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  • #16
    Originally posted by Don Parakin View Post
    Egis: Fixed link to CFC forums. Fixed missing FIDE ids.

    Re logo: I guess I'm proposing this as a new CFC logo. It's more colourful, Canadian, and modern. It would look better, I believe, ...
    Much stronger mark ... I did something like this way back in '07.

    So, I used your raster 'effort' and did a vector rendition in Illy for you...

    https://societyofchessaficionados.co...0_logo_v.1.jpg

    ...any further tweakage or favicon (icon) or if you want the vector file as is ...don't be shy, just ask :))))

    Thoughts?



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    • #17
      Originally posted by Neil Frarey View Post

      Much stronger mark ... I did something like this way back in '07.

      So, I used your raster 'effort' and did a vector rendition in Illy for you...

      https://societyofchessaficionados.co...0_logo_v.1.jpg

      ...any further tweakage or favicon (icon) or if you want the vector file as is ...don't be shy, just ask :))))

      Thoughts?


      Thank you Neil!

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      • #18
        Np, glad to help. The logo can always be pushed further, such as adding some textural depth. Jets logo comes to mind...

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnip..._Logo_2011.svg

        ...all depends on the overall aesthetic and nature of the CFC's new branding. Just be mindful of scaling down the new mark.

        And adding some text might help ...or not.

        A logo is successful by association.

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        • #19
          Originally posted by Neil Frarey View Post
          ... or if you want the vector file as is ...don't be shy, just ask :))))
          Nice. I like yours better than mine. The king has cleaner lines and it's a little simpler. Simple is better and more flexible (usable in more places like stickers, pins, t-shirts, etc). Funny we came up with the same general idea 13 years apart. Overcoming my shyness ;), can I get the vector file (.svg I assume)?

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          • #20
            Originally posted by Don Parakin View Post
            ... Fixed missing FIDE ids....

            r.

            Your are pointing to the old FIDE card rather than the new one. I would bet the old will be phased out at some point.

            This versus the other:

            https://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=2602806

            https://ratings.fide.com/profile/2602806

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            • #21
              Originally posted by Roger Patterson View Post
              Your are pointing to the old FIDE card rather than the new one.
              Fixed. Now using the new FIDE url format. I copied from the old chess.ca which had the old FIDE url format. Thanks, Roger.

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              • #22
                Originally posted by Don Parakin View Post

                Nice. I like yours better than mine. The king has cleaner lines and it's a little simpler. Simple is better and more flexible (usable in more places like stickers, pins, t-shirts, etc). Funny we came up with the same general idea 13 years apart. Overcoming my shyness ;), can I get the vector file (.svg I assume)?
                Hit me up for some files ... I prepared four of them for you. Two for the logo, .svg .ai ... Two for the cutout logo, .svg .ai ... CFC cutout logo??? WTF?

                Couldn't resist playing around just a touch...

                https://societyofchessaficionados.co...ogo_cutout.jpg

                ...put this version over anything and it will come through ...great stencil ...spray that on a tee ...HA!

                societyofchessaficionados at gmail dot com

                :))))

                Oh ya forgot to mention ... the Illustrator files (.ai) are fully adjustable. And I did make a subtle change to the logo ...I put a slight curve to the base of the King.

                https://societyofchessaficionados.co...o_K.vector.jpg

                ...if you don't have Adobe Illustrator, .ai files will open in CorelDRAW ...and also in the free vector app Inkscape.

                Anything else ...don't be shy, just ask ;)

                :))))

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                • #23
                  Originally posted by Neil Frarey View Post
                  Hit me up for some files ...
                  Thanks, Neil. Email sent. Requested .ai and .svg. I can open both. Lately I use the frugal man's version of Illustrator and PhotoShop: Affinity Designer and Affinity Photo. Got 'em even cheaper during their annual Black Friday sale.

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                  • #24
                    Sent :))))

                    Oh ya ...I'd forgotten about Affinity ...they've come a long way. Hope they force Adobe to abandon their SaaS ... wishful thinking ...sigh.

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                    • #25
                      Originally posted by Don Parakin View Post

                      Fixed. Now using the new FIDE url format. I copied from the old chess.ca which had the old FIDE url format. Thanks, Roger.
                      Is it possible to use POST format for the CFC rating page? e.g. https://www.chess.ca/en/ratings/ when looking for a particular CFC #.

                      My registration software for example (and presumably when you get to publishing crosstables it will also be useful) uses the link to verify ratings, expiry, FIDE ID, etc. With only a _GET format, links by third parties to a players CFC "card" won't work.

                      roger

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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by Neil Frarey View Post
                        Np, glad to help. The logo can always be pushed further, such as adding some textural depth. Jets logo comes to mind...

                        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnip..._Logo_2011.svg

                        ...all depends on the overall aesthetic and nature of the CFC's new branding. Just be mindful of scaling down the new mark.

                        And adding some text might help ...or not.

                        A logo is successful by association.

                        I almost hate to mention this.... but....

                        aren't you risking accusations of racism because it is a White King only? (gasp)

                        #BlackKingsMatter
                        Last edited by Pargat Perrer; Saturday, 25th July, 2020, 07:57 PM.

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                        • #27
                          Originally posted by Pargat Perrer View Post


                          I almost hate to mention this.... but....

                          aren't you risking accusations of racism because it is a White King only? (gasp)

                          #BlackKingsMatter
                          I vote for dark knight - not a horse, but a knight.

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                          • #28
                            Originally posted by Roger Patterson View Post
                            Is it possible to use POST format for the CFC rating page?
                            The A in JAMstack is for APIs. Behind the scenes, Ratings uses an API. This is what your registration software wants (instead of having to scrape HTML; which cannot be done anyways because the HTML is built dynamically with VueJS). The Ratings API is tiny (less than 100 lines of code) and is temporarily hosted on one of my servers (will move later). On a whim, I may change it. With that caveat, you're welcome to use it directly. Example:

                            https://cfc-tdlist.parakin.ca/tdlist...=ro*&last=pat*

                            It is a GET. As per spec, POST should be reserved for requests that change state on the server for reasons including caching. POSTs cannot be cached. GETs can. I do use caching to reduce load on my server in certain situations. Have fun & good luck with your registration software.



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                            • #29
                              Originally posted by Don Parakin View Post

                              The A in JAMstack is for APIs. Behind the scenes, Ratings uses an API. This is what your registration software wants (instead of having to scrape HTML; which cannot be done anyways because the HTML is built dynamically with VueJS). The Ratings API is tiny (less than 100 lines of code) and is temporarily hosted on one of my servers (will move later). On a whim, I may change it. With that caveat, you're welcome to use it directly. Example:

                              https://cfc-tdlist.parakin.ca/tdlist...=ro*&last=pat*

                              It is a GET. As per spec, POST should be reserved for requests that change state on the server for reasons including caching. POSTs cannot be cached. GETs can. I do use caching to reduce load on my server in certain situations. Have fun & good luck with your registration software.


                              thank you. I'm not going to be doing anything yet -will wait until things have stabilized so hope you will post when that has happened.

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                              • #30
                                Originally posted by Don Parakin View Post

                                The A in JAMstack is for APIs. Behind the scenes, Ratings uses an API. This is what your registration software wants (instead of having to scrape HTML; which cannot be done anyways because the HTML is built dynamically with VueJS). The Ratings API is tiny (less than 100 lines of code) and is temporarily hosted on one of my servers (will move later). On a whim, I may change it. With that caveat, you're welcome to use it directly. Example:

                                https://cfc-tdlist.parakin.ca/tdlist...=ro*&last=pat*

                                It is a GET. As per spec, POST should be reserved for requests that change state on the server for reasons including caching. POSTs cannot be cached. GETs can. I do use caching to reduce load on my server in certain situations. Have fun & good luck with your registration software.


                                Just make sure that the players/rating file is still accessible by Swiss Manager.

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