How can I register?

To register

1. Click the Register now link on the top menu.
2. On the registration page that opens, specify your personal details. The input fields with an asterisk are mandatory.

1. Read the terms of use carefully before submitting your registration information. If you accept the conditions offered by Sportingo, select I agree to the terms of use check box.
2. Select Sign up for newsletter check box if you want to receive notifications from Sportingo.
3. Click Submit to post your registration form.

What does the registration allow me to do?

After registering on the Sportingo website, you can submit your own articles.

Note: You can leave comments on any articles published on Sportingo without registration. All you need is to specify your name and email address. It's up to you either to show your email on the Sportingo website or keep it hidden.

How can I log in to the site?

To access the login page, click Log In on the top menu, and then type your user name and password (please note that they are case-sensitive), and click Login. After you complete the login operation, you will be redirected to your personal page.

How can I submit an article?

Only registered users can submit articles. If you have already completed the registration process, log in to the site.

To submit an article

1. Click Submit a new article at the top of your personal page or click the Submit article link on top menu.
2. Specify the name of the article.
3. Enter a headline and subheading for the article.
4. Enter the main body text for the article. Use the formatting toolbar to format the body text just the way you do in a text editor. To resize the body text window, hover the mouse over the handle in the bottom right corner, then click and drag handle diagonally upward or downward.

1. Optional: You can add article tags, enter comments to editor, and specify an image concept if needed.
2. Save a draft by clicking the corresponding button or submit the article.

Note:

• If you save a draft version of the article, you can return to it later and make any necessary changes. The status of such article is New.
• If you submit your article, its status changes to Sent to editor, and you cannot make any changes to it.

What text-formatting buttons can I use?

There are several text-formatting buttons available on the formatting toolbar when you submit an article. Most of them are standard: text alignment, indentation, bulleted and numbered lists, etc. In addition to that, you can use some other helpful buttons, including hyperlinks, anchors (a special mark a particular location in a hyperlink), images, subscript, and superscript. The Cleanup messy code button deletes unused tags from the text. Also, you can insert the custom characters by clicking the corresponding buttons. If you want to see detailed information about available buttons, click the Help button located on the toolbar.

What happens after I submit an article?

A submitted article is automatically transferred to one of Sportingo editors for review. An editor may contact you for questions or requests for further information or suggested changes. Once the editorial team completes their work, your article will be published on the site. Articles are usually published within 24 hours after submission. When this happens, you receive an email with the URL to the published article.

After your article has been published, it is available for all site users.

When can I edit an article?

You can edit your article whenever you wish until you submit it for review (that is, the status of the article is New). After you have sent the article to the editor (its status is Sent to editor) or when the article is published, you cannot make any changes to it.

How can I get to my personal page?

When you log in as an author, you automatically get to your personal page. When you want to return to your personal page from some other page of the website, click My Sportingo on the top menu.

What useful features are available on the author's page?

As an author, you can find several subsections on your personal page: Control Box, Profile, Favourite URL's, Last Comments.

• Control Box. Allows the author to contact the editor and modify profile data (the information the author entered during the registration process).

To edit your personal details, click the Edit Profile link, make the necessary changes in your details, and then click Submit.

• Profile. Contains the author's country, the date that the author joined Sportingo, and the number of articles the author has published.

Using this subsection, users can send an e-mail message to the author. To do so, click the Contact Author link, type your message in the pop-up window that appears, and then click Submit.

• Favourite URL’s. Lists the links to the author's favourite resources.

• Last Comments. Displays the author's recent comments and specifies when the comments were posted.

What is the author’s rank and how is the quality rating of an article calculated?

Your rank indicates how many articles you have already submitted. The quality rating of each article is calculated on the basis of readers' votes and the total number of views. This ranking system shows the popularity of your articles.

To rate an article on a scale from 1 to 5, highlight and click the stars under the article.

How can I find an article?

You can run a search for articles by title, tags, keywords, team and player names. To perform a search, type your query in the search box on the main page and click the search icon.