Where are the basics?

  • Resolved aegirr

    (@aegirr)


    1 year, 2 months ago

    I have been trying to find the basics for the use of plugin Chessgame Shizzle. I have installed and activated the plugin but I have no idea how to use it. Do I have to import chess games from a PGN-file? It does not seem like I can add a chess game directly into the plugin? Where do I find the absolute basic for the use of this plugin? Thank you

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  • Thread Starter aegirr

    (@aegirr)

    8 months since the last reponse in this forum. I anyone using this plugin?

    Plugin Author Marcel Pol

    (@mpol)

    Hi, please read the documentation. If this plugin had 1 million users that all need handholding, this plugin could not exist.

    You can add chessgames by using “New Chessgame” in the dashboard. Or import chessgames from a PGN file. Or use the shortcode for an upload form on a page.

    And what do you mean with “It does not seem like I can add a chess game directly into the plugin”? You can, for sure. Is there something you expect that isn’t there? I am always open for feedback.

    Regards, Marcel

    Thread Starter aegirr

    (@aegirr)

    Ok, thank for your reply. I am sorry for my ignorance but I dont understand what kind of annotations I use in order to register a chess game directly into the edit board. I tried 1. e4 e5 to test but I guess I misunderstand this plugin.

    By the way, I am not sure what you mean by documentation. I read the description but that does not explain the basic annotation for registering a chess game.

    Ok, now it is beginning to work. I had to add the moves also in metadata.

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    Plugin Author Marcel Pol

    (@mpol)

    Aha, how do you write down a chessgame. That is a good question ??

    It is not up to me to explain PGN data in detail, but I could point to some documentation about this.
    At Wikipedia there is a short description:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Game_Notation

    Also, the meta-field for PGN has a little help text.

    Does this help you?

    Thread Starter aegirr

    (@aegirr)

    Thank you for your help sofa.

    When you talk about documentation, do you mean this site?

    https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/chessgame-shizzle/

    Plugin Author Marcel Pol

    (@mpol)

    Yes, the text you see there is all part of the readme, that is included in the zipfile of the plugin.

    You can see the text version of the current version:
    https://plugins.trac.www.ads-software.com/browser/chessgame-shizzle/tags/1.2.8/readme.txt

    The readme that is part of the development version is in trunk:
    https://plugins.trac.www.ads-software.com/browser/chessgame-shizzle/trunk/readme.txt
    Though the real development happens in git on Codeberg. When I tag a new version, it all gets committed to SVN here.

    You are new here at WordPress it seems ??
    Feel free to ask a few questions. I hope I didn’t come across too unfriendly in my first reply.

    Thread Starter aegirr

    (@aegirr)

    I have been using WordPress for ten years, but I am new to this chess plugin. I have been playing chess for much longer so I am quite familier with chess notations.

    On this site it does not say anything about HOW to add chess games to the plugin

    https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/chessgame-shizzle/

    It only says the following:

    “Editors and guests alike can add chessgames in PGN format through a frontend form.”

    It does not say anything about how to use chess-notations to add games.

    I have now learned to do this by trial, error and success.

    Case closed

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