SP2HTML version 1.0.3

Instant Chess Tournament websites at the click of a button!

sp2html is a tool for automatically generating websites for chess tournament coverage.  It is designed to be used in conjunction with Swiss Perfect, the automatic pairing program by Robert Rozycki.  sp2html is an independent program, and is not officially associated with, or endorsed by Swiss Perfect.

sp2html automatically creates pages for:

• Player lists
• Round by round results and pairings
• Round by round standings
• Crosstables

sp2html is still in development.  Please send any comments or suggestions to the address below.

Download:

• sp2html version 1.0.3 installer (1.2MB)
• sp2html version 1.0.3 executable only (only use this if you have a recent installation - 0.8 or later)

Note on version numbers:  Minor version changes (e.g 0.51) will only be downloadable as an executable. If you want the most current version, you may need to download the installer, install the program and then download the current executable and copy it over the previous version. If you already have a working version of sp2html installed, you may only need the executable.

Note that some installer bugs were fixed in version 0.5 (uninstall information should now be correctly installed, and the Start menu will be correctly adjusted), so you may wish to reinstall the whole package if you have an earlier version of the installer.

Other sp2html users:

The following clubs and tournaments have used (or will be using) sp2html:

• 2005-2006 Australian Chess Championships and associated events
• 2006 Australian Junior Chess Championships
• Sahovski Festival Senta Open (Serbia)
• Jorge Alvarez Memorial (Spain)
• Verano Blitz (Spain)
• The Chess Association of Queensland
• Tasmanian Open Championships 2005
• Croydon Chess Club
• City of Redcliffe Chess Club

Sample Websites:

These sites were created using sp2html, without any extra editing.

ACT Open 2004

Victorian Masters 2004

New in 1.0:

• Improved PGN support.
• Additional labels added.
• Crosstable bugfix.
• Multiple preference files.

New in 0.8:

• Options dialog improved and enhanced, including tabbed option pages.
• All generic headings are now user modifiable. This enables language variations for example.
• Font sizes now modifiable - handle with care: some combinations will not work well with the column layout.
• "Save Settings" and "Load Settings added".
• PGN support added. "Make PGN" creates skeleton PGN files for each round. "Link PGN" links these PGN files into a javascript game viewer from results and crosstables.
• Users with PHP support will be able to enter moves via the 'admin.php' index.

New in 0.53:

• Added number of wins as tiebreak option.

New in 0.52:

• Bugfix: Deleted fields in the database now dealt with correctly.

New in 0.51:

• Federation field bugfix (standings and crosstables).
• Added round-robin crosstables.

New in 0.5:

• Now reads the TRN and SCO files directly, no need to export SPDE files.
• Added customisable colours and fonts.
• Added federation field.
• Changed the useless output directory chooser (now selects the output index file with MS common dialog).
• Added tiebreak ranking and display (currently available: Buchholz, Median Buchholz and Sum of Progressive).
• Improved use of cascading style sheets: all files use a single style.css file (which can be manually edited for more advanced customisation).
• Added support for multi-game rounds.
• Forfeits now displayed as "+ -" etc (thanks to the SCO file).
• Fixed a few minor issues identified by beta testers.

Usage:

To use sp2html, you simply need access to the Swiss Perfect save files, <tournament name>.trn and <tournament name>.sco.  Select the .trn file in the "Open" dialog.  Then choose an output directory, using the "Browse" dialog to select the output index file (note that sp2html will create a number of files, so you will probably want a dedicated directory for each tournament).

Select field options, fonts, colours and tiebreaks, and click "Generate HTML" to make your website.

Simply upload the output directory to your webspace, and you are ready to go.

You are, of course welcome to edit the HTML in order to integrate the pages into another site, or to modify the formatting.  I would only ask that the "generated by sp2html" tagline not be removed.

Please note:

With the ability to fully customize colours and fonts comes the ability to generate some truly grotesque webpages.  Please use the power wisely!

Screenshots:

Feedback:

I am very happy to recieve feedback on sp2html at this stage.  Please let me know:

• Is it easy to use?
• Any bugs?
• What features would you like to see in the next release?

Jonathan Paxman, January 2007.

sp2html@paxmans.net