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8.8 Webcast
DakStats Webcast allows the user to easily broadcast a live play-by-play Webcast of games to
the Internet for fans and media to view.
For information on Webcasting to the Web-Sync server, refer to the DakStats Web-
Sync Setup Guide
For information on Webcasting to a school server, refer to the DakStats Webcast
Setup Quick Start Guide
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8.9 GameCast
The GameCast feature outputs game and season data for use with the DakStats GameCast
Football program. This program is installed on a separate computer and is used by press
personnel including newspaper reporters, radio announcers, and other on-air personalities to
navigate through statistics and find exactly what is newsworthy. For more information, refer
to the DakStats Football GameCast Installation and Operation Manual
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8.10 Web-Sync
The Web-Sync service greatly reduces the effort needed to collect league statistics. Any group
of teams using DakStats, such as conferences or state associations, can easily compile league
leaders and game-by-game statistics. Refer to the DakStats Web-Sync Setup Guide
or the DakStats Web-Sync Operation Manual
for instructions on
setting up the Web-Sync service.
8.11 Twitter
Internet access is required to use the Twitter function.
DakStats has the ability to send “tweets” through a validated Twitter account from within
the software, providing followers with instant game updates. DakStats can automatically
suggest tweets after specific actions occur – such as when a team scores, at the end of a
period/game, etc. – and users may manually edit and send these suggested tweets. Users are
also free to type in and send their own tweets at any time.
When a Play-by-Play game is first opened, the Twitter toolbar should be visible at the top of
the screen (Figure 63). If not, go to View > Twitter to enable it. The toolbar can be dragged
elsewhere on the screen as desired.
The following is a summary of each feature of the Twitter toolbar:
1)
The user can type in tweets (or edit automatic tweets) in this textbox.
2)
Click this button to toggle between automatic and custom tweet mode:
indicates that the text may be overwritten by an automatic tweet.
indicates that automatic tweets will not overwrite any custom text entered.
When in custom mode, the textbox is outlined in orange.
3)
This shows a count of the remaining characters in the tweet. A single tweet has a
maximum of 140 characters, including spaces and punctuation.
1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6)
Figure 63: Twitter Toolbar
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