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Originally Posted by JonDuke
What's the cost here? I have more researched this at all but would contribute as well
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I think the website would have to transition to a STHS standard Jon. Then I think the below section applies to the how its done. Would be great if you could talk to someone thats done this before to get some assistance.
/edit Knut knows someone that can help us...
5.3 - How manage lines from your GM
Your GM have 2 options to change their lines: the STHS Client or the WebClient. This section will help you understand the options for both methods, and both heavily depend on the version 3 dynamic website being up to date. In ALL cases, your website URL option in the Output Option,
'Folder' Tab needs to be correctly entered and the
‘Automatically Load Lines Files and Database from Lines Input Folder’ in the League Option,
'Teams' Tab should be activated.
If any of your GM is using the STHS Client, there are two options to upload lines to the commissioner.
- The ‘Upload Lines’ feature on your league dynamic website under the Main menu. If you have a custom website, the "UploadFiles.php" file should be on your website.
- The automatic STHS Client upload feature. If you have a custom website, the ‘UploadSTHSClient.php’ file should be on your website. For this option to work from the STHS Client, you either need to
- Activate the ‘Force Lines File upload by HTTP after save’ option in the League Option, 'League #2' Tab available since version 3.2.6
- Or if your ‘Download Lines from FTP before simulation’ option in the Output Option, 'FTP' Tab is activated, the STHS Client will ask if you want to try an automatic upload.
In both cased, the lines will be uploaded in a folder called ‘linesupload’ on your website server.
Please note that in version 3.2.4 or previous version of the STHS Client, the STHS Client could upload the lines file directly by FTP. This feature was removed in 3.2.5 because of issues with a lot of FTP servers and it was not secured.
For the commissioner, there are 3 options to retrieve the lines.
- By using the ‘Download Lines Files by HTTP’ option under the League Option, 'Teams' Tab. This option is available version 3.2.7 or more. For custom website, it requires the ‘DownloadSTHSClientFiles.php’ file to be on your website. This is the recommend option and the easiest to setup because the simulator automatically downloads in your STHS Input Folder and deletes lines files upload on the dynamic website.
- By using the ‘Download Lines from FTP before simulation’ option. See the Output Option, 'FTP' Tab for more information.
- Using your favorites FTP client like FileZilla to manually download the files on your computer, inside the STHS Input Folder.
If one of your GM is using the WebClient, the lines are saved directly in SQLite database on the server so there no action required by the GM other than changing his lines. For commissioner, to process the database, you must activate the
‘Load SQLite Database from Website before Loading Lines Files’ option under the League Option,
'Teams' Tab and optionality the
‘Load Transactions from SQLite Database’ if you want to process transaction from the dynamic website.