Caddie Books

A Caddie Book is a curated bundle of the course's Tee Signs and Info Boards packaged for players. You can publish each book as a live web page that players open on their phone during a round, and let them download the same content as a PDF for printing or offline use.

Most courses run multiple books — for example, one for MPO players and one for FPO — so each division sees only the tee signs that apply to it.

How it works

Open the Caddie books button in the course toolbar. A picker lists every caddie book on the course and lets you create a new one. Each book opens in an editor dialog with five tabs:

  • Details — the book's name (e.g. "MPO Caddie Book"). Players see this name in the switcher when a course has multiple published books
  • Signages — which tee signs and info boards are included
  • Pages — whether the PDF includes a cover page, back cover, and hole notes
  • Cover & style — title, subtitle, cover image, background, and colors
  • Publish — the live URL and PDF download

The book stays in draft until you publish it. You can keep editing after publishing; changes go live on the public page instantly — no re-publishing needed.

Select signages

In the Signages tab, pick which info boards and tee signs belong to this book. Every course Layout gets a Quick select button in the top row — one click picks every signage that covers that layout, automatically skipping holes the layout doesn't play.

Tee signs can belong to multiple layouts. The layout-colored circles next to each row show which layouts a sign covers, matching the markers on the canvas.

Publish and share

In the Publish tab, click Publish. Parkdly mints a public URL at /caddie-books/<token> and shows:

  • The full share URL with Copy and Open buttons
  • An Unpublish button that revokes the link (the URL stops working immediately)

When published, the dialog header shows a Published pill — click it to copy the URL without opening the Publish tab.

The public reader is mobile-first and shows the signages you curated, with prev/next arrows to step through them one at a time. Players can pick a specific sign from the in-page navigation. If the course has more than one published caddie book, the page includes a switcher in the header so players can flip between MPO and FPO views on the same URL prefix.

Your caddie book stays in sync with course edits automatically — change a tee sign's notes in Parkdly Studio, save, and the public reader updates the next time it's opened.

Surface a caddie book on your public page

If your project has a public page (a single landing page at parkdly.com/p/<project-slug> that lists what you want to share publicly), you can also list published caddie books on it under a friendlier, slug-based URL like parkdly.com/p/your-park/mpo-2026. The original /caddie-books/<token> URL keeps working — the slug URL is an additional, SEO-friendly entry point.

Open the project's public page settings and switch to the Content tab:

  • Pick which published caddie books appear on the public page using the checkboxes — only published books show up here
  • Set the URL slug for each selected book (e.g. mpo-2026). Parkdly suggests one from the book's title, and you can edit it
  • Reorder the listed books with the up/down arrows; players see them in this order on the public page

The slug becomes the public URL: /p/<project-slug>/<book-slug>. The slug is managed here in the public page settings, not on the caddie book preset itself — the caddie book editor's Publish tab shows the slug URL when one exists, but it's read-only there.

Changing a slug

If you change a slug on a published page, the previous URL stops working immediately — anyone who bookmarked it or shared it on social media will see a "not found" page. Parkdly shows a warning in the slug input when you change a saved slug. Only change a slug if you're sure the old URL isn't in use anywhere.

Customize the public page's appearance

Switch to the Appearance tab in the public page settings to:

  • Pick a main logo that shows above the page title — uses an image from the project's brand images
  • Choose theme colors for background, text, and the accent that highlights links
  • Add sponsor logos (up to 30) that render in the footer

Sponsor logos appear in the order you set in the picker. Drag any selected row to rearrange — the public page footer shows them left to right in that order. The footer scales tile size automatically: a few logos render bigger, many logos render smaller, so the row stays balanced regardless of count.

Each logo (the main logo and every sponsor logo) accepts an optional link URL. When set, the logo becomes clickable on the public page and opens the linked site in a new tab. Leave the URL blank to render a plain image with no link. Links must use https:// — Parkdly will add the prefix automatically if you paste a URL without it.

Brand images are managed in the project's Images tab. Add the logos you want to use there first, then come back to the public page settings to pick which ones appear.

Download a PDF

The Publish tab includes a Download PDF button that generates a one-time snapshot for printing or offline distribution. The PDF respects the book's cover, style, and selected signages. Players have two ways to grab the same PDF themselves: a download icon next to each book on your project's public page, or the menu inside the interactive caddie book view.

The PDF renders from the live canvas, so the Download button is only active on the Signage page in Parkdly Studio. Open the dialog from there to download.

Share dialog integration

The Share button in the course toolbar shows every published caddie book alongside the legacy Public View and Transfer links. Use it to copy URLs quickly without opening the full editor.

Availability and limits

  • Caddie books are a paid feature — they're not available on the Free plan, and customization (title, subtitle, cover image, background, colors) unlocks on a higher tier
  • You can create one caddie book per course layout (minimum one). Add a layout if you need another book
  • A caddie book's public URL stops resolving if the owner's subscription lapses or the course is locked because it has more layouts than the current plan allows — players see a friendly "temporarily unavailable" page

See plans and subscription for current tier details.

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