Feature Incorporated: Automatic Link Generation for Regatta Registration Sites

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A feature has been incorporated into Crew manager that automatically generates regatta links for items such as Scratch Sheet, Documents, Results, Contacts, etc. These links populate Event Custom Fields section and will be included automatically in the event when it is saved. The base regatta registration link must be entered in the Event Payment / Tickets filed to enable these links.

Currently the following regatta registration sites have this feature available since they have a consistent approach for naming page links:

• Yachtscoring
• Regatta Network
• Nextsailor

Click on Event Payment / Tickets to expand block: leave blank or fill in the external payment link. It is a good place to put the Yachtscoring link for an event. Crew Manager automatically creates links associated with the regatta such as the Notice Board, Scratch Sheet, Race Results, etc. when the regatta link for Yachtscoring, Nextsailor or Regatta Network is saved in the Payment or Events Tickets URL text box. These automatically generated links are based on extracting a unique regatta ID from the format in the regatta link the vendors use. The format for each vendor’s link to be typed in the text box is as follows where #### is a multi digit number the vendor has assigned for a specific regatta.

• Yachtscoring : https://yachtscoring.com/emenu.cfm?eID=#####
• Nextsailor: https://www.nextsailor.com/app/page/regatta/### or http://www.nextsailor.com/regatta/####
• Regatta Network: https://www.regattanetwork.com/event/#####

When the URLs are entered for the event and payment the Regatta Registration Status report will display links to easily access the target locations. An automatic email reminder is sent daily to the Skipper starting 5 days prior to the payment due date listed. When payment is made, the fees_paid field should be updated to include the word “paid” or “Yes” so that reminders will not be sent. Reminders will not be sent after the event.