Create a Standard League

After logging into Free Online League, select "Create New League" which is located under the "My Leagues" sub-menu.

Complete the web form ensuring that the League Category is set to Standard League. Other options privacy settings and if a forum or document uploading is required.

Now that the main league has been created, its time to add an image to represent your Standard League.

Select "Choose File" and select a image from your own compter. Ensure that the file type is one of the following; jpeg,jpg,gif,png

Next we need to create the Season. Select either of the links to create your first Season.

As with the Create League web form, complete this Seasons web form selecting each settings as you wish your Standard League to be configured. Each settings has a blue question mark which details additional information.

If in doubt and you are looking to create a basic Standard League, you only need to complete the title and description. Dont worry, these settings can be changed anytime.

After clicking the highlighted Division Link, complete the web form to create a Division.

Next you need to create the Teams for your Standard League. Teams can be either assigned to another League Member or not. If you wish to run the League with a bunch of friends it best to assign them to Teams once they have joined you Standard League.

To Invite New Friends that are not members of Free Online League, click the Invite New Friends link.

To Invite Current Friends that are members of Free Online League, click the Invite Current Friends link.

Enter up to 10 email addresses for the members you which to invite.

The "message" area is already populated with a default message to be sent. This includes an invitation code which will allow new members to easily join your Standard League.

You may add to the default message if you wish.

Select the friends that you wish to invite and then click "Send Invitations"

After clicking the Teams Link highlighted above, complete the Create New Team web form.

We shall create a Team allocated against the Site Administrator as an example. As we are assigning this Team against a League Member (Site Administrator), we only need to select this from the "Assign to League Member" dropdown and then click "Create".

Continue to create the Teams, assigning League Members to the Teams as and when they join your Standard League.

After clicking the Create button, the new Team is displayed at the bottom of the page under "Edit Existing Teams". Clicking "Edit" to the right gives the option to amend Team Name (as Alias) and also upload a different image for the Team.

Thats it, your Standard League has been created!

Select the link to view your Standard League.

Now that your Stmadard League has been created you need to create a Season of Games. Please see the Standard League Admin Guide - Create Schedule of Games.

Also, don't forget to assign your League Members to Teams as and when they join.