Cleaner cards, clearer brackets, better discoverability.

NewTon DC Tournament Manager v4.2.1 — March 8, 2026

Overview

NewTon DC Tournament Manager Version 4.2.1 focuses on visual polish and discoverability. Match cards receive subtle refinements, eliminated players are now visually marked with strikethrough text, and a new optional landing page improves SEO for self-hosted instances.

This release contains no breaking changes and is a drop-in replacement for v4.2.0.

Key Highlights:

Eliminated player strikethrough on completed match cards
Muted match card styling for a cleaner bracket appearance
SEO meta tags added to the tournament app
Optional landing page for Docker deployments

Eliminated Player Strikethrough

Completed match cards now display the eliminated player's name in muted red with a slanted strikethrough line. This makes it immediately clear who has been knocked out of the tournament at a glance.

Muted red text (#b87070) complements the green completed-match background
Strikethrough appears only in the specific match where the player was eliminated
Works correctly in both formats:
- SE: every round loser is eliminated immediately
- DE: frontside losers who continue to the backside show no strikethrough until their backside elimination match
Walkover slots and match winners are never struck through

Match Card Visual Tweaks

Muted "Started" button: Live match button color changed from bright orange (#ff6b35) to a warmer, less distracting muted orange (#e09060)
Subtle dropdown backgrounds: Lane and referee dropdowns on ready/live match cards now use a light gray (#e8e9ec) instead of pure white, blending better with the card footer

SEO & Discoverability

Meta Tags

The tournament app now includes <meta name="description"> and <meta name="keywords"> tags in the HTML head. This helps search engines accurately describe NewTon in search results, even without the landing page enabled.

Schema.org Structured Data

The landing page includes JSON-LD SoftwareApplication markup, giving search engines machine-readable metadata about the app (category, price, license, features, browser requirements). This can enable rich results in Google search listings.

Landing Page

A new optional landing page can be enabled for Docker deployments. When enabled, visitors see a feature-rich page with descriptions, screenshots, and proper Open Graph / Twitter Card meta tags before entering the tournament app.

The landing page is embedded in tournament.html (which becomes tournament.php during Docker build) — no separate files needed.

How to enable:

environment:
  - NEWTON_LANDING_PAGE=true
  - NEWTON_BASE_URL=https://your-domain.com  # Optional: for canonical URLs

What it includes:

App header (centered logo + title, no menu or clock)
Feature descriptions
Screenshots from the repository
"Launch Tournament Manager" button (?launch bypasses the landing page)
Full Open Graph and Twitter Card meta tags for social sharing

What it does NOT include:

The demo site banner (that remains exclusive to NEWTON_DEMO_MODE)

When NEWTON_LANDING_PAGE is not set (the default), visitors go straight to the tournament app as before.

Docker Changes

New Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Purpose
`NEWTON_LANDING_PAGE`	`false`	Show SEO landing page at root URL
`NEWTON_BASE_URL`	(empty)	Canonical URL for Open Graph / Twitter Card meta tags

nginx Configuration

The nginx index directive serves tournament.php as the default document. No separate landing page file is needed.

Migration from v4.2.0

Automatic

Fully compatible with all existing tournaments
No data migration required
All existing features are unchanged

What's New After Upgrading

Eliminated players show strikethrough text on completed match cards
Slightly refined match card styling (muted button, dropdown backgrounds)
Search engines will see meta description and keywords on the tournament app
Optionally enable the landing page for public-facing Docker deployments

Known Issues

None at time of release.

NewTon DC Tournament Manager v4.2.1 — cleaner cards, clearer brackets, better discoverability.

Download v4.2.1

Previous Releases

Latest release
v4.2.0 — March 3, 2026 — Single Elimination: one shot, no second chances.

For older releases, see the GitHub releases page.