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Questions

1. How do I find a team to join?
2. How do I join a team?
3. How do I create my own team?
4. How do I invite others to join my team?
5. What is a fan?
6. What is an Administrator?
7. What are Administrator Tasks?
8. How do change the team member information like title and number?

Answers

How do I find a team to join?
On every page, there is a search field on the right side. Enter what you know from the team, like the name or location where they play, and click the Go button. A list of both teams and athletes that match your criteria will be returned to you. Find the team you are looking for and click on their picture or name to go to the team's zProfile page. You will only be able to view their public content until you become a team member or fan.

How do I join a team?
After finding the team you want to join, either click the small sign to the right of the team on the search page, or click the " Join Team" link on the team's zProfile page. Either way, an email will be sent out to the gatekeeper of the team regarding your request to join. Once that person approves you, you will become a member of the team and you will be notified.

How do I create my own team?
First of all search to make sure your team has not been created yet by searching for it in the right bar. If not, then click on the "my zTeams" link in the header. In the fist box, in the left bottom, there is a link "Create a New Team". After clicking the link you'll need to fill out the form with some basic information about your team and click Register. The next screen allows you to build your team roster (detailed instructions). If you want to do that later you can just click "Done" at the right bottom and come back later to add your teammates. Since you have created the team, you are the administrator on the team, meaning you can change all the information in the team profile, add calendar events, invite team members, add photos and video, add documents and links, etc. etc.

How do I invite others to join my team?
Go to the Team Members section of your team profile and click on the "Add Team Members" link. Search for a player by entering their name and/or email address. If they have a zAthlete account, their name and profile picture will come up. Click on "Invite to Team" and a request will be sent to that individual to join your team. Once they accept they will be added to the team roster. For the time being they will show up as "Pending".
If the person you are looking for currently does not have a zAthlete account, you can still enter their name and email address. A result will come up informing you that person is "Not a zAthlete member". Clicking on "Invite to Team" will add this unregistered member to the team. If you entered the email address you will also get the option to Invite the person by sending an email to them. When they sign up they will automatically become a member of your team.
Lastly, if there are any zAthlete members that are member of a team with the same name, they will show up in the section "People who listed .....". You can invite zAthlete members directly from there to join your team.

What is a fan?
A fan is connected with the team without being a member of the team. A fan can view pictures, videos and calendar events that are selected by the team members to be seen by the fans. A Fan can also post comments, connect with members but can not upload their own pictures and videos to the team site. To become a fan, click on the "Become a fan" button after searching for a team and you will automatically become a fan of that team.

What is an Administrator?
Administrators are the team members responsible for maintaining the team site. When a team is created, the only administrator is the member that created the site. However, this person has the ability to make other team members administrators as well. You can tell who are the administrators are on the site by the word "admin" in parenthesis next to their name.

What are Administrator Tasks?
An administrator is the only person who can change the profile information of a team, as well as load the team and mascot image. The admin is also the only person who can change the team member information like jersey number and title.
An administrator also has the ability to decide who can do what on the team site. As an administrator there is an extra link "Manage Permissions" right under the Team Profile photo. This link takes you to a screen where you can decide which team members can do certain tasks. Besides admin the other permissions are:

1. gatekeeper: allow to invite people and approve requests to join a team as well as remove people from the team.
2. content provider: allow to create new albums and upload files to those albums. Not allowed to change album information or delete albums and also not allowed to move or delete files from an album
3. content admin: a content admin has the same rights as the content provider and can also rename, move, and delete files and albums.

How do change the team member information like title and number?
Go to the Team Members section of your team profile and click on the "Edit" link. A new screen will popup which allows you to edit information about all the team members including, role, number, position, title etc.

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