A new release, fairly minor. Here’s what’s changed:
- Now compiled with Google Web Toolkit 1.4 Release Candidate. This automatically fixes the issue whereby viewers can get to your blog from different addresses (i.e. http://levork.org instead of http://www.levork.org) fail to see the chess board due to the Google Web Toolkit’s enforcement of the Single Origin Policy. There are also some speed and size enhancements that automatically come along with the upgrade.
- The “bouncy resize” of the initial board seen by users of Internet Explorer 6 and 7 has been addressed.
- In closed games there is now the ability to offer, accept or refuse a draw; also to resign.
- Games which end in a draw, stalemate, checkmate, or resignation now automatically update the “Result” tag in the PGN.
- An issue where “+” and “++” was stripped out of the PGN has been fixed.
- The PGN parser was unable to handle moves ending in ‘=’ (indicating stalemate); now fixed.
- The one-hour timeout between page view and move post is now reset with each move.
Here is the Chess By Blog blurb page.
Here’s the download - ChessByBlog-1.0.1.zip, 206 KiB.
Please post any questions or issues in the comments. Happy chess playing!
June 24th, 2007 at 8:27 pm
I didn’t get around to move history browsing, or sending updates by e-mail this time around. Maybe for the next release. Also, if any one has UI or aesthetic improvements please comment!
July 25th, 2007 at 5:31 am
Looks good however, it doesnt appear to work under Opera.
Thanks
July 25th, 2007 at 8:18 am
That’s odd. I’m typing this comment in Opera 9.22, Windows XP, and the chess boards all appear to be working just fine. What version are you using?
August 19th, 2007 at 11:25 am
I’ve always wanted to play chess with readers of my blog. This is a great idea, but I have requests. LOL
- It would be nice if I could put a smaller version of it in my sidebar, maybe with widgets.
- And I would like to allow all of my registered readers to join the chess battle. Meaning, I do not want to turn people into authors to allow them to play.
August 20th, 2007 at 3:05 pm
It was certainly my intention that users with “Contributor” access would be able to play the board, although it looks like that isn’t true, they have to have at least “Editor” access. I’ll have to investigate that, I don’t fully understand the Wordpress editing model.
You mention “registered reader” - did you want to allow *any* person with “Subscriber” access the ability to post a move, or a *specific* person with “Subscriber” access? Or is this not even a “Subscriber” based thing at all?
August 26th, 2007 at 7:55 pm
I just released 1.0.2 -
check it out here. So I’ll close out the comments on this post. Thanks!