support request, can't change ladder settings

Hi teraforce,

Thanks for the comments - glad you like it.

I had wondered whether it was suitable for gaming ladders and assumed not. So I will be very interested to see you putting it to use. Future development for computer gaming will probably stretch me a little as it's a while since I partcipated in such a thing (I think it was Doom v1 the last time!!!).

I will if possible include any enhancement requests for this purpose so long as they don't veer too far from the racket sports !! :lol:

I have reuploaded the source package with an updated sql installer which *should* fix the probem. I would advise you to delete your database and start over. The only files that you need to reupload to your server (i.e. the new files in this package) are:
install/install.sql
AND
record_result.php

So long as you get all green messages when you install this time it should be ok :oops:

Matt

OK thanks Matt! We are going to seed the ladder from our double elim tournament and start from there, so maybe another week. How about the stuff to run multiple ladders?

Also, if I am going to start out seeding the bracket from an elimination tournament is there built in function to do that, or can I even go into the database and do it? The only way I see to do it is to create the accounts myself in the order of seeding.

I meant to say that 2 posts up. As far as it working for a gaming ladder I think it will work with mine. Most of the commercial ladders are built into a CMS and integrated as such. I've peicemealed my site together so already have to register for different areas of my site anyway. But hey its free so they can't complain. Even if I could get a free CMS with this built in I don't know if I would do the switch. I am not a programmer although it would be nice if I could integrate this with IPB, but I'm not asking anyone to do that. I do think that if you continued development you could have a viable package that you could sell. Not sure if that takes you away from the GNU licensing or not. But I definitely appreciate your work and keep it up.

Hello teraforce,

I will post a tutorial on multiple ladders later today or maybe tomorrow. :)

Are you running phpMyAdmin? If so it's easy to add players manually. Don't forget that the password column is hashed so set up a player with the password of password and then you can see the hashed value for password and copy that from column to column. You can then tell people their password is password! It's far quicker to enter direct to the db than to manually sign people up via the ladder script.

Alternatively you could get your players to sign themseleves up in their own time and you can go in later on and adjust everyone's positions manually (via phpMyAdmin). I've done that with some of the ladders I host and it takes seconds (well I suppose it depends how many people you have!!).

Thanks for your other comments. I don't really intend to sell the package (you are allowed to take a product back from a GPL though AFAIK) but I may more actively push for donations to support activity in the future. I am only interested in covering my hosting costs. My view is that I've taken A LOT from the Internet and this is me doing my bit to give back to the community. :D