Here is my Calendar. I am putting it up here as an example of what it would looks like to have a personalized calendar on PreRace. It can be made public or private, mine is set to public so that I can share it with you or my Buddies on the www.PreRace.com site.
http://www.prerace.com/user/calendar/Jespi/grid
I am constantly fine tuning it so that I can add events and remove them just with a click, depending on how my schedule changes.
Thanks for reading.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Add an Event
Adding an Event is easy and anyone can do it. So if you know of an event that is not in our calendar, add it. I would suggest searching for it first by clicking the "All" tab, then the state where the event takes place, and then the date. Sometimes the key word search will miss it if we have a different name or a sponsor is in the name such as the "Independence Pass Foundation Ride for the Pass".
Once you have established that we do not have the event, go ahead and add it. First you must sign in. Then you click the "Add an Event" tab. This tab will list out the following: add an event, events you have added, and events you have reviewed.
If it is a series or a stage race you should enter the number of days for the event and click add events. If there are two events on the same day then enter them as a separate stage, like time trial in the morning and crit in the afternoon. Then fill out the form. When you add the web addresses for the event, flier, registration, and other information make sure you enter the complete address (http://www.example.com), without the http:// it will not work. If it is a multi-day event then click Copy info and it will fill out the forms below with the same information as the first event except for the date. Once you have filled out the form you can either add another stage or click the preview button to review your information.
After reviewing your information click "Add Event" and the event is added. The event is immediately viewable by everyone, and we get an email notifying us that the event has been submitted.
That's a wrap, let me know if you have any questions.
Once you have established that we do not have the event, go ahead and add it. First you must sign in. Then you click the "Add an Event" tab. This tab will list out the following: add an event, events you have added, and events you have reviewed.
If it is a series or a stage race you should enter the number of days for the event and click add events. If there are two events on the same day then enter them as a separate stage, like time trial in the morning and crit in the afternoon. Then fill out the form. When you add the web addresses for the event, flier, registration, and other information make sure you enter the complete address (http://www.example.com), without the http:// it will not work. If it is a multi-day event then click Copy info and it will fill out the forms below with the same information as the first event except for the date. Once you have filled out the form you can either add another stage or click the preview button to review your information.
After reviewing your information click "Add Event" and the event is added. The event is immediately viewable by everyone, and we get an email notifying us that the event has been submitted.
That's a wrap, let me know if you have any questions.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Buddies
The buddy feature in PreRace.com is useful for teams and people who want to share their calendar with friends.
Once you have an account you can add cycling events to your calendar. Simply find some events you want to do and click the "Add to my Calendar" button. After adding some events go to your calendar located in the upper right hand side of the tabs bar. Once you are looking at your calendar you will see on the left side there is a box called "Buddies". Toward the bottom of the box is the "Find a Friend" button. Click that and start typing their name. If they have an account their name should show up on the list. Next to their name it either says "private" or "add". You can add anyone who is not private.
Once you have added Buddies you can click on their name and their calendar will become the main view. They will receive an email saying that you have added them as a buddy. You can block people from seeing you calendar by using the "Block a user" button in the box too.
The privacy is set in your account profile. There is a button at the bottom of the account profile that allows you to make you calendar public.
Let your teammates and friends know about this feature so that they can add events to their calendar and you can then see what races or ride they will be doing.
Once you have an account you can add cycling events to your calendar. Simply find some events you want to do and click the "Add to my Calendar" button. After adding some events go to your calendar located in the upper right hand side of the tabs bar. Once you are looking at your calendar you will see on the left side there is a box called "Buddies". Toward the bottom of the box is the "Find a Friend" button. Click that and start typing their name. If they have an account their name should show up on the list. Next to their name it either says "private" or "add". You can add anyone who is not private.
Once you have added Buddies you can click on their name and their calendar will become the main view. They will receive an email saying that you have added them as a buddy. You can block people from seeing you calendar by using the "Block a user" button in the box too.
The privacy is set in your account profile. There is a button at the bottom of the account profile that allows you to make you calendar public.
Let your teammates and friends know about this feature so that they can add events to their calendar and you can then see what races or ride they will be doing.
Monday, May 17, 2010
Sync and RSS
PreRace.com has a bunch of new useful features.
New calendar features include the RSS feed and the ability to sync your race and ride calendar with most other calendars. Rather than having to enter your events one by one into your favorite calendar, you can use the PreRace.com calendar and then sync them.
Sync: Basically just search for events. You can do that by deciding you only want to drive 200 miles (or whatever distance) from your home and enter the distance and your zip code into the zip code search and click "go". It will present you with a list of all the events going on within that radius. You can then go down the list and click "Add to my Calendar". This will populate your calendar with your events. When you are done you can go to your calendar and look it over. Click the Sync button at the top of the list. It will present you with some options depending on the type of calendar you have. Follow the instructions and it will add all the events to your other calendar.
RSS: An example of the RSS feed is on the right of this page. The RSS feed shown are the next few events within 300 miles of my zip 80302. Any time you see the RSS logo you can get a feed for that list. You can do it for State search, zip search or your personal calendar among others.
I hope these features help organize your cycling life.
New calendar features include the RSS feed and the ability to sync your race and ride calendar with most other calendars. Rather than having to enter your events one by one into your favorite calendar, you can use the PreRace.com calendar and then sync them.
Sync: Basically just search for events. You can do that by deciding you only want to drive 200 miles (or whatever distance) from your home and enter the distance and your zip code into the zip code search and click "go". It will present you with a list of all the events going on within that radius. You can then go down the list and click "Add to my Calendar". This will populate your calendar with your events. When you are done you can go to your calendar and look it over. Click the Sync button at the top of the list. It will present you with some options depending on the type of calendar you have. Follow the instructions and it will add all the events to your other calendar.
RSS: An example of the RSS feed is on the right of this page. The RSS feed shown are the next few events within 300 miles of my zip 80302. Any time you see the RSS logo you can get a feed for that list. You can do it for State search, zip search or your personal calendar among others.
I hope these features help organize your cycling life.
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