New for 2008

For the 2008 tournament there are several changes: Two new entry forms - Pool Administrators now have three formats from which to choose for the entry form for their pools. The original porttait form is still available, with the 64 teams running down the left side of the form, but we have added two new form styles: landscape - this form has 32 teams on each side progressing towards the championship pick in the middle. compact - this form is much like the landscape form, but after the first round, the teams are shown with their abbreviation rather than the full team name. This makes it even more likely that the entire bracket will fit on most users computer screens without scrolling in either direction. Major site appearance and usability updates - The main pages (here) may not have changed, but the look and user interface of the pools themselves have been updated substantialy for both pool administrators and players. Check out the demos to see what we mean. Customize Pool Appearance - Pool Administrators can now choose the color scheme for their pool as well as upload an image to be used as an icon on several pool screens. Ability to make entries inactive - Pool Administrators can now set the status of an entry to "active" or "inactive". The reason this might be necessary is to hold an entry for which payment has not been received out of the reports. We have always had the capability to mark an entry as paid or not, but the paid status does not affect whether the entry will appear on the reports. Inactive entries will not appear, and administrators will be able to independently control the paid and active status of each entry. Master List - Pool Administrators can now see all information about their players from one page with a spreadsheet-like table. This "Master List" is sortable by all columns, allows one click access to view and update entries or to set paid and active status. Again - check it out in the demos. Download Paid Report - Pool Administrators can now download their "paid" report in either Excel or text (tab-delimited) format. Progressive Pool Discontinued - Due to lack of interest, this type of pool is no longer available.