HotBrackets.com Tournaments Mod for SMF

Version: 2.0 Date 2010-02-08
Compatibility: SMF 1.1.6-1.1.9, SMF 2.0 RC2


The HotBrackets.com Tournaments Mod is a simple MOD that simply adds the ability to display a tournament bracket from HotBrackets.com inside of SMF.  There is no functionality as far as setting up the brackets or editing the brackets from within SMF.  All administration of the brackets is done directly from HotBrackets.com. 

Features:

• Bracket Types available to use with this MOD:
  
  
  • 4, 8, 16, 32 and 64 Team Single Elminiation Brackets
  • 4, 8, 16, 32 and 64 Team Double Elminiation Brackets
  • 4, 8, 16, 32 and 64 Team First Round Consolation Brackets
• No confusing URLs to give to your viewers. You send them the link to what page you are on and we'll make sure they see what they should.
• User definable fields for teams that allow you to customize what you have to say about each team.
• Tournament and Team images
• User sign up brackets. Yes, you can send people to the bracket on HotBrackets.com and they can sign up their self if they have the password!  Then once the tournament starts, they can view the brackets at your site or the main site.
• Share control of your tournaments and brackets. You can assign a Co-Owner to your tournaments so if you are not available they can create brackets for you.
• Permanent teams. Tired of setting up your brackets and having to re-enter the same information? Create a permanent team and use it on future brackets that you create.

Configuration:

Nothing to configure to use this MOD.  Just install it and use it.

How to use it

Use of this MOD is fairly simple. There are 2 different methods to display your brackets within SMF. 

Method 1: When you create a bracket at HotBrackets.com, the URL will have a bracket ID appended to the end of the URL.  Take this bracket id and add it to the end of http://example.com/index.php?action=bracket;bracketid= where example.com is your forum URL.  For example, the main bracket is located at http://www.hotbrackets.com/brackets?bracketid=1 .  The bracket ID in this example is 1.  So your URL would be http://example.com/index.php?action=bracket;bracketid=1 .  Simple as that.

Method 2: When you create a bracket at HotBrackets.com, the URL will have a bracket ID appended to the end of the URL.  Use this bracket id in a bbcode as follows: [bracket]1[/bracket]  When this page is rendered, it will display the bracket in a post.  Simple as that.

Support

If you have any questions or comments, there is a forum located at HotBrackets.com.

Donations

If you like my modification packages, please donate to support their continued development. Any amount will be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Copyright (c) 2009 by jon (at) hotbrackets (dot) com. All rights reserved. Redistribution prohibited except at SimpleMachines.org

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