BUILDING ROSTERS
Roster posts will be displayed on the frontend on the Roster page. Roster posts can be accessed on the backend by clicking on Roster in the left-hand sidebar.
Adding Team Types
If there are multiple Teams needed such as Men and Women, click Type under Roster. Individual Roster posters are referred to as Team Member posts. When adding a new Team Type, give it a Title. The title should be the name of the Team Type (Men, Women’s, Juniors, etc). On this page you can also choose the Sort Order of the Team Members within this type. Choose from (alphabetical – first name, alphabetical – last name, or jersey number)
Adding Team Members
To add a new Team Member post, click the Add New Team Member button. When adding a Team Member post, give it a Title. The Title should be the name of the Team Member. Below the Title is the block editor, which can be ignored, as it isn’t used for Team Members. When adding a Team Member post, fill out the Team Member Details section, with the Uniform Number, Sponsor, & Social Media fields. Additionally complete the Roster Years, Position, and Featured Image sections. More details on these steps can be found below.
Adding Roster Types
If you have more than one roster (i.e. Men’s & Women’s) a Roster Type can be built for each. Then, when adding a player to a roster, the type can be tagged to each player, similar to position. When adding pages from the Menu, a ‘Type’ can be added to the Menu, then dragged with in the sub-menu.
Adding a Uniform Number
To add a Uniform Number to a Team Member post, look in the Team Member Details section for the Details heading – the Uniform Number field is nested below. Add the appropriate number to the field.
Adding a Sponsor
To add a Sponsor to a Team Member post, look in the Team Member Details section for the Sponsor heading. An Image (Sponsor logo), Text (Sponsor name), & Link (Sponsor website) can all be added here. Use the “Attach a File” button to add the Image. Enter the Sponsor name in the Text field. Enter the Sponsor website URL to the Link field, being sure to include https:// as part of the link.
Adding Social Media
To add Social Media links to a Team Member post, look in the Team Member Details section for the Social Media heading. For each network which will be included, enter the URL to the team member’s profile link, being sure to include https:// as part of the link.
Adding Roster Years
To apply Roster Years to a Team Member post, look in the right-hand sidebar for the Roster Years section. Click the downwards caret to expand the section. To select a Roster Year, check the box next to the appropriate year. If the desired year isn’t displayed, click the “Add New Roster Year” link, which will reveal a field to enter a name (year) and a button to add it.
Adding Positions
To apply a Position to a Team Member post, look in the right-hand sidebar for the Positions section. Click the downwards caret to expand the section. To select a Position, check the box next to the appropriate position. If the desired position isn’t displayed, click the “Add New Position” link, which will reveal a field to enter a name and a button to add it.
Adding a Featured Image
To add a Featured Image to a Team Member post, look in the right-hand sidebar for the Featured Image section. Click the downwards caret to expand the section. Click the “Set Featured Image” button which will reveal the Media Library popup. For more information on adding a Featured Image, please refer to the following video tutorial: Add a Featured Image. The information detailed in that video is universal and can be applied to all post types which use a Featured Image, such as the Team Member posts. If you only add a Featured Image to the right-hand sidebar, the image will apply to both the Banner and Card image. If you’d like to have a unique image for both sections, navigate below the Team Player information to the Team Member Details section. You can add a new Banner image here that will display above the Player Information.. The Featured image will then only display on the main News page card. If you’d prefer not to have a Banner image at all, you can select Disable Banner Image
Sorting Teams, Positions and Players
To sort the order of one Roster team only, go to Appearance > Customizer > Roster Archive Order. To sort the order of multiple teams, go to Appearance > Menus > Type > Select all Team Types you’d like to add. You can then click and drag to order the new tabs into the Menu as you’d like.To sort Position order go to Term Order > Order Position. You can click and drag for custom sorting, or choose between Other Auto Sort choices (alphabetical, slug, post count)
Content Template
To create a new Content Template, go to Content Template and click the Add New Template button.
On the next screen, you will be presented with the block editor interface. Give your Content Template a title, so that you will be able to identify the particular template from a list later. Next, add content that you wish to reuse when creating new posts. For example, you may wish to include paragraphs, headings, images, or a gallery. You may also wish to configure more complex layouts at this stage, such as columns or groups, so that it will be easier to incorporate those types of layouts when selecting the template for use later. When you’re finished configuring your template, click the Publish button.
Create/Apply a Reusable Block
You can turn any individual or group of blocks into reusable blocks. For example, let’s say you have a Paragraph block that you often fill with the same text and place at the end of your posts. To avoid rewriting the same content each time, you can make this content into a reusable block by following these steps:
- Select the block you’ll want to reuse.
- Click on the three dots that appear in the toolbar.
- Click on Create Reusable block.
- Give it a name.
- Click Save.
Create another post/page where you want to insert it. Click on the plus icon in the top-left toolbar, visit the “Reusable” icon and select the reusable block you want to use.
Sponsors
Navigate to Posts > Sponsors> Add new Sponsor