Overview:
The following are the steps to take to create a new show management company on the admin site of ShowGroundsLive.
Once you have everything completed, you will hit the submit button and your company will be saved. If there is something that was missed and is required to create a company, an error message will appear.
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Start by logging into the ShowGroundsLive admin site.
Once logged in, you will choose the SGL Functions tab on the left side of the page. After opening this tab, you will choose the Show Management Companies option.
Choosing the Show Management Companies option will bring you to the page that lists all of the show companies. Each company is listed with an ID number.
To create a new company, you will press the +New Show Management Company button that is at the top right corner of the page.
When you click that button, a page will come up to enter all of the information for the new company. There are entry boxes for certain information and check boxes for specific switches on the site. The first part of creating a new company is the following 3 checkboxes. You want the Active and Online boxes checked.
The next part shows the information for the company's server. Until the server is linked, it will not show any information in this box. The server link can take place after the company is created and has a specific ID associated with it.
Below the server information are entry boxes. Each show company gets a specific customer id which goes in numerical order. If the last company had an ID of 87, for example, you will create the new one with an ID of 88. You will also input the company's name.
In the Server Time Offset box, you will put the hour difference between the show company and the server. If the company is in the same time zone as the server, you will simply put 0. If the company is in PST, you would want to put -3. This ensures that the times for the show company are correct when they use the program.
In this section, you can mark when the schedule is to be sent out. For the schedule to be sent, the checkbox needs to be checked off. You can put the time of day for the schedule to be sent.
The entry box for url path is the specific url that will be used for the show company.
Below the URL Path are the entry boxes for logos and the image that will be used for the main SGL site and for the plugin for the company.
Another setting that is controlled here is which governing organization the show company uses. Either USEF or EC will be checked and there is a box for the Login and the Password.
The next section includes check boxes, entry boxes, and a drop box for more information about the company and their settings.
This section controls the settings for what is hidden or shown in an SGL account. Anything that is checked here, will not be an option for account holders to do in their accounts.
This section of switches controls other aspects of the online site and SGL accounts. To activate these switches, they need to be checked.
The one dropbox in this section is to choose the governing organization. You will choose SGL for new companies.
The entry boxes in this section allow you to enter the company's Facebook or other domains that are associated with the specific company. The Description box is used to provide a brief description of the company. That description is what is used on the company's SGL site.
The next section covers the plugin. If SGL is hosting the plugin you will choose SGL from the dropbox. You will enter the plugin domain and check the box to redirect to the plugin.
The next section covers the payment information for the show company.
The last part of setting up a company is the contact information. You will want to put the main contact for the company and the main email.
