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A. M. DeWitt wrote on Mon, Nov 20, 2023 03:20 AM UTC in reply to Fergus Duniho from 02:39 AM:

Okay, these pages have been published.

I think you missed Dai Seireigi's GC preset page. It's the same as Chu Seireigi's except it is adjusted for Dai Seireigi. Thanks for publishing the others though.

 


🕸📝Fergus Duniho wrote on Mon, Nov 20, 2023 02:39 AM UTC in reply to A. M. DeWitt from Sat Nov 18 07:27 PM:

Okay, these pages have been published. Note that the showpiece.php script can now be used in Interactive Diagrams with set and piece values for Game Courier sets. This means you can use a Game Courier set to more easily provide the graphics in an Interactive Diagram, and you can more easily use the same graphics in both Game Courier and Interactive Diagrams. See the discussion on the homepage for more details.


A. M. DeWitt wrote on Sat, Nov 18, 2023 07:27 PM UTC:

I have finalized Chu Seireigi and Dai Seireigi, as well as their GC preset pages.


🕸📝Fergus Duniho wrote on Sat, Jan 23, 2021 12:40 PM UTC in reply to Jean-Louis Cazaux from 08:10 AM:

I have submitted the GC preset also for Zanzibar-XL, Gigachess II and Terachess II now.

Each one is fine, and I have unhidden each one.


Jean-Louis Cazaux wrote on Sat, Jan 23, 2021 08:10 AM UTC in reply to Jean-Louis Cazaux from Fri Jan 22 06:28 PM:

I have submitted the GC preset also for Zanzibar-XL, Gigachess II and Terachess II now.

You will please tell me if they are OK or if I need to correct something.

Thank you


Jean-Louis Cazaux wrote on Fri, Jan 22, 2021 06:28 PM UTC:

Great, I open a bottle :=) Thank you for your patience.

Strong of this experience I think that you might consider a more user-friendly process. For example, when someone has developed a GC preset which works (which demonstrates some skills already, as it is not very easy), why not having a box to tick that would allow a public submission.

No offense meant.

Now I'm going to repeat that process for 3 other games I wish to offer to our community.


🕸📝Fergus Duniho wrote on Fri, Jan 22, 2021 04:47 PM UTC in reply to Jean-Louis Cazaux from 07:17 AM:

Is that OK now for both Teramachy and Zanzibar-S?

Yes, I have now unhidden both pages.


Jean-Louis Cazaux wrote on Fri, Jan 22, 2021 07:17 AM UTC in reply to Fergus Duniho from Thu Jan 21 08:40 PM:

OK. I start (finally...) to understand what I'm asked to do... Is that OK now for both Teramachy and Zanzibar-S? Thanks


🕸📝Fergus Duniho wrote on Thu, Jan 21, 2021 08:40 PM UTC in reply to Jean-Louis Cazaux from 07:46 PM:

Which links?

These are link pages to locally hosted content. Each page for a Game Courier preset should have a link to the preset it is for.

Where to put links?

Text and image links both work. I recommend putting a link around the image and telling the visitor to click the image to play the game on Game Courier.

Is it OK now (for Teramachy and Zanzibar-S)?

No, I did not see a link on either page.


Jean-Louis Cazaux wrote on Thu, Jan 21, 2021 07:46 PM UTC in reply to Fergus Duniho from 03:05 AM:

Thanks. Which links? Where to put links? I have taken the images now from Diagram Designer as you said, and I put the link in the page of the GC. Is it OK now (for Teramachy and Zanzibar-S)?


🕸📝Fergus Duniho wrote on Thu, Jan 21, 2021 03:05 AM UTC in reply to Jean-Louis Cazaux from Wed Jan 20 08:54 PM:

Could you please check what I've done for 2 GC presets: Zanzibar-S and Teramachy? Are they correct?

No, they are missing links. Also, it is not necessary to upload an image for a Game Courier preset, because you can use an image generated by the Diagram Designer. From your preset, choose the Diagram Designer item in the Related Pages menu. This will open the Diagram Designer with an image matching the setup for your game. You can use this image on your page instead of uploading one. You may also wish to use a smaller image on this page. You may do that with the Diagram Designer by reducing its scale.

I have understood that after creating the page for the preset, I have to select "Upload or Manage Files" to upload an image, that in this case is a screen copy of the preset. (as this image is loaded when the preset is launched, why the need to upload an image already available on the site?)

Because it is not available on the site. Game Courier sometimes renders boards as HTML or CSS code, and when it does render boards as images, it stores them in a temporary directory and eventually deletes them. That's where the Diagram Designer comes in. It more or less uses the same code as Game Courier does for rendering boards as images, and it can give you a link for drawing your board.

And there I have to add the image. If I select WYSYWIG, I can attach an image. When I click the button, I am asked to enter the URL. How can I know the URL straight? Too bad it don't offer to me directly the link to the image I have uploaded.

The file manager that is provided for uploading images should be showing you the URL of each image. You may find it convenient to keep it open in a different tab than the one you're writing your text in.


H. G. Muller wrote on Wed, Jan 20, 2021 09:08 PM UTC in reply to Jean-Louis Cazaux from 08:54 PM:

Perhaps we should create a 'front-end' for making it easier to post GC games and everything that goes with them. E.g. the Play-Test Applet now has a button to generate GAME code and display it, so that people can copy-paste it into a preset to automate it. But in principle it could also issue the required POST and GET requests directly, if the user would specify the name of the game and the preset first.


Jean-Louis Cazaux wrote on Wed, Jan 20, 2021 08:54 PM UTC:

Thank you for that. Could you please check what I've done for 2 GC presets: Zanzibar-S and Teramachy? Are they correct?

This is the problem I had:

I have understood that after creating the page for the preset, I have to select "Upload or Manage Files" to upload an image, that in this case is a screen copy of the preset. (as this image is loaded when the preset is launched, why the need to upload an image already available on the site?)

Then, I understood that I need to go back and then edit by selecting "Edit this Page." I get a page with 5 frames to be filled but only 1 is relevant here, "Introduction". The rest is not needed for a GC preset page. Then, in "Introduction" I have to type a simple sentence like "this is the preset for XXX" (this could be automated no?)

And there I have to add the image. If I select WYSYWIG, I can attach an image. When I click the button, I am asked to enter the URL. How can I know the URL straight? Too bad it don't offer to me directly the link to the image I have uploaded.

Sorry for this long description. I have tried to explain how difficult it can be when someone is not an expert to IS. I don't consider myself as a guy hermetic to technology. I wish to put more GC preset on-line. So many days to make those 2 GC only, I'm a bit discouraged, I wonder if I'm the only one to face so many difficulties for something that should be simple. Thank you for your help.


🕸📝Fergus Duniho wrote on Tue, Jan 19, 2021 10:14 PM UTC in reply to Jean-Louis Cazaux from 07:22 PM:

I have tried. Not sure I have understood what to do.

I have added better instructions to the script.


Jean-Louis Cazaux wrote on Tue, Jan 19, 2021 07:22 PM UTC in reply to Fergus Duniho from 04:46 PM:

I have tried. Not sure I have understood what to do. Indeed, I had to guess where to add the image of the preset. Frankly, this process is not easy when you make it once. When I find my Unpublished Submission, it opens the same interface than when I was composing the page for presenting the game, with several frames to be filled. I understood that for publishing a GC preset all these frames are not relevant.

Then I wonder why it is not simpler than that. It could be a simple box to check when one has developed his GC to allow that it is published. Maybe what I say is not possible.

I wish to understand that process as I plan to publish 5 or 6 more GC. Thank you for the help.


🕸📝Fergus Duniho wrote on Tue, Jan 19, 2021 04:46 PM UTC in reply to Jean-Louis Cazaux from 10:38 AM:

Shall I mention to report any bug to you or to me?

If you mention it at all, it should be to the author of the preset, which would be you. But it's not necessary to mention it.


Jean-Louis Cazaux wrote on Tue, Jan 19, 2021 10:38 AM UTC in reply to Fergus Duniho from Mon Jan 18 06:35 PM:

OK I understand. Shall I mention to report any bug to you or to me? Thank you again for your time and your patience


🕸📝Fergus Duniho wrote on Mon, Jan 18, 2021 06:35 PM UTC in reply to Jean-Louis Cazaux from 05:55 PM:

Step 2 asked to put description and link.

This is where you write the content of the page in HTML. So far, you have a bare link as raw text and a description of the rules. The purpose of such a page is to provide an indexed launch page for the preset. These typically include an illustration of the preset, a link to the preset, and a brief description of the preset. This page does not need to include the rules of the game. That's what the Rules page and the rules description within the preset are for. Since you have made other pages, I expect you know how to write HTML. Take a look at Hex Shogi 91 Preset for Game Courier for an example of what a typical preset page should look like.


Jean-Louis Cazaux wrote on Mon, Jan 18, 2021 05:55 PM UTC:

OK but it is not clear to me.

Step 1 is OK

Step 2 asked to put description and link. OK, where I put the link? Which description? The one I already put on the page describing the preset? It is not clear, I don't understand what I do.

For instance for this preset: https://www.chessvariants.com/play/pbm/play.php?game=Teramachy&settings=Default-Alternate

How can I publish it for everyone? Thanks


🕸📝Fergus Duniho wrote on Sun, Jan 17, 2021 05:12 PM UTC in reply to Jean-Louis Cazaux from 07:55 AM:

How can they get a link in this GC table in order to let people play them? Is it something I can do myself?

Yes, you can do it yourself. Create an individual webpage for each one. There are scripts for letting members create new pages. Look in the menu.


Jean-Louis Cazaux wrote on Sun, Jan 17, 2021 07:55 AM UTC:

I have developed GC for the series of my games:

Zanzibar-S

Zanzibar-XL

Teramachy

Gigachess II

Terachess II

How can they get a link in this GC table in order to let people play them? Is it something I can do myself?


Greg Strong wrote on Sat, Nov 7, 2020 08:41 PM UTC in reply to Jean-Louis Cazaux from 08:09 AM:

You're welcome. Thank you for your patience. I have posted a Metamachy GC launch page.


Jean-Louis Cazaux wrote on Sat, Nov 7, 2020 08:09 AM UTC in reply to Jean-Louis Cazaux from Sat Oct 31 11:29 AM:

Just a reminder if someone could make that Metamachy is visible among the game playable. Thanks a lot


Jean-Louis Cazaux wrote on Sat, Oct 31, 2020 11:29 AM UTC in reply to Greg Strong from Fri Oct 30 10:40 PM:

Thank you very much


Greg Strong wrote on Fri, Oct 30, 2020 10:40 PM UTC in reply to Jean-Louis Cazaux from 10:29 PM:

Here it is:

https://www.chessvariants.com/play/pbm/play.php?game=Metamachy&settings=default

Looks like we never made a Game Courier launch page for it so it is not in the index. I will take care of that.


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