with diagrams for use in a web page or blog, which is always an important tool in telling about chess, but sticking to that is fairly old school. The reason is that it treats the online experience as if it were simply digitalized paper, when there is no need for such self-imposed restrictions. Chessbase 12 brought in its bag of tricks an invaluable tool for bloggers or auteurs: a brand new javascript replayer with advanced tools. This replayer is more than just a facelift with nicer pieces than the previous version. Compared to the older version:
- It does have nicer pieces and board with better contrast, as well as more responsive replay buttons
- It displays all the visual cues such as highlighted squares and arrows,
- The notation displays pieces for universal recognition
- If the moves contain numerical evaluations, they will be displayed as a bar chart
- Can publish several games with a drop-down menu
- It brings a board that will seek to remain visible if the notation scrolls down
The first thing of course is to annotate a game, if you plan on publishing it with
comments, and so forth. Though it is hardly forced.
comments, and so forth. Though it is hardly forced.
Publishing a game on Facebook
This is by far the easiest thing to do, so let's start with that.
Once the game is ready, just click on File, and Publish to Web
A small pop-up will appear: choose One Click Publication. Be sure you have an
active internet connection.
active internet connection.
Your browser will open with a new webpage contianing the replayer and your game.
This is not a file on your computer, and is hosted indefinitely at ChessBase's servers.
The URL (or web address) at the top is the link to your game, which anyone can
access to see it. Click here to see it for real.
This is not a file on your computer, and is hosted indefinitely at ChessBase's servers.
The URL (or web address) at the top is the link to your game, which anyone can
access to see it. Click here to see it for real.
Copy that address and paste it on Facebook. It shows a generic title "An interesting
game" and description "My Game", but you can edit those by clicking on them
before pressing Post. Now anyone who clicks on your link will see the game and
replayer.
game" and description "My Game", but you can edit those by clicking on them
before pressing Post. Now anyone who clicks on your link will see the game and
replayer.
Publishing a game on a web page or blog
Click on File, then select Publish on Web
A pop-up will appear, and this time you want to choose "Create a HTML File".
It will ask you for a name and a location to save it.
It will ask you for a name and a location to save it.
You can perfectly well open the HTML file in an HTML editor, your browser (right-click
and select "View page source") or even Notepad. The HTML code you want to copy to
include in your page is located between <body> and </body>. Copy it and then paste
it where you would like the replayer and game to appear. Even if you are not an old-hand
blogger, it will take you less than a minute after you have done it a couple of times.
and select "View page source") or even Notepad. The HTML code you want to copy to
include in your page is located between <body> and </body>. Copy it and then paste
it where you would like the replayer and game to appear. Even if you are not an old-hand
blogger, it will take you less than a minute after you have done it a couple of times.
In part three, you will learn how to publish several games with a
drop-down menu, as well as learn some tips on presenting just parts of
games, combinations, studies, and more.
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