Template talk:32TeamBracket-Compact-Tennis3

size of the template

Hi, very nice template this is. What I notice is that the flag and name of contester often is split on two lines and causing a visual not so nice effect. Maybe it prevents people from using this template.

An option could be to use only 4 columns for this template. Now every round has one column, but by combining the column for semi final and final there will be more space for every column and thus less splitting of the lines. A way to do is, is to "fold" the final inwards, instead of outwards as it is now.

Now                             Proposal
 
Semi - -|                       Semi - -|
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        --- Final               Final- -|
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Semi - -|                       Semi - -|

I have no idea if this can be done quite easely, but it is an option. Miho NL 21:28, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

I think it's a very good idea. Unfortunately, I don't know how to do it neither, but we can find somebody expert in templates. MontanNito 08:06, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

I have done this, and also removed the seed columns starting from the first round, because I don't see any use for those. The flag will also never appear on a separate line from the team name, but the screen will stretch horizontally on smaller screens. Despite this, it's more readable, I think. Any concerns? –Pomte 21:10, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

This is perfect! Exactly what I had in mind. For me it is no problem that the seeds are gone from the 1st round. The nowrap is smart. I created a thicker border around the final match to give it more emphasis. Maybe a thin black line would be better? I wonder what kind of program you used to create this new template. Because doing everything by hand seems complicated. Miho NL 11:06, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

The thicker grey border looks better than a thin black one, I think. Search and replace by regular expression in a text editor, and pressing preview a bunch of times to figure out how the columns line up. The particular text editor I used was Notepad2. I imagine it took a while to make the original template. –Pomte 20:08, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

I made some changes: I removed the column for the seeds in the first round. I now placed the seednumber behind the "team" name. This for all the rounds. Also I darkened the final a bit more.

Reason: if no seeds were used at all, the template showed at the "team" name a thick grey line, because actually it consists of 2 normal smaller lines.

Extra benefit: the seeds are used through out all the rounds. Maybe it is better to place the seeds between brackets, but that's is taking much extra space in the template so I did not do this for the moment.

An example of this template used in a tennistournament using seeds throughout all the rounds: nl:WTA-toernooi_van_Tokio_2007 and without seeds used at all: nl:WTA-toernooi_van_Tokio_2007.

Miho NL 12:36, 25 May 2007 (UTC)