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We have created a little 2 page overview of RunSignUp that we are going to be using at various Race Director trainings we are doing, as well as the trade shows we will be at. Feel free to use it (and of course send your suggestions). RunSignup Overview 2 Pager
We have started our integration plans with Athlinks. The first step is an easy way to link to the Athlinks results for your page. This is set up simply in the RunSignUp Go section of Results in the RunSignUp dashboard. All you need to do is find your race on Athlinks and enter the URL […]
Xact is one of the leading platforms for real time results reporting and notification. They are an important part of the RunSignUp Go strategy to help bring race day together since they provide a higher level of capabilities than the RunSignUp Results and Notifications system. Xact is well known as the results system behind large […]
We just adding a new level of access to RunSignUp that allows a person to see all of the race information, but not be able to edit anything. We now have the following types of information sharing: Race Director Access – this provides full capabilities. As many race directors can be added as you want […]
RunSignUp Results now supports automatic generation of Finisher Certificates. We use a default certificate that automatically fills in the runner’s name, Race Name, Finish Time, Place, and the logo for the race that was uploaded. An example is on the right. There is no work for the race director to do other than assure the […]
RunSignUp Go RunSignUp Go is a strategic effort to help bring race day together for race directors and timers. RunSignUp Go provides an open platform to connect the various parts of race day. Race Day Registration. This includes mobile and kiosk registration. Bib Assignment. Pick your method of bib assignment, including dynamic bib assignment that […]
In the next week, we will be mailing 1099K forms to some of our customers. As stated in http://www.irs.gov/uac/General-FAQs-on-New-Payment-Card-Reporting-Requirements, these are informational forms that are required by the government. The form looks like the one on the right. Note that RunSignUp is our company’s trade name – our legal name is Bickel Advisory Services, LLC. Internal […]
We upgraded to the new m3.large instances type on our Amazon Web Servers at 4:15 PM today. Our average response time fell from about 100 milliseconds of time spent in the web server to about 50 milliseconds. If you can catch that 0.05 seconds on a stopwatch, you might notice a difference. But if you […]
We did a Timer Training in San Antonio this past weekend. For those who were not there, we are posting the slides and information we covered. There were two parts. First, we did an overview of the Timer Partner Program and of the high level features of RunSignUp and the ones specific to Timers. Next, […]
RunSignUp Go Brings Race Day Together with open platform of over a dozen race software solution vendors RunSignup Results 2.0 – State of the Art Results and Notifications RunSignUp is pleased to announce the release of RunSignUp Go and RunSignUp Results 2.0. These advances are based on collaboration with over a dozen technology partners to […]
RunSignUp Go is a strategic effort to help bring race day together for race directors and timers. RunSignUp Go provides an open platform to connect the various parts of race day. This means existing tools and technologies can be tied together, and there is choice and freedom to add and change vendors – whether for […]
We are rolling out Results 2.0. As with our other 2.0 releases, this is based on some great feedback from timers, race directors and runners. Here are the highlights: Mobile and Kiosk Quick Lookup by Bib or Name Individual Results QR Codes and Unique URL for each finisher QR Code File for Custom Bib Printing […]
Custom URL’s allow you to specify your own web address without having to have your own website – like http://www.runsignup.com/MyRace. We now give you a way to go to specific pages beyond your custom URL. This gives you a nice short address to direct people right to registration or results. For example: https://runsignup.com/rotary8k/results
We have posted the Groups/Teams manual for Race Directors. Groups and Teams Manual for Race Directors This includes explanations on: How to Set up Race Groups How to Set up Race Group Pricing How to Assign Race Group Bibs How to Create a New Race Group How to View Groups
Widgets are the way that you can easily put a part of RunSignUp, like race registration, right on your website. This means people are not re-directed to another website to register for your race or club. About 50% of the registrations on RunSignUp happen in this way – so it is very popular and very […]
The RunSignUp Widget now works with Responsive Design websites. The planned new Widget 2.0 release next week will make some of this easier, but the technical documentation is below for completeness: The widget is now responsive to the custom width. The tab colors will need to be overridden in widgetHead.tpl, but the custom width feature […]
We recently added a Create Race API for a technology partner / OEM. We are not making this publicly available at this time, but it is something that may be useful for some advanced technology partners. It also represents the first step in putting an API wrapper around the Race Director and Partner side of […]
We hate to do this, but we have just had to add a sentence to our contract. It basically gives us the right to deny service or withhold funds from races where registrants are complaining or there are repeated chargebacks. This is due to a couple of race directors who have put up bogus races […]
In preparing for the Timer Training in San Antonio, we tried putting together a slide with a bunch of timer logos on it. We were not successful in getting every one on there, but these timers are all above 10 races, with the top one being over 200 races using RunSignUp. Thank You!
With the new Responsive Mobile 2.0 user interface, we are also enhancing the look and feel for people who use our widgets on their sites for registration. The one at the right shows the new Profile in a cool set of colors as an example. Here is another example that allows you to set the […]
On Dec. 30 we made a change to the system. Today we discovered that it caused some (about 59%) confirmation emails to participants to not be sent. We have fixed the error, and have resent confirmation emails that were not previously delivered. There is nothing that needs to be done by race directors or participants. […]
You will notice continued refinement of our new responsive Mobile 2.0 design. In the first image, note how we have Help on every page. Also if you are logged in, there is a menu icon right below the Help button to give you quick links to your Profile and other Registered Races. Also in the […]
Many races are using the RunSignUp Widget on their own website. One of the cool options you can set is to have a “transparent” background. This means the background of your site is what shows. You can see a couple of nice examples on the right. To do this, set a parameter of “transparent=T” in […]
