Before you can modify the look and feel of your published data you must first Login. Once you have logged in, more tabs will become active on the Web Publishing screen and one of these if for Look and Feel of your published data. Clicking on that tab will display the following:
This is the screen which you will customize the look and feel of all the different types of data you can publish. The Functional Area pulldown menu in the top left corner will display a layout for Standings, Statistics, Schedules, Calendars and Roster/Contact reports. A Calendar sample is shown below:
In order to make changes to the colors and fonts, you must use the color area to the right of the calendar or report. In order to change a color (background or text) you can either type in the web hexidecimal equivalent of the color, or mouse click the actual color itself and a color selection pop-up will be displayed in which you can then select your color. As your color selections are accepted, then change on the right side and also are reflected on the report so you can see the results of your handy work. Clicking on the Font box on the right hand area will display a font pop-up in which you can select your font, bolding, underline and size. This windows program will display font sizes in points (pt). The web displays data in a pixel size. The software will convert the point selection to the closest pixel equivalent so your actual web page font sizes may differ slightly from those shown in the software.
Besides the colors and fonts, there are also some other formatting options available on the lower left of the screen. You can select to include table borders which will draw lines around report rows and columns. You can also determine if you wish to display pulldown menus for selecting reports, leagues, grouping elements, etc.
You can also customize the labels for the pulldown menus. By placing your mouse over the label text under the publish button, you can enter the label text you wish to display.
I want a different look and feel for different reports...how do I do that?
There is a Template Name pulldown at the top right side of the screen. You must have a default template published first and if you have not published a template for a particular functional area, the Template Name field is locked. Once you publish the default template, the pulldown is unlocked and you can add more templates. Simply select a template number from the pulldown. If a template was published for that number, it will be displayed, otherwise, the current template will remain as a starting point for the new template. You can modify any of the look and feel elements and then publish. In the end you will have a number of different look and feel templates for each functional area.
How do you associate a report with a template? Well on the schedule report, standings, statistics, contact report screens, each report will have a pulldown list for template name. You can select the template at that point and save it with the report. When the report data is published, it will display its contents based on the template name saved. You can also select a template from within the HTML code that you display on your site giving you even more flexibility.