Week 44: Tip of the Week

#44: Did you know that adding YouTube Videos to your site has become easier!

Now it’s easier to upload YouTube videos to your site. In the HTML editor, simply click on the “Embed YouTube Video” button. This will provide a popup box that you can paste the embed link into and it will be placed on your site without any other HTML knowledge requirements.


Please note that this feature is only available with ClubRunner V2.0. To take advantage of this quick and easy way to upload embed YouTube Videos, switch your site today.

Week 23: Tip of the Week

#23: Did you know that you can hyperlink your files/documents within a story? Anytime you update content on your site, you have the option of creating links so your website visitors are able to quickly and easily access a particular file that you may reference. To enable hyperlinks within your stories, you must first upload the file to the “Download” section of the site. To do this:

1. Login as usual and click on Admin.
2. Click on “Edit Download Files” under the Website Manager section.
3. Click “Add New File” on the top right.
4. Fill out all the required information.
5. Click on “Browse… “ and select the file for upload. (Note: you also have the selection to make this file not visible on the homepage, to do this click on the dropdown menu and click on “Do Not Show It In Homepage).”
6. Click “Save”.

In order to link this file in your content, while still in the “Edit Downloaded Files” section (after the file is successfully uploaded) please follow these steps:

1. Click “View” beside the appropriate file name.
2. A new page will then open, copy the link that displays in the address bar.
3. Edit or create a new story/bulletin/email where you would like to display a link to this document.
4. Type in a word or phrase in which you want people to click to download the document such as “Please click here to download the registration form”
5. Highlight the word/phrase to which you would like to link.
6. In the editor, click on the Create Link icon, a window will then pop up, paste the link you copied earlier into the text box labelled URL and click OK.

Week 21: Tip of the Week

#21. Link Your Social Media Accounts to ClubRunner?

Many clubs are now using Social Media in addition to their website to keep their current and prospective members informed and encourage them to frequently visit login to their website. Now you are able to do the same to boost traffic on your site and most importantly keep your visitors in the know! To add this information as a story on your home page, following the instructions below:

• From the admin page, under Website Manager, click on edit story
• Click on the HTML section of the story brief section and put these codes in the text field (without spaces):

• Replace the BOLD text with the addresses of each of your Social Media accounts*

• The story will appear as follows on your site:

*If there's a section that is not relevant for you, omit that portion of the code, starting with “img src” that precedes the listing you do not want.

Week 13: Tip of the Week

Did you know that you can make your site interactive? Post You Tube Videos and increase the traffic to your site! Wondering how to do this? See the steps below:

First you need to have a YouTube Account.

2. Once signed in, on the top right corner, click on the yellow button Upload. A drop down menu will appear, click Video File.

3. Click Browse and search for the appropriate video, then click on Upload Video. The upload process will begin, while your file is being uploaded, YouTube gives you the opportunity to add a title to your video, as well as a description. Once all the appropriate information is entered, you also have the option to make your video private or public.

4. Once you have adjusted all of the settings, please click on Save Changes.

5. To get the code, click on your account name at the top of the page, a drop down menu appears, you then click on My Videos. From there, play the movie you would like to get the code from. On the right side, you will see a text box labeled Embed, copy that code.

6. Once you have the code, while in the ‘HTML’ mode of a story, paste the code from YouTube, remove the object tags from the code (Note: object tags are not permitted for security reasons). Once you have done all this, switch back to ‘Design’ mode and save the story.

For more details, visit ClubRunner eSupport Center.