Articles by john

Chrss update 3

By john

Just done:

  • user account creation now does email validation (more useful for myself)
  • ordering rss entries in date order (as some rss readers seem to display entries in the order the entries appear in the file), to ensure most recent moves appear first

TODO:

  • move confirmation (probably just with javascript …

Second game. End game

By john

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Well game #2 is in the end game now. It's been really good playing against Kennon. Must say that I'm not faring terribly well, but it's not over yet...

Chrss update 2

By john

Updates to chrss:

  • now setting guid for moves in the rss feed (so the entries can be told apart, even though they point to the same url)
  • when you sign up you should no longer get redirected back to the sign up page after you first log in
  • if you …

Chrss bug fixes

By john

First few minor bug fixes for chrss. Fixes:

  • Now using absolute URLs in the rss feed. The feed also now validates at http://validator.w3.org/feed/.
  • Corrected redirection issues, due to not running chrss off the base of the site

Still to be fixed:

  • After creating an account and …

Introducing chrss: chess by rss

By john

Over Christmas and evenings in January I've been working on a side project: chrss.


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It's a correspondence chess web application. There are plenty of options for playing chess online (whether in realtime or via correspondence), but I felt the urge to "roll my own". This was a large part due …