A common question is: what is seasonal and what is non-seasonal?
Understanding the difference is essential before creating a new season or making configuration changes.
What does seasonal mean?
Seasonal elements can be configured differently in each season. Updating a seasonal element in a new season does not affect archived seasons.
For example, if you update categories in the new season, archived seasons remain unchanged.
What does non-seasonal mean?
Non-seasonal elements exist at the account level. Changes made to non-seasonal elements apply across all seasons—active and archived.
For example, if you update the theme, it updates everywhere.
Non-seasonal elements
The following elements are non-seasonal. Changes to these will apply to all seasons.
Account and general settings
| Location | Seasonal status |
| Settings > General > Account | Non-seasonal |
| Settings > General > Languages | Non-seasonal |
| Settings > General > Document templates | Non-seasonal |
| Settings > General > Theme | Non-seasonal |
| Settings > Integrations > API keys | Non-seasonal |
Content and display
| Location | Seasonal status |
| Settings > Content > Content blocks | Non-seasonal |
| Settings > Content > Interface text | Non-seasonal |
| Settings > Content > Terms | Non-seasonal |
| Settings > Communications > Social | Non-seasonal |
If you create new content blocks instead of editing existing ones, you must manually select them in the relevant display area.
Users and roles
| Location | Seasonal status |
| Users | Non-seasonal |
| Settings > Users > Registration | Non-seasonal |
| Settings > Users > Roles | Non-seasonal |
| Settings > Users > Fields | Seasonal & non-seasonal |
Users belong to the account, not a season. However, entries and judging data linked to users are seasonal. Permanently deleting a user removes them from all seasons.
Payments
Only some payment elements are seasonal.
| Location | Seasonal status |
| Settings > Payments > Prices | Seasonal |
| Settings > Payments > Discount codes | Seasonal |
| Settings > Payments > Payment gateways | Non-seasonal |
| Settings > Payments > Currencies | Non-seasonal |
| Settings > Payments > Pricing rules | Non-seasonal |
| Settings > Payments > Taxes | Non-seasonal |
| Settings > Payments > General | Non-seasonal |
Seasonal elements
The following elements are seasonal and can differ between seasons.
Entries
| Location | Seasonal status |
| Settings > Entries > Categories | Seasonal |
| Settings > Entries > Chapters | Seasonal |
| Settings > Entries > Fields | Seasonal |
| Settings > Entries > Tabs | Seasonal |
| Settings > Entries > Rounds | Seasonal* |
| Settings > Entries > Review flow | Seasonal |
| Settings > Entries > Tags | Seasonal |
* Exception: feedback rounds
Judging
| Location | Seasonal status |
| Judging > Settings > Assignments | Seasonal |
| Judging > Settings > Awards | Seasonal |
| Judging > Settings > Panels | Seasonal |
| Judging > Settings > Rounds | Seasonal* |
| Judging > Settings > Score sets | Seasonal |
| Judging > Settings > Scoring criteria | Seasonal |
* Exception: feedback rounds
Communications
| Location | Seasonal status |
| Settings > Communications > Broadcasts | Seasonal |
| Settings > Communications > Notifications | Seasonal |
Integrations
| Location | Seasonal status |
| Settings > Integrations > CopyLeaks | Non-seasonal |
| Settings > Integrations > Salesforce | Seasonal |
Additional considerations
- Payments
- Only changes to prices and discount codes are seasonal. All other payment configuration changes apply to every season.
- Roles
- Creating or editing roles affects all seasons.
- Theme
- Theme changes, including logos and colour palette updates, apply across all seasons.
Good to know
- Seasonal elements can vary between seasons. Non-seasonal elements apply across the entire account.
- Changing the account URL disables the old one immediately.
- Users belong to the account, not to a specific season. Permanently deleting a user removes them from all seasons.
- For a full overview, see the guide: Ultimate guide to seasons.