GCA only cacher entering logs

crew 153 · Post by **crew 153** » 30 March 05 11:08 am

riblit wrote:
Hmmm, How did you arrive at that figure? Assuming that is correct, what about the 116 registered users who want to. Don't they count?

Looking at the memberlist there are 1167 members . If 116 are using the facility I think my guess was pretty accurate.

crew 153 · Post by **crew 153** » 30 March 05 11:12 am

thanks I!<br>My original concern was that a new cacher finding only the GCA site can easily be confused (and it looks like at least one has been) and not know that they must log their finds on the GC.com site.

Cached · Post by **Cached** » 30 March 05 11:13 am

Thanks i! - for a non-commercial site, this place is just the best!!!

crew 153 · Post by **crew 153** » 30 March 05 11:14 am

Cached wrote:
Not everybody is going to read forums - and they shouldn't have to have read the FAQs to be able to navigate a page well. When I speak to my friends about GCA, they've been past but don't really understand what it is for....

Well said Cached.

Mind Socket · Post by **Mind Socket** » 30 March 05 11:52 am

I'll put the FAQ in a more prominent spot on the front page, and add a warning to the log page soon.

- Rog

::Edit:: Oops, looks like the FAQ link has already been done.

Dooghan · Post by **Dooghan** » 30 March 05 12:04 pm

riblit wrote:So you are suggesting that cachers should lose the ability to add logs for their overseas and locationles caches or to add images to their logs here? Sorry, I don't agree with that. It's too heavy handed.

No I don't think it is to heavy handed. Isn't there a import function to add logs that are not the the GCA???

Dooghan

Cached · Post by **Cached** » 30 March 05 12:06 pm

The first FAQ should surely be:

What is geocaching?

Then

How do I play?

riblit · Post by **riblit** » 30 March 05 12:18 pm

Cached wrote:The first FAQ should surely be:

What is geocaching?

Then

How do I play?

Is evolving, more than planned. I have some text along thos lines to add.

Cached · Post by **Cached** » 30 March 05 12:38 pm

What about a "New Players Page"??

Here's your text:[quote]

What is geocaching?

So youÃ‚â€™ve wandered onto a web page, read an article or maybe accidentally found a cache somewhere and are now trying to work out what this strange sport is all about.

Geocaching is a loosely organised individual sport relying on satellite technology to show you where latitude and longitude coordinates are within a few metres. Geocachers set off to find coordinates that they have gotten from websites such as this one and when they get there they are rewarded with a find. They use a hand-held GPS device, about the size of a mobile phone, to find their quarry.

What do they find? More often than not, a lunch box containing a log book, maybe some swappable goodies, and a pencil. Geocachers write a log in the book about their hunt, they may swap something they have for something in the box, always making sure their swap is fair, and replace the container exactly as they found it. The containers vary and may be as small as a film canister or as large as a 44 gallon drum.

But caching (pronounced Ã‚â€œcay-shingÃ‚â€

Mind Socket · Post by **Mind Socket** » 30 March 05 2:13 pm

An intro that explains everything concisely for new players is a very good idea.

Also, in line with the non-GCA cache log warning (work in progress), we should update the FAQ and anywhere else to very strongly discourage, in no uncertain terms, logging on the wrong site.

- R

Mind Socket · Post by **Mind Socket** » 30 March 05 2:23 pm

[quote="Cached"]But caching (pronounced Ã‚â€œcay-shingÃ‚â€

Cached · Post by **Cached** » 30 March 05 3:06 pm

change it as you will - figured it was better to come up with something rather than just saying you need something.

Cached

ideology · Post by **ideology** » 30 March 05 3:10 pm

excellent thanks cached!

Mind Socket · Post by **Mind Socket** » 30 March 05 6:03 pm

Okey dokey, funsters, hold on to your hats, coz Mind Socket's pushin' code!

The log add/edit page now shows a warning to the unwary who try to log a groundspeak cache on GCA.

An example:
http://geocaching.com.au/my/log/?add=gcm3e8

Team Red Devil · Post by **Team Red Devil** » 30 March 05 6:37 pm

Rog- you're brilliant! Cached, you too- loved the intro!<br>
<br>
Marie.