Frequently Asked Questions |
- How do I browse the database by team?
Click on the "Browse" menu at the top of the screen, select a category, then select "Teams".
- How do I add a team association to a card?
Adding a team association to a card requires Level 1 permissions. Click on a card missing a team association and select the team from the "Select team..." dropdown menu.
- How do I edit the team associated with a card?
Editing teams requires Level 2 permissions. To edit the team associated with a card, go to the card's page and click the "Turn Editing On" button. This will cause edit links to appear on the page. Click the "edit team" link, make the change, and submit.
- What is the character limit of the Team field?
There is a 255-character limit on the Team field. Longer descriptions should be shortened to fit this limit. The "edit team links" area can be used to add full team associations.
- What is a TID?
A TID is the unique identifier assigned to each team in the database. When visiting a team's page, the system queries all cards which have the team's TID associated with it, therefore a card must have a particular TID associated with it for it to show up on the team's page.
- How do I find the TID of a team?
You can find the TID of a team by visiting the team's page and looking at the URL of the page. The TID is the set of digits located after "tid/" in the URL.
Example URL from the Arizona Diamondbacks's page:
https://www.tcdb.com/Team.cfm/tid/1/Arizona-Diamondbacks
Arizona Diamondbacks's TID = 1
- How do I add a team?
Submit an Inaccuracy Report from the card's page that has the missing team.
- How do I link multiple teams to a single card?
Teams should only be linked to a card if they are the focal point or subject of the card. Teams of background players should never be linked.
- Edit the team field of the card, putting slashes between each team that needs to be linked (ex: Atlanta Braves / Baltimore Orioles / Chicago Cubs) and submit.
- Beneath the card images, click "edit team links".
- Click the "Create Links" button.
- Check below to see that all teams were linked properly and make adjustments if necessary.
The "Create Links" button will link up to 8 different teams separated by slashes. If more than 8 links are required, the "Add Link(s)" area can be used. Additional teams can be added using that text box, either individually, or multiples separated by slashes (up to 8 at a time).
