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What is Bridgeforyou.com?

This is an internet web domain that Units 499, 500 and 501 of the ACBL, District 21, have purchased and have joined together to host their web sites. This allows these three units to present Unit and Club information to any ACBL duplicate bridge player that cares to access these sites. ACBL stands for American Contract Bridge League. District 21 refers to the Northern California District of the ACBL.

How Bridge Players Access Bridgeforyou.com.

Bridge Players will access Units 499, 500 and 501 web sites by using their internet browser and typing in the web site name, for example http://tbc.bridgeforyou.com.

As of July 16, 2007, all of units 499, 500 and 501 are using the bridgeforyou.com domain for their web sites.

List of Web Sites

  1. Unit 499 - Diablo Valley
    http://unit499.bridgeforyou.com
  2. Unit 500 - Southern Alameda County
    http://unit500.bridgeforyou.com
  3. Unit 501 -Livermore Valley
    including Livermore and Pleasanton Bridge Clubs http://unit501.bridgeforyou.com
  4. Information about how to upload results
    to the above web sites.
    http://www.bridgeforyou.com -
Quick Start Instructions to Upload Results to
your Web Site for the first time

Five Steps for uploading your first ACBL Game Results (see detail below)

  1. Create the Results File with ACBLSCOR
  2. Download and install Filezilla
  3. Add your Web Site to Filezilla’s Site Manager
  4. Upload the Results File
  5. Verify the results have been uploaded
Create the Results File with ACBLSCOR
  • For DOS ACBLSCOR: At the Command Line (after the game is scored) type “LR”, ENTER
    For WINDOWS ACBLSCOR: Strike the F11 key and select LRECA
  • At the Select recap destination prompt, select “Option 3, Text File” ENTER
  • At the File Location prompt, press ENTER
  • At the File Name location prompt, press ENTER
  • At the Select recap option select “10, List + Recap (Traveler Format)” ENTER
  • At the Report Width (Characters) prompt, press ENTER
  • At the Select printout order, select “2 By rank” ENTER
Download and Install Filezilla.
  1. Download the free FTP Program Filezilla by clicking on FileZilla_2_2_30a_setup.exe and saving to your desktop.
  2. Install Filezilla setup by launching it and using the default for all prompts. Note: FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol.

Add your web site to Filezilla's Site Manager

  • Start Filezilla  (double click on the Filezilla Desktop Icon)
  • Click File | Site Manager
  • Click on the "New Site" button, which should produce a highlighted "New FTP site" that you can over type with your name for the site (in this example, Larry Miller)
  • Host field type "bridgeforyou.com" (omit the quotes).
  • Logontype field, click on "Normal"
  • In the User field, type (for example) "larrymiller" (lower case, omit the quotes).
  • In the Password field, type the password you were provided (use correct upper and lower case letters)
  • Click the Connect button to make sure it works

Upload the Results File

  • In the left hand pane of Filezilla, navigate to c:\acblscor\gamefile
  • In the right hand pane navigate to where the file should be saved
  • Double click (or drag from left to right) the file you want uploaded

Verify the results have been uploaded

  • Start Internet Explorer
  • Go to your web site
  • Click on the date of the game
  • It should display properly

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: When I put a second diskette in drive A:, the files aren't displayed. How do I see the files?

A: Click somewhere on the left window (drive A:) and then click on View | Refresh.

Q: How do I delete an FTP Site I accidentally set up?

A: Launch Filezilla. Click File | Site Manager. Click once on the site you want to remove so that it's highlighted under "My FTP Sites". Click Delete. This does not delete files on the web site, it only removes the site from Filezilla.

Q: There's not enough room in the left hand window.

A: Enlarge the window to full screen by double clicking on the menu bar (blue bar on the top of the Filezilla window).

Q: Which window shows my hard drive local and which shows the web site?

A: The left window is your local drive. Using it is very similar to using Windows Explorer. The right window is your web site. You have to have clicked on Connect with one of your FTP Sites before any files or folders show up.

Updated 1/1/10 by BG

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