Creating a League
Your next step is creating your league and
setting the rules and options that will guide play. We'll cover
setting up divisions and assigning teams later.
You can set up additional leagues in the same
database. They can operate with complete independence, although no
team can be assigned to more than one league in a single database.
You can have inter-league play or a post-season championship
involving two leagues, but you will need to link them through an
organization.
To create a new league:
1. Click View on the DMB menu bar and
select Organizer.
2. When the DMB Organizer screen appears,
select the Leagues tab.
3. At the top of the Leagues tab, click the
button labeled New. The following screen will appear:
4. Enter a name for the league and a
year. The year has no
particular significance, so you can fill it in as you
wish.
5. Select the era for your league (See Introducing the
Components to review the significance of this
choice).
6. Leave the inter-league play and
schedule categories
unchanged. You cannot make these selections until later in the
process.
7. Click on the Rules/options tab at the top of
the window. A new form comes forward, leaving you with an important
series of choices to
make. (This link carries you to another topic in this Help
file; when done reading it, click on the Back button to return to
this tutorial.)
8. Click OK
to add the league to the database, or
Cancel to quit without
saving this new league. You don't need to set the Post Season information until you are
ready to begin post-season play. (This link carries you to another
topic in this Help file; when done, click on the Back button to
return.)
If you have created
more than one league, your next step is linking them
through an organization. Otherwise, you are ready to line up your teams.
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