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  • Resolved joeanthony1900

    (@joeanthony1900)


    6 years, 7 months ago

    Here’s what I’m trying to do… a blog like chess.com’s blog (where you can play through a few moves, make commentary, and then pick the game up where you left off).. however, I’m doing it on wordpress.com because I WANT to own it, where as my understanding is that on chess.com, they own it and you can’t monetize it.

    So, how can I have a PGN.. have like 8 moves and then comment between moves without someone having to have ONE board on top that they have to keep going up and down on….

    Is it [initialhalfmove=comment]blah blah blah[/initialhalfmove]? Or is there a way?

    Is there a way to have a board below my comment then pick up where I left off?

    I have coached the team where my two boys have gone to school for 3 years. They went from 89th in Illinois the year before I got there to 32nd, 21st and then 11th this year… A month ago, my older son.. who played a top 8 board for the team (only 8 players count in Illinois) was killed in a car accident. And it is very therapeutic for me to do this.

    I also want to do it via blog because yes, I’d like to go to a bigger audience eventually, and because I guess I want to prove that I can do it.

    I appreciate your help..

    The page I need help with: [log in to see the link]

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  • Plugin Author pgn4web

    (@pgn4web)

    I’m afraid these isn’t a straightforward way to achieve what you describe with a single bbcode entry.

    With this plugin, each pgn bbcode results in one chessboard displaying the chess position of the associated text.

    You might want to try the horizontal layout option that shows a scrolling text next to the chessboard and avoid moving around the page.

    If you want to show multiple chessboards for the same game you have to enter multiple pgn bbcodes and either split the pgn in fragments or play with the bbcode options; ultimately you’ll have to try and error until you find what you like.

    Good luck… although I doubt the chances to monetise such a blog.

    Plugin Author pgn4web

    (@pgn4web)

    As a suggestion, the alternative rpb-chessboard plugin might be a better fit to your specific application; I have nothing to do with it and I never used it, but from its description it might be worth for you to have a look for yourself.

    Thread Starter joeanthony1900

    (@joeanthony1900)

    Why the doubt of monetization? Because of the appearance given this code or because it’s hard to monetize with word press or what? Just curious

    Plugin Author pgn4web

    (@pgn4web)

    Since you asked my opinion….

    Too much competition from countless websites offering chess material: a number of good ones for free, a number from much better qualified sources; the message “listen to me, I’m not a very good player myself but I know how to teach you to be better” does not work.

    Too few people looking for this kind of product and even fewer keen to pay for it.

    If you are using the words chess, blog and monetisation in the same sentence, please stop immediately, you are certainly doing something wrong.

    It’s just my opinion and I do not have any interest arguing the topic any further…

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