Public game / display game

Hi,

Is it possible to embed the progress of a game in a messageboard elsewhere so that people can watch me playing so-and-so at such-and-such a place?

JS

Originally posted by Jobe Pshcaw
Hi,

Is it possible to embed the progress of a game in a messageboard elsewhere so that people can watch me playing so-and-so at such-and-such a place?

JS

Actually, games in progress shouldn't be a topic in the forums. There is always going to be someone who comes in and makes a comment about a move either side should or should not make.

Once your games are finished, you can go to the public forums and post a link to the game in a thread.

See the FAQ for ways of posting FEN, PGN, and links to games into any given thread. (They are all right in a row in the FAQ)

FAQ

Thanks for the reply... I didn't mean this forum though, it's for a very small forum that about 6 friends talk on and it would just be nice to be able to watch each others' games there so i wondered if it was possible to link out the game to other sites/websites... e.g. if you had a blog could you embed it there (obviously you probably wouldn't want to for the reasons you mentioned but in the case of the forum i want to post it to, no one is going to make such comments...)..

I'll have a look at what you mentioned but could you let me know if what I want to do ISN'T possible?

There doesn't appear to be anything in the FAQ regarding this type of embedding on webpages... I guess it's not possible then. If anyone knows how then I'd love to know...

Originally posted by Jobe Pshcaw
There doesn't appear to be anything in the FAQ regarding this type of embedding on webpages... I guess it's not possible then. If anyone knows how then I'd love to know...

I have considered adding embeddable boards for blogs, so this may happen. No date for availability though.

Okie doke. Ta.

Originally posted by Jobe Pshcaw
Hi,

Is it possible to embed the progress of a game in a messageboard elsewhere so that people can watch me playing so-and-so at such-and-such a place?

JS

If you can embed HTML in your blog/forum then you could use an IFRAME element to pick up the analysis board for a specific game:

< iframe height="403" width="406" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"
src="http://www.redhotpawn.com/gameanalysis/boardanalysis.php?gameid=Your game ID" >

The board is quite large and you'll be stuck with the default board colours and piece style.