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Tournament BuilderPro – Post & Play Workaround Because of the issues with brackets not displaying correctly or receiving an Apache Error message on eteamz websites, it is recommended that the Post & Play feature of TB Pro NOT be used. The following instructions can be used to easily create a PDF, upload and display tournament brackets on your website. In order to create a PDF file you will need a full version of the Adobe Acrobat program or you can download a FREE PDF writer at www.cutepdf.com/download/CuteWriter.exe. CutePDF Writer is a FREE version of commercial PDF creation software. CutePDF Writer installs itself as a "printer subsystem" which enables virtually any Windows applications (must be able to print) to create professional quality PDF documents. The same steps are used to create the PDF of your bracket whether you use Acrobat or CutePDF. You will chose to either “Print” with Adobe PDF or CutePDF. These steps assume that you have already created a bracket. After uploading your PFD brackets and linking it to your eteamz site, you will be able to update them almost as easily as using the Post & Play feature.
STEP A: Creating the PDF 1. With your bracket open, select File and then Print 2. From the printer selection dropdown, select CutePDF Writer (or Adobe PDF) and click OK button. 3. In the Save As box, choose where you want your PDF bracket to be SAVED to. The File Name will be the same name as your bracket name (DO NOT CHANGE). 4. Click on the Save button. 5. Your bracket is now saved on your computer as a PDF file.
Tournament BuilderPro – Post & Play Workaround STEP B: Uploading Bracket to eteamz 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Login to your eteamz website Expand the Files & Photos folder Select Files and in the Upload area, browse you computer to where you saved your PDF file Enter a File Name and click on the Upload Files button. Your PDF bracket file will now appear on your file list. On the right side of the page, click on the PDF icon. This will open your PDF bracket in a new browser window. You will need this FULL address for STEP C. (hint: copy and paste web address for all of your brackets into Notepad so you don’t have to keep going back to the Upload page.)
Tournament BuilderPro – Post & Play Workaround STEP C: Linking PDF Bracket to eteamz You will need to create a new NEWS story so that you can link your brackets or you might want to just add (link) your files within the Welcome message of your Home page. (For an example of this, visit www.llbmidistrict2.org) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Expand the Website Pages folder and click on the Add My Site News link to begin a new story Enter a Headline (example, 2010 Tournament Brackets) In the body of the article, enter the text for the bracket (example: 9-10 Baseball) Highlight the text you would like your visitors to click on to view your bracket (example: 9-10 Baseball) With the text highlighted, click the chain-link icon and a new Insert/edit link window will popup Paste in the full web address from Step B6 (example: http://www.eteamz.com/midistrict2/files/9-10BBrev.pdf)
and from the Target dropdown, select Open link in new window. 7. Click on the Insert button and your story text will show that it is linked. 8. Click on Add News Story at the bottom of the page. You can now visit your eteamz site and see how your link works.
Tournament BuilderPro – Post & Play Workaround STEP D: Updating PDF Bracket on eteamz As your tournament advances or if you need to make changes, you can easily update your PDF bracket on your eteamz site by re-uploading and overwriting your previous bracket. does except you will be doing You will need to create a new NEWS story so that you can link your brackets or you might want to just add (link) your files within the Welcome message of your Home page. (For an example of this, visit www.llbmidistrict2.org) 1. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
Update your TB Pro bracket as necessary and save it as you normally do. With your bracket open, select File and then Print From the printer selection dropdown, select CutePDF Writer (or Adobe PDF) and click the OK button. In the Save As box, locate your existing PDF bracket where you saved it and click on the Save button. You will receive a WARNING message that the document already exists and if you want to replace it. Click on the YES button. This will overwrite your previous PDF bracket with your updated one. Go back to your eteamz Admin area. Expand the Files & Photos folder Select Files and in the Upload area, browse you computer to where you saved your PDF file Select you existing PDF bracket you just updated and saved. In the File Name area, enter the same name/title previously used (see example below) IMPORTANT STEP!!! You MUST select Overwrite to the “If file with same file extension exists…” click on the Upload Files button. Your updated PDF bracket has now replaced your previous file and your site has been updated. There is nothing left to do unless you want to change the text on the News page letting your views know your bracket has been updated. (example: www.llbmidistrict2.org)
