Cyberclops

I have always had embedded links to my hints and validation pages in my cache descriptions but feedback I got was that people were missing them. So, not to long ago I went through all of my caches and changed these links to nice big fat buttons. At some point something changed at GC.COM and these no longer work. I would like to understand why my buttons don't work and if there is some other way to make a button with a hyperlink work in a cache dscription. Here is the HTML I was using which used to work ... <button onclick="window.location='http://cyberclops.awardspace.com/geocaching/hints.php?wpt=GCXT6J&typ=SEARCH'"> <big>Click here for help<br>with this cache!</big></button> <button onclick="window.location='http://cyberclops.awardspace.com/geocaching/validate.php?wpt=GCXT6J'"> <big>Click here to validate your<br>coordinate solution for this cache!</big></button>

I wholeheartedly agree. I often go out caching on the spur of the moment and do not have time to wait for a PQ to finish so I look at the maps and it would be great if the display of inactive caches could be turned off so that I am not distracted by them.

I have tried IE and FireFox. 1) Login 2) Shutdown browser 3) Launch cache page 4) Have to log in again ...

So I tried this ... 1) Went to GC.COM and logged in with the 'remember me' check box checked. 2) Went to a few cache listing and all was well. 3) Logged out. 4) Clicked on the link I created to see the geocaches nearest my workplace. The resulting page that came up listed the caches closest to my work (as expected), but clicking on one went to the correct page, but the coordinates were not listed and the text "You must be logged in with an account to view the Location Information for this Cache. It's free!" showed up on my screen. After clicking the login button and signing in I got the data I wanted, but I have to manually log in. I have several other sites that automatically log me in so I know I have the cookies setting correct. There still appears to be something wrong, or something I do not understand about GC.COM.

Me too!

I want to set up a link that shows me the nearest caches to a given location the when it is clicked on automatically logs me in to geocaching.com. Is this possible? Is it possible to include the username and password in the URL so that you do not have to log in?

I have found the same to be true, but the 5% ... what about them? Why can't you make a cache that has an involved puzzle and is well or creatively hidden ... a kind of double whammy? I suppose I could include the decoupled difficulty rating in the details section of any puzzle caches I create, but this does not help unless everyone else follows suit, and it is not conducive to searches. I suppose it's just wishfull thinking, but it what would it hurt?

When I am looking at puzzle caches it is unclear how much of the difficulty rating is due to the puzzle and how much is due to the way in which the cache is physically hidden. For example, take a puzzle cache where the puzzle is extremely hard, but the cahce itself would be a 1 star difficulty without the puzzle. Conversely, take an extrememly well hidden cammoed micro cache that has a very simple puzzle attached to it. Or what about a cache that has a very difficult puzzle and is also well hidden. To separate these two levels of difficulty, I suggest creating a third rating called "Puzzle". This could either only show up for puzzle caches, or it could be set to 1 for all non-puzzle caches.