new server - beta testing [closed]

ideology · Post by **ideology** » 16 June 05 9:08 pm

sorting should be working now
you can click on a column heading to change the sort order up and down

ideology · Post by **ideology** » 17 June 05 9:21 am

we've added a log preview a-la GSAK
it allows you to see a summary of the last four logs

here's a link to demonstrate it:
http://beta.geocaching.com.au/caches/active/au

if it's FFFF that means the last four logs have all been finds
it it's DDFF that means there were finds a while ago but the most recent two logs were DNF's

we tried to do it graphically but we felt the page was two slow to load with all those little ticks and crosses on the screen. (ie the same reason we went with coloured dots to represent difficulty and terrain instead of graphical stars)

if anyone can think of a better representation for this, please let us know

as we mentioned before, the data is a snapshot from a while ago so don't worry that it's a little old. we plan to move the data in separately and even run them concurrently for a while while we are changing over. behind the scenes we are taking the opportunity to clean up the back-end too.

Cached · Post by **Cached** » 17 June 05 10:52 am

Looks great !

For those of us that are used to the GSAK output (I send that FFFF data to the GPS as a note), could the D be an N for consistency?

Looking abs. awesome sofar guys!

Aushiker · Post by **Aushiker** » 17 June 05 2:56 pm

Hi

Like the new look of the site. I am viewing it with Opera 8.0 and it is working sweet.

Thanks
Andrew

ideology · Post by **ideology** » 18 June 05 9:57 am

Cached wrote:For those of us that are used to the GSAK output (I send that FFFF data to the GPS as a note), could the D be an N for consistency?

done!

what are the other abbreviations that we should use? eg
A=Attended?
W=Will Attend?

what is a note if a DNF is an N?

Damo. · Post by **Damo.** » 18 June 05 12:57 pm

ideology wrote: what is a note if a DNF is an N?

Maybe P for Post? L for note Logged..... hmmm...

Cached · Post by **Cached** » 20 June 05 11:25 am

In GSAK, the last four aren't the last four LOGS but the last 4 RESULTS.

So notes don't show as a 'statistic'. When looking at a summary, what I want (and I assume others) is a summary of the finds, notes and such don't really matter so much that I need an indicator.

Just used to GSAK I suppose.

Thanks!

Mind Socket · Post by **Mind Socket** » 20 June 05 11:57 am

Agreed, finds, DNFs and archival notes are the ones of interest.

Cached · Post by **Cached** » 20 June 05 1:31 pm

Think GSAK uses an X for not available/archived.

ideology · Post by **ideology** » 20 June 05 10:36 pm

thanks, we'll work out a full list of symbols and publish it here

meanwhile, we've added random pics from the gallery onto the beta site's home page http://beta.geocaching.com.au it's fun to hit refresh to see the random pics!

zactyl · Post by **zactyl** » 21 June 05 12:12 am

Wow, that's cool!

Do I get anything if I hit the jackpot?

ideology · Post by **ideology** » 27 June 05 1:16 pm

we have been madly developing the beta site on the US server so it can take over from the australian server

we would appreciate your help beta-testing

what should be working
- logging on, off
- browsing caches
- listing new caches
- logging caches
- recommending, planning, watching caches

what isn't working
- the database is old data
- swaggies

the caches, logs, recommendations, watches, and plans are temporary tables, so feel free to create new logs, caches, etc.

if this is reasonably robust we could import the current data and set this up as the main site

thanks for your help!

Cached · Post by **Cached** » 27 June 05 2:34 pm

Log On/Off OK
Browsing OK

When logging Achilles I get

Access Error

Cannot access log. Please check the log numeber and whether you own it

Cached · Post by **Cached** » 27 June 05 2:36 pm

- logging caches

can't get to work.

- recommending OK, planning OK, watching caches OK

Cached · Post by **Cached** » 27 June 05 2:38 pm

clicking the "Links" tab (this link http://beta.geocaching.com.au/links)

doesn't work.

The "Geocachers websites" link inside it, does work.