Features

For athletic directors

  • Update your own website. Post schedules, news stories, scores, sports photos, and much more using a simple, web interface.   No previous experience with website development is needed.  The web interface allows you to update the site from anywhere.  No special software is required.
  • Delegate to assistants, coaches, team parents, or any number of people. Each section of your site can be secured and managed by the people you choose.
  • Keep everyone informed.  Use the newsletter, "share this", and "follow this" features to ensure that everyone has the most recent news and information.
  • Save time.  Direct parents and athletes to the site to download forms and get schedule information.

For coaches

  • Update your team's page.  You can post news, scores, and photos specific to your team.
  • Send newsletters and team email.  Send updates to parents and athletes via email to inform them of the latest updates.

For booster clubs

  • Update your booster club section.  You can post meeting schedules, meeting minutes, and news.  Create custom pages for whatever your club needs.
  • Promote the athletic program.  You can create a Wall of Fame and recognize alumni.
  • Get help.   Post volunteer opportunies and membership forms.

For parents

  • Subscribe to team updates.  Each team's updates can be followed using email or RSS feeds.
  • Review the schedule.  Visit the home page to review a unified scheduled or each team's page for a team schedule.
  • Download forms. 

For making money

  • Sell advertising.  Many schools already sell advertising for the sport programs that are sold at games to the fans.  Use your site, along with your print advertising, to sweeten the deal for advertisers.

 

Technical Features

Post

  • Documents (PDF, Word, Excel, and most other formats)
  • Media (photos, video, and audio)
  • Polls.  Get a better understanding of what parents, students, and fans are thinking.
  • Articles. The online editor allows you to post articles without knowing HTML.
  • Custom pages. You can add custom pages to highlight events, such as, a tournaments or clinics.

Share

  • Share This.  Allows for visitors to link to your site through social networks, such as, Facebook and Twitter.  AthleticHost uses the popular ShareThis service for its sharing functionality.
  • Follow This.  Allows for visitors to subscribe to content via RSS feeds.  This allows people to subscribe to your site via tools, such as, Google Reader.
  • Newsletters.  Send email newsletters to visitors that have signed up for them.

Inform

  • News feed.  The most recent postings are pulled from all sections of the site and listed on the home page.
  • Unified athletic schedule.   The schedules from each section of the site are aggregated and a unified schedule is displayed on the home page.

Team Pages

  • Schedule
  • Roster
  • Photo gallery
  • Standings
  • Records
  • Newsletter
  • Camps and clinics
  • Alumni

Automatic Updates

AthleticHost is always working on enhancemnts and new features.  You always get new features free of charge.

Technical

  • Built on DotNetNuke 5.x.  DotNetNuke is tried and trusted website system that allows new features to be added to your website easily.  You may even already have someone on your staff that is familar with DotNetNuke.
  • Customize with modules.  Content sections are posted via modules.  This allows you to move content sections around on each page.
  • Customize with skins.  Use the DotNetNuke skinning system to make your site look how you want.