Jesse has improved the code and now everything works as it should.
Now it just remains to decide on the best colour, I'm just about to alter this from green, but if anyone has any good ideas then please let me know!
Many, many thanks to Jesse for all the work he's put into this!

test B [b]checked[/b], Check this if you'll be adding code (or don't like smilies).

[pgn]
[Event "OPJ 2011"]
[Site "Hradec Kralove"]
[Date "2011.03.31"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gersenson"]
[Black "Rozkovec"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1690"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Closed, Grand Prix, 3...e6 4.Nf3 d5"]
[WhiteElo "1750"]
[TimeControl "120+6"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[WhiteType "human"]
[BlackType "human"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb5 d4 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. Nb1 Nf6
8. d3 Be7 9. Na3 Ba6 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bd2 Rab8 13. Nac4 Bxc4 14.
Nxc4 Qc8 15. a4 Qa6 16. g4 Nxe4 17. b3 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Qc8 19. Rae1 Qc7 20.
Re4 Rbd8 21. Rfe1 Bd6 22. Qa5 Bxf4 23. Qxc7 Bxc7 24. Kg2 {Jesse offers a
draw} Rd5 25. R1e2 g6 26. h4 Kg7 27. Kh3 h5 28. g5 Rf5 29. Re1 Rd8 30. R4e2 Rf3+ 31. Kg2 Rg3+ 32. Kf1 Rd5 33.
Re4 Rf5+ 34. Ke2 Rg2+ 35. Kd1 Rff2 36. R4e2 Rxe2 37. Rxe2 Rxe2 38. Kxe2 f6
39. gxf6+ Kxf6 40. Nd2 Kf5 41. Kf3 Bd8 42. Kg3 Be7 43. Nf3 Bd6+ 44. Kf2 Kg4
45. Ke2 Bg3 46. Ng5 Bxh4 47. Nxe6 Be7 48. c3 dxc3 49. d4 Kf5 50. Ng7+ Ke4
51. dxc5 Bxc5 52. Ne6 Be7 0-1[/pgn]

Jesse Gersenson wrote on 04/07/11 at 22:49:35:


Ah, I didn't realize you had to do coding to allow line breaks; I assumed the problem was internal to Chessflash. I don't know anything about programming really.

Thanks a lot for your efforts to get this up and working!

progress report:
chesspub player development

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changes made:

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• assume user will paste a normal pgn file - one which includes line breaks and single/double quotes, and header info
• colors updated to match diagrams

 

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to do:

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• gather user feedback from forum members
• add link below board, 'copy pgn to clipboard'
• test double quotes. current version on my machine handles double quotes correctly, but I expect the forum software may send the script something other than double quotes, depending on how one answers the checkbox question, "Check this if you'll be adding code (or don't like smilies)."

Smyslov_Fan wrote on 04/07/11 at 14:03:31:

Tony, once this becomes widely available and usable, it will revolutionise the entire site. Do we have enough memory available if everyone starts using it?

And, will people be able to copy and paste the moves into their own files if they so desire?

This feature does not use memory from the forum's server. The flash file is served by chessflash.com and will use (strain?) the chessflash server's memory.

Issues of memory and performance do surface but they occure on the end user's machine and not on the chesspub server. There is a chance users with a slow computer, using internet explorer, may feel "damn-it, my machine is slow today" feelings on pages with multiple chessflash instances. The page will be slow, scrolling will feel slow, maybe the mouse will stagger about.

I wrote the chessflash developer (again, he responded to me the first time) and asked him if he plans to add a download button to chessflash. He hasn't responded.

Either he adds a download button, or I'll add a link below the board to 'copy pgn to clipboard'.

Tony, once this becomes widely available and usable, it will revolutionise the entire site. Do we have enough memory available if everyone starts using it?

And, will people be able to copy and paste the moves into their own files if they so desire?

The size of the board and game data look fine to me, but we can change the colour if we want. Any thoughts? We could make it the same as the diagrams for instance?
Incidentally, to see this you must have Flash installed and switched on.

Yes, celebrate!

Am blindly working out the kinks - the new feature will be in a usable form next week.

Perl programers - get back to work. we don't need your help anymore

Matemax, what caused you to say all double quotes need to be removed?