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Choose your website template

By the end you’ll have your website in the template that suits your league, for every sport.

  • Who: League admin
  • Time: 3 min
  • Steps: 7
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Before you start

  • Use a computer or a tablet. On a phone, Website template can’t be changed.
  • Set your logo and colours first if you haven’t yet. Every template uses them.

Steps

  1. Step 1: In the left menu, click Website.

    Website opens on Design, at Website template. There’s a card for each template: Classic, Arena and Huddle. The one fans see now says On your site.

    Fig. 1

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    The admin’s Today page with Website in the left menu.
    Fig. 1Website, in the left menu.

  2. Step 2: Click the Arena card.

    Arena is now Selected and marked Unpublished. The preview on the right shows your own league in Arena, with your logo and colours. Fans still see your current template. To compare, click Classic or Huddle the same way.

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    Website › Design › Website template with three cards: Classic (Selected, On your site), Arena and Huddle, each with a description and who it’s best for. The preview shows the site in Classic.
    Fig. 2The three templates. Classic is on your site.

  3. Step 3: Under Arena options, set Nav colour to League colour.

    Each template has its own options, and each option says what it changes. Nav colour paints the menu bar in your league colour instead of black. To go back to Arena’s defaults, click Reset to defaults.

    Fig. 3

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    Arena options with the Nav colour choice of Black or League colour, and the preview of the site in Arena.
    Fig. 3Nav colour, under Arena options.

  4. Step 4: Above the preview, click Phone.

    The preview switches to a phone screen, where many fans see your site. Click Desktop to switch back.

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    The Desktop and Phone switch above the preview of the site in Arena, with the menu bar in the league’s orange.
    Fig. 4Phone, above the preview.

  5. Step 5: Click Publish at the top right.

    A box asks you to confirm the switch: Your public site will switch to Arena for every sport.

    Fig. 5

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    The top right of the Website page: 2 unpublished changes, Discard and Publish.
    Fig. 5Publish, next to the count of unpublished changes.

  6. Step 6: Click Publish and switch.

    After a moment the bar says Published. Fans see it now. Arena’s card now says On your site.

    Fig. 6

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    The box Switch your website template?, saying Your public site will switch to Arena for every sport, with Cancel and Publish and switch.
    Fig. 6The Switch your website template? box.

  7. Step 7: Open your website.

    From the admin, click ↗ (View public site) at the bottom of the sidebar; your website opens in a new tab. It’s in Arena now, with the menu bar in your league colour.

    Fig. 7

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    The public website in Arena: the black scores strip, an orange menu bar, the next game, recent results, standings and stat leaders.
    Fig. 7Your website in Arena.

What you’ll see

Your website uses Arena, for every sport, with your logo, colours, pages and homepage sections carried over. To change the template or its options, go back to Website › Design › Website template and publish again.

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Website › Design › Website template after publishing: Arena is Selected and On your site, and the header says Published. Fans see it now.
Fig. 8Website template after publishing.

Common questions

Do I lose my pages, colours or homepage when I switch?
No. Your colours, logo, pages and homepage sections carry over. The template changes how your website looks and is laid out.
Can I switch back?
Yes. Click another template, like Classic, and publish again. Each template keeps its own options, so if you go back to Arena later, the choices you made for it come back.
Can fans see a template before I publish?
No. Until you publish, the template is a draft that only you see, in the preview. To drop it, click Discard at the top right; an Undo button appears for a few seconds in case you didn’t mean it.
My league runs more than one sport. Does each sport get its own template?
No. One template covers every sport. Colours are the exception: they’re set per sport in Brand.
I picked Huddle, and my homepage columns are gone. Why?
Huddle stacks homepage sections in one column, so left and right placement in Homepage is ignored. Under Huddle options, the admin tells you so.
My website still shows the old template. Why?
It can take a minute or two. Your website may keep showing the version from before you published for that long. Wait, then reload.
Who can change the template?
League admins. Editors can work on the homepage, pages and photos, but they don’t see Website template.