This description is based on an empty installation (no demo data) of JPodium in the version 0.9.008

How to use JPodium

Name Class
Carlos SASTRE U23
Alberto CONTADOR U23
Oscar PEREIRO U23
Lance ARMSTRONG U23
Marco PANTANI Elite
Jan ULRICH Elite
Bjarne RIIS Elite
Miguel INDURAIN Masters
Greg LEMOND Masters
Pedro DELGADO Masters

JPodium uses four different database tables to hold and maintain the necessary data. After the installation of the component all databases are empty, there is no demo data in the databases. The following explanations describe all necessary steps to achieve the display of a set of results for ten athletes participating in two different races.

Getting there requires the creation of the profiles in the athletes table, the necessary classes in the classes table and the two races in the races table. After this basic work we then can create the results data in the results table.

The ambitious sportsmen we are going to use are shown in the table to the right. They all compete in three different age classes: U23, Elite and Masters. This classes have to be defined in the classes table.

To create any data you have to go to the JPodium Control panel in the administrator backend of your Joomla! installation. There you find the menu entry Components - JPodium - Control panel. Selecting this opens the JPodium control panel. You can as well directly select any table via the components menu.

The following picture shows an example of the menu structure with the JPodium menu. Selecting Control panel leads you to the overview page, any other selection directly to the selected database table.

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