Major site redevelopment

The current Mystify site is starting to look a bit tired and contains 3rd party components that have been flagging up with security warnings for a while.

My options were to either upgrade the site but keep it within the same framework, or completely re-do it.

When I say, 'completely', that's not quite true, as the functionality in the database doesn't need changing.

However, since I did the last version of Mystify, I have learned lots of better ways to even do some of these.

Plus, as part of my real job, I have moved onto different technologies. As I used the site partly as a test bed for new ideas in terms of work, then I've made a decision to try to improve as many aspects as possible.

Thus, I have made a start on a complete new site and have completed the security (login) aspects and am now working on the home page.

I won't say much more for now, as a lot of work is to come.

However, I will leave the current home page screenshot here.....

Youth academy screen changes

The youth academy page is the first thing I have attempted to alter so that it uses client side script functionality.

By that, I mean that the browser will do most of the work, meaning it should be much quicker to process requests.

There are 2 aspects to the Youth Academy page. There is a whole section to manage the players in a youth academy and there is a section to update the expenditure on youth development.

The latter is the completed bit at this moment in time with the former to be worked on next.

Whilst doing this work, I'm also attempting to improve the look of the pages to make them more user friendly.

Without trying to get too technical, this is my explanation of what I've changed....the previous way of working is actually for the user to hit a button and that then submits the whole page to the server, in order to get a result back. So in the case of the youth academy page, even though only expenditure may be changing, all the youth players are submitted along with the new expenditure value and then they are ignored. The new way of working just submits the relevant expenditure value to the server and it does this by linking to a new system that I have built (called an API).

Using script that runs in the browser means that the whole page doesn't need to be sent to the server and I can cherry pick the relevant information - in the case of expenditure - just the new value.

The API can then return a result as to whether it was successful or not, and, if not, why.

Hopefully that makes sense but for people that aren't interested in the technical specifics, below are the images of how the page has changed.

So this is the current screen:

and when the 'Change expenditure' button is clicked, it becomes this:


Clicking cancel or update then sends the whole page to the server and the page goes back to looking like the first image.

It's slow due to the server receiving the whole page - including player data (which isn't in this screenshot) and not immediately obvious that updating the expenditure value it has worked - the value does update but it's not very fancy.

The new way of doing it is to start off with the first screen, click 'Change expenditure' and get this: 
If an error is made when entering then it will show this:

and then on a successful update, this:


It looks much nicer and is much more obvious. The best part as far as I am concerned is that the whole thing happens without as much delay. Obviously I can't demonstrate this part but I hope to do similar functionality with player management and then launch it for all to use.

It's taken me a while to build the basic API aspects but now they are complete, I should be able to progress through the site, removing full server posts for small aspects, far more quickly.

Responsive manager header menu

Following on from the previous blog post, I wanted to demonstrate the new manager header menu and here it is;

You can see a new menu at the top right of the screen (which will drop below the 'Mystify Soccer' title on mobile devices).

This is going to contain various bits of information in what I feel is a better format to the way that the current site does it.

There will be a 'Status' menu that will show the current season/week and the date of the next matches. The notifications will warn you if you haven't selected a team or let you know of any transfer/loan requests that are still being waited for. There will also be a 'mail' menu that will show unread mail messages and, finally, there will be a menu to access your account details and sign out of the site.

I have completed all of this menu except for the mail drop down aspects which I hope to do over the next few days.

Once done, I will be looking at bringing in the current site pages (and we'll see how they look)!

New responsive layout

I haven't posted on this blog for a while because development has been a bit lax.

However, with my recent decision to try and focus on it a bit more, I'm hoping to revive this blog as I do different stages of the development but we'll see how my life gets on.

I need somewhere to note down my thoughts as to where I am currently at anyway.

The current state of play is that the site needs to become mobile friendly and more future proof so that aspects (new functionality) can be easier to implement.

My current plan is that I change the outer shell of the site and then work through the pages afterwards so once launched, the menu/header/footer will scroll and resize nicely but the actual page content may end up stretching pages or looking a bit odd. I'll then work through the pages as and when I get chance to make them all look and flow better for mobile devices..

Once this has been done and looks are OK - I want to improve functionality so that users get a better experience. Then I can look at improving the ganeral game.

The one caveat to the outer shell update is that I also need to do the home page and login page alongside it.

So then, here is the current layout for users who aren't signed into the site;

This then scales to a mobile phone like such;

There are differing sizes in between too for tablets and various other screen sizes.

The above, of course are for managers not signed into the site.

Once signed in, there is an extra section at the top of the site which is for notifications. I will aim to give more information on that on my next blog post.

Transfer searching

As I said.... buses.......

I have tweaked the transfer list and pool searches to enable an age selection and to include injured players or not. Possibly more search criteria can go in there yet but I'm on a roll and adding things from my suggestions list as a priority before I start getting too involved with it.

This will be the new transfer list search;

This will be the new transfer pool search;

Hopefully you are liking these additions to the site - I'm bracing myself to start implementing player contracts and hoping these little niceties keep everybody happy in the meantime.

Manager achievements

Mystify game updates are like buses..... here's another change that I will be implementing soon.

It's a change to the managers's profile page where previously you could see a managers' awards. You will now also be able to see what trophies they have won or come runners up in during their time as manager.

The attached screen shot from William Hsu's page shows his achievements with his 2 teams. You may also notice an addition at the top where it says how many weeks he has been in charge of the teams.

Some of the long term managers (who joined before March 2010) may have this a little faulty for their primary team as I didn't store exact game week numbers for managers joining clubs until then. I just have a date and have attempted to guess the game week number from that. If any managers know this is wrong I will be able to correct it providing you can remember the game you first managed a team for. You just need to let me know.

If not, I don't think it will be that big an issue as it will only be a few weeks out and can't include that many achievements that aren't yours. As stated though, I could always correct it if you let me know.

To any managers reading this, I'm not bothered if this is mentioned on the message board now. May be fun for you to talk about it and confuse managers who won't know how you know it is coming!

Advanced match tactics

You may have noticed that I have mentioned 3 game developments on the main site. 1 of which I have been vague about. 

I know this blog doesn't get updated often but I don't get chance to develop that often either so the 2 go hand in hand. As such, I'm interested to know who follows this blog, however you may read it, and I would appreciate it if you don't post the below on the game message board.

However, feel free to let me know in the comments that you have read it (and you play the game).

Anyway, this is a sample screen shot (not finished) of the new game tactics;

It's not finished yet because it doesn't actually do anything - I've only altered/added to the display. My next job is to make this page work and save to the database before I implement it into the game engine.

If you are wondering, then you will be able to add multiple of each - so you can attack for one half and then change to defensive after 45 minutes. On top of making the changes at specific times, there are a list of reasons for a change shown here;

This means a change will only happen if the selected scenario matches.

As well as this, I will be adding an option to select 'Any' minute so that a change will happen based on just the scenario. Therefore if you have a man sent off you can go all defensive - or attack even more if you like! I haven't established exactly how the 'any minute' feature will work yet because 'if drawing' for example could happen multiple times and there may be conflicts so I will work on that as I implement it.

I know some of you may suggest that this should be done with substitutions as well and I intend to at some point. I'll try to walk with this first before running with timed subs.

Team colours

I have recently established the colours for every team in the Mystify Soccer game. I will shortly be displaying them on the team pages like this:

They are possibly also useful to help managers differentiate what team they are currently managing in the case where they have 2 but I'm unsure where I can place them on each page so it;'s obvious.

I've tried a subtle horizontal line near the top of the page but it doesn't seem to have been noticed.

Therefore any ideas or suggestions would be handy.

Player contracts

OK, this could be a biggie.

I am still working on the game engine and I do see one or two complaints about not enough shots going in or too many cards, for example. However, you won't see the changes to things like this dramatically as it would be unfair to make the changes too drastic but be assured, they parameters the game uses are being altered and monitored so that eventually it will get there.

However, whilst monitoring them I am trying to bring in the other features I feel are required. the biggest one being Player Contracts.

The end game is to remove player valuations from the game as I actually want a free market where people negotiate properly with no limits (barring perhaps an upper limit to stop stupidity). The reason valuations are there are to try and discourage cheating but contracts should stop all that - if I can get it right.

So, I'm starting to think about how to implement this. I have lots of ideas in my head but am looking for as much input as possible. I need it so that players won't be signing for clubs they don't want to play for as a definite requirement. By this, I mean top players won't play in the bottom leagues and poorer players won't always sign for clubs to never play (although there will be some players happy to pick up a pay cheque and do naff all else).

It also goes hand in hand with clubs finances and I perhaps need to have a wage bill limit per club that matches their division. This is possibly the only thing I am pretty sure of at the moment.

So before I go into depth about things I have considered already (as I don't want to sway thoughts a certain way), please let me have any thoughts you have about what you'd like to see with player contracts. Should players be allowed to sign a contract with a club within the last 30 weeks of their current one? How would you like negotiations to take place? Should players always sign for the biggest offer? Do I need to include signing on fees?

Any thoughts are welcome before I get started on this big change.

Timeline update

In case you didn't realise, I am currently working on improving the timeline for the match reports. It's not finished yet but I like to provide updates every now and again. 

The first thing I need to do is actually log the match details in the database.  Once I have done this I can add the data to the screen reports. I have provided an example of where I am at below and you will see it contains all shots, both on and off target, alongside the data that was previously there (goals and substitutions). The below is actually a genuine match that was played earlier this week and so you will be able to view this once I put it live.

My next challenge is to include yellow and red cards into this timeline - it should give managers a better idea of how their game went because at the moment they just know a red card occurred in a game with no idea if it was in the first ten minutes or at the end of the game. I need to store these times in the database first though so don't expect it too quickly. I may, however, put the current timeline live sometime before I add cards just to show improvements to those who don't read this blog.

Transfers by new managers

I notice recently that there has been a spate of sad people taking over teams, selling their best players and then quitting.

I've tried numerous things in the past to try and stop this happening but it's getting to the stage where I will have to make transfers occur by bid only, which would remove a lot of the freedom but also make it much much harder to cheat.

Before I do this though, I'd like to look for alternative suggestions.

One suggestion I have had put to me is to not let new managers make transfer for a certain period of time and I'd like to know what people's thoughts on this are. I know there is some debate on the message board at the moment but I only scan this and don't get involved. This blog post is therefore for a proper debate to be had, with me joining in. The more comments the merrier as I'd like to come up with a solution that suits as many people as possible.

Player wages

After some research I've come to the conclusion that the player wages are currently too low.

Therefore at the end of this season I will be implementing a new system to handle them. My long term aim is to have player contracts in the game but I need to get the figures right first before I can even contemplate this.

Therefore, below is what I am going to implement although any comments before the end of the season will be taken on board and it will possibly change because of this.

Firstly, I am going to stop correcting salaries on a weekly basis and they will just be calculated at the end of a season. This means that you can budget a bit better and promotions or relegations mean you have to offload or purchase players at once perhaps for the level you are at. this does sound more realistic even if not perfect.

The only variance here will be youth players who will be assigned a salary on promotion that will last until the season end.

At the end of a season the salaries are going to be based on all a players' skills as opposed to just their highest which is the case at the moment. they are also going to be generally higher overall and rounded up to values of £100. The maximum salary for a player will be £40,000. The current is £12,500. Players in their teens will be paid less than others and players between 20 and 23 will also be cut down but once reaching 24 they will be promoted to their maximum possible salary.

A player with skills of 60 for tackling, 69 for passing, 68 for heading, 60 for dribbling and 73 for shooting will currently earn around £9,000 just on the fact their shooting is 73 but this player should actually be paid more than somebody who has 75 for shooting and low values for the rest so in the new system will be paid around £25,000.

I appreciate this will cause more expense but then I have also remembered I lowered ticket prices because clubs were getting too much money. Once the salaries have been changed then I shall monitor again and ticket prices will probably also change. The end result will be a fairer balance.

Also, I'm contemplating giving clubs the offer to buy insurance for players, either individually or collectively. this would be in the format of paying a percentage of a players wage per week for insurance but then when they are injured (not suspended), the wage is not paid by you - although the insurance premium still will be. Any thoughts on this will be good.

Transfer & Loan Offers

I'm contemplating setting up a system that automatically rejects offers after a certain period of time if they haven't been actioned.

Is this something that you would want?

Should it perhaps be a setting for each manager to choose whether they want them automatically rejected or not after a certain period?

Any thoughts?

and finally....... the Spanish team changes

Let me know of any thoughts

Alavés	Deportivo Alavés
Albacete Balompié	Albacete Balompié
Almería	Almería
Athletic Club de Bilbao	Athletic Bilbao
Atlético de Madrid	Atlético Madrid
Badajoz	Granada C.F.
Barcelona	F.C. Barcelona
Club Atlético Osasuna	Club Atlético Osasuna
Compostela	F.C. Cartagena
Córdoba	Córdoba
Deportivo de La Coruña	Deportivo de La Coruña
Éibar	AD Alcorcón
Elche	Elche
Espanyol	Espanyol de Barcelona
Extremadura	Gimnàstic Tarragona
Getafe	Getafe
Hércules	Hércules
Leganés	S.D. Ponferradina
Levante	Levante Unión Deportiva
Lleida	U.E. Lleida
Logroñés	C.D. Logroñés
Málaga	Málaga
Mallorca	Mallorca
Mérida	Cádiz
Numancia	Numancia
Ourense	Club Deportivo Castellón
Racing Club de Santander	Real Racing Club de Santander
Racing de Ferrol	Real Unión Club
Rayo Vallecano de Madrid	Rayo Vallecano de Madrid
Real Betis Balompié	Real Betis Balompié
Real Club Celta de Vigo	Real Club Celta de Vigo
Real Jaén	Sociedad Deportiva Huesca
Real Madrid	Real Madrid
Real Murcia	Real Murcia
Real Oviedo	Real Oviedo
Real Sociedad	Real Sociedad
Real Sporting de Gijón	Real Sporting de Gijón
Real Valladolid	Real Valladolid
Real Zaragoza	Real Zaragoza
Recreativo de Huelva	Recreativo de Huelva
Salamanca	Salamanca
Sevilla	Sevilla
Tenerife	Tenerife
Toledo	Girona Fútbol Club
Universidad de Las Palmas	Universidad de Las Palmas
Valencia	Valencia
Villarreal	Villarreal
Xerez	Xerez

Portuguese team names

The same applies for the Portuguese team names as per the German ones in the previous post.....

Associação Académica de Coimbra	Associação Académica de Coimbra
Associação Naval 1º de Maio	Associação Naval 1º de Maio
Boavista Futebol Clube	Sport Clube Freamunde
Clube Desportivo das Aves	Clube Desportivo das Aves
Clube Desportivo Santa Clara	Clube Desportivo Santa Clara
Clube Futebol Estrela da Amadora	Sporting Clube da Covilhã
Clube Futebol Os Belenenses	Clube Futebol Os Belenenses
Clube Futebol União de Lamas	Leixões Sport Clube
Clube Sport Marítimo	Clube Sport Marítimo
Futebol Clube da Maia	Clube Desportivo Nacional
Futebol Clube de Alverca	Sporting Clube Olhanense
Futebol Clube de Penafiel	Futebol Clube de Penafiel
Futebol Clube do Porto	Futebol Clube do Porto
Futebol Clube Felgueiras	União Desportiva Oliveirense
Futebol Clube Paços de Ferreira	Futebol Clube Paços de Ferreira
Gil Vicente Futebol Clube	Gil Vicente Futebol Clube
Grupo Desportivo de Chaves	Grupo Desportivo de Chaves
Leça Futebol Clube	Associação Desportiva do Carregado
Moreirense Futebol Clube	Clube Desportivo Feirense
Rio Ave Futebol Clube	Rio Ave Futebol Clube
Sport Clube Beira-Mar	Sport Clube Beira-Mar
Sport Comércio e Salgueiros	Portimonense Sporting Clube
Sport Lisboa e Benfica	Sport Lisboa e Benfica
Sporting Clube Campomaiorense	Estoril Praia Futebol
Sporting Clube de Braga	Sporting Clube de Braga
Sporting Clube de Espinho	Clube Desportivo Trofense
Sporting Clube De Portugal	Sporting Clube de Portugal
Sporting Clube Farense	Centro Desportivo de Fátima
União Desportiva de Leiria	União Desportiva de Leiria
Varzim Sport Clube	Varzim Sport Clube
Vitória Futebol Clube	Vitória Futebol Clube
Vitória Sport Club	Vitória Sport Club

German team names

German team names are due to be changed in the next few days. As usual, any comments or thoughts, please let me know.

1.FC Köln	1.FC Köln
1.FC Nürnberg	1.FC Nürnberg
1.FC Saarbrücken	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
Arminia Bielefeld	DSC Arminia Bielefeld
Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Bayern München	FC Bayern München
Borussia Dortmund	Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Mönchengladbach	Borussia Mönchengladbach
Chemnitzer FC	FSV Frankfurt
Dynamo Dresden	SG Dynamo Dresden
Eintracht Braunschweig	Braunschweiger TSV Eintracht
Eintracht Frankfurt	Eintracht Frankfurt
FC Carl Zeiss Jena	FC Carl Zeiss Jena
FC Energie Cottbus	FC Energie Cottbus
FC Hansa Rostock	FC Hansa Rostock
FC Schalke 04	FC Schalke 04
FC St. Pauli	FC St. Pauli
Fortuna Düsseldorf	Fortuna Düsseldorf
Fortuna Köln	TuS Koblenz
FSV Mainz 05	1.FSV Mainz 05
Hamburger SV	Hamburger SV
Hannover 96	Hannover 96
Hertha BSC Berlin	Hertha BSC Berlin
Karlsruher SC	Karlsruher SC
KFC Uerdingen 05	FC Augsburg
Kickers Offenbach	Offenbacher FC Kickers
MSV Duisburg	MSV Duisburg
Rot-Weiss Oberhausen	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
SC Freiburg	SC Freiburg
SC Preußen Münster	1.FC Union Berlin
SG Wattenscheid 09	Rot Weiss Ahlen
SpVgg Greuther Fürth	SpVgg Greuther Fürth
SpVgg Unterhaching	SpVgg Unterhaching
SSV Reutlingen 05	SC Paderborn 07
SSV Ulm 1846	FC Ingolstadt 04
Stuttgarter Kickers	SV Stuttgarter Kickers
SV Darmstadt 98	FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt
SV Waldhof Mannheim	Wuppertaler SV Borussia
Tennis Borussia Berlin	KSV Holstein Kiel
TSV Alemannia Aachen	TSV Alemannia Aachen
TSV München 1860	TSV 1860 München
VfB Leipzig	FC Erzgebirge Aue
VfB Stuttgart	VfB Stuttgart
VfL Bochum	VfL Bochum
VfL Osnabrück	VfL Osnabrück
VfL Wolfsburg	VfL Wolfsburg
Werder Bremen	Werder Bremen

Italian team changes

Here we go with the Italian teams - Same story as with the French ones, take a look and feel free to make any suggestions this week. Current names on the left and new names on the right.

AC Milan	A.C. Milan
Albino Leffe	Albino Leffe
Alzano 1909 Virescit	Ancona
AS Roma	AS Roma
Ascoli	Ascoli
Atalanta	Atalanta
Avellino	Frosinone
Bari	Bari
Benevento	Benevento
Bologna	Bologna
Borgosesia	Triestina
Brescia	Brescia
Cagliari	Cagliari
Carrarese	Pergocrema
Casarano	Mantova
Cesena	Cesena
Chievo Verona	Chievo Verona
Cittadella	Cittadella
Como	Como
Cosenza	Cosenza 1914
Cremonese	Cremonese
Empoli	Empoli
Fermana	Crotone
Fidelis Andria	AS Andria BAT
Fiorentina	Fiorentina
Foggia	Foggia
Genoa	Genoa
Giulianova	Giulianova
Gualdo	Gallipoli
Hellas Verona	Hellas Verona
Internazionale	F.C. Internazionale
Juventus	Juventus
Lazio	S.S. Lazio
Lecce	Lecce
Livorno	Livorno
Lodigiani	Grosseto
Lucchese-Libertas	Siena
Modena	Modena
Monza	Monza
Napoli	Napoli
Padova	Padova
Palermo	Città di Palermo
Parma	Parma
Perugia	Perugia
Pescara	Pescara
Piacenza	Piacenza
Pisa	Sassuolo
Pistoiese	Catania
Pro Vercelli	Pro Vercelli
Ravenna	Ravenna
Reggiana	Reggiana
Reggina	Reggina
Salernitana	Salernitana
Sampdoria	Sampdoria
Sandonà	Aurora Pro Patria
Savoia 1908	Arezzo
Tempio	Novara
Ternana	Ternana
Torino	Torino
Treviso 1993	Taranto
Udinese	Udinese
Venezia	Rimini
Vicenza	Vicenza
Viterbese	Varese

French team names

I've modernised the Belgian & Romanian team names. The English ones don't require changing so that leaves me with 7 countries left. The first I am changing is The French teams.

My proposal is here...... if you have any comments then please reply within the next few days. I'll probably change them next weekend. The current team name is on the left and the new team name on the right.

AJ Auxerre	AJ Auxerre
Ajaccio AC	AC Ajaccio
Amiens SC	Amiens SC
AS Angoulême Charente	US Boulogne Côte d'Opale
AS Beauvais-Oise	AS Beauvais Oise
AS Cannes	AS Cannes
AS Monaco	AS Monaco
AS Nancy-Lorraine	AS Nancy Lorraine
AS Saint-Etienne	AS Saint-Etienne
AS Saint-Priest	Évian Thonon Gaillard FC
AS Troyes Aube Champagne	ES Troyes Aube Champagne
ASO Arménienne Valence	Stade Plabennécois
Berrichonne de Châteauroux	La Berrichonne de Châteauroux
Calais Racing UFC	Calais Racing UFC
Chamois Niortais	Chamois Niortais
Clermont Foot Auvergne	Clermont Foot Auvergne 63
CS Sedan-Ardennes	CS Sedan Ardennes
Dijon Football Côte d'Or	Dijon Football Côte d'Or
En Avant Guingamp	En Avant de Guingamp
ES Wasquehal	Gap Hautes Alpes Football Club
Etoile Sportive Fréjussienne	US Luzenac
FC Gueugnon	FC Gueugnon
FC Istres	FC Istres Ouest Provence
FC Lorient	FC Lorient
FC Martigues	FC Martigues
FC Metz	FC Metz
FC Mulhouse	SR Colmar
FC Nantes Atlantique	FC Nantes
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
Gazélec FCO Ajaccio	SO Cassis-Carnoux
Girondins de Bordeaux	FC Girondins de Bordeaux
Grenoble Foot 38	Grenoble Foot 38
Le Havre Athletic Club	Le Havre Athletic Club
Le Mans Union Club 72	Le Mans Union Club 72
Lille Olympique SC	LOSC Lille Métropole
Lusitanos de Saint-Maur	FC Rouen
Montpellier Hérault SC	Montpellier Hérault SC
Nîmes Olympique	Nîmes Olympique
OGC Nice	OGC Nice
Olympique Alès Cévennes	Vannes Olympique Club
Olympique Lyonnais	Olympique Lyonnais
Olympique Marseille	Olympique de Marseille
Olympique Noisy-le-Sec Banlieue	US Orléans Loiret
Pacy-Vallée d'Eure Football	Pacy-Vallée d'Eure Football
Paris FC	Paris FC
Paris-St.Germain	Paris Saint-Germain
Pau FC	Rodez AF
Racing Club de France 92	EFC Fréjus Saint-Raphaël
Racing Club Lens	Racing Club Lens
Racing Club Strasbourg	Racing Club Strasbourg
Red Star 93	Aviron Bayonnais
SAEMS Louhans-Cuiseaux 71	CS Louhans-Cuiseaux 71
SCO Angers	Angers SCO
Sporting Club Bastia	Sporting Club Bastia
Stade Brestois 29	Stade Brestois 29
Stade de Reims Champagne	Stade de Reims
Stade Lavallois	Stade Lavallois Mayenne FC
Stade Malherbe de Caen	Stade Malherbe Caen
Stade Rennais	Stade Rennais FC
Thouars Foot 79	Tours FC
Toulouse FC	Toulouse FC
US Créteil	US Créteil-Lusitanos
US Raon-l'Etape	AC Arles Avignon
Valenciennes FC	Valenciennes FC

Skill changes

Over the weekend I made a start towards implementing much needed notification of skill changes.

I am going to show these on player pages - probably the training page and the actual player page with green and red values. The player page is also going to get a 10 week history.

I have implemented the first stage of this to run with Friday's matches - that is for the database to record the actual changes separately, rather than just changing the main value. If this works then I am hoping to work on the displays over the weekend so by Sunday I am hopeful you can see your training results without having to work it out yourself.

If anybody has any input towards this then now is the time to state......

I've been very busy at work recently which is why I haven't done it sooner but I'm now hoping I can get back to continuing the work I was doing on improvements as there's still lots I want to be done.

Belgian team names (again)

I know I have altered the Belgian team names quite recently but when I recently updated the Romanian teams, I gave them short names as well as their full names.

When I did the Belgian team names, I never did.

When I have done all the teams I aim to change certain pages of the site to list the shorter name but I need to have been through all the countries first and this means re-doing the Belgian list.

this may mean further tweaks to team names in Belgium occur over the next few weeks (when I get chance to do it). I'm hoping it won't be as severe but I shall be populating an as yet hidden field with a short name at the same time.

Then I have to pick the next country to work on. I'll try let you know by this blog my thoughts before I go ahead and change future countries.