I've been working on the Contact database features for the past few weeks, and as a consequence I've had modify quite a bit of old code. Although it may not look like it, the ChessieDB website uses upwards of 30,000 lines of code, in dozens of small and large perl scripts. Some of this code is common to many scripts, and one small change (good or bad) affects the whole website. On occasion a small bug that I didn't catch may make it's way to the website. I rely on you to report any features that are not working properly -- even if it's just a small page layout issue. Once all the Contact features are done, the website should be stable and reliable once again.

As part of the Contact database overhaul, you'll note that submission related e-mails are now in HTML. This should make it easier to review the information contained in the e-mail. The Contact update script (the second of three Contact related scripts) is coming along nicely and should be finished in the next week or two. I may have to code the search script before allowing Contact updates, since Contacts are based on ID numbers, and a search feature will be necessary to locate those numbers.

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