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    Insta-Notify Wap links?

    in Website

    Posted

    Can we have WAP links included in the Insta-Notify emails. Preferably the first link in the email as some phones are limited on characters. It would be nice to click a wap link that takes you directly to the WAP version of the cache page for those of use that get the Insta-Notify emails on our phone.

    Yet another RSS thread

    in Website

    Posted

    is a poor idea simply because of the fact that the query interval can be set to just about anything.

     

    I've seen sites do a temporary ip ban with a redirect and a message displayed saying that there is too many queries and to change the query time. So it can be controlled on both sides.

     

    This request is for anyone who wants to keep up with upcoming events.

    I've read all the other threads about people wanting feeds on caches, etc. I understand why that is a bad idea for Groundspeak as a company and their feature set.

    Yet another RSS thread

    in Website

    Posted

    The statement wasn't a comparison of function, but rather a comparison of bandwidth usage. Readers can be configured to query at any interval. I'm not quite sure you completely understand the functionality of RSS.

     

    Notifications and PQs are prem. member features. I don't want to use the data from those features to post on a website. I'm not asking for anything special. Just a feed for events. That would be the easiest way for people to keep up to date with local events. Whether a user uses a feed reader or a webmaster displays the feed on local community website it makes no difference. My question/request is plain and simple.

     

    Promoting geocaching thru events is quite popular. We have new people show up all the time just to ask questions etc. Making the knowledge of these events more easily accessible is the goal here.

    Yet another RSS thread

    in Website

    Posted

     

    Just thinking out loud here. I wonder if there are any webmail providers that offer RSS feeds. That way you can use the webmail server as a converter for email notifications from Groundspeak to RSS feed.

     

    I think that would be violating the TOS.

    An RSS feed probably doesn't chew up anywhere near as much bandwidth as say the stats banner that everyone puts in their sig. It's just text, and very little at that..

     

    This isn't a technical discussion on the pros and cons of syndicated news.

     

    I'm just wondering if it's possible/feature request to have a feed for events for people that run local community sites?

    Yet another RSS thread

    in Website

    Posted

    Whats wrong with the weekly cache notification email. I use to get it and it might have change, but doesn't it also include events?

     

    Texas is a busy state for caches and events.. Some us will drive 300 miles to the next big city for an event.

    The weekly emails contain too much information and would require too much work to output to a webpage.

    Yet another RSS thread

    in Website

    Posted

    I've searched and read some good and some not so good threads.

     

    Would it be within the realm of possibility to have a rss/xml feed for events by state or something similar?

     

    The idea is to make it a little easier on some of the webmasters for updating news and events for the local area.

    Sniffer Dogs

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    Yes there are people that have trained their dogs to find caches. There will be an article in Today's cacher in the next month or so about a cacher that trains dogs for a living, Search & Rescue, Drug dog, etc... He has trained his own dog to find caches and he has written a very good step by step article on how you can train your dog.

     

    El Diablo

     

    I would very much like to read this step by step article. Will this be the same article posted in Today's Cacher?

     

    .. ..

     

    My dog will track the trail and sometimes circle the base of the tree where the cache is hidden. Just haven't gotten her to be consistent... She is usually pre-occupied with all the other smells..

    Stat Banner Link

    in Website

    Posted · Edited by Geek-Qualizer

    I noticed the url http://www.geocaching.com/stats/img.aspx no longer works. Generates an error rather than a 404 so I'm not sure if this was on purpose. Either way there are a ton of people now with broken signatures all over the place.

     

    http://img.geocaching.com/stats/img.aspx works just fine though.

     

    error message

    Server Error in '/stats' Application.
Configuration Error 
Description: An error occurred during the processing of a configuration file required to service this request. Please review the specific error details below and modify your configuration file appropriately. 

Parser Error Message: File or assembly name FreeTextBox, or one of its dependencies, was not found.

Source Error: 

Line 72: 		<globalization requestEncoding="utf-8" responseEncoding="utf-8" />
Line 73: 				<httpHandlers>
Line 74: 			<add verb="GET" path="FtbWebResource.axd" type="FreeTextBoxControls.AssemblyResourceHandler, FreeTextBox" />
Line 75: 		</httpHandlers>
Line 76: 


Source File: E:\Inetpub\20060327.geocaching.com\web.config	Line: 74 

Assembly Load Trace: The following information can be helpful to determine why the assembly 'FreeTextBox' could not be loaded.

=== Pre-bind state information ===
LOG: DisplayName = FreeTextBox
(Partial)
LOG: Appbase = file:///E:/Inetpub/20060327.geocaching.com/stats
LOG: Initial PrivatePath = bin
Calling assembly : (Unknown).
===

LOG: Policy not being applied to reference at this time (private, custom, partial, or location-based assembly bind).
LOG: Post-policy reference: FreeTextBox
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v1.1.4322/Temporary ASP.NET Files/stats/e4e77fcb/9be91833/FreeTextBox.DLL.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v1.1.4322/Temporary ASP.NET Files/stats/e4e77fcb/9be91833/FreeTextBox/FreeTextBox.DLL.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///E:/Inetpub/20060327.geocaching.com/stats/bin/FreeTextBox.DLL.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///E:/Inetpub/20060327.geocaching.com/stats/bin/FreeTextBox/FreeTextBox.DLL.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v1.1.4322/Temporary ASP.NET Files/stats/e4e77fcb/9be91833/FreeTextBox.EXE.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v1.1.4322/Temporary ASP.NET Files/stats/e4e77fcb/9be91833/FreeTextBox/FreeTextBox.EXE.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///E:/Inetpub/20060327.geocaching.com/stats/bin/FreeTextBox.EXE.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///E:/Inetpub/20060327.geocaching.com/stats/bin/FreeTextBox/FreeTextBox.EXE.


Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:1.1.4322.2300; ASP.NET Version:1.1.4322.2300

    What Is Your Greatest Fear While Geocaching?

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    I was being sarcastic as well.. it was a light jab towards cachers who complain about other cachers breaking the rules around here and their interpretation of those rules.

     

    For what its worth my mother is Mormon married to a Baptist. :ph34r:

     

    Let me rephrase this... :)

     

    I was being sarcastic as well.. it was a light jab towards cachers who complain about other cachers breaking the rules around here and how they play the game.

     

    For what its worth my mother is Mormon married to a Baptist and my other mother is Methodist...

    What Is Your Greatest Fear While Geocaching?

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    Meeting ... Mormons, and Jehovahs while caching or otherwise.

     

    :ph34r: Yes better fear the religious types. Wouldn't want to be... ?

     

    Shall we add ethnic groups to the list too? (very sarcastic)

     

    I was being sarcastic as well.. it was a light jab towards cachers who complain about other cachers breaking the rules around here and their interpretation of those rules.

     

    For what its worth my mother is Mormon married to a Baptist. :)

    Game Or Journal?

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted · Edited by Geek-Qualizer

    Gee, for a journaling thing, there sure is a big emphasis on the number of smileys people have.

     

    I am very puzzled by everyone who claims it's "not about the numbers" and "you don't get any prize for getting the most finds" when both statements seem to be, for a large fraction of the community, completely false.

     

    Large fraction by definition do you mean the forum users?

     

    I think its great to celebrate the number of caches you have found, but to use geocaching.com as a basis to compete and thumping the rules/guidelines doesn't make sense to me. I'm just saying maybe geocaching.com should be viewed differently by what it actually provides for us as geocachers.

    Game Or Journal?

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    So please no personal attacks, Open civil discussion only please... if for some reason this post angers you.. type what you want to say in notepad or something similar. Wait an hour, re-read your message. If you still feel the same way then post away.

     

    oh and on topic too.. :laughing: Thanks.

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