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Welcome to Stracka.comThis site is designed to be a social community to connect golfers worldwide, and also to be the best golf course directory on the web, with 27,000+ (currently, and still growing) complete with contact information, scorecards, digital yardage maps, video flyovers, photos, and more for every course. Using the site is easy, but if you're still having some trouble, select the area of the site you'd like to see a how-to guide for: | ||
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Creating a free account: Being a member on Stracka.com is 100% free. If you haven't already, you can create your account here: http://www.stracka.com/register.asp and follow the simple steps. Remember, your privacy is very important to us and we never give any of your personal information or your email address out to anyone.
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Filling in your profile information To fill out your profile information, select the "Manage my profile" link under the community tab which will take you here: http://www.stracka.com/my/profile.asp . There, you can click through the different tabs (My Game, Personal, Location, Account Settings, Email Alerts) and fill out your information. Be sure you click the save button in each screen to save any changes you have made.
To update your location on the map, you can click and hold your profile picture to drag it to wherever you'd like. We recommend not putting it directly on top of your house for safety reasons, because this anyone can browse to find friends and/or meet new golfers in their area.
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Finding and adding your courses To find a course, click the "Golf Courses" tab which takes you to the golf course directory here: http://www.stracka.com/gcd/default.asp . Under the digital yardage map view, there is a circle image (image) that you click on to add that course to your profile. Once you have added a course, you can post comments to other members of that course, post score to your handicap from that course, and it will be listed in your profile as one of your favorite/played/home courses. To manage the courses you have added, select the "Manage my courses" link from the golf courses tab which will take you here: http://www.stracka.com/my/courses.asp .
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Using the digital yardage maps and flyovers One of the most unique features to Stracka.com is our digital yardage maps and flyovers we create for every course in our directory. We are quickly working our way through them, so if your course doesn't have yardage map information and a video flyover, it will be soon.
The maps are fully interactive, you can click and drag the map around, adjust the zoom with the controls on the left, and clicking on the various icons tells you valuable yardage book information, see the legend for what each icon means. The video flyovers are just a hole by hole flyover of the yardage map. To view, click the link below the map, and a YouTube window will open in place of the map.
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Posting scores, and understanding your handicap statistics To post a score, under the "Golf Courses" tab, select the "Post a new round" link and follow the instructions. Remember, to post a score for a course, you must have that course added to your favorites.
We do our best to keep scorecard information accurate, if there are errors with the scorecard for your course, click the "edit scorecards" link below the scorecard to correct it yourself. The course slope and rating must be accurate for the tees you play in order for the handicap to be calculated correctly.
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Posting comments on the "Fairway" of a course On every golf course, there is a place to post public comments called the fairway. It's designed this way so that every course has it's own community discussion board. If you are the only member of your course, invite your friends! The more golfers of your course belong to Stracka.com, the better you can keep in touch with each other, arrange rounds, and heckle each other over who your courses current best player is. You can invite friends here: http://www.stracka.com/my/invite.asp , remember, Stracka.com is totally free!
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Using the Stracka Line Live For every course, there is a tab on the scorecard to view the Stracka Line Greens Guides. Our "Live" technology allows you to simulate any putt, and see the exact putt line for the ball to roll right into the hole.
If your course doesn't have The Stracka Line yet, you can get more information here: http://www.stracka.com/strackaline.asp
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Using the "Forums" discussion boards Along with the individual community discussion boards on every golf course, Stracka.com also has a main discussion board, where you can discuss golf, the pga tour, or anything at all with your fellow golfers across the globe.
The main forums link is located under the "Community" tab to take you here: http://www.stracka.com/community/forums.asp . The topics are organized by main topics, and by individual thread. Anyone can post in any topic, just read through and click "post reply" to add your thoughts to the discussion. A good place to start is to introduce yourself to the community here: http://www.stracka.com/community/forumtopic.asp?id=41 Please view the rules of the forum here:
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Finding, inviting, and adding your friends The more golfers of your course belong to Stracka.com, the better you can keep in touch with each other, arrange rounds, and heckle each other over who your courses current best player is. You can invite friends here: http://www.stracka.com/my/invite.asp , remember, Stracka.com is totally free!
Remember, anyone can be a member, even if they don't golf. They can still participate in the discussion board forums and add friends. Our community is a great place to get involved with the sport you can even get tips from other members about how to get started and advice on how to play. You can search for people that are already members on the main community page: http://www.stracka.com/community/default.asp in the box that says, "Search for a member". Before they can be your friend, you must first send them a "friend request" which they can either accept or decline. To view pending requests, or to see if anyone is waiting on a request they sent to you, check your "Inbox" under the community tab. Also, another way to explore members on Stracka.com with the "Explore Members" map under the "Community" tab. This map shows the profile pictures of all our members across the world. Just zoom in on your area to view the members, the map will show only 50 members at a time, so just keep zooming in to focus on the area you're looking for someone. To make your location on the map is correct, click the "Location" tab, on your profile settings page.
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Posting comments on the "Fairway" of another member On every member's profile, there is a place to post public comments called the fairway. This is where your friends can post messages publicly to chat with you. Only your friends can see your "fairway" and you must be friends with someone to post on theirs. If you would like to send a private message to someone that all their friends can't see, click the link to send a private message to them.
The more golfers of your course belong to Stracka.com, the better you can keep in touch with each other, arrange rounds, and heckle each other over who your courses current best player is. You can invite friends here: http://www.stracka.com/my/invite.asp , remember, Stracka.com is totally free! |
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Posting photos, events, and blogsUnder the community tab, you click the links to post photos, a new event, or a blog...just follow the instructions for each one. Only your friends will be able to see these items.
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