Release Notes (Website: Tech migrations) - February 26, 2024

[Frau Potter]

Geocaching HQ is making an ongoing effort to leverage technical advances to support faster development on Geocaching.com. We are currently moving several pages to a more modern tech stack. The following pages will be moved to this framework over the next several months. 

With today’s update, the following pages have been moved:

• Cache owner dashboard
• Hide a Cache page

Pages that will be moved soon:

• List Hub
• List Details
• Homepage (when logged in)
• Search, Search filters, and Search results
• Search map

No major functionality is changing with this update. You may notice some small styling changes to reduce white space and to increase accessibility for players who access the website with screenreaders or a keyboard. 

We plan to post in this thread when we update the other listed pages.

Ari (ari54321) is watching this thread to answer questions whenever possible.

 

Any posts in this thread should relate to features in this release. Comments unrelated to the release may be removed. Please direct unrelated comments to other appropriate threads. Thanks!

[+Viajero Perdido]

This is always good.  

 

My owner dashboard, in the last few entries toward the bottom, shows entries deep into the past: a couple of 2019, then 2012.  A wee glitch.

 

(But somehow, magically, that 2012 log was one I really enjoyed re-reading.  How did you know?!?)

 

Edited February 26 by Viajero Perdido
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[Moun10Bike]

8 minutes ago, Viajero Perdido said:

My owner dashboard, in the last few entries toward the bottom, shows entries deep into the past: a couple of 2019, then 2012.  A wee glitch.

 

Those are being displayed because they were recently updated by the owners.

[+kranfagel]

Emojis in geocache names are rendered as ?? in photo desecription in the new slideshow.

 

 

Edited February 27 by kranfagel

[+HHL]

When it comes to "Search results" and similar.

Please also consider fixing the following bug:

When a Bookmark list holds 999 Geocaches, I can't add one additional from the Search result page.

When on the cachepage it is quite possible to add the 1000th cache.

 

Hans

Edited February 27 by HHL

[+The_Jumping_Pig]

Looks great.

Small glitch: Favorite 'hearts' will always go to the front, even above photos.

In addition, there are weird outlines around the smiley and heart in the top left corner when viewing a photo.

 

Edited February 27 by The_Jumping_Pig

[+Mn-treker]

when I click on my avatar to get to my home cache page. I get error 500.

Edited March 5 by Mn-treker

[+hrothroc]

1 hour ago, Mn-treker said:

when I click on my avatar to get to my home cache page. I get error 500.

I’m getting the same thing. Can’t access it at all. 

[+Phronimos]

6 minutes ago, hrothroc said:

I’m getting the same thing. Can’t access it at all. 

Same thing here... Been same all day. Can’t access dashboard

[+Phronimos]

[MZCacheHunter]

[MZCacheHunter]

Clicked on my profile … leads to Error 500 page

It might be the old main page (which I still prefer), so I manually entered https://www.geocaching.com/account/dashboard, site redirects me to https://www.geocaching.com/my/default.aspx … and again, surprise surprise, Error 500 page.

 

Not really well thought through, is it?

 

 

[+Höögarna]

Same for us. And we also use the old dashboard. The new one is quite useless for us.

Can access the new dashboard through the link above. But even there, clicking on my profile leads to "ERROR 500"

[+speakers-corner]

So, Im not the only one with this problem. Hope it can be solved soon.

[+taxoft]

Same thing. :-(

[+Trekkin' and birdin']

Add us to the list of error 500 folks.  Without being able to access that page, we can't empty the Montana to get it ready for a new PQ and many other functions we use all the time. I've tried logging out of the site and back in to see if that helps.  Nope.

[+MartyBartfast]

I'm also getting Error 500 on the old dashboard page.

Would it be possible to paste the link for us to switch from the old to the new dashboard while this is being investigated?
 

[+taxoft]

The old dashboard works again at this moment.

[Keystone]

22 minutes ago, taxoft said:

The old dashboard works again at this moment.

 

That's right.  A fix was deployed this morning.

[MZCacheHunter]

9 minutes ago, Keystone said:

 

That's right.  A fix was deployed this morning.

Thanks, I can confirm this.
It‘s worth mentioning that “this morning” refers to PST, Seattle time. It didn’t work for about 17 hours though.

[+Phronimos]

Thank you GCHQ for fixing this. All good now.

incidentally the 500 Error suggested referring to Geocaching on Twitter for updates. Not everyone uses, has access to X, hence coming here to the forums.

This should be changed to keep such reporting within the Groundspeak system IMO.

But thanks for the fix.

[+ivss_xx]

21 minutes ago, Phronimos said:

incidentally the 500 Error suggested referring to Geocaching on Twitter for updates. Not everyone uses, has access to X, hence coming here to the forums.

This should be changed to keep such reporting within the Groundspeak system IMO.

You don't have to "use" (as in sign-in) twitter to follow the link and view the tweets though.

IMHO it's a good way to distribute real time short updates like that. Geocaching forums might be inaccessible, if Groundspeak have a serious outage anyway.

[Rock Chalk]

The bug that affected the old dashboard is not related to the Tech Migrations project. If there are any further comments about the old dashboard issue, please direct them to this thread.

[+Geocaching HQ]

With today's release, these pages have moved to the new tech stack:

 

• List Hub
• List Details

[+Optimist on the run]

2 hours ago, Geocaching HQ said:

With today's release, these pages have moved to the new tech stack:

 

• List Hub
• List Details

Option to add multiple caches to a list has disappeared.

[+2Abendsegler]

The number of caches has been further reduced from 500 to 200 caches. Thank you.

[+capoaira]

7 hours ago, 2Abendsegler said:

The number of caches has been further reduced from 500 to 200 caches. Thank you.

Oh no, that is definitely a step in the wrong direction. We all wish to see more (=all) caches not less : (

 

I thought 

On 2/26/2024 at 10:11 PM, Frau Potter said:

No major functionality is changing with this update

 

For me that is major functionality update (or more a downgrade)

[+Brain]

On 3/12/2024 at 7:34 AM, Geocaching HQ said:

With today's release, these pages have moved to the new tech stack:

 

• List Hub
• List Details

Has this update removed the ability to view list feedback?

It appears one can now rate a list and provide a feedback comment (through "Rate this List"), but not access any of that feedback (as "x users found this List useful" is no longer hyperlinked).

The actual page of ratings is still live (for instance), although without a link to it, it isn't hugely useful!

Edited March 21 by Brain

[+ari54321]

20 hours ago, 2Abendsegler said:

The number of caches has been further reduced from 500 to 200 caches. Thank you.

 

12 hours ago, capoaira said:

Oh no, that is definitely a step in the wrong direction. We all wish to see more (=all) caches not less : (

 

I thought 

 

For me that is major functionality update (or more a downgrade)

 

Thank you for your reports! We have released a fix for this issue; you can now view 500 list items at a time.

[+ari54321]

21 hours ago, Optimist on the run said:

Option to add multiple caches to a list has disappeared.

Thank you for your report. There are two ways to add multiple caches to a list at once that still working in the new version:

1. When viewing a list, select multiple caches on the list using the checkboxes and select the "Add # to List" button (to add the caches to a different list)

2. When viewing a list, select the "+" button in the top right corner, then "Add bulk GC codes". You can enter bulk GC codes separated by commas to add multiple caches to the list.

Do you mean that one of these two ways is broken on your end, or is there another option that is not available?

Edited March 12 by ari54321

[+2Abendsegler]

1 hour ago, ari54321 said:

2. When viewing a list, select the "+" button in the top right corner, then "Add bulk GC codes". You can enter bulk GC codes separated by commas to add multiple caches to the list.

The second way to add multiple caches to a list at once should be meant by @Optimist on the run. There is no "Add bulk GC codes".

[+ari54321]

55 minutes ago, 2Abendsegler said:

The second way to add multiple caches to a list at once should be meant by @Optimist on the run. There is no "Add bulk GC codes".

 

Thank you for clarifying this! We are looking into the issue.

[+ari54321]

On 3/11/2024 at 4:05 PM, Optimist on the run said:

Option to add multiple caches to a list has disappeared.

 

On 3/12/2024 at 2:30 PM, 2Abendsegler said:

The second way to add multiple caches to a list at once should be meant by @Optimist on the run. There is no "Add bulk GC codes".

 

Thank you for reporting this issue. We fixed the bug, and the bulk add option is available again!

[+ari54321]

On 3/12/2024 at 4:12 AM, Brain said:

Has this update removed the ability to view list feedback?

It appears one can now rate a list and provide a feedback comment (through "Rate this List"), but not access any of that feedback (as "x users found this List useful" is no longer hyperlinked with the little thumbs up next to it).

The actual page of ratings is still live (for instance), although without a link to it, it isn't hugely useful for those of us who might have puzzles 'n' stuff based upon the feature... 

 

Thank you for reporting this issue. We are aware of the bug and are looking into adding the link back.

 

As you noted, for now players can use the direct link as a workaround (replacing the "BM" code at the end of the URL with the list they want to view feedback for (e.g. for this list with code BM21VBT, players would be pointed here: https://www.geocaching.com/bookmarks/ratings.aspx?code=BM21VBT)

[+Optimist on the run]

I'm having issues emptying all entries from lists with over 500 entries (due to not being able to show 1000 at a time). I can select the first 500 and delete them, which then shows the second page, but I cannot select all for the second page unless I refresh the page.

 

Deleting all entries in a list is useful for repopulating automatically generated lists, e.g. D/T caches required.

[+MartyBartfast]

50 minutes ago, Optimist on the run said:

I'm having issues emptying all entries from lists with over 500 entries (due to not being able to show 1000 at a time). I can select the first 500 and delete them, which then shows the second page, but I cannot select all for the second page unless I refresh the page.

 

Deleting all entries in a list is useful for repopulating automatically generated lists, e.g. D/T caches required.

I'm having exactly the same problem.

[+Brain]

On 3/12/2024 at 10:12 PM, Brain said:

Has this update removed the ability to view list feedback?

It appears one can now rate a list and provide a feedback comment (through "Rate this List"), but not access any of that feedback (as "x users found this List useful" is no longer hyperlinked).

The actual page of ratings is still live (for instance), although without a link to it, it isn't hugely useful!

Looks like this has been fixed, and with a snazzy updated icon too!

Many thanks, HQ!

[Rock Chalk]

Several posts, now removed, were made today in this thread about issues unrelated to the tech migrations. Please remember to use appropriate threads/forums. Thanks!

[+HHL]

On 2/27/2024 at 10:41 AM, HHL said:

Please also consider fixing the following bug:

When a Bookmark list holds 999 Geocaches, I can't add one additional from the Search result page.

This bug has been fixed. Thanks a lot.

[+Die Batzen]

In lists (bookmark and ignore) the displayed distance value less than 1km/mi is wrong.

For distances greater or equal to 1km/mi it is correct.

 

Appended are two screenshots that show the issue when comparing the same results in bookmark list and search:

the first three caches are less than 1 km away from the home coordinates (in this case HQ), but show distances in the bookmark list that are too high by a factor of 1000.

[+ari54321]

On 3/24/2024 at 3:55 AM, Die Batzen said:

In lists (bookmark and ignore) the displayed distance value less than 1km/mi is wrong.

For distances greater or equal to 1km/mi it is correct.

 

Appended are two screenshots that show the issue when comparing the same results in bookmark list and search:

the first three caches are less than 1 km away from the home coordinates (in this case HQ), but show distances in the bookmark list that are too high by a factor of 1000.

 

Thank you for reporting this issue. We are currently looking into a fix.

[+Geocaching HQ]

Update to Release Notes (Website: Tech migrations) - April 2, 2024

 

With today's release, these pages have moved to the new tech stack:

• Homepage (when logged in)
• Search, Search filters, and Search results

Search filter updates and fixes included in this release:

• A new "Undo" button allows players to revert filter changes back to their previous state. This button is only visible if the player makes changes to the filters after an initial search. Clicking "Undo" reverts the changes back to the player's previous filter configuration. This is different from the "Reset" button which resets the filters back to the "Factory Defaults".
• Filter date pickers are now localized.
• The filter button no longer indicates that filters are applied when they are not.
• Selecting/deselecting "Found by me" in the "Found status" filter now adds/removes the current user to/from the "Found by" filter.
• Collapsing any filter with a date picker will no longer display "undefined" in the sub-header.
• The player settings preference ‘Display search results directly on map’ is now fixed. Go to Settings > Preferences > and select this setting if you would like your search results to be displayed directly on the search map, instead of in a list format. 
  
  

[+barefootjeff]

When I click on All Geocache Hides on the Profile Geocaches page:

 

 

I get every cache in the world.

 

[SnowstormMK]

25 minutes ago, barefootjeff said:

When I click on All Geocache Hides on the Profile Geocaches page:

 

 

I get every cache in the world.

 

Thanks for the report, we are looking into it. 

[+Geocaching HQ]

The team has rolled back this update for now. We will make some fixes and plan to release it again likely tomorrow. We will update the thread when it is live again. 

[SnowstormMK]

We have re-released the update.

[+InQbuS]

Are the recent updates to 'my lists' also related to the tech migrations? I noticed the following change in behaviour when adding or updating a description for one of the caches in my lists:

 

1) There is no line break anymore even though it is there in the text box, see attached screenshot.

2) When you submit changes to the description, the page is refreshed and hence jumps back to the top

3) Irrespective what sort criteria you selected for your list, after submitting a description update the list is sorted by Geocache name again

 

*EDIT* I also found an intermittent bug in the Preferences screen. When you select another language and submit the changes, system tells you that the changes have been saved but in more than 50% of the cases the language doesn't change. I had to select english 4 times until changes took effect.

 

Edited April 4 by InQbuS

[+baer2006]

Also, this:

 

[SnowstormMK]

Thank you for the reports, the team is looking into it.

[+ardila.nl]

I don't know if it's related to these tech migrations but the "show search results on map" seems to use the wrong distance

Center point: Lens, France, 100 favo, 30km, not found by me, gives 22 Results:
https://www.geocaching.com/play/results?sort=distance&asc=true&st=Lens%2C+Frankrijk&ot=query&r=30&hf=1&fp=100&nfb=ardila.nl

But when I click show on map I get shown roughly 150km
https://www.geocaching.com/play/map?lat=50.4934&lng=3.0537&zoom=8&asc=true&sort=distance&st=Lens%2C+Frankrijk&ot=query&r=30&hf=1&nfb=ardila.nl&fp=100

 

Edited April 5 by ardila.nl