Today's update - May 19, 2023

[bootron]

A few additional follow-up features added/bugs fixed that went out today:

• New single textbox coordinate entry for posting waymarks - (the fix for the E/W issue)
• Added "Get Current Location" functionality when entering coordinates for premium members
• Added messaging to let user know that the "get current location" is in progress when the button has been pressed
• Added similar enhanced coordinates/get current location functionality to the homepage search
• Overhauled the "Preferences" settings section
  • Still working to ensure all the settings are working correctly across the site, but this is a first step
• Added "Show Last Visited Date" setting to account settings page
  • "Show Last Visited Date" setting now actually controls whether last visited date is visible or not
  • Added a lock icon for users who have selected private last visited date (so they know it's private for other users)
• Begun the long process of fixing date formatting sitewide (more to do here coming soon)
• Updated the number of active scavenger hunts per premium user to 25 
• Moved the news tab from top of the site to the footer
• Moving the ONE MILLION WAYMARKS celebration post down below featured waymarks and Waymarkly app
• Bug Fix: Check for existing waymarks is now being called when "Update and Continue" button is pressed (on unfinished waymarks only)
• Bug Fix: Fixed spacing on a few tables in the stats section so they fit the page better
• Bug Fix: Removed non-functional "Update My Statistics" Button in profile
• Bug Fix:  time zone user setting was off by one zone in account settings
• Bug Fix: Category status label on group page no longer displaying weird html
• Bug Fix: saved search dropdown should no longer show up as disabled for premium members

 

If you see any issues with this release, please post anything you find into this thread. I'll be watching throughout the weekend and will be available to make any changes (or roll back) if need be. 

 

Enjoy!

bootron

Edited May 19, 2023 by bootron

[+Benchmark Blasterz]

I cant input coordinates in any of the suggested formats - yikes

 

Each time I try the site says I have to post coordinates, and -- I DID? 

 

15 Minutes later, it is working for me

 

Thank you Bootron for investing time energy and resources into Waymarking.  The loss of Benchmarking still hurts (see our caching name ha) but if some of that savings was invested into Waymarking, we appreciate it

Edited May 19, 2023 by Benchmark Blasterz
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[+Max and 99]

25 hunts! Wow! That's a huge increase.

[+Benchmark Blasterz]

is the visit date bug fixed, so I can edit the visit date and have it not revert back to today's date?

[bootron]

Just now, Benchmark Blasterz said:

is the visit date bug fixed, so I can edit the visit date and have it not revert back to today's date?

 

Not yet. But a fix is coming. 

[bootron]

22 minutes ago, Benchmark Blasterz said:

I cant input coordinates in any of the suggested formats - yikes

 

Each time I try the site says I have to post coordinates, and -- I DID? 

 

15 Minutes later, it is working for me

 

Thank you Bootron for investing time energy and resources into Waymarking.  The loss of Benchmarking still hurts (see our caching name ha) but if some of that savings was invested into Waymarking, we appreciate it

 

If anyone else experiences this problem, be sure to log out of your account and back in, and maybe also close your browser and reopen it. 

bootron

[+Benchmark Blasterz]

6 minutes ago, bootron said:

 

Not yet. But a fix is coming. 

 

I love you, man.

 

I rely on those dates to find pictures - this would be most awesome

[+Max and 99]

1 minute ago, Benchmark Blasterz said:

 

I love you, man.

 

I rely on those dates to find pictures - this would be most awesome

Me too!

[+Alfouine]

Is anyone able to edit this waymark ? https://www.Waymarking.com/waymarks/wmD607_Piazza_del_Campidoglio_Rome_Italy

[+Max and 99]

48 minutes ago, Alfouine said:

Is anyone able to edit this waymark ? https://www.Waymarking.com/waymarks/wmD607_Piazza_del_Campidoglio_Rome_Italy

Yes. Now you'll have to wait your turn if you want to edit it too.

By chance are you missing the very small  message at the top of the page asking you multiple times to provide a reason? 

Edited May 20, 2023 by Max and 99

[+Alfouine]

21 minutes ago, Max and 99 said:

Yes. Now you'll have to wait your turn if you want to edit it too.

By chance are you missing the very small  message at the top of the page asking you multiple times to provide a reason? 

Is that mean that you can view this waymark without the error message ?

[+dreamhummie]

First of all, thank you so much for finally doing something about the Waymarking website. Kudos.

I have a problem with the coordinates.
If I enter part of the coordinates e.g. the North N 51 1.133 and want to view the Eastern on Google Earth and switch from Google Earth back to the Waymark then the coordinates keep jumping to N 51° 00.000′ E 1° 07.980′ and I have to re-enter entirely.
I first have to write the entire coordinates on a piece of paper and enter them all at once, which is not convenient and very tedious.
Also if I enter N 51 1.133 and not yet the East coordinates and I click on the Title to change something they also suddenly jump to N 51° 00.000′ E 1° 07.980′.
Is this a BUG or is it just me ;-)
Grtz & thx, John.

Edited May 20, 2023 by dreamhummie

[+jonathanatpsu]

First, thank you for the work on the site!

 

Today I was trying to post a new Waymark and it won't allow me to get to the "Preview and Submit" page. I keep getting an error message (see screenshot).  Thankfully it did save what I had entered already, but I can't finished and submit it.  

[+dreamhummie]

19 minutes ago, jonathanatpsu said:

First, thank you for the work on the site!

 

Today I was trying to post a new Waymark and it won't allow me to get to the "Preview and Submit" page. I keep getting an error message (see screenshot).  Thankfully it did save what I had entered already, but I can't finished and submit it.  

Are you still logged in on the "Preview and Submit" page?  Just mentioning.

Sometimes the new page thought I was not logged in to the site. and gave this error.

But this was in the past.

In my case it was a cookie thing and after restarting firefox and logging in again, it was gone.

 

Edited May 20, 2023 by dreamhummie

[+dreamhummie]

I just found a solution for the coordinates changing if you don't fill them in completely as I posted before.
I never knew this and thus never used it 
In Google Earth put the mouse pointer on the location you want the coordinates from.
Press ctrl shift C and they are linked but N and E are still behind the decimals 51° 1.333' N 11° 14.882' E
Paste them in the line of your waymark and press tab and they (N + E) are automatically converted to N 51° 01.333′ E 11° 14.882′
Super convenient. 

[bootron]

8 hours ago, Alfouine said:

Is anyone able to edit this waymark ? https://www.Waymarking.com/waymarks/wmD607_Piazza_del_Campidoglio_Rome_Italy

 

There is a bug that is related to variables that require dates. Doing my best to get this fixed asap. Thanks for reporting the issue!

[bootron]

3 hours ago, jonathanatpsu said:

First, thank you for the work on the site!

 

Today I was trying to post a new Waymark and it won't allow me to get to the "Preview and Submit" page. I keep getting an error message (see screenshot).  Thankfully it did save what I had entered already, but I can't finished and submit it.  

 

There is a good likelihood that this is the same date issue that I listed above. Hopefully I'll have this fixed for you later today. It would be helpful to know which category you were trying to post to, in case it is something different.

 

Thanks,

bootron

 

 

 

[bootron]

Okay, I think I have the date bug fixed in production now. If you see any more issues that relate to this please post in this thread.

 

Thanks,

bootron

 

[+Alfouine]

35 minutes ago, bootron said:

Okay, I think I have the date bug fixed in production now. If you see any more issues that relate to this please post in this thread.

 

Thanks,

bootron

 

Strange, i still have the same error

[+Alfouine]

With this waymark : https://www.Waymarking.com/waymarks/wmD607_Piazza_del_Campidoglio_Rome_Italy

 

Max and 99 was able to open it, be not me

I could approve the other waymark in Coat of arm category

[Becktracker]

Thanks for all the work, I am really happy about the scavenger hunt addition! 

[+jonathanatpsu]

3 hours ago, bootron said:

 

There is a good likelihood that this is the same date issue that I listed above. Hopefully I'll have this fixed for you later today. It would be helpful to know which category you were trying to post to, in case it is something different.

 

Thanks,

bootron

 

 

 

The category is Roman Catholic Churches. I just checked and it is now allowing me to get to the Preview and Submit page. Thanks!

[+FamilieFrohne]

21 hours ago, bootron said:

If you see any issues with this release, please post anything you find into this thread. I'll be watching throughout the weekend and will be available to make any changes (or roll back) if need be. 

 

Enjoy!

bootron

 

Well, there seem to be some more changes in the background:

• For example the site does not allow reading of the category pages (for example Framed Views) or waymark pages in the list (for example my last one in the category Kiers Gård - Højer, Region Syddanmark, Denmark) without a validated login any longer. I have seen, that this applies to most of the pages now.
  
  My java program to create the user statistic pages (see https://wm.familie-frohne.net/count_user.php) used to crawl through these public available pages to create the entries for these statistic pages. Without those public available pages the statistic pages will no longer be updated (at least until I find out how to log on "programmatically" before crawling the categories again).
• I also had to notice that the approval date in the listing page is missing.
• I may not view some of my waymarks (for example https://coord.info/WM13PER - where I get redirected to the error page), but I'm allowed to edit it when it is displayed in the category list (https://www.Waymarking.com/cat/details.aspx?f=1&guid=43a392e1-8bbd-4eaf-9eb0-247e22de2ea8&wft=2&uid=e7285268-748d-4e40-ada8-cc100ac950f6&st=2 ). That seems a little bit odd ...

There may be other issues, I have not found yet.

 

Yours,

 

 

Erik.

[+Alfouine]

23 minutes ago, FamilieFrohne said:

 

Well, there seem to be some more changes in the background:

• For example the site does not allow reading of the category pages (for example Framed Views) or waymark pages in the list (for example my last one in the category Kiers Gård - Højer, Region Syddanmark, Denmark) without a validated login any longer. I have seen, that this applies to most of the pages now.
  
  My java program to create the user statistic pages (see https://wm.familie-frohne.net/count_user.php) used to crawl through these public available pages to create the entries for these statistic pages. Without those public available pages the statistic pages will no longer be updated (at least until I find out how to log on "programmatically" before crawling the categories again).
• I also had to notice that the approval date in the listing page is missing.
• I may not view some of my waymarks (for example https://coord.info/WM13PER - where I get redirected to the error page), but I'm allowed to edit it when it is displayed in the category list (https://www.Waymarking.com/cat/details.aspx?f=1&guid=43a392e1-8bbd-4eaf-9eb0-247e22de2ea8&wft=2&uid=e7285268-748d-4e40-ada8-cc100ac950f6&st=2 ). That seems a little bit odd ...

There may be other issues, I have not found yet.

 

Yours,

 

 

Erik.

 

To correct the error page, you need to change date format here : https://www.Waymarking.com/settings/preferences.aspx  dd/mm/YYYY to mm/dd/YYYY

[+FamilieFrohne]

7 minutes ago, Alfouine said:

To correct the error page, you need to change date format here : https://www.Waymarking.com/settings/preferences.aspx  dd/mm/YYYY to mm/dd/YYYY

I investigated a little bit. The ones not working are those with visits. And if I change the date format form Germany (dd.mm.YYYY) to mm/dd/YYYY it works.

Same applies to the page with the category grid: if I have a different date format I get an error message and additionally the listbox grows with each try by four entries. See image:

 

[bootron]

5 hours ago, FamilieFrohne said:

 

Well, there seem to be some more changes in the background:

• For example the site does not allow reading of the category pages (for example Framed Views) or waymark pages in the list (for example my last one in the category Kiers Gård - Højer, Region Syddanmark, Denmark) without a validated login any longer. I have seen, that this applies to most of the pages now.
  
  My java program to create the user statistic pages (see https://wm.familie-frohne.net/count_user.php) used to crawl through these public available pages to create the entries for these statistic pages. Without those public available pages the statistic pages will no longer be updated (at least until I find out how to log on "programmatically" before crawling the categories again).
• I also had to notice that the approval date in the listing page is missing.
• I may not view some of my waymarks (for example https://coord.info/WM13PER - where I get redirected to the error page), but I'm allowed to edit it when it is displayed in the category list (https://www.Waymarking.com/cat/details.aspx?f=1&guid=43a392e1-8bbd-4eaf-9eb0-247e22de2ea8&wft=2&uid=e7285268-748d-4e40-ada8-cc100ac950f6&st=2 ). That seems a little bit odd ...

There may be other issues, I have not found yet.

 

Yours,

 

 

Erik.

 

Thanks for the feedback, I'll take a look at these and see if anything can be worked out. I don't think I did anything to specifically change the login rules on those pages, but maybe it got tripped somehow.

 

[+Max and 99]

I'm having trouble getting a new waymark created as it keeps sending me a message that I need to enter coordinates. I have entered coordinates, several times, and checked to make sure there's no formatting issues. As soon as I tried to save the waymark it deletes the coordinates and tells me I must enter coordinates. I can't figure out anything I'm doing wrong but that's the message I'm getting.

 

 

 

Edited May 21, 2023 by Max and 99

[+Alfouine]

When you see this waymark : https://www.Waymarking.com/waymarks/wm18321_Celos_humor_crimen_organizado_y_Semana_Santa_en_el_ciclo_El_espritu_de_la_colmena_Mlaga_Espaa

You have "When was the article reported?: Not listed"

But when you edit the waymark, the date is filled with : 1/25/2023

 

I have the same problem with all date fields in a lot of categories

Edited May 21, 2023 by Alfouine
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[+Max and 99]

The site will not let me edit the coordinates of an unfinished waymark. It looks like it goes through, but then the message said you did not make any changes, and the coordinates are not changed.

[bootron]

19 hours ago, FamilieFrohne said:

 

Well, there seem to be some more changes in the background:

• For example the site does not allow reading of the category pages (for example Framed Views) or waymark pages in the list (for example my last one in the category Kiers Gård - Højer, Region Syddanmark, Denmark) without a validated login any longer. I have seen, that this applies to most of the pages now.
  
  My java program to create the user statistic pages (see https://wm.familie-frohne.net/count_user.php) used to crawl through these public available pages to create the entries for these statistic pages. Without those public available pages the statistic pages will no longer be updated (at least until I find out how to log on "programmatically" before crawling the categories again).
• I also had to notice that the approval date in the listing page is missing.
• I may not view some of my waymarks (for example https://coord.info/WM13PER - where I get redirected to the error page), but I'm allowed to edit it when it is displayed in the category list (https://www.Waymarking.com/cat/details.aspx?f=1&guid=43a392e1-8bbd-4eaf-9eb0-247e22de2ea8&wft=2&uid=e7285268-748d-4e40-ada8-cc100ac950f6&st=2 ). That seems a little bit odd ...

There may be other issues, I have not found yet.

 

Yours,

 

 

Erik.

 

Confirmed that these are real issues, working on a fix for them. 

 

bootron

[bootron]

20 hours ago, FamilieFrohne said:

 

• I also had to notice that the approval date in the listing page is missing
   

 

I have also verified that this is not a piece of information that we had listed on the waymark details page prior to my recent updates. It is very often the same date as the date posted and clutters up the page. You can see approval dates in waymark lists on the category page. It's up for debate as to whether it's better to show the date posted or the date approved on the waymark details page. 
 

[+FamilieFrohne]

Thanks for the update.

 

And for the information on the approval date - I think I got that wrong in my memory, so I'm sorry for bothering you with that one.

[+ScroogieII]

On 5/19/2023 at 2:38 PM, Benchmark Blasterz said:

Thank you Bootron for investing time energy and resources into Waymarking

 

What she said!!!

Keith

[+ScroogieII]

3 hours ago, bootron said:

 

I have also verified that this is not a piece of information that we had listed on the waymark details page prior to my recent updates. It is very often the same date as the date posted and clutters up the page. You can see approval dates in waymark lists on the category page. It's up for debate as to whether it's better to show the date posted or the date approved on the waymark details page. 
 

 

Good point! However, I feel that "Approval Date" is of greater importance only to those concerned with how prompt specific officers/categories are in their approvals, which, for the most part, I'm not. I know that my Waymarks will eventually be addressed, and so lose little to no sleep over them.

 

When I view a Waymark, whether it be mine or that of another, I'm almost universally concerned with "Date Posted".

Keith

[+ScroogieII]

13 hours ago, Max and 99 said:

The site will not let me edit the coordinates of an unfinished waymark. It looks like it goes through, but then the message said you did not make any changes, and the coordinates are not changed.

 

I'm guessing that Bootron may have missed this, allowing a "change" to only be considered when it occurs in specific fields, but Not including coordinates fields.

This has been a shortcoming in the past, as well, if I recall.

Keith

[bootron]

So I've made a few more updates to the site this morning. I believe quite a few things in this thread have been addressed. Also, I think I've fixed the log date bug in this release.

 

* Log Date now goes off the date you enter
* Waymark date formats should be working again (still may be a few spots that I've missed, but keeping an eye out for them)
* Should be able to view waymarks and category pages without being logged in
* Stats dates should work properly again

Still trying to reproduce Max and 99's issue, so far I haven't been able to do so. 

Thanks,

bootron

[+Max and 99]

It's probably just me!

I can consistently reproduce this bug in the free book exchange category. It was working fine in other categories. I just tried to create a waymark in the book crossing category and got the same error message. 

So it has something to do with books! 😁

[+Max and 99]

I tried to edit my coordinates of an unfinished waymark in fairy doors, and after I clicked save, the message said I did not make any changes.

[+Max and 99]

On 5/19/2023 at 4:59 PM, Benchmark Blasterz said:

is the visit date bug fixed, so I can edit the visit date and have it not revert back to today's date?

Yes!! 

Wow, so many helpful updates. 

Thank you, Bootron!

[+FamilieFrohne]

15 hours ago, bootron said:

* Should be able to view waymarks and category pages without being logged in

Hurray - it works. The daily import for the statistics did run again ...

 

Thanks for the fast fixing.

[+Benchmark Blasterz]

Bootron:  When trying to change the dates of my visits to reflect the dates on my photos, I cannot add the 3 letter abbreviation for the month. I can change days and year, but not month.  It is a huge pain tghe clock back in time many years in some cases. T

 

Thank you for addressing this visit date issue -- wow this is going to be awesome

  

Edited May 22, 2023 by Benchmark Blasterz

[+Alfouine]

1 hour ago, Benchmark Blasterz said:

Bootron:  When trying to change the dates of my visits to reflect the dates on my photos, I cannot add the 3 letter abbreviation for the month. I can change days and year, but not month.  It is a huge pain tghe clock back in time many years in some cases. T

 

Thank you for addressing this visit date issue -- wow this is going to be awesome

  

 

What kind of date format do you have here ? 

https://www.Waymarking.com/settings/preferences.aspx

[+Benchmark Blasterz]

Date format in settings is 22 May 23 -- the 2nd best way.

 

Best way is 22 May 2023 but that's probably not the "coding" way- I remember Y2K panic!  ha

Edited May 22, 2023 by Benchmark Blasterz

[+Alfouine]

Try mm/dd/YYYY

[+Benchmark Blasterz]

I will -- thank you

 

THATS THE FIX!  Thank you

Edited May 22, 2023 by Benchmark Blasterz

[bootron]

1 hour ago, Benchmark Blasterz said:

Bootron:  When trying to change the dates of my visits to reflect the dates on my photos, I cannot add the 3 letter abbreviation for the month. I can change days and year, but not month.  It is a huge pain tghe clock back in time many years in some cases. T

 

Thank you for addressing this visit date issue -- wow this is going to be awesome

  

Won't have much time to look at this today, but when I break free I will take a closer look and see if I can make it work for you with that format. 

[+The A-Team]

20 hours ago, bootron said:

* Log Date now goes off the date you enter

 

This is awesome and very timely. I just got back from a trip and have a bunch of Waymarks to log, so this will greatly save time by not having to go back in and edit the date on each one. Thanks for this and the other fixes!

[+FamilieFrohne]

I'm a bit unsure on that one, since I didn't have to use the feature in the past, but might have to use it in the near future:

 

I just got some visits of a new waymarker on two of my waymarks in Dresden and he just sent a single "." as the log text and no picture to proof his visit. So I wrote him that I expect at least a proof that he was at the place in form of a picture - or that I have to delete the log entry otherwise.

 

But looking at the waymark listing I didn't find a button or link to delete / archive the according log entry. Also no button on the log entry

 

So my question is: Was there a button / link in the past to remove a log for the waymark owner? If yes, did it vanish during the update?

[+Max and 99]

28 minutes ago, FamilieFrohne said:

So my question is: Was there a button / link in the past to remove a log for the waymark owner? If yes, did it vanish during the update?

I'm still seeing this option. I checked to see if I could delete the Snowdog's visit to my waymark today and the option is available. 

 

Edited May 24, 2023 by Max and 99

[+FamilieFrohne]

Thanks for the information. As I said, I didn't need the feature until yet and was not sure if I missed something. But after your confirmation that it still is available, I cleared my browser cache first and then took a closer look at the buttons beside the visit log.

 

So I found the possibility to delete a log is hidden behind the "Edit Visit/Comment" button: 

 

 

Thanks again for guiding me ...