box.

3. Transitions

[Transition type] [9]: Select how the pages shall switch visually.

[Transition interval] [10]: Choose how long each slide shall be displayed in seconds before switching to the next slide, or is updated in the event that there is only one slide.

Finish by clicking [Save].

Now you have created a single slide in your slideshow. If you need to create more slides to be displayed one after the other, for example, an extra class, click on [ADD NEW] [1]. If you do not need to create more slides, click [SAVE] [2].

Once you have saved your slideshow, you are re-directed to the slideshow overview, where you can see your slideshow. The slideshow has a unik URL-address. You need to use this URL-address to access the slideshow on the unit where you wish the slideshow to be displayed.

Your slideshow now looks like this, until you start to enter scores in the competition.

As soon as you start to enter scores in the competition, the slideshow will be updated automatically.

NOTE... If you have choosen [Leaderboard] it is necessary to open scoring in the competition before anything is shown on the slideshow.

EDIT A SLIDESHOW

If you want to edit an already created slideshow, click on the small triangle next to the slideshow and select [EDIT]

If you want to change the name of the slideshow or language, click on the tab [SLIDESHOW] [1]. If you want to delete or add new slides, click on the tab [SLIDES] [2].

In the example below two additional slides has been created; a slide type [Information Slide] [1], with a free text, and one slide type [Holescore] [2], which is set up to the B-class in the same competition. After the two additional slides has been created, the Information slide has been moved up as the first slide displayed, by clicking on the small dots and "drag" it to the top of the list [3].

Finish by clicking [SAVE] [4].

The complete slideshow now looks like this:

DELETE A SLIDESHOW

If you want to delete an existing slideshow, click on the small triangle next to the slideshow and select [DELETE]