Tourney Logic's Tourney Pool Manager The Tourney Pool Manager completely automates your 'March Madness' office pool. The Tourney Pool Manager allows participants to submit their picks through any web browser. Your participants can use their web browswer to check the current standings and see their entry's current ranking compared to the other entries. Participants can view their picks compared to the actual game results showing which ones they picked correctly and which they missed visually. The Tourney Pool Manager supports a full set of administration features including the ability to set your pool to run in different modes including points mode, prize mode, and money mode. Tourney Pool Manager provides tons of other features that will make this year your best office pool ever. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The latest version ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The latest version of the Tourney Pool Manager is always available at http://www.tourneylogic.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- License ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The license is available in the License Agreement file in the same folder as this file. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Known Issues ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * There is no user interface for setting the home page to active or not. * There is no user interface for turning navigation off on the picks pages. * There is no user interface for turning tie breaker off for the system. * The admin section requires Javascript to be enabled to work correctly. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- History ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 3.0.10 -------------- Fixes: * Fixed issue with auto updating web services scoring issue. Version 3.0.9 ------------- Fixes: * Fixed issue with confirmation message when adding a new license. * Fixed issue where Go-Live subscription wouldn't turn off when result or team loading couldn't complete. * Added warning when turning the Go-Live subscription on. Known Issues: * There is no user interface for setting the home page to active or not. * There is no user interface for turning navigation off on the picks pages. * There is no user interface for turning tie breaker off for the system. * The admin section requires Javascript to be enabled to work correctly. Version 3.0.8 ------------- Enhancements: * Added processing indicators and button disablement to SQL db install utility based on customer feedback. Thanks Jason P. * Added point values by round and scoring descriptions to instructions on picks page based on customer feedback. Thanks John T. Fixes: * Turned off caching for all pages as it was causing refresh issues. Known Issues: * There is no user interface for setting the home page to active or not. * There is no user interface for turning navigation off on the picks pages. * There is no user interface for turning tie breaker off for the system. * The admin section requires Javascript to be enabled to work correctly. Version 3.0.7 ------------- Fixes: * Fixed issue with team names not getting pulled correctly in some situations when the database has multiple pools in it. Known Issues: * There is no user interface for setting the home page to active or not. * There is no user interface for turning navigation off on the picks pages. * There is no user interface for turning tie breaker off for the system. * The admin section requires Javascript to be enabled to work correctly. Version 3.0.6 ------------- Fixes: * Fixed problem with scoring when the database has multiple pools in it. * Fixed correct picks display when the database has multiple pools in it. * Fixed incorrect picks display when the database has multiple pools in it. * Fixed proble with ranking when the database has multiple pools in it. Known Issues: * There is no user interface for setting the home page to active or not. * There is no user interface for turning navigation off on the picks pages. * There is no user interface for turning tie breaker off for the system. * The admin section requires Javascript to be enabled to work correctly. Version 3.0.5 ------------- Enhancements: * Add a utility to install SQL Server databases without having to run SQL scripts manaully in the intranet and internet installers. * Updated SQL Server database install readme to include this new utility in the intranet and internet installers.. Known Issues: * There is no user interface for setting the home page to active or not. * There is no user interface for turning navigation off on the picks pages. * There is no user interface for turning tie breaker off for the system. * The admin section requires Javascript to be enabled to work correctly. Version 3.0.4 ------------- Fixes: * Fixed issue with groups not updating when the pool is in Access database mode. Known Issues: * There is no user interface for setting the home page to active or not. * There is no user interface for turning navigation off on the picks pages. * There is no user interface for turning tie breaker off for the system. * The admin section requires Javascript to be enabled to work correctly. Version 3.0.3 ------------- Enhancements: * Added current rank to the compare entries list. * Added scoring description to the picks page, so users know what type of scoring is in place for the pool. Known Issues: * There is no user interface for setting the home page to active or not. * There is no user interface for turning navigation off on the picks pages. * There is no user interface for turning tie breaker off for the system. * The admin section requires Javascript to be enabled to work correctly. Version 3.0.2 ------------- Enhancements: * Added ability to run multiple pools from the same SQL Server database. For more information, please contact Tourney Logic at support@tourneylogic.com Known Issues: * There is no user interface for setting the home page to active or not. * There is no user interface for turning navigation off on the picks pages. * There is no user interface for turning tie breaker off for the system. * The admin section requires Javascript to be enabled to work correctly. Version 3.0.1 ------------- Fixes: * Fixed problem where pool would not work at the root directory. It worked in a subfolder, but not the root install (http://www.mydomain.com). Known Issues: * There is no user interface for setting the home page to active or not. * There is no user interface for turning navigation off on the picks pages. * There is no user interface for turning tie breaker off for the system. * The admin section requires Javascript to be enabled to work correctly. Version 3.0.0 ------------- Enhancements: * Added ability to collect an Alias and display that on the site instead of first and last name. * Added subscription to team updates, meaning they will be delivered on a regular interval to the Tourney Pool Manager automatically. * Added subscription to result updates so the system will automatically download results for the games. * Added subscription to pool configuration data so it will update the entry start and end dates, and the path to the printable bracket. * Added subscription to the "Go Live" service, so the system will automatically clear out test data and set itself up to be ready for real data. * Changed the way user defined fields are managed. Now as many user defined fields can be entered as wanted. You can also specify a width for the field and a maximum length, and select a type for the field. * Added ability to let users define their own field types, which validate based on a regular expression. * Added a new token to the email message, email subject, and submission message for the Pool URL. * Added web services in the Tourney Pool Manager so users can integrate results directly into their site. The following information is available: - GetLicensedStandings - returns all standings that are licensed. - GetLicensedStandingsByParams - return all standings based on entered parameters for name, email address, and participant ID - GetTopLicensedStandings - returns the entered number of standings in order. - GetEntries - gets all entries in the pool. - GetEntriesByParams - gets all entries by entered parameters for name, email address, and participant ID. - GetCompetingEntriesWithCompare - returns a competing entry with an entry to compare to, based on the participant ID entered. - GetCompetingEntries - gets all competing entries - GetEntry - retrieves an entry by participant ID. Fixes: * Added validation to user submitted picks. This will prevent issues when users have Javascript turned off. Known Issues: * There is no user interface for setting the home page to active or not. * There is no user interface for turning navigation off on the picks pages. * There is no user interface for turning tie breaker off for the system. * The admin section requires Javascript to be enabled to work correctly. Version 2.0.3 ------------- Enhancements: * The home page can be removed from the navigation in the application. * The navigation can be removed from the picks pages. * The tie breacker can be removed from the system. Fixes: * Fixed a null reference problem with the database helper when formatting an integer value for database manipulation. Known Issues: * There is no user interface for setting the home page to active or not. * There is no user interface for turning navigation off on the picks pages. * There is no user interface for turning tie breaker off for the system. Version 2.0.2 ------------- Fixes: * Swapped image on homepage to one without March Madness in the image. Known Issues: * None Version 2.0.1 ------------- Fixes: * Removed references to NCAA and March Madness Known Issues: * None Version 2.0.0 ------------- Enhancements: * Added SQL Server support. * Added ability to have competing entries, meaning an entry can be compared to other entries in the pool. This includes an admin screen for managing competing entries. * Added ability to have non-visible entris, so that a competing entry could be made non-visible until all entries have been submitted. This includes a way to have entries automatically be non-visible, or set through the admin section. * Made several User Interface enhancements, including: - Look of all grids in the system - added filters to the standings, individual picks, entries, and competing entries pages. - Made individual picks selection page more user friendly by allowing entries to be queried by name, email address or entry id * Added ability to limit number of entries per email address. * Combined individual picks and individual results page into one page. * Made email subject customizable * Made entry submission message customizable * Added tokenization to the email message, email subject, and submission message for the following items: - First Name - Last Name - Email Address - Entry ID * Added ability to export participants based on the current filter to a comma-delimited file. * Changed scoring calculation to be faster when standings and individual pick pages are loaded. * Added configuration option to limit the number of records returned in the standings, individual picks, entries and competing entries pages. Fixes: * Fixed issue with web services being unavailable. * Pool now allows final four configuration to be updated regardless of web service availability. * Fixed issue with Admin requiring review of entries. Before it was the reverse of what it should be. * Fixed issue with payout amounts not showing cents. * Fixed issue where the pool would return more than 5 top entries when two entries are tied. * Fixed formatting issues when a header file was larger than 230 pixels wide. Now the system resizes the image to be 230 pixels wide. Known Issues: * None Version 1.0.0 ------------- * Initial Release