New scoreboard features

**stephenk** · 15-02-2006, 17:33

I thought it would be a good idea to make a new thread about the new scoreboard, for errors, requests, etc. (The "Please remove duplicates from scoreboard" one was getting a bit off track!)

1)
Regarding the date thing - I'm sure everyone has got used to reading dates in the format of their country.
Couldn't the user select what date format they want. A cookie can then be placed on their machine so all dates are in the same format for each visit. You would need separate fields for date_year, date_month and date_day in the database as well as a drop down menu for selecting the date. A simple IF statement could then be used to return all dates in the correct format.
This method would also make the highlighting idea much easier on the admins!

2)
I mentioned this before. How about a login system for users so they dont have to retype their address etc for each score submission - this way will also prevent duplicates as the system can automatically delete/archive previous scores for the user.
Each person's login could also track their high scores - the possibilities are endless!

Stephen
P.S. I'm happy to write some PHP if you think these are good ideas.

**Enda** · 16-02-2006, 18:37

Originally Posted by stephenk

Regarding the date thing - I'm sure everyone has got used to reading dates in the format of their country.

How about a login system for users so they dont have to retype their address etc for each score submission.

Hi Stephen,

Thanks for your suggestions.

I'm aiming to keep the scoreboard as un-cluttered and easy to use as possible, so have been trying to stay away from adding too many usability features such as the date formatting one you have suggested. I'll have a think about it though, and may implement your suggestion tomorrow.

Regarding the whole registration idea, I'm reluctant to put this in place - Steven (The Force) has previously suggested this, and it is something we considered some time ago, but I'm still unconvinced that people will go through the registration process in order to submit their score.

I realise that for regular posters this is not an issue, but feel that many 'one-time' submissions would be lost through having an extra 'step' in the submission process.

Thanks for all your continued suggestions and input guys!

Regards

Enda
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**stephenk** · 18-02-2006, 14:02

Enda:

Are you still manually highlighting the "this month" score entries? Now that you have got most of the date formats sorted it should be easy to use a function to highlight them automatically.

I ask this because of me at #372 (relegation board - not highlighted when it should be) and also #104 (div 1 - vice versa).

Keep up the great work with the scoreboard!
Stephen

**Enda** · 20-02-2006, 11:34

Originally Posted by stephenk

I ask this because of me at #372 (relegation board - not highlighted when it should be) and also #104 (div 1 - vice versa).

Hi Stephen,

They are being automatically highlighted at present, but a few of the scores slipped though the auto update I was doing.

All scores being submitted are now correctly set up, and I have gone through the remainder so all should be ok from here on in!

Thanks for the continued feedback!

Regards

Enda
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