Website Builder V2 Plans

The two most important communication and marketing capabilities we provide our customers are websites and emails. (See an example website we host with our first-generation website hosting for The Woodlands Marathon here). We are working (very hard) on rolling out a new generation…

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Pre-Answer Participant Questions with a Race FAQ

Dive into any online forum for race directors, like the RD Hub on Facebook, and there’s one line of discussion you’ll always find: frustration with participants who ask the same questions over and over again. Better website content can eliminate emails – and…

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More Reasons to Stop Using Widgets

We have posted in the past that we will not be supporting widgets. This is due to modern browsers stopping support. Safari stopped supporting session tracking several months ago, and Chrome will stop in July. As we discussed a year and a half ago,…

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Using our own Free Race Websites

Over the past few weeks, we have had to put out a LOT of information quickly. We wanted to do that with a website. However, our main website has a lot of restrictions on it for PCI compliance purposes where every line…

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Custom Countdown for Cover Pages

We have added another feature to cover pages – Custom Countdown Clock. Like all cover page components, it is simple to add and set up – and takes effect immediately. Yet another reason to use free RunSignup Websites to help save money,…

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Save Money with RunSignup

Every event organizer is trying to figure out how to reduce expenses right now. Here is an overview of ways to can use RunSignup to potentially save money. We also have a sister blog for ways to Make Money with RunSignup. Here is…

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Croppie for Race Banners

We have now made it easy to adjust an image of any size to fit the race website banner image. We have added this convenient tool in other places like cover pages, fundraising pages and clubs, and have now released it for…

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CCPA

No, this is not the old abbreviation for the Soviet Union. It is the abbreviation for the California Consumer Privacy Act. This act goes into effect on January 1. Any website that is used by a California resident must comply with the law….

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New Version of Safari Breaks Widgets

Any customer using widgets, even Partner Websites, should switch to a simple button and link to the appropriate RunSignup site directly. Unfortunately, Apple has released a new version of Safari that prevents session tracking. This is a necessary feature on complex web applications…

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