Here we grow again. The RHMRBL WebSite has taken the next step forward. We now offer box scores for games as well as venue locations on a Google Map. Both of these are possible by utilizing a niftly little window control called prettyPhoto (http://www.no-margin-for-errors.com/projects/prettyphoto-jquery-lightbox-clone/), it's versatile, really easy to use and we will be expanding our gallery with it very shortly.
Implementation of the Location Window: We have entered every venue location (lat / long) into our ever growing database and we can show the players the diamonds or venue for the event. This will become more important as the league grows and we need to examine newer venues for games. From there I am using the Google Maps API to create a map, show the marker as well as display a window showing what it is. I was able to get this up and running in about 1 hour with the help of SvennerBlog's Google API Basics (aptly named) (http://www.svennerberg.com/2009/06/google-maps-api-3-the-basics/).
Implementation of the Box Score Window: We have individual game data going back from 2005 onward. From there we extract the hitting / pitching information and display it. This is really great because we also support deeplinking which means the ability to link directly to a certain game through this interface, so you can see Dan Colatosti's 6 hit game in the 2005 Season Opener (http://rhmrbl.com/teams/8.aspx#!prettyPhoto/0/) or Kerny's 10K Complete game (http://rhmrbl.com/teams/10.aspx#!prettyPhoto/31/) or even Waylen's 14K shutout in the Astros 2010 season opener (http://rhmrbl.com/teams/103.aspx#!prettyPhoto/3/). This new interface gives us the membership a great record of games past.
Posted
Aug 18 2011, 03:43 PM
by
Moncayo