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First, review the questions below. And then if they don't help, you can submit a Support Ticket to us.Category: Commish & Franchise Setup| # | Question |
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| 1. | How do I Add or Replace a Franchise?
Answer: To add an Owner you must first increase the number of franchises. Go to the For Commissioner > Setup > General League Setup screen and increase your Number of Franchises accordingly.
Then you will want to individually edit the new franchise's information by following the steps below:
- Click on the Franchise's Link (their name on the home page or any article). This will take you to their Franchise Information Page.
- Under the "Main" tab choose Setup: Basic.
- Here you can edit this team by adding the owners email address.
- Go to the For Commissioner > Setup > Invite Franchise Owners and check this owners box to send an invite to the league. This will send them a link to log in where they can then change the password for their team.
NOTE: This can also be done to replace an existing owner with a new owner by simply editing the new owners information over the previous owners Franchise Information on the For Owners > Franchise Setup.
You can then assign the new owner a password by going to the For Owners > Change Password and enter a password for that owner to use to access the site.
If you do replace a franchise in this manner, all of the previous franchise's records and history from prior seasons will be automatically maintained by the system. There is no need to worry about losing that information.
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| 2. | How do I delete a franchise?
Answer: Before deleting a franchise determine if this is, in fact, what you need to do. If you actually want to *replace* one or more teams in your league (that is, you still want to keep the same overall number of teams), then use the Advanced Franchise Setup to manually overwrite all of the old franchise information with the new franchise information. Assuming you still want to delete a franchise, know that this is a one-way, unrecoverable (even we cannot restore it for you) operation so PLEASE BE CAREFUL to delete the correct one. Go to the Setup > Delete a Franchise screen, select the franchise from the list, check the disclaimer box and click on the NOW! button. THERE WILL BE NO OTHER WARNINGS. The franchise will be immediately removed, and may not, under any circumstances, be restored after it has been deleted.
Note that you cannot delete a franchise in a historical league. This screen is only available for current-year leagues. Therefore, if you need to remove one or more franchises from season to season, you must first upgrade your league to the current season and then delete the franchise(s).
In addition, you may not delete a franchise more than two weeks into the season. But, if it's more than two weeks into your fantasy season, and you really feel you need to delete a franchise, you may use this work-around to temporarily fool the system into thinking that it's within two weeks of the start of the season:
- Go to the General Scoring Setup page and temporarily set the start week for your league to be a week within the last two weeks. For example, if it's currently week 6 of the 2008 NFL season, change the start week on that page to week 5 or 6.
- Delete the franchises that you wish to delete.
- Go back to the General Scoring Setup page and reset the start week for your league to be the correct week.
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| 3. | I want to resequence my franchises, assigning them different franchise numbers - what's the best way to do that?
Answer: In general, we strongly suggest that you do not try to resequence your franchises, as that not only takes a lot of time to do and can cause a lot of problems with your league if it's done incorrectly, the vast majority of the time it's not necessary. The franchise number is just an identifier, it has no function on the site other than to uniquely identify one franchise from the next.
Two common reasons for resequencing franchises are:
1 ) You'd like league reports to appear in a specific order - like, you'd like the rosters report to display first franchise #10, and then franchise #2, and so on. To achieve that, simply use the For Commissioners > Setup > Custom Franchise Order Setup page, and indicate your custom franchise order there, and most league reports will be re-ordered by this new custom franchise order.
2 ) You'd like your league schedule to be arranged based on your "franchise numbers". To do that, you can use the For Commissioners > Setup > Fantasy Schedule Setup > Rearrange Franchises In Fantasy Schedule page, and change the franchises in your fantasy schedule that way.
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| 4. | How do I Change the Commissioner for our league?
Answer: Once your league has been upgraded to a new 2008 league, have your old commissioner change the league commissioner email address to your email address on the For Commissioners > Setup > General League Setup screen.
Next, he will want to update the commissioner password by going to the For Commissioners > Setup > Change Commissioner Password screen to something temporary for you. Now you can log in as the commissioner with this temporary password and change it to something unique and secure.
Finally, make sure the correct franchise is selected on the For Commissioners > Setup > Select Commissioner's Franchise page.
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| 5. | How do I Choose the Commissioner Franchise?
Answer: Go to your For Commissioner > Setup > Select Commissioner's Franchise and here you can choose your team so that you can toggle back and forth as commissioner and owner without needing to log in and out.
NOTE: For leagues that have a commissioner and co-commissioner, if both select their franchise, only when logged in as the Owner will the option to change to Commissioner appear on the upper right hand corner. When logged in as commissioner the owners must log out and log in as their individual team.
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| 6. | How do I allow (or prevent) my League Owners to Customize their home page?
Answer: To allow league owners to have their own abilities to customize their home page go to the For Commissioner > Setup > Abilities Setup and check the boxes to allow owners to “Customize Home Page Appearance”.
If you had previously allowed owners to customize their league home page, and now want to make sure that they see your league home page exactly as you see it, you can un-check all of the "Customize Home Page Appearance" checkboxes, and then they will be forced to see the same league home page that you see.
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| 7. | How do I Add a Co-Commissioner or a Co-Owner?
Answer: To add another commissioner to your league go to the For Commissioner > Setup > General League Setup. Here you can enter the second commissioners email address (separated by a comma) and then save your league settings. You will now need to notify this commissioner of the password so that they can gain access to the league.
If you are wishing to have a co-owner for your franchise, this can be done by going to the For Owners > Franchise Setup screen. Here you can enter the second owners email address (separated by a comma), and then save the Setup page. Both owners will use the same password to log into the team.
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| 8. | How do I set up our league divisions and conferences?
Answer: Log in as your league commissioner and access the For Commissioner > Setup > Divisions/Conference Setup page. Change the division/conference for each team from the pull-down list of available divisions/conferences.
Note that if you make alterations to this screen after selecting your League Schedule or defining your League Draft you will need to go and re-save your Schedule that you have chosen as well as your Draft Order.
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| 9. | One of my owners is trying to setup his information on the Franchise Setup page and he gets a message "Commissioner has revoked your rights". How do I give him his rights back?
Answer: As commissioner, go to For Commissioner > Setup > Abilities Setup to enable the owners rights by checking all relevant boxes next to the owners name.
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| 10. | How do I allow owners to perform league functions?
Answer: Go to the For Commissioner > Setup > Abilities Setup. Here you can choose to check/uncheck the boxes corresponding with each franchise to allow them to perform various league functions in your league.
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| 11. | How do I use the Select Franchise page?
Answer: This screen only appears for a league commissioner when performing an franchise operation (ie, Trade, Waiver, etc.) where a single franchise need be selected.
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| 12. | How do I use the Abilities Setup page?
Answer: This screen allows and restricts individual franchises from performing operations.
Franchise Abilities
The table header row displays the individual abilities available and the left-most table column displays the individual franchises.
Select All Abilities - Click on the empty check box to select all abilities for all accounts or individual accounts. Click on an already-checked check box to remove all abilities for either all or individual accounts.
Select All Franchises - Click on the corresponding box(es) in this row to select deselect either all abilities or individual abilities.
Current Franchise Abilities -
Submit Lineups.
Perform Waivers.
Drop Players At Any Time.
Propose and Accept Trades.
Make Injured Reserve Moves.
Make Taxi Squad Moves.
Write League Articles.
Post to Message Board.
Post to Bulletin Board.
Change Franchise Setup Parameters.
Create League Polls.
Customize Home Page Layout.
View 'Previously Processed Waivers' Report.
Put up a New Player for Auction.
Check each of the above boxes to allow franchise owners the ability to perform the corresponding task. If your league has special requirements - for example, it you have a unique waiver system that the site cannot support - you should leave the Perform Waivers box unchecked so that franchise owners do not have the ability to do waivers on-line.
NOTE: Separate from the above settings, the commissioner may still be able to perform any of the above tasks on behalf of an owner (see Commissioner Abilities below for more information).
Commissioner Abilities
Commissioner Lockout - Select "Yes" to prevent commissioners from viewing pending owner-initiated transactions such as trade proposals, waiver requests, and blind bids and from using any For Owners screen (including the ability to change passwords and email addresses). Commissioners that manually process waivers will still be able to do so once the waiver window has closed. The League Bylaws
report (the Abilities Setup table) will always include a note when this option has been set
NOTE: To ensure the security of this option, every change to this setting will automatically send out an email to the entire list of franchises.
Reset Form - Click on this button to return the abilities to their original checked/unchecked state when you first entered this page. Selecting this button will NOT clear out all the abilities for all franchises.
When finished, you MUST click on the Save Franchise Abilities button in order to apply your changes.
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| 13. | How do I use the Custom Franchise Order page?
Answer: When a franchise order is unspecified - as in the case of the Standings report in the preseason, as well as the Rosters (and other) reports at any time - the franchise number (as defined in the For Owners > Franchise Setup screen) is used. Use this screen to specify the order of franchises in these situations.
When finished, you MUST click on the Save Custom Franchise Order button in order to apply your changes.
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| 14. | How do I use the Select Commissioner's Franchise page?
Answer: The purpose of this screen is to indicate which franchise in your league is owned by the league commissioner.
Once defined, this setting is used to instruct the site to know what franchise to display when the following Home Page Modules
are used while the commissioner is logged in.
- Franchise Roster
- Franchise Schedule
- My Options
Once specified, the commissioner can easily switch between the commissioner and franchise accounts using the "Become Commissioner" and "Become Owner" links located in the upper, right-hand corner of the screen.
NOTE: If more than one commissioner franchise is selected the "Become Owner" link will not appear on the upper right hand corner of the league. The commissioner will need to log out in order to log in as Owner status. Once logged in as an owner the link will appear to "Become Commissioner" on their league pages.
NOTE: Commissioners that are not participating as owners in the league should leave this setting at 'None'. In addition, commissioners that have previously defined this setting, but prefer to separate their franchise from commissioner account should change this setting back to 'None'.
When finished, you MUST click on the Save Changes button in order to apply your changes.
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| 15. | How do I use the Delete A Franchise page?
Answer: IMPORTANT NOTE: USE OF THIS SCREEN IS ENTIRELY AT THE COMMISSIONER'S OWN RISK. DELETING A FRANCHISE IS A ONE-WAY OPERATION THAT CANNOT BE RESTORED (EVEN BY MYFANTASYLEAGUE.COM TECHNICAL SUPPORT).
This screen is used by commissioners to remove a franchise permanently from a league. This should only be done when a commissioner wants to reduce the number of franchises. For leagues that instead want to replace one or more owners, please go to the Franchise Setup screen to change the owner information.
To actually remove a franchise, *carefully* select it from the list, read the disclaimer, check the checkbox, and click on the Now! button. There are NO other warnings and the franchise will be immediately deleted upon clicking the Now! button. Only one franchise can be removed at a time so this operation may need to be repeated. Be sure to verify the list of teams (use the Franchise Setup screen or one of the reports screens) immediately upon deletion.
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| 16. | How do I use the Franchise Setup page?
Answer: Use these pages to set up your Franchise Information, Contact Information and customize their settings. For franchise logins (not the commissioner), owners that have the ability defined to "Customize Home Page Appearance" in Abilities Setup, the additional Home Page, and Skin links are available.
BASIC
Franchise xx Name - The name of each fantasy team.
Owner Name - The name of each team's owner or owners.
Email Address - The email address(es) of the owner(s). Separate multiple email addresses with a comma.
When finished, you MUST click on the Save Franchise Information button in order to apply your changes.
CHANGE PASSWORD
Franchise Password - The password each fantasy team.
Hint: All passwords must be at least 6 characters long, and contain at least one non-letter or non-number
Confirm Password - Enter the same password for the franchise to confirm.
When finished, you MUST click on the Save Franchise Information button in order to apply your changes.
CUSTOMIZE
Use this setup screen to personalize your franchise.
Franchise Icon - Enter the URL of a picture already on the web, Select one of our predefined icons or helmets, create your own helmet or Upload an icon from your computer (file must be GIF or JPEG and less than 200kb). The Icon will appear the Standings Report.
Franchise Logo - Enter the URL of an image already on the web, Select one of our miscellaneous logos or helmets, create your own helmet or Upload a logo from your computer (file must be GIF or JPEG and less than 200kb). The Logo will appear on the Franchise Information page.
Franchise Sound Clip - Enter the URL or upload a sound clip (must be .wav or .mp3 and less than 200 kb) to have a sound play when you access your team page.
Franchise Home Page URL - Enter the URL address that will appear on your Team page.
Play audio clips on league pages? - If your commissioner has defined a League Sound Clip when accessing the home page you can turn it off by setting this feature to "No".
Display "League Reminders" on the top of league home pages? - Enable this option to be notified of the following:
- Pending Trades
- Reminder to Submit Lineup
- Reminder to vote in any Polls that you have not voted in.
Franchise Abbreviation - Define an abbreviation that will appear on all wireless reports as well as any Grid View of the League Reports instead of your franchise name.
Use "Advanced Editor" on league type-in boxes? - This will allow you to write in html format when writing to the league
Time Zone - Choose the time zone in which you are situated in. This is important for lineup submissions, waivers etc.
Other Franchise Notes Optionally, you can add any additional notes to your Franchise Information Page for other owners to view.
You MUST click the "Save Franchise Information" button once complete to apply your changes.
CONTACT INFO
Under this tab you can add additional information, such as alternate contact information, phone numbers and addresses. This information can only be viewed by other members of your league that are logged in.
Optionally you can add your Yahoo Messenger ID, AOL IM or ICQ ID to your account.
Facebook - To have league status updates posted to your facebook account you can click the link located here.
Send Email As - Define the type of email you would like sent from MyFantasyLeague.com (HTML or Plain Text).
Send Email For - Check the boxes next to the reports and updates that you would like sent to you.
- Draft Status Update
- When I'm On The Clock For My Draft
- Auction Update
- Opponent's (And Own) Lineup Submissions
- Reminder at 6am ET Thursdays if you haven't submitted a lineup
- Trade Proposals/Results - When enabled, this option will send email to recipients of trade proposals, rejections, and acceptances. It will not send email for trade polls (see New Poll Being Created option below). It will also not send email to owners not involved in the trade.
- Waiver/Free Agent Moves
- Injured Reserve Moves
- Taxi Squad Moves
- Weekly Results
- NFL Injury Status Reported - Checking this box will cause an email to be sent for each injury report (typically one for the early report on Wednesday evening and another for the final report on Friday evening). The email will contain either "No players ..." or a list of a team's current roster appearing on the report. In addition (for leagues that use a fantasy IR), if an owner has one or more players currently on IR that should not be on IR according to league rules, a warning will be included in the message.
- New Poll Being Created - In addition to general poll email, leagues that require owners to vote on trades must have this option enabled (checked) in order to receive notification regarding any pending, accepted trades. This option is independent from the Trade Proposals/Results checkbox above.
- New Message Board Topic Created
- New League Article Written
- MyFantasyLeague.com Site News - Check this box to receive via email the newest site announcements and site enhancements from MyFantasyLeague.com when they are published.
- My Player News - Enable this to receive updates on your players within the last day. Emails are sent at 3am ET.
You MUST click the "Save Franchise Information" button once complete to apply your changes.
WIRELESS
Use this screen to define your Cell Phone number and various wireless settings.
Cell - Enter your Cell Phone Number
Cell Phone Carrier - Optionally you can choose your cell phone carrier from the drop down box. If you enter your cell phone number and your cell phone carrier you can choose to receive text message updates.
Allow my leaguemates to see my cell phone number? - Disable this option if you do not wish for other owners that are logged into your league to view your cell number. Note that only owners logged into your league are otherwise able to view any of your personal information. This feature would prevent even these owners from seeing your number.
Send Text Messages For: Check the boxes to receive Text updates for the following:
- Live Scoring updates at 3pm, 4:30pm, 6pm, 7:30pm and 10pm ET on Sundays.
- Draft Status Update
- When I'm On The Clock For My Draft
- Trade Proposals
- Reminder at 6am ET Thursdays if you haven't submitted a lineup
- Game-day inactives on my starting lineup at 12:30pm ET on Sundays
Check this checkbox to send a validation code to the above cell phone number. - This option will need to be checked in order to validate the cell phone number prior to receiving Text Messages. Please see the Wireless FAQ's for details.
Enter Validation Code - Enter the code received here to be able to receive text messages from MFL.
You MUST click the "Save Franchise Information" button once complete to apply your changes.
HOME PAGE SETUP
Use this page to set up your Home Page modules and Tabs should your commissioner permit this on the Setup > Abilities Setup.
- From the list of Available Modules, the left hand column, choose what module you would like to include on your league home page by highlighting that module.
- If adding a new column, first select the module "New Column" from the list of Available Modules and click the Add To List> button. Next, you will be asked how wide (as a percentage) you would like the new column to be.
- Click on the Add To List > button to add to your Current Modules. Alternately if you choose to remove a module from your Current Modules you can highlight that module and choose the For each additional module that you wish to add repeat steps 1 through 3 above.
- Once all modules are added to your Current List you may use the Move Up and Move Down buttons to change the order for appearance on your Home Page.
- Once you have arranged your Currently Used Modules you MUST click the Save Home Page Setup in order to apply your changes.
NOTE: There are two options on this page should you make to many adjustments and wish to start over. You can choose to "Reset to System Default" or "Reset to Commissioner View" to bring your home page back to how it originally was defined.
NOTE: After you have saved your modules to your home page you can Drag and Drop the modules on the home page to adjust the layout.
SKIN
If given the option by the commissioner to customize your home page appearance owners are able to choose from a wide variety of league Skins. These Skins specify an entire look and feel for your league's pages - including colors & images. Click here to see a table of currently available skins.
You can preview the skins image by clicking on the image itself on the skins page (this does not actually change the league to the skin, but only allow for a preview of what to expect).
Click on the button next to the skin in which you would like applied to your league pages.
When finished, you MUST click on the "Select a Skin" button in order to apply your changes.
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| 17. | How do I use the Setup page?
Answer: Use this page to quickly and conveniently access all your commissioner-level league setup options.
NOTE: Some of the options on this screen will appear/disappear based on defined league settings.
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