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Hi everyone. Great news today: our new website is up and running! Check it out at www.chessinthelibrary.com. And while you're there, check out the forum and make yourself an account so you can join the discussion! While the majority of the content is untouched, the new update brings a new, classier look to the website. The new CITL website has complex CSS formatting and efficient JavaScript that

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In the past week I have been working on CSS containers. Though there's still tiny visual problems with it, I think the general format is completed. Here is how it looks.This container thingy is a more dedicated way to organize a website. Using these containers instead of tables allows for better visuals and more formatting options. As seen here we have a nice bar at the top with the heading, and

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For the banner I decided to make it simple yet effective. The old one feels blurry and is just getting old. This time it's about to get real classy. Oh of course the new logo will be in it too. I had a hard time deciding which font to use for the "Chess in the Library" text. After frustration and desperation after scrolling through every font I had, (I never realized there were so many fonts to

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It's been a while since my last post, and during this time I've been working very hard on the website. But I must admit I underestimated the work to be done. So far I've only finished the banner and the navigation bar. It wasn't as smooth as it could have been, and in the past month due to Summer School the progress has been slowed down. But regardless I have the confidence to mark the deadline

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For now I am focusing on the new design of the website, as the forum is done with only visual changes to make. I plan on of course designing the look of the website first, than the look of the forum. Forum should fit the website, not the other way around. As for the look now, I feel the colors is a bit too light. For the last couple of days I've been trying to get SiteGrinder working.

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I've never expected the progress to be so fast. Yet out of boredom I have nothing to do but work on the website update. And yes, the forum is fully working. Though as for now it is not open to public yet because there is still extensive work to be done, but we have got a fully functioning forum! phpBB offers a very good free forum platform for building a community. It will be open to the public

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With the new logo and all the free time at hand at last, I've decided to make a gigantic website update. This update would include:brand new look including the logoa log in system where members and non-members could sign inforumschat rooma feed system for news, members with accounts can comment on the newsa possible puzzles pageThis is a big update and it would require some time. Please be

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This week Hazel came back to visit and will join us to our meetings from now on. Welcome back to her; and thanks to Kelly who refilled the bag of candy with new candies. This sure will motivate people to the puzzles activity a lot more. Wonderful volunteers we have! Unfortunately, I myself am moving away in December and will not be able to run the Pleasant view library. Kelly will take over then

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This week all the pleasant view students had other plans. Therefore 10 people showed up. New faces are still showing up to the library. Despite the lack of participants, it was our most dramatic week ever.The puzzles activity is still a huge attraction. The big bag of candy is finding itself thinned every week.In the future it would be nice to maybe host some unrated double chess tournaments, or

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This week 14 people showed up to our library, six of whom are students at Pleasant View Junior High School. The newcomers off-balance the loss of players due to the new school year. Hazel came back to Toronto and visited us, she brought more candy supplies for the kids. Thanks Hazel.As more people from Pleasant View came, the skill level of the competition has increased. I personally think that

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This week the school has taken its toll on the program as this time 12 people showed up. But I am optimistic that it will get back to normal next week. Thanks to the staff who are working in the Pleasant View Junior High School for advertising the program there. This time there are several high school students who came and played. Also there was adult players too. I am glad that people of

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Interestingly the number "16" seems to be haunting us, as this week, again 16 people showed up. The puzzles activity again proved it's popularity as this time we almost had a puzzle "shortage". I am to be honest impressed at how fast the kids solve them. It seems that the younger the participant the faster he/she solves the puzzles. I was constantly summoned to change the puzzle.This week is also

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http://www.chessinthelibrary.com/It was a dark and stormy night when Yuanling and I have decided to make a website.To be honest there was a lot of hard times making the website. From editing the content, to flash, to photoshop, and to confusing html, yet we did it. At times we thought that we could never do this or is on the verge of giving up. But after 1 and half month of hardwork it has

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This week, all our "regulars" have returned, sustained from last week is the number of people, as this week "16" people came again. As four weeks have passed, between the members and the organizers grew a great harmony. This week Aaron, Hazel and me were helping out, Sam couldn't make it because he was sick. Business as usual, we played casual chess and with the great puzzles activity players

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Our third meeting was held last Saturday at ten again. This time due to other appointments of Hazel's students, 16 people showed up. Which is still an optimistic number. Each week we have a steady "supply" of new members joining our program. And this time we had improvements to the program as well.This week we set up another activity for the kids and that is puzzles. We had three boards(including

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Today we had our second meeting of the Chess in the Library program. It was great. There were almost 20 people here this time. We had a lot of fun. Because of a printer difficulty we had, we decided to hand the certificates from last week next week. I think the winners didn't mind at all.Overall it was great, we've came across some very interesting games. But because the more players we had and

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After showing off for Yuanling and Michael, i decided that i deserve some glory too(and to test multiply chess views' load time for the website). So here is a very "instructive" game played by me and this other guy on Chess.com. It is instructive because the epic use of pin, by me.I am playing white, we played the C70: Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Caro Variation.Although having the same material on

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To award our dedicated audience who has been so supporting, I now present to you a little "gift".Now after knowing us, and our program, you must have wondered: "How good in chess are the organizers?". Well I will tell you now.First of all I suck so we'll skip me.Yuanling Yuan and Michael Kleinman are good, REALLY good. And here is a interesting game played between the 2 in 2008. Michael Kleinman

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The first meeting of the Pleasant View branch took place August 1st, 2009. The festival and the long weekend has taken it's toll on the program as only 11 out of the 27 people who signed up showed up. Dispite the lack of number of people, the fun and the quality of the games wasn't affected at all. The people who came had a great time; the whole room was so filled with laughter and the joy of

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Last evening, Michael, Yuanling and me went to the home of Southams to receive their generous donations. First we were overwhelmed by the warm welcomes, the Southams greeted us with their cordial handshakes and their friendly smiles. As we entered the dining room we were again overwhelmed, this time by the numerous donations that occupied the entire dining table. In front was 15 Trophies that

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When I first heard of Yuanling's Brilliant program Chess in the Library, I was suprised at the uniqueness and the promising goals of this program. Thus without hesitation I decided to help out. But I never would have thought that as fast as a month, a new branch of the program will open up, and I would be the leader of that branch! After being humorously bossed around by Yuanling in the

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