How to post games Options

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Introduction

There are 4 different posting styles (1) Just the game and nothing else, (2) the game and the arrow buttons, (3) the game, arrow buttons, and the move list, and (4) the game, arrow buttons, the move list, and the human/computer selection. Here are examples:



















// fen on move 3: rheakae1r/9/1c4hc1/p1p1p3p/6p2/9/P1P1P1P1P/1C2C1H2/9/RHEAKAER1 b - - - 1
// movefirst for this fen: blue


















// fen on move 3: rheakae1r/9/1c4hc1/p1p1p3p/6p2/9/P1P1P1P1P/1C2C1H2/9/RHEAKAER1 b - - - 1
// movefirst for this fen: blue




















// fen on move 3: rheakae1r/9/1c4hc1/p1p1p3p/6p2/9/P1P1P1P1P/1C2C1H2/9/RHEAKAER1 w - - - 1
// movefirst for this fen: blue


















// fen on move 3: rheakae1r/9/1c4hc1/p1p1p3p/6p2/9/P1P1P1P1P/1C2C1H2/9/RHEAKAER1 w - - - 1
// movefirst for this fen: blue


The first style is good if you only wish to post a game compactly (see how to make it even more compact later, or to disable interaction). The second style is if you wish to provide limitted interaction with the game. The third style if you wish to show the move list. The fourth style is useful when posting puzzles, as user can let computer to control one side when interacting with the game.

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Making changes

While previewing the game, you may want to change one of the following things: ( a ) the game title, ( b ) the red player, ( c ) the blue player. To change these information, look for the following lines in your applet code:

<param NAME="gameinfo" VALUE="...">
<param NAME="redplayer" VALUE="...">
<param NAME="blueplayer" VALUE="...">

Edit the VALUE="..." to appropriate value, for example to

<param NAME="gameinfo" VALUE="Championship 2003">
<param NAME="redplayer" VALUE="MaiThanhMinh">
<param NAME="blueplayer" VALUE="XuhongZhao">

You can leave any of the above parameter empty to remove it. For example:

<param NAME="gameinfo" VALUE="">
<param NAME="redplayer" VALUE="">
<param NAME="blueplayer" VALUE="">


Click on preview again to make sure. You may also want to manually change the width="..." and height="..." to make the size of the applet right. A simpler way would be to click on the C button, copy and repaste the applet again.

As a rule of thumb about making changes, whatever changes you made to the applet (say making moves) are only known to yourself, as the applet runs only on your computer. Once you finish making the change and wish to update it to the server, you need to click on the C button, copy the game HTML, then paste it (overwritting the old applet) to your forum post.