To get a "heads up" on potential problems, review the Daily Buzz of other Yahoo Spades leagues. Many problem makers will bounce from league to league and are easy to spot in the daily buzz. Make a note of those removed and banned from other leagues. You may see them again soon in Stargazers.
TODAY'S ADMIN TIP - ACTIVE MEMBER LIST
To view a complete list of active members go to ADMIN MENU - EDIT USER and type an underscore "_" in the USERNAME box. Click EDIT USER and a complete list will appear that you may COPY/PASTE into your work file.
TODAY'S ADMIN TIP - ACTIVE MEMBER EMAIL LIST
There are 2 ways to obtain this information. The Admin responsible for the Member Spreadsheet has the email addresses for every active member. Second, if you are sending a Newsletter, a complete list of email addresses appears after you click Send. You may COPY/PASTE this list into your work file.
TODAY'S ADMIN TIP - FORUM POSTS
As an Admin, any original posts to the league forum must be created through the ADMIN MENU - ADMIN POST FORUM. Use your Admin name and password. Follow-up posts to existing forum messages may be made directly from the forum using your Admin name and password.
TODAY'S ADMIN TIP - TOURNEY HISTORY
You may view the history of a tourney in the HTD menu. Select ADMINISTER TOURNAMENTS or ADMIN TOURNEYS - DIRECT. Locate the tourney you wish to review and click the DATE of the tourney. The CHANGE LOG window will show you the date the tourney was created. Any movement of the tourney and by whom will also be shown. This is helpful if a TD believes someone else moved their tourney or if they deny moving a tourney at the last minute. Note that all times listed are PT (US Pacific Time) and not league ET. This option is only available to HTDs.
TODAY'S ADMIN TIP - LOG SEARCHES
You have several search options when using ADMIN MENU - SEARCH LOGS. The simplest search is by date. To search multiple dates, hold down the CTRL key and select the dates you wish to search. If you do not wish to see the entire log for the day, use keywords such as the member's Username, Withdrew, Purge, etc., to reduce your search results. If you information you seek is over 60 days old, contact the Admin in charge of the Activity Logs for assistance.
TODAY'S ADMIN TIP - SORTING STANDINGS BY LOW BUX
The Standings provide significant information related to our members, including Bux, Idle Time, Streaks, Win% and of course, Rank. You can sort the Standings with a couple of easy clicks. Want to know who is low on Bux? Click LadderBux Now (at the top of the column) and the Standings will sort by Bux Now in descending order. Click LadderBux Now again and the column sorts in ascending order, allowing you to see who needs Bux. f you are a Premium member, you may save your new sort by naming it in the box on the right and clicking SAVE.
TODAY'S ADMIN TIP - SORTING STANDINGS BY IDLE TIME
The Standings provide significant information related to our members, including Bux, Idle Time, Streaks, Win% and of course, Rank. You can sort the Standings with a couple of easy clicks. Want to know who is about to purge due to inactivity? Click Idle (at the top of the column) and the Standings will sort by Idle Time in ascending order. Click Idle again and the column sorts in descending order, allowing you to see who is about to purge. The current league purge time is 180 days. Premium members do not purge. f you are a Premium member, you may save your new sort by naming it in the box on the right and clicking SAVE.
TODAY'S ADMIN TIP - SAVING INACTIVES
If a member has not played a game in 180 days, they will purge from our membership list. Premium members are excepted. If you wish to keep someone from purging, you may use REPORT LOSS to give them a win and reset their inactive time to zero. If you have more than one person you wish to save, you may use the ADMIN MENU - REPORT MATCH option and report a game with 2 inactive members. This feature is also used to keep our IN MEMORIAM members active.
TODAY'S ADMIN TIP - STANDINGS INCLUDING UNRANKED
The Standings only include Ranked Members by default. If you wish to include Unranked members (those with no games and/or no wins) you must change the Filter settings. Click the + sign next to FILTERS. Change the Rank to "greater than 0" and click UPDATE. The new standings will include all active league members. If you are a Premium member, you may save your new sort by naming it in the box on the right and clicking SAVE.
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