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January 29, 2004

A new little feature was made public some time last night but almost no one knows about it. Seeing that no one has said too much about, figured might be good to spread the word. We now have stats banners!

Signal Stats

and

Icon Stats

And that mysterious third one .

They made their first GC.com appearance on this thread this afternoon, but weve been fiddling with them all morning on another board. They now can be seen on webpages such as this one. And for redunancy have been put on a GC.com profile or two, like mine.

Hey I just like the frog!

See Jeremy really is changing and adding to the site, hes just practing gradualism.

Edited January 29, 2004 by Amazingracer

9.4k · January 29, 2004

Too bad we can't use them in our sig lines

24.7k · January 29, 2004

I was wondering about that. Now I'm still wondering.

January 29, 2004

Too bad we can't use them in our sig lines

Yeah that seem to be the only downfall. Maybe only these images could be allowed in sig lines.

January 29, 2004

OK, I give up. Where do we find these things?

3.5k · January 29, 2004

OK, I give up. Where do we find these things?

http://www.geocaching.com/stats/img.aspx?u...a3a0&txt=I+Rock

In the sample URL above replace the digits that appear after "uid=" with your gc.com profile ID. Your UID is available by clicking on a cache log. Your UID will be in your browser's Address box.

You can add whatever text you desire after the "&txt=", but you must remember to replace spaces with the plus sign "+". See the sample above. ^

Neat huh?

1.3k · January 29, 2004

Editted - I figured it out.

Click on a cache - then find the log you entered and click on that. You can't do it by directly clicking on the cache link from your profile.

How'd you guys find out about this??

Now - how do you get to the ranking list?

southdeltan

Edited January 29, 2004 by southdeltan

1.9k · January 29, 2004

South deltan here ya go

http://www.geocaching.com/stats/img.aspx?u...ssissippi+Rocks

4.7k · January 29, 2004

i don't actually want to display my stats; i'm interested to know how to access this feature, though, because i like to know what allt eh features are. how is it done?

January 30, 2004

Thanks 9Key, I finally got it!

Harleycache stats

January 30, 2004

OK, I give up. Where do we find these things?

http://www.geocaching.com/stats/img.aspx?u...a3a0&txt=I+Rock

In the sample URL above replace the digits that appear after "uid=" with your gc.com profile ID. Your UID is available by clicking on a cache log. Your UID will be in your browser's Address box.

You can add whatever text you desire after the "&txt=", but you must remember to replace spaces with the plus sign "+". See the sample above. ^

Neat huh?

How can I change the image?

I see if you add after the text a &bg= followed by a number from 1 to 4 the image changes.

http://www.geocaching.com/stats/img.aspx?u...ing+Member&bg=1

http://www.geocaching.com/stats/img.aspx?u...ing+Member&bg=2

http://www.geocaching.com/stats/img.aspx?u...ing+Member&bg=3

http://www.geocaching.com/stats/img.aspx?u...ing+Member&bg=4

1.3k · January 30, 2004

I wonder when we can get some official comment on these new image files? I'm assuming this has to do with the new 'buddy list'/stat-feature Jeremy mentioned.

southdeltan

1.8k · January 30, 2004

Sweet!

1.4k · January 30, 2004

Very Sweet

Thanks Jeremy!

9.4k · January 30, 2004

How'd you get Alabama on there? I'd like New Mexico

January 30, 2004

Wow there's a novel idea. Looks oddly familiar.

22.2k · January 30, 2004

I wonder when we can get some official comment on these new image files? I'm assuming this has to do with the new 'buddy list'/stat-feature Jeremy mentioned.

southdeltan

This was just something fun that Jeremy whipped up on Tuesday, taking a well-earned break after he completed the redesign of the pocket query generator. He previewed it to the volunteer group on Tuesday evening, knowing that we can't keep a secret. I whispered and others whispered.

It is an undocumented feature. If I said more, it wouldn't be undocumented.

2.7k · January 30, 2004

This isn't working! I'll keep trying

Still not working...ok, I'll look into this later.

try again!

http://www.geocaching.com/stats/img.aspx?u...xt=testing+this

Mine isn't working...perhaps due to teh exclamation point at the end of my name?

Edited January 30, 2004 by evergreenhiker!

1.9k · January 30, 2004

This isn't working! I'll keep trying

Still not working...ok, I'll look into this later.

try again!

http://www.geocaching.com/stats/img.aspx?u...een+Stats+&bg=3

Mine isn't working...perhaps due to teh exclamation point at the end of my name?

http://www.geocaching.com/stats/img.aspx?u...ashington+Rocks

2.7k · January 30, 2004

This isn't working! I'll keep trying

Still not working...ok, I'll look into this later.

try again!

http://www.geocaching.com/stats/img.aspx?u...een+Stats+&bg=3

Mine isn't working...perhaps due to teh exclamation point at the end of my name?

http://www.geocaching.com/stats/img.aspx?u...ashington+Rocks

Thanks! I see what I was doing wrong now. I was copying the luid number of the log I made...not my actual uid...thanks!

http://www.geocaching.com/stats/img.aspx?u...Geocaching&bg=3

Edited January 30, 2004 by evergreenhiker!

6.4k · January 30, 2004

Wow there's a novel idea. Looks oddly familiar.

Sure does! I was just thinking that too!

It looks an aweful lot like the stats sig lines and banners many of us played around with here back 2-3yrs ago. I think some newbie copied that idea a few months ago and thought it was novel.

2.1k · January 30, 2004

This was just something fun that Jeremy whipped up on Tuesday, taking a well-earned break after he completed the redesign of the pocket query generator. He previewed it to the volunteer group on Tuesday evening, knowing that we can't keep a secret. I whispered and others whispered.

It is an undocumented feature. If I said more, it wouldn't be undocumented.

I would just like to point out that this story is exactly what some people ask for when it comes to development of this site.

Someone says...well, how come we can't have automagically updating stats banners here at GC.com?

A few days later, in a few hours of free time, poof, it appears in response.

I'm not suggesting that a complete overhaul of the PQ codebase or something requiring grand scale changes should appear overnight or have everything else dropped for it. But it's clear that creation of this stats banner didn't need 3 months of planning and development.

Just wanted to highlight the fact that sometimes these things work out right.

BTW, someone in the General forum wondered how frequently it updates. They logged a find and said it didn't change yet.

January 30, 2004

Not my Stats

Well I'm getting very frustrated on this one!

Here it goes I get "Signal the Frogs" stats when I us my uid#.

Any body with some tips, hints, or explainations? :blink:

Edited January 30, 2004 by ScttN8ZUS

January 30, 2004

You must have copied something wrong here is your stats

January 30, 2004

Thanks!

NOW these are my STATS!

Thanks again, those 8's, and B's where the culprit!

Edited January 30, 2004 by ScttN8ZUS

January 30, 2004

BTW, someone in the General forum wondered how frequently it updates. They logged a find and said it didn't change yet.

I just tested it, I logged a find and hit refresh on the image and my numbers updated.

9.4k · January 30, 2004

I'm not documenting it yet, but if I did, I would write that the images are stored in memory for around 2 hours, so the web site wouldn't get overwhelmed by image requests that hit the database every time you view Bob & Sally's geocaching page. It sometimes happens sooner than that, but 2 hours is your best bet.

You'll see Signal the Frog's stats whenever your request encounters an error. He doesn't get out geocaching much.

January 30, 2004

We are all so easily amused. :rolleyes:

1.8k · January 30, 2004

Signal the Frog ... doesn't get out geocaching much.

You wouldn't either, if your first experience entailed getting a nail in your head.

Of course, that didn't slow Hazard down much.

January 31, 2004

Wow there's a novel idea. Looks oddly familiar.

Sure does! I was just thinking that too!

It looks an aweful lot like the stats sig lines and banners many of us played around with here back 2-3yrs ago. I think some newbie copied that idea a few months ago and thought it was novel.

Yea, but those were not dynamic and available to everyone to use for free. You had to change them yourself. It wasn't a service. Wasn't really even a graphic either. It's just odd that dynamic images dissapeared recently.

February 4, 2004

Figured it out, but now how do I add my stats to my profile as amazingracer did? Thanks...

February 4, 2004

Jeremy, and crew, I too extend my thanks for the feature. I must admit that I am completely exhausted from figuring out how to make it work but the reward (like finding an evil cache) was worth the effort.

Gotta love these folks....

February 4, 2004

Cool!!!

More to follow!

Edited February 4, 2004 by maleki

1.2k · February 4, 2004

The Navigatorz GC Stats

Just had to check it out. Cool.

February 4, 2004

Oneyedjacks

Took me a while but I got it, cool............................

1.2k · February 4, 2004

How do you get your Orgs images? Are there any plans to include other ones or just the 2 available?

February 4, 2004

Ok I can create the stats...now how can I copy this to my profile.

Fire Eater :blink:

February 4, 2004

I'm not documenting it yet, but if I did, I would write that the images are stored in memory for around 2 hours, so the web site wouldn't get overwhelmed by image requests that hit the database every time you view Bob & Sally's geocaching page. It sometimes happens sooner than that, but 2 hours is your best bet.

You'll see Signal the Frog's stats whenever your request encounters an error. He doesn't get out geocaching much.

Will this be available in our profile?

Any place else we might see stats pop up?

--RuffRidr

38.2k · February 4, 2004

Hmmmmm, does this mean Jeremy is softening on his anti stats stance?

February 4, 2004

How do I add my Navicache finds to the geocaching.com stats banner? Any planned support for that?

1.2k · February 4, 2004

Ummm probably not. Besides how hard is it to add 0 to a number :blink:

1.9k · February 4, 2004

im wondering if there is any plan to allow wore backgrounds

2.3k · February 4, 2004

Took a while.... I was using the wrong uid...

Here is mine Doc-Dean's Stats

Edited February 4, 2004 by Doc-Dean

February 4, 2004

Any help out there??? :blink:

I can create the stats but then what? I can't copy it into my profile.

Fire Eater

1.9k · February 4, 2004

Any help out there???

I can create the stats but then what? I can't copy it into my profile.

Fire Eater

<img src="http://www.geocaching.com/stats/img.aspx?uid=30e698c6-2eb0-4586-9908-9fc89a676686&txt=Caching+With+FIRE">

insert the above into your profile

February 5, 2004

FWIW; It's been brought up in ClayJar's #geocache IRC channel, that some people would like a similar function that does not build a graphic, but simply reports the numbers in text, which could then be used on a website.

February 5, 2004

Hey ralann, thanks for the info...who would of known that you need the secret

text <img src=....not me

Fire Eater

Edited February 5, 2004 by Fire Eater

9.4k · February 5, 2004

...but simply reports the numbers in text, which could then be used on a website.

Don't count on it.

2.3k · February 6, 2004

...but simply reports the numbers in text, which could then be used on a website.

Don't count on it.

Very punny.

February 8, 2004

Neat stat button. I'd love to see a GEOSET option for our members here in Tennessee.

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