1001
Knights Help Pages
Some useful HTML and links to help you put up a basic
chess website.
Publishing
Chess Problems and Articles on the Web
A good series of articles with screenshots that takes
you through the basic steps.
PGN
to JS
This looks like a great utility for generating Javascript
pages in HTML from PGN.
Chess
on the Net
Graham Brown offers excellent advice both to web browsers
and web masters. See especially his article on Making
Money on the Net.
Build
Your Chess Homepage Series (no longer available at that location but accessible through the Web Archive at My Homepage, About the Zukertort Homepage, Zukertort Article 1, etc.)
Tim Harding had published a series of articles on
web publishing using Palmede's technology as a starting
point and offering the example of his Zukertort Web
Site as a model. This was a wonderful series of articles
for anyone thinking about building their own web site,
but it appears no longer to be available.
Tutorials
GetIT
A useful collection of tutorials from the Rutgers
Writing Program.
Webmonkey
A great collection of technical and design turotials
to improve your website.
Planet
Photoshop
The best collection of free tutorials devoted to Adobe
Photoshop. Also check out GoodTutorials
and Photoshop
Cafe.
Design
Tutorials and Advice
Web
Style Guide
The classic resource on web design.
Useit.com
Jakob Nielsen's great site devoted to improving web
usability.
Dmitry's
Design Lab
A great set of useful design tutorials by Dmitry Kirsanov.
Public
Domain Images and Graphics
Chess
Graphics
One of the best collections of pictures and graphics.
Chess
Graphics
Some interesting graphics from the Huntsville Chess
Club.
Chess
Variant Graphics
A great collection of images to use in playing variations
on chess.
Enigma
Gallery
Images from the early days of chess.
Chess
Graphics
A small selection plus downloads.
Good
Web Editors and Other Programs
Macromedia's
Dreamweaver MX
If you can afford it (or if you can get a good student
discount or something), Macromedia's Dreamweaver MX
is by far the best web editing program around. It
can take a little while to learn, but once you understand
the basics you will be able to manage quite a large
and complex site. Try their 30-day
Free Trial.
Adobe
Photoshop
The best image editing program going.
Adobe
Acrobat
Allows you to put any sort of document onto the web
in PDF format.
Instruction
and Other Issues
Chess
Games Belong to the World by Tim Harding
An interesting discussion of why game scores must
never be copyrighted.
A
Little Tutorial on PGN
A very useful discussion of Portable Game Notation.
Hosting
Options
Below are some links I have found useful in looking
for a host. I recommend that before you commit
to a service you surf the web and online forums
looking for anyone complaining about them (or praising
them). Do some basic consumer investigating before
you purchase.
Web
Hosting Reviews
A good place to hear what people think.
LunarPages
A very well-reviewed web host.
Powweb
A good place to start out.
Brinkster
A reliable host with lots of support and good prices. And I can recommend them
from personal experience. Especially good for beginners.
Yahoo
Web Hosting
Offers a variety of options and the "yahoo" name.
Free
Web-Hosts
Well, you get what you pay for....
Other
Potentially Useful Utilities
Tim
Mann's Chess Pages
Mann has some of the best free software around.
Chess
Area
Promises free server space for chess-related sites.
Computer
Chess Programming
Everything you ever wanted to know about computer
chess programming.
Putting
chess games on the web with xbdtohtml
I have not used this program and there are some disclaimers,
but it seems to convert game scores into HTML and
can be used for live webcasts.
ChessWare
Provides the best free software for playing chess
by computer.
Javascript
Chess Simulator
A useful tutorial for chess-lovers who want to learn
Javascript. This could be a useful feature at your
website.
PGN
Chess Utilities
A collection of programs for managing game files.
Chess
Pages - Free Chess
Programs and instructions.
Sample
Club Websites
Most people looking to set up a chess website
want to do it for their club or organization. The
first step in setting up such a site is to look
at other club sites on the web to get ideas for
content and design. Here are links to some sample
club sites (which I'm still collecting, if you
want to recommend one) and directories to more.
Kenilworth
Chess Club
My site for my favorite club.
Exeter
Chess Club
A well-established site with simple but effective
design to house lots of content.
Huntsville
Chess Club
A well-known site on the net. Don't like the spinning
knights, but it's typical....
Metropolitan
Chess Club
One of London's finest.
MetroWest
Serving the Boston area.
Mechanics'
Institute
One of the best clubs and an excellent club website.
Tromso
Sjakklubb
An excellently produced and quite robust site.
Marshall
Chess Club
One of the oldest and most famous clubs.
Norresunby
Chess Club
Danish site.
Chess
Clubs Worldwide
An excellent resource from the Internet Chess Club.
Chessville
Links to Chess Clubs
A good resource for some major sites.
DMOZ
Open Directory of Clubs and Associations
A good listing of international sites.
Google
Directory to U.S. Clubs
A fairly good listing, though far from comprehensive.
Chess
Clubs Directory
A site where you can promote your club or find
other club sites.
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