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Introduction Environment Esthetics Game Boxes Objects Data Base Utilities Data Structures	Client Side Overview PHP Overview Client Side Coding PHP AJAX Part 1 PHP AJAX Part 2 PHP AJAX Part 3 PHP Includes

Selecting "Make New Game" from the main menu in the board18Main.php page causes the board18New.php page to be displayed.
This page can be used to create a new BOARD18 game.
Most of the JavaScript logic for these functions is in the scripts/board18New.js file.
The board18New.php page also uses the scripts/board18com.js file and some other open source JavaScript files.
Style is supplied by the style/board18New.css and the style/board18com.css files.

The Available Game Box Table

When entered board18New.php uses the php showBoxes function to get and display a list of the game boxes that are available for play.
This list is displayed at the bottom of the "RightOfPage" division.

The Players Table

When entered board18New.php uses the php showPlayers function to get and display a list of the players that have userID's on this BOARD18 server.
This list is displayed in the "LeftOfPage" division.

Start a New Game Session

To start a new game session, one must fill in the fields in the new game form that is displayed at the top of the "RightOfPage" division.
There are currently no shortcuts to automate this chore.
When the form is submitted, the fields are verified and then an AJAX call is made to the php/createGame.php program.
The php/createGame.php program is documented on the createGame.php WIKI page.