+gallahad Posted January 26, 2004 Share Posted January 26, 2004 (edited) On the Main Page of the site, adjacent to the "To locate the nearest geocaches in your area... " feature, a link to a zip code directory - (like this one, for example) would help those who don't know the precise zip code for the area they wish to to review. Edited January 26, 2004 by gallahad Link to comment
+parkrrrr Posted January 26, 2004 Share Posted January 26, 2004 The "hide and seek a cache" page already has such a link, so if you can stomach an extra click, just use the search page instead of the quick search tools on the main page. Link to comment
+gallahad Posted January 26, 2004 Author Share Posted January 26, 2004 (edited) The "hide and seek a cache" page already has such a link, so if you can stomach an extra click, just use the search page instead of the quick search tools on the main page. I may not have made my point clear. While there is a zip code directory link on the Hide and Seek page, it is somewhat obscure - even to those who know what page it is on. When the uninitiated site user reaches the main page and is invited to use the zip code search feature, he/she is unlikely to know that there is a zip code directory link on the Hide and Seek page. Perhaps what is needed is a link on the Main Page, connected with "To locate the nearest geocaches in your area..." that omits all the search features in that portion of the page and takes the user to the "Hide and Seek" page. Then, make the Hide and Seek page link for the zip code directory easier to identify. I'm not looking for pesonal help in finding what I need on the site, I'm merely suggesting some improvements for ease of use with less congestion. Edited January 26, 2004 by gallahad Link to comment
+Jamie Z Posted January 26, 2004 Share Posted January 26, 2004 You're right that it might make it easier for someone not in the know... but even when I first logged on just to check to see if there were any caches near me, I only checked my immediate area, of which I already knew the zip code. It's not too big a stretch to guess that the average person on the internet should know how to look up a zipcode online, even if they aren't aware of the link on the "Seek a Cache" page. I think it would be unnecessary clutter. Jamie Link to comment
+TeamK-9 Posted January 26, 2004 Share Posted January 26, 2004 I agree with Jamie, if you're a new user, and you wanna see where some caches are, you probably wanna see the ones in your area first (which the average person knows there own zip code) and if people are too lazy to go to the USPS website and look it up, then they're too lazy to geocache... Link to comment
+Amazingracer Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 And if you dont see it for whatever reason. How in the world could you forget the zipcode king?!? USPS Its fairly ccommon knowledge that the people who do our mail can probably provide us with a list of Zip codes. Link to comment
+sbell111 Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 I don't know that this is required. Even if a noob didn't know the zip code of the area they wanted to search, they could easily pull the info for their city from the main cache page. Link to comment
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