Social Media
SportReporting.com is designed to post results directly to Facebook and Twitter, as well as include links to the accounts in emailed results. To begin, go to the Administration tab and click on Social.
Adding a Twitter account
To add a Twitter account, click the light blue Add Twitter Account button and choose the green Continue button in the window prompt that appears. Proceed to log into Twitter for the desired account, and choose Authorize app. You will automatically return to the Social Media page on the back end, where you can go through the process again to Add Another Twitter Account. All the sports are automatically selected when adding an account. To select a specific sport, click on the blue Select Sports button and select which sport(s) you want post to the specific Twitter account.
Adding a Facebook account
To add a Facebook account, click on the blue Add Facebook Account button and choose the green Continue button in the window prompt that appears. Log in as someone or an account that has a role with the Facebook page you want to link. Within Facebook, select which page(s) you want to have added to SportReporting.com and hit Next. Chose what permissions SportReporting.com should have for the pages chosen and select Done. You will automatically return to the Social Media page on the back end, where you can go through the process again to Add Another Facebook Account. (NOTE: Pages may have to be added one at a time) For more help, click on the link for Instructions located below the button to add another account. All the sports are automatically selected when adding an account. To select a specific sport, click on the blue Select Sports button and select which sport(s) you want post to the specific Facebook account.
Linking Twitter & Facebook accounts to result reports
Once the social media account is added on the back end there are several options to consider. All the sports are automatically selected when adding an account. First, to select a specific sport, click on the blue Select Sports button and select which sport(s) you want post to. Second, is the Include in Email designation for whether or not that social media account will be featured with a button link in email messages. The third choice of Submit to Twitter/Facebook indicates whether results and messages will post to that Twitter or Facebook account. The social media account is included as a button link in result report emails and is posted to the select account by default. And lastly is an option to Disconnect or remove the Twitter or Facebook account from SportReporting.com.