Football Pool Mod for SMF

Pick 'Em
Monday Night
Survivor

[TaskMaster]

I am working on a Football Pool MOD for the portal.

I play in a pool with some guys at work and it is a lot of fun.  I really don't like the way it is managed though (the software that runs it).  I always thought it could be done well as a website.  So, what better way to learn PHP and modding SMF than by making a piece of software that works with it.

The nice thing about this project is it really doesn't need to be ready until right before football season next year.   

Current progress so far is just me learning the MOD system and file formats for SMF.  Also, I am learning PHP, as this will be the first real PHP work I have done.  Don't expect anything too soon.   

[TaskMaster]

This is coming along.  It turns out that php is a fairly easy language to learn.  And, it is also pretty easy to write a MOD for SMF.  SMF is written with adding mods in mind, it is well thought out, and it allows modifications to be added easily.

The progress on the mod is progressing nicely.  I have completed: the interface for users to join a pool, the interface for users to make their picks, and a menu system for navigating the pages of the mod.  As I learn php and gain more experience programming for SMF, I can easily realize that I am moving along at an increasing rate.  It was slow going at first, but I can whip through what I want to do fairly quickly now.  I can see this mod being done in just a week or two, when I will be able to move on to my next one.

Maybe I can get a march madness mod done before it happens this season.  Hmmm... 

[TaskMaster]

I put this on the back burner, but I will get back on it as the football season gets closer.  I have learned how to do Java, so this mod will be much nicer than I had originally planned.

[TaskMaster]

Football season is getting closer, so it is about time I started in on this again.  I have started dabbling in Ajax, so I am going to go through it and convert it to Ajax.  It should be much better that way, when selecting teams, the selections will go into the database automatically, rather than having to press a "submit" button.

[TaskMaster]

I finally got around to finishing the football pool.  It is now playable.  I have made it available on the Jump To menu.

Everyone can view the results, standings, etc.  But...

Due to the fact that it requires collecting money from the participants, I have it set so only my friends and family can join.  So, if you know me and don't have access to playing the football pool, let me know via private message, email, or personally.

There are still a few things I need to finish up on the admin side, but it should not take me long and they should not affect play.

[TaskMaster]

This is 99% complete.  Just a couple little changes to be made.  Then I am going to begin a Monday Night Football Pick'em to go along with this pool.

And then I have an idea for another football pool.  Maybe I can bundle them all up into one package, let the admin decide which ones to turn on/off.

[TaskMaster]

The Football Pool mod is finished.  Unless I stumble across some bugs, I should not need ot make any more changes at this time.  I am happy with it.

Now I am going to do a Monday Night Football Pool and a Survivor Football Pool.

Once these two are finished, I will try to implement them all three as a single package, allowing the admin to turn on/off the ones he wants to use.

[ninedoors]

Will this mod be available for download anytime soon?  Thanks

Nick

[TaskMaster]

Will this mod be available for download anytime soon?  Thanks

Nick

As I wrote in the email response.  It isn't really ready to go on the admin side.  I still have to do a bit of the admin work manually.  When I finally get that portion done, then I may release it.

[fannypack]

Me and my entire forum are still waiting anxiously on this. Not to be a bother, but it's very nice and wanted.

[scubes13]

Any chance this might be released soon for public consumption? Would very much like to replace our family's old paper and pencil version with a nice site such as yours.

Thanks for any feedback,
Scubes

[TaskMaster]

Any chance this might be released soon for public consumption? Would very much like to replace our family's old paper and pencil version with a nice site such as yours.

Thanks for any feedback,
Scubes

Sorry, I was just not able to get around to getting it completed.  Much of the back end admin stuff is not done.

[scubes13]

Honestly, the back end doesn't have to be quite polished in our case. I would be happy to try to assist in fleshing out the rest of the back end code and contributing to a completed product. If you are open to this, let me know.

Thanks again,
Kevin L.