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 Big pack hiker who sleeps with bears in tent and falls on slippery logs
Langley, BC
Canada
7647 Posts |
Posted - 03/16/2006 : 5:24 PM
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I have been thinking of adding to the CT site and forming more of a portal. The forums would be the heart of it like is at present, but instead things could be better linked together and more feature rich.
That being said, I'm looking for recommendations on what you would like to see. This can be feature, functional, visual, etc. I'm open to all ideas. Please feel free to post to this thread or email me directly at jhamlin@clubtread.com. |
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 Road raging trail blazer
Surrey, B.C.
Canada
1722 Posts |
Posted - 03/16/2006 : 6:07 PM
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Whatever you do, I hope you will keep the feature of being able to upload photos from our own computers. It would only be enhanced by being able to upload multiple pics such as in yahoo mail or photo bucket.
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Big pack hiker who sleeps with bears in tent and falls on slippery logs
Langley, BC
Canada
7647 Posts |
Posted - 03/16/2006 : 6:12 PM
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Originally posted by bikerider
Whatever you do, I hope you will keep the feature of being able to upload photos from our own computers. It would only be enhanced by being able to upload multiple pics such as in yahoo mail or photo bucket.
Photo upload is definitely staying. Photos are awesome in the TR's!
Good idea on the multiupload.
Its funny, there are actually over 5GB of photos now! |
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Mountain Grammar Police
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 Sardonic sandbagging scoundrel, Cascade Climbers lobotomized spraymeister, space blanket flyer, new millennium vulgarian betaboy and friend to all squids
Climbing, a mountain
Canada
∞ Posts |
Posted - 03/16/2006 : 7:19 PM
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| it would be nice to be able to just browse through the photos directly instead of only through the forum, is there any way you could create a photo gallery link that would show all the photos chronologically from #1 to #75000 or whatever the number is at now? |
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God fearin' music packin' animal BBQin' funny trip reportin'.... cheese lovin' MH lover who skinny dips in Ling secret lakes
Somewhere between pomp & circumstance, British Columbia
Canada
1401 Posts |
Posted - 03/16/2006 : 9:25 PM
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What about a small events calendar that we can click on a day and it will open for folks to view the various hikes set for that day. The could then click on the event which would direct them to more info, ie, time to meet, location, organiser, duration, car pool info etc.
Thoughts?
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Gnomes are my friends...and my friends sometimes forget to take their meds! |
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Outward Bound author of the Seinfeld Thread, who builds his own snowshoes
Troy, MT
USA
3122 Posts |
Posted - 03/17/2006 : 08:55 AM
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Originally posted by Moses
What about a small events calendar that we can click on a day and it will open for folks to view the various hikes set for that day. The could then click on the event which would direct them to more info, ie, time to meet, location, organiser, duration, car pool info etc.
Thoughts?
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Gnomes are my friends...and my friends sometimes forget to take their meds!
great idea
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ha, I cant believe you actually took the time to read this stupid signature, you should have your hiking licence removed, why are you still reading, all it is doing is wasting your time, stop reading!!!!!!!! |
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Outward Bound author of the Seinfeld Thread, who builds his own snowshoes
Troy, MT
USA
3122 Posts |
Posted - 03/17/2006 : 12:43 PM
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how about having a jump to end link next to each of the most recently posted on topics that yo see when you first sign in, I hate having to skip to the last page on the sienfeld thread
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ha, I cant believe you actually took the time to read this stupid signature, you should have your hiking licence removed, why are you still reading, all it is doing is wasting your time, stop reading!!!!!!!! |
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Big pack hiker who sleeps with bears in tent and falls on slippery logs
Langley, BC
Canada
7647 Posts |
Posted - 03/17/2006 : 2:33 PM
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Originally posted by Farmer
how about having a jump to end link next to each of the most recently posted on topics that yo see when you first sign in, I hate having to skip to the last page on the sienfeld thread
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ha, I cant believe you actually took the time to read this stupid signature, you should have your hiking licence removed, why are you still reading, all it is doing is wasting your time, stop reading!!!!!!!!
Do you use the "active topics" link to see what's current? Each thread has a link to the page # from the active topics page. So for example, you can go directly to pg 47. Let me know, I'm curious where this would go as it sounds like an easy thing to add. |
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Vancouver, B.C.
Canada
847 Posts |
Posted - 03/17/2006 : 2:49 PM
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Needless to say, this is the coolest site on the internet!
My union webpage utilizes this format and uses an internal mail feature and chat page. The chat page is in real time of cource, but isn't used that much. The mail thing might be handy for organizing hikes and stuff. |
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Big pack hiker who sleeps with bears in tent and falls on slippery logs
Langley, BC
Canada
7647 Posts |
Posted - 03/17/2006 : 2:51 PM
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Originally posted by laneskimmer
Needless to say, this is the coolest site on the internet!
My union webpage utilizes this format and uses an internal mail feature and chat page. The chat page is in real time of cource, but isn't used that much. The mail thing might be handy for organizing hikes and stuff.
Right on! 
I was thinking about some sort of PM (private mesg) system. That way you could either email through the site to someone's email, or just send them a PM.
Thanks everyone for the feedback thus far.. Keep it coming!  |
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Tumbler Ridge, BC
Canada
1364 Posts |
Posted - 03/17/2006 : 3:05 PM
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Whatever you do, it has to use Ajax and be Web 2.0 rich, and have member blogs and RSS Feeds and Podcasting and Vodcasting and, and, and...can never go out of Beta.
Yeah. That's it.
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adventure seeking, peak-bagging, high-enduring, strong and silent forest gnome
N49°09', W122°47'
Canada
3819 Posts |
Posted - 03/17/2006 : 3:24 PM
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Reykjavik
Iceland
139 Posts |
Posted - 03/17/2006 : 4:18 PM
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How about a gear review area... with so many members, and new ones always asking about x piece of gear, it would no doubt get used alot!
Also, something i'd love to see, is some kind of wizard style form for creating trip reports.
Much like Bas had started awhile ago... done in xml or whatever, so others could link to it... Standardization is gold :)
This would make searching for reports oh so much easier...
Also, take a look at this (I was hoping to have more work done on my home page, but this is the perfect time to show this feature...)
goto: http://thekellyfamily.ca
and then click on 'Our Google map'
how utterly amazing would it be, to have all trip reports plotted over google maps... you wanna search for a area, zoom in, any where in the world... click on the pin and your looking at the trip report (in its standardized format of course, hehe)
greatest feature ever!! :)
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Outward Bound author of the Seinfeld Thread, who builds his own snowshoes
Troy, MT
USA
3122 Posts |
Posted - 03/17/2006 : 4:56 PM
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a PM system sounds good, I use it on NSMB.com for buy & sell
I do use the active topics, but if I see a thread that I've been posting on in the top 5 recent posts, it would be nice to just be able to go to the end
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ha, I cant believe you actually took the time to read this stupid signature, you should have your hiking licence removed, why are you still reading, all it is doing is wasting your time, stop reading!!!!!!!! |
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Outward Bound author of the Seinfeld Thread, who builds his own snowshoes
Troy, MT
USA
3122 Posts |
Posted - 03/17/2006 : 4:59 PM
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and the google maps for TR's is the greatist idea I've heard in a while, it would save having to use the search feature to try find them, although I guess you would need the coordanets for alot of the locations
maybe just an alphabetical listing of all the TR's or something, seperate from the normal pg that goes in order of recent posts
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ha, I cant believe you actually took the time to read this stupid signature, you should have your hiking licence removed, why are you still reading, all it is doing is wasting your time, stop reading!!!!!!!! |
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Outward Bound author of the Seinfeld Thread, who builds his own snowshoes
Troy, MT
USA
3122 Posts |
Posted - 03/17/2006 : 5:01 PM
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there isn't an active hiking topics link at the bottum of the page
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ha, I cant believe you actually took the time to read this stupid signature, you should have your hiking licence removed, why are you still reading, all it is doing is wasting your time, stop reading!!!!!!!! |
Edited by - Farmer on 03/17/2006 5:01 PM |
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Big pack hiker who sleeps with bears in tent and falls on slippery logs
Langley, BC
Canada
7647 Posts |
Posted - 03/17/2006 : 6:50 PM
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Originally posted by Backroader
Whatever you do, it has to use Ajax and be Web 2.0 rich, and have member blogs and RSS Feeds and Podcasting and Vodcasting and, and, and...can never go out of Beta.
hahah nice! any more acronyms out there? |
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Big pack hiker who sleeps with bears in tent and falls on slippery logs
Langley, BC
Canada
7647 Posts |
Posted - 03/17/2006 : 6:52 PM
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Originally posted by JeffK95Z
How about a gear review area... with so many members, and new ones always asking about x piece of gear, it would no doubt get used alot!
Also, something i'd love to see, is some kind of wizard style form for creating trip reports.
Much like Bas had started awhile ago... done in xml or whatever, so others could link to it... Standardization is gold :)
This would make searching for reports oh so much easier...
Also, take a look at this (I was hoping to have more work done on my home page, but this is the perfect time to show this feature...)
goto: http://thekellyfamily.ca
and then click on 'Our Google map'
how utterly amazing would it be, to have all trip reports plotted over google maps... you wanna search for a area, zoom in, any where in the world... click on the pin and your looking at the trip report (in its standardized format of course, hehe)
greatest feature ever!! :)
Some awesome ideas! Tying in trip reports to a trail database is something I think is a must for the next version! I think the opensrc db for trails is a great idea - perhaps bas will allow me to leverage the code and do the hosting for it. If not, perhaps we'll have to create a thread that outlines what would be good things to know about a trail for developing the DB.
The wizard style idea is interesting... What did you have in mind for that feature? |
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Big pack hiker who sleeps with bears in tent and falls on slippery logs
Langley, BC
Canada
7647 Posts |
Posted - 03/17/2006 : 6:53 PM
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Originally posted by Farmer
a PM system sounds good, I use it on NSMB.com for buy & sell
I do use the active topics, but if I see a thread that I've been posting on in the top 5 recent posts, it would be nice to just be able to go to the end
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ha, I cant believe you actually took the time to read this stupid signature, you should have your hiking licence removed, why are you still reading, all it is doing is wasting your time, stop reading!!!!!!!!
Makes sense! Good ideas! |
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Manitoba's misadventurin' bushwhackin', dog sloggin', dehydratin', beer drinkin' biggie - who's eager to peak bag Mt Currie in a dress
Squamish
5040 Posts |
Posted - 03/17/2006 : 6:58 PM
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Originally posted by LongShadow
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Originally posted by laneskimmer
Needless to say, this is the coolest site on the internet!
My union webpage utilizes this format and uses an internal mail feature and chat page. The chat page is in real time of cource, but isn't used that much. The mail thing might be handy for organizing hikes and stuff.
Right on!
I was thinking about some sort of PM (private mesg) system. That way you could either email through the site to someone's email, or just send them a PM.
Thanks everyone for the feedback thus far.. Keep it coming!
I would vote against the PM feature, I think. Given that most sites that have PM's, as opposed to emails, will notify you by email anyway when someone sends you a pm, an actual PM seems to me to be kind of redundant. And for those sites that don't send emails with a pm, what about the people that don't log in everyday?
But on the other hand, PM's are safer than emails.
Just my 2c. Frankly I like the site just as it is. Don't fix it if it ain't broke  |
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Road raging trail blazer
Surrey, B.C.
Canada
1722 Posts |
Posted - 03/18/2006 : 12:27 AM
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The nice thing about pm's is that you can contact someone without your email address being shown.
If you send someone an email through the site, your email is attached. If someone ends up being a nutbar you could end up with them emailing you all the time. PM's are good.
Bigger selection of smilies?
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What features would you like to see?
