Euro 2012 Predictor

1. 

   Prediction entry form

2. 

   Group table results display

3. 

   Admin Screens

4. 

   Overview

5. 

   Predictions

6. 

   Knockout results

• Why are there 30 teams ?

There are extra dummy ‘placeholder’ teams to fill-in the knockout results tables. Once a team has progressed through the group stage to the knockout stage edit the match schedule to change the placeholder team to the actual team.

• How do update match scores ?

In the Teams and Matches menu, select the Matches tab then click the Modify button in the table below, update score and check ‘Match Finished’

• The countdown clock just shows ‘Clock’ and not a countdown

The Javascript file (js/user.js) for the clock has not been included correctly. Check that there are not any Javascript optimizations plugins that may have removed the code. Also, verify in the page source that the JS file has been included.

• Can I change match times to my local time ?

All dates and times are stored internally in UTC and only converted on display to match local time using the WordPress
locale settings.

To allow users to toggle between match local time and users local time see details in the setup section.

• How do I limit the prediction form to just the Group stages ?

Use the shortcode [euro-2012-predictor group=1]. For more options see the usage section.

• How does the scoring system work for the knockout stages ?

At the knockout stage if a user predicts a win e.g. 3-2 they get either the exact points if the result is 3-2 or the win points if the result is 1-0

Penalties are included in either of the above, so if a user predicts 1(5)-1(4), and result is 1(5)-1(4) then exact points, if the result is 2(5)-2(4) it’s a correctly predicted win, however if the result is 1(4)-(1)5 they get points for the goal draw. It’s a reward for getting it ‘half-right’. If you don’t like that behaviour then once all the group match results have been entered and all the predictions scored, then modify the scoring configuration to change draw point to 0 (zero).

The bonus points for correct goals and goal difference ignore penalties.

There is nothing for extra time or golden goals as such.

• Teams in the Group tables are not ordered the same as on the UEFA site

In the Admin->Teams menu modify the Group Order field to sort the teams manually for those with equal points, matches, goal difference etc.

If at the end of the Group stage UEFA draw lots to decide the winner of a group in the event of a tie, use this option to manually arrange the group table order by using a lower group order number to promote a tied team up the table.

See http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/

• 0.9.1 – 17th December 2012
  Updates for WordPress 3.5

• 0.8 – 21st Jun 2012
  Fix Group Table order as UEFA tie break is different to FIFA

• 0.7 – 21st Jun 2012
  Add shortcode option to show/hide avatar in ranking table.
  Add Polish translation – Thanks Charls from Posen
  Add Hindi translation – Thank you Chandel
  Fix Group Table order as UEFA tie break is different to FIFA

• 0.6 – 16th May 2012
  Make the interface clearer for updating a match to enter the final result.
  Bug fix for admin screen showing users predictions
  Bug fix for WordPress multi-site

• 0.5 – 15th May 2012
  Display ranking table for all matches, not just those that have finished

• 0.4 – 15th May 2012
  Removed blank lines around <script> tags to prevent over zealous themes adding <p> tags
  Prevent deletion of venues, teams and matches if it would leave orphaned data
  Minor layout change to knockout table to reduce width
  Marking a match as finished automatically updates the users prediction scores.
  Users predictions are now shown once the kickoff time has passed without requiring the match to be marked as finished.
  Minor improvements to reduce memory usage

• 0.3 – 2nd Apr 2012
  Added euro2012_ prefix to come CSS classes
  Corrected some errors in the help

• 0.2 – 24th Feb 2012
  Bug fix saving predictions

• 0.1 – 23rd Feb 2012
  Initial Alpha Version

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