Getting Started with running a congress

If you already have a congress organisation, then just go into your an congress, and use the Clone tab to create a copy of it.

The first steps to getting a new congress organisation set up are:

• Get a paypal account if you want to collect payments automatically
• Use the Contact link to request a new organisation to run congresses (eg Leyland Chess club, Somerset Chess etc. )
• An administrator will create a userid for you and assigns you to the new organisation. You will get an email explaining how to log in. The first congress will be created for you using a default template. It should be set to inactive so not listed yet and payment method set to not use PayPal.
• For later congresses, you just copy the same one using the Cone tab.
• You customise the congress settings appropriately.
• Send Malcolm any new images you want made available, eg a picture of your venue.

If you forget your password, use the forgot password link and enter your email address. Once logged in you can select your congress organisation from the list on the list hand side. Then select your congress and you will see the following tabs, only the first 3 are visible to people entering the congress (which you can see if you log off again).

• Home This is the page where you direct people wanting to enter your congress. Most of the text is customisable and can be changed to say anything you like about your congress - perhaps a summary of the entry form
• Enter This is where the user goes to enter the congress. Its the same place as where the "Enter Online" link takes you
• Entrants This shows the list of entrants. It automatically shows anyone who has paid. The organiser can also add people, for example postal entries
• Contact Accessible to all, allows anyone to contact the congress organisers. It will send an email to those listed as email recipients in the Edit tab Admin Accessible only to organisers who are logged in, this allows you to see who has entered, manually add or update entries, and get a spreadsheet of entrants.
• Admin Only those who are owners of the congress organisation see this tab, and the administration options underneath it.