DevLog

What started as a small plan to run a small league towards the end of 2006 has grown into a massive web-designing project with new ideas emerging from sources both expected and unexpected, and the ideas coming to life in the form of new (& hopefully improved) features in the website. And ideas continue to flash and take form even as I update this log.

• Planned to revive the league which was last played in 2003.
• Use of higher scripting language for the website: ASP and PHP
• Three columned home page : Random Manager, Shoutbox and QuickPeek.
• Added: Top Navigation Menu (Javascript drop down menu)
• Added: Random Quote in Random Manager
• Added: Proboards Forum
• Downloads hosted at sharedhost.com
• Manuscript template used
• Removed the usage of ASP scripts
• Prepared Beginners' Guide
• Edited Understanding.rtf
• Added: Online Lineup Creator
  • Added web form with object creation(text file)
  • Corrected output format compatible
  • Autoload players as per club
  • Table with expandable/collapsible rows using stylesheet
  • Added 'View My Club' feature
• Fixed Rules and Game Settings
• Added: Transfer List (php page) with autoload players
• Added: Help under Online LUC
• Added: Club House
  • Login using Club Abb and Club Code
  • Added: "Welcome" to specific manager
  • Logout Added
• Password protected pages
• Added: Auction
  • Create object (single text file)
• Added:e-magazine ONSIDE-beyond the final whistle!
• Prepared PlayerBase
  • Listing nearly 1000 players
  • Fixed player cost
  • Sorted players as per position, age and skill level
  • Prepared excel file and webpage
• Added: Commissioner Notification in Online LUC
• Removed Manuscript Script
• Added: Personal Message (text file based)
• Added: Number of Visitors Online
• Added: Countdown to Matches
• Added: News Ticker
• Added: Duplicate Player checker in Online LUC
• Personal Messaging
  • Correct Ordering of messages
  • New Message Notification
• Added: Trophy Case
• Added: Poll
• Changed Menus
• Added: Transfer Certificate
• Added: Webpage Creator
• PM shifted to mySQL
• Added: Chat and integrated login with Club House
• Added: Comprehensive Rule Book: Season Rules and Understanding document
  • Introduction of new, comprehensive rules
  • Standard rules followed in many instances
• Reorganized the Header Menu
• Changed Home Page Design
  • Announcement added
  • Latest on ONSIDE
  • Random Rusty Tips
  • Search Player
  • Random Manager without random quotes
  • Removed: News Ticker
  • Added: Managers Online
• Added: More organized 'Joining the league' info and waiting list
• Added: More organized Auction System
  • Standard Auction Rules
  • Set up Guidelines Page
  • Standard Auction Bidding script
• Added: Credits
• Added: Calendar
• Added: More user and comment friendly BLOG
• Replaced <textarea> in PM to WYSIWYG
• Dumped Tranfer Certificate and introduced Trade Center with links to the Blog
• Moved rosters to mySQL
• Moved all instances of rosters to mySQL: Online LUC and Transfer List
• Added: Trade Alert (in Club House)
• Added: Extensive team stats to mySQL: rosters, wins,losses,draws,gf,ga,teams won against,teams lost against, teams drawn with, all results
• Added:Admin and Stats Center
  • To add announecments
  • To maintain chat
  • To edit Transfer List
  • To edit polls
  • To edit abuses/waiting list
  • To add trade alerts
  • To update data files used
    • Table data file
    • Preview file
    • Mainpage countdown date
    • Transfer Status
    • Auction List
    • Roster array as php file
  • To update Team Stats
  • To update Player Stats
  • To create match previews
  • To add roster and teams stats of a new club to mySQL using rosters array
• Replaced Calendar by simple text based 'Season Structure'
• Updated: History page
• Added: Alternate pages [Safe Mode] for "Too many connections error"
• Added: Player Search using parameters
• Added: Player Vital Stats for display in Preview Pages
• Added: Random Resource Generator for Auction
• Changed: Layout of the ClubHouse (with smaller icons and more organized features)
• Added: Saved Lineups Checker with alert
• Added: Polls Alert
• Added: Match Viewer 1.0
• Added: Auction Bid Checker with alert
• Optimised Search: Organised Search Output
• Optimised Search: Added 'Search by Name' option
• Optimised Transfer List
• Updated main page layout with Transfer List alert and Auction alert.
• Added: Outbox feature in PM
• Added: Smileys in Blog
• Updated: Match Previews with the addition of Tactics & Suspension stats.
• Added: Check Status in OutBox of PM
• Updated: Creation of unique file name for use in Match Viewer using current time & visitor IP address
• Updated: Match Viewer with addition of PK Shootout alert.
• Added: Load Lineup feature in Online Lineup Creator
• Added: All Time Manager Stats
• Updated: Online Lineup Creator, only age 0 & 1 players listed for training while only those above age 2 listed for coaching.
• Added: Database driven Auction System and Processor which automatically enforces all the standard auction rules of Rusty.
  • Winning bid = (2nd highest bid +1 ) k.
  • Maximum two wins check
  • Duplicate player name check
  • Tie-breaker using ranks for upto 4 teams
  • Auto processing of resources
  • Auto loading of the bids in the bidding page.
  • Random player/resource generator
  • New auction alert
  • Improved Auction House for admin
• Replaced mySQL db and rosters.php by players.txt file for rosters function in Online LUC and Transfer List
• Updated: Automatic player trade from Trade Center
• Updated: Improved design of Trade Center and addition of "Rumour Mill"
• Website and the league on a year long break.

• BIG SWITCH to new simulation software while preserving some of the features from the old. Massive website and league redesigning campaign holds me hostage for few months. The changes are just too many for me to be typing them just now. Will do over the course of the coming years. :-p