How to display lesson and instructor details

Many tennis players are looking for ways to improve their game. Why not promote the lessons and instructors that are available to your club members? In this article we'll look at the steps required to create or edit displayed lesson information, profile your teaching professionals, and allow your club members to book a lesson on your club's Courtside Canada site.

Here are the steps:

1. Log in to your Courtside Canada account and click on “Admin” on the top of your screen.
    
2. Click on the “Lessons” tab on the left-hand side of the blue menu area.
   
   
    
3. Clicking on “Add a Pro” gets you to the place where you can input all the information about your instructor, the lessons they have to offer, and lesson fees. We suggest adding a picture of your instructor by clicking “Choose File” under the Pro Photo heading. Save all the information you wish to display on your site by clicking on the blue “Add Pro” button.
   
   
    
4. Now that lesson and instructor information is displayed on your site, you can create the option for members to make lesson reservations right from your site. To do this, click on “Admin” and then “Reservations” in the blue menu bar at the top of the page. To access the reservation settings, click on the “Edit Settings” tab that appears on the top right-hand side of the screen.
   
   
    
5. To activate lesson reservations for your members, select “Use Courtside’s online lesson reservations” box under the heading “Reservation Settings.”

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How to create events and clinics

Posting details for your club or tennis community's events and clinics is a breeze on Courtside Canada. In this article we'll walk you through the creation of a event or clinic, how to have key events listed on your site's home page, and even provide an option for online registration.
Here are the steps:

1. Log in to your Courtside Canada account and click on “Admin” at the top of your screen.
    
2. Click on the “Events & Clinics” tab on the left-hand side of the blue menu items.
   
   
    
3. Click on the blue “Create New Event or Clinic” button on the right-hand side.
    
4. Provide the event details you would like published to your site, including event name, description, dates and times, if the event will be repeated, allow registrations, and selection of an event icon.
   
   
    
5. Once you're added your event information, click the “Create Event” button. To view how your event will look to your site visitors, click the event name. To edit event details, just click the grey gear icon to the right of the event you wish to make changes to. On the right side there is even an option to have a selection of events appear on your site's homepage in an event display area.
   
   

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Courtside Spotlight: Highlands Community Tennis Association

Reprinted from Courtside Canada Updates for June 2012 newsletter.

Located in one of Edmonton’s oldest communities, the Highlands Community Tennis Association is a relative newbie having just started operations in April 2010. However, the HCTA Team have accomplished plenty in just a couple years. Awarded the 2011 Building Tennis Communities Rookie of the Year by Tennis Canada, HCTA offers a wide array of programs to their community and schools. They have also been selected to serve as a Summer Progressive Tennis Centre by Tennis Alberta due to the wide range of programs for children aged 3-17 years.

To help manage online registrations and payment of member fees, clinics, lessons, camps, leagues, and tournaments, the HCTA Team turned to Courtside Canada to help streamline their operations. Although their Courtside site continues to be a work in progress, you will find lots of info on upcoming events, membership, programs, and how to find them. Learn more about HCTA on Courtside.

We just accepted our very first membership, program, and tournament registrations through Courtside using PayPal to accept the payments. It worked flawlessly!
HCTA, April 22, 2012

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