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Since the Ralph Betza link worked for you, I have modified the first three links on this page to test what might be wrong.

First, go to https://www.chessvariants.com/d.betza/pieceval/index.html

The "About the Author" link has the header.

The "Introduction" link has the footer.

The "Early Attempts at Deriving These Values" link has the CSS file.

Following the link to each of these files may help narrow down where the problem lies.

I originally got an iphone 11 (since has been updated to be 15, I think).

To check whether the version of iOS might be the problem, I charged up my iPad 2, which runs iOS 9.3.5. Since the iPhone 11 starts with iOS 13 and supports up to iOS 17.4, it is well ahead of my old iPad in what it supports. Using the iPad 2, I tested whether I could reach the site with Safari, Chrome, Opera Mini, Dolphin, and Edge. I could reach it with all of them except Dolphin. In case it was something on the page, I also tried the Ralph Betza page, the hi page, my personal website, and my blog. Of these, only the blog worked. I suspect there is an issue with the DNS server it uses to resolve domain names, though I found no way to change it. When I entered the server's IP address into Dolphin, it did go to the Chess Variant Pages homepage. The only issues with the other browsers were that they didn't recognize this site's HTTPS and required me to confirm that I wanted to see the site, and Dark mode didn't work.

Hi H.G.

When I type that address into address bar on Safari, I get a White screen, except in the upper left there is 'Hello World!' with some small writing under it. Hope that helps.

Hi Fergus

The About the Author and Introduction links gave me no problem. However, the Early Attempts at Deriving These Values link caused a White page, i.e. crash.

Okay, check the next two links on that page. For these, I have split global.css into two parts. One uses front.css, and the other uses tail.css.

Hi Fergus.

I had no problem with the first of the next 2 links you asked me to try. However, the 2nd such link caused a crash.

That's curious, as the new css is mostly in the first one. I'll try to narrow it down further tomorrow.

I have now placed new CSS files in the next two.

"Getting More Data" uses front2.css, which has the code from front.css with some from tail.css.

"Impossible by Definition" uses tail2.css, which has the rest of tail.css.

@ Fergus

'Getting More Data' link causes a white page plus crash, on my iphone (you didn't mention it, but I also checked 'Mobility...' link before that link, and that link worked okay for me).

'Impossible by Definition' link worked okay for me, on the other hand.

I removed what I think is the offending code from global.css and globalindex.css, and I purged these from the cache. So try the homepage again, and bear in mind that you may have to refresh your browser cache. Also, I have used globaltest.css on "Summary of Part 1". This is a copy of the updated global.css under a different filename to guarantee it is not using the old version.

Using Safari's address bar on my iphone,

chessvariants dot com resulted in a white page plus crash.

When I tried the link 'Summary of Part 1' (in Betza article), again a white page plus crash happened.

Okay, "References" uses front3.css, and "Thought Experiment" uses tail3.css.

For these, I just slightly adjusted what was in front2.css and tail2.css.

The link 'References' caused a white page and crash on my iphone. However, the 'Thought Experiment' link worked for me.

Okay, I removed the only other CSS that could be causing the problem from global.css and globalindex.css, and I created a new copy of global.css called globaltest2.css, which I linked to in "Personal Variations". Try the homepage again, refreshing the cache if you need to, and this page.

The link chessvariants dot com again resulted in a crash (I did it on Brave as well as Safari on my iphone, in case I didn't refresh my cache properly on Safari).

The 'Personal Variations' link (from Betza article) caused a white page plus crash, when I clicked on it while using Safari.

I found another point where I could divide global.css into two files. So now "Point Count Chess" has front4.css, and "Quantum of Advantage" has tail4.css.

Hi Fergus

Those links both worked. Even better, at this time tonight I can get to the CVP homepage now. I shall try to explain what I think might have caused the whole problem with my iphone, regarding CVP site at least:

Earlier tonight I went to my usual local bar. A friend with an Android phone was there and he got to the CVP homepage no problem, When my iphone still failed to get there without a crash, he suggested I check my phone for updates. He then started one that was waiting on my iphone for me, just by getting me to agree to the update terms (hopefully it's completely free of any new $ charges to me).

That apparently started to make my iphone into a version 17.something (cannot recall exact decimal number of version), finishing up by soon after I got home, when I took my phone out of my pocket. Then, unlike a previous time I had a similar update done to my phone's version, my phone asked me for my house's Wifi's password (don't know if that's unusual or just new with this iphone update version - hopefully I won't need to bother to re-enter Wifi passwords, for use in the two bars I go out to). After that I soon had my iphone seeming to look about the same as before on its screen - except now I seem to be able to get anything on CVP site, so far, no problem, at least with Safari or Google search.

I made a couple changes to the dark theme logo.

1. I replaced the Knight/Camel piece, which had represented the Pushmi-Pullyu, with the new Ram/Ox image for that piece.
2. I removed the stuff hanging around the waist of the fairy princess. In an earlier version of the image, this had been long hair. Thanks to some changes I made to a source image I used to produce new images, she became short-haired. The stuff around her waist could be interpreted as cloth hanging from her sleeves, but it seemed a bit weird and out-of-place.

Or we are several people designing Staunton-like 3D pieces for printing. Importing a .stl into Meshmixer we could make very nice 2D images.

Those are suitable for going on individual Piececlopedia pages if someone would like to take charge of that. I'm not the one to do that, since I don't have a 3D printer or know anything about the image formats.

I nominate Jean-Louis. ;)

I don't think he is interested. Would you be interested in doing that? As the person who has made the most pieces for 3D printing, you would be more qualified than the rest of us to handle this. If you're familiar enough with HTML, I could set you up as an editor and give you the ability to update pages.

I don't think he is interested. Would you be interested in doing that? As the person who has made the most pieces for 3D printing, you would be more qualified than the rest of us to handle this. If you're familiar enough with HTML, I could set you up as an editor and give you the ability to update pages.

I mostly was kidding re: Jean-Louis.

As for me doing it, I might be willing, but I'll need to look into what I can find in the way of zero-cost tools. (Now pardon me while I run off to search.)

I don't think it is a good idea (to put it mildly) to have computer-generated images of pieces in the piececlopedia. Photographs of actual 3d-printed designs might be another thing; if we would also publish a link to a file people could use to 3d-print those themselves these would serve a purpose. Many of the virtual pieces I have seen here are unacceptably ugly, fragile, or unsuitable.

I am on the same line than HG. I was thinking of creating a page for a "catalog" of the pieces I have designed for 3D-printing. I have printed all of them, some several times in order to be fully satisfied.

Would that be useful?

If yes, I imagine I have to follow the same process than when creating a page for a new variant?

I do think that would be a good idea. If I can get my 3D printer working again, I may do the same.

I think it'd be done as an "other" kind of page -- create it like a game page, with a note to the Editors.

Aside for the Editors: I think it might be helpful to have a form specifically designed for these more "generic" pages.

I don't think it is a good idea (to put it mildly) to have computer-generated images of pieces in the piececlopedia. Photographs of actual 3d-printed designs might be another thing; if we would also publish a link to a file people could use to 3d-print those themselves these would serve a purpose.

I am happy to include 3D printable pieces. However, I am not going to dismiss AI art because it can't be fed into a 3D printer to produce physical pieces. Production is not the only purpose of art. It also serves the purpose of stirring the imagination and helping people think about what is possible.

Many of the virtual pieces I have seen here are unacceptably ugly, fragile, or unsuitable.

You're welcome to criticize individual images, but I will not consider a broad, subjective opinion like this as a reason to give up on a new artistic tool. It's not as if I just give it a prompt and upload whatever it draws. I carefully select the best images I get from AI, and of late I have been fine-tuning images by using altered images to give it a better idea of what I want.