Version: 1.56.10
Latest Additions V1.56.0
Latest Additions V1.56.0
DN - Added Langley Speedway
DN - Added Zolder
DN - Added Spa - Enduroance Pits
DN - Added Motegi Track Graphics
DN - Added Rockingham Speedway
DN - Added Oran Park Raceway
DN - Added Event Provisonals (Allows adding of provisonal drivers to an event result)
DN - Added Chase Format Option (yes or No) -SINGLE CLASS ONLY
DN - Added 1st Place Points Option for Chase System - SINGLE CLASS ONLY
DN - Added Points Gap Per Position for Chase System - SINGLE CLASS ONLY
DN - Added Number of Chase Drivers for Chase System - SINGLE CLASS ONLY
DN - Added Win Bonus for Chase System - SINGLE CLASS ONLY
DN - Added Start Chase After X Amount of Races - SINGLE CLASS ONLY
DN - Added Chase wildcard Slots - SINGLE CLASS ONLY
DN - Added Chase Wildcard Limit - SINGLE CLASS ONLY
DN - Updated Edit Results Screen (Added Bonus Points)
DN - Updated Pagination Class
DN - Updated League Extra's to include TeamSpeak Viewer Display.
DN - Updated Blog Add Image function.
DN - Updated Various Interfaces with Twitter Bootstrap.
DN - Updated Gallery Display with better looking layout.
DN - Updated Driver Signup Page Profile Popup
DN - Updated Framework
DN - Updated Many Queries for updated framework
DN - Updated Available Drivers Screen to not show team option if teams are disabled
DN - Updated CSV Import to include support for iRacing League CSV File. (Does not include points columns)
DN - Updated Lytebox
DN - Updated Blog Gallery Display
DN - Updated Various Track Graphics
DN - Updated Show Results and Show Championship - Removed some Redudant Queries
DN - Fixed Gallery Page Display
DN - Fixed Championship 2 Column Display Error.
DN - Fixed A Bug with no points display if a team championship is started after existing results.
DN - Fixed A Bug with car number check on edit signup page which allowed duplicate numbers for a season.
DN - Fixed A Bug With ReCaptcha Not displaying Correctly in Internet Explorer.
DN - Re-Vamped Past Seasons Page
Chase System
The new chase system as been out for awhile and seems to be functioning well. It is stil only designed to work on Single Class Championships, and without Teams. In it's next phase it will include at least multi class support as well. I will make this known when this is ready.
Event Provisionals
It's common league admins like to give provsional points to drivers that cannot make an event for various personnel reasons. This new feature will allow you to do this easier than currently possible. Before you had to manually edit the CSV File to add these drivers which can be very time consuming at times. On the Upload Event Results Screen you will see a list of drivers that have signed up to race in your championship as well as drivers that have complete a race at some point. You can just select the driver you like to give a provisional too, The system automatically figures out what the next position should be. But you also have the option to give that driver a specfic position if you need too. The third drop down is the car class if your running a championship with multiple cars.
General Notes
It's been quite awhile since I posted information on updates. I wanted to get more into this 1.56 update but being as it's been so long I decided to call it as is, and will continue development into version 1.58. I'm also working on a new more modern design for the league pages that will take advantage of responsive CSS design. This will allow the league sites to auto size themselves to any computer device including mobile and tablets. You can check out the Development League for an idea on where this is going. What will come with this change however is more than just a new design and modern compatability.
I will also be phasing out the color editor in favor of a new set of designs. Which will likely be called presets. This will also be a simple switch from one preset to another which will have various color options built into the preset. You'll still be able to customize the template with your own graphics like before. Hopefully I'll have more to talk about, about this in the near future. 
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Chase Options Beta
The first test version of the chase options are now available. This feature is currently only setup to work in single class championships. After being sure there is no logic problems with the code it will be deployed to support both multi class and teams as well. Feel free to try out the current chase options, and report any issues you may find. I have however tested the system myself. But that doesn't always show every possible situation.
This has been a complicated feature as it plugs into an already complicated routine, and there is a lot of moving parts.
Currently The Available Options are under the New/Edit Season Screens and are as follows:
Added Chase Format Option (yes or No) - Yes Turns the Chase System On
Added 1st Place Points Option for Chase System - The total points 1st place should have when chase is enabled.
Added Points Gap Per Position for Chase System - How many points per position from first place.
Added Number of Chase Drivers for Chase System - How many drivers are in the chase based on the points standings.
Added Win Bonus for Chase System - How many bonus points a driver in the chase gets for each win.
Added Start Chase After X Amount of Races - When to start the chase. (If you want the regular season to be say 26 races. You should enter 26. So when you upload the 26th result, chase options will take effect.
Added Chase wildcard Slots - How many wildcard slots are available - In Nascar this is currently 2.
Added Chase Wildcard Limit - How many drivers are able to qualify for a wildcard. This is the top 20 in points in Nascar for example.
Wildcard slots are given to the drivers with the most wins. However it is smart enough to also compare 2nd's 3rd's 4th's and 5th's as well. This is for tie breakers.
Once I add in multi class and team support for this system there will be options like above specifically for teams as well.
That's it for now.
Server was down, the cause.(RESOLVED)
I'm just posting this to explain why the server was down for several hours. Basically an automatic update caused a syntax error in an apache configuration file. Which caused apache unable to restart. I've obviously have fixed the syntax error, but this is still considered an on going issue as the update is not what caused the syntax error, but a bug that was introduced into software I use on the server. So I am awaiting a patch to this software, and have made sure that the software will not perform it's daily tasks until this problem is resolved. Although I will continue to monitor the server to make sure that nothing causes this problem to repeat itself.
I apologize for the issue and hope to have it resolved soon. This Blog post will be marked as resolved once I am sure that the problem will not repeat itself.
Thanks for your patience.
RESOLVED
Registered users: Jeremy Burris, Mike Young, Russell Gordon2
