Adding a game
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on Mon, 08/03/2009 at 10:40am.
If you go into your games archive and click "View" next to the game you want to enter into the blog or forum thread.
Click on the small tab marked "Moves" then on "Get PGN"
You can choose which format you want this downloaded as, i have mine saved in "notepad" and i save it to my desktop so its easier to find.
Once this has downloaded, locate it on your computer, and open in "Notepad", then minimise it. ( you'll need it in a minute)
Either go into the forum topic you'd like to make a new post in, or onto your blogs page and create new blog.
You'll see the toolbar options as shown. Click on the small chessboard icon
The "Game Editor" will then open.
This is where you get to choose which type of game you want others to view.
In this case, its a game that can be played all of the way through so i've selected "Games or sequence of moves"
Click on the "continue" button.
The next box, is where you'll need the PGN you have minimised. Open that document, then using the top options, click on Edit - Select All - Edit - Copy
then minimise the notepad again.
In the diagram below it shows i've checked the "PGN" option. Paste the PGN details that you copied from the notepad into that box
Click the bottom right "Continue" button. This then shows you a choice of what you want the reader to see.
*NOTE
See where the cursor is ? This is so you can alter the game format for if you're entering a chess960 game or a standard game
Once you're happy with how you have this set up and have entered any text for "comments before moves" or "comments after moves" (this is optional)
Click on "Next Step"
This page now lets you design the board and pieces
Once you've finished designing your board and pieces, use the bottom Left button where it says "Insert"
The game editor will then close and place your game into the blog / forum post.
Don't be alarmed to see it showing as this;
Thats how it's supposed to look, until you click on "Submit blog" (or forum post)
If you want to make any adjustments to the game itself, simply click on the blog again, then on "Edit".
Click on the game itself, then on the little chessboard icon.
The game will then re-open into the game editor where you can make any changes.
Hope this is of some help :)
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