Release Notes 7/28/10, Geocaching.com Site Update

[TooWheelIn]

This is one lengthy list, but there's some neat stuff in there!

Bill

Quoted from the Groundspeak Forums:

"Trackables Dipping!

You can now "Visit" a trackable in a cache. This allows you to drop and retrieve a trackable in a single step. To dip a trackable it must be in your inventory. The cache logging page has also been redesigned slightly to make it easier to select the trackables you are dropping/visiting.

WYSIWYG text editor for Trackables

Wysi-what? WYSIWYG stands for "What You See Is What You Get", and describes a text editor that let's you add HTML to your descriptions in a more friendly manner. In this first implementation we have added the text editor to the Trackables creation/edit page, but the plan is to add it to Geocaches in a future release.

Alternate email addresses

This new feature allows you to add and validate alternate email addresses for use when creating Pocket Queries and Instant Notifications. When validated, these secondary email addresses will appear in a dropdown menu for selection on the creation page for Instant Notifications and Pocket Queries.

You logged this as Found on...

Check caches you have logged in the past for this notice in the right column under the cache options.

Language Settings

When you select a new language from the site footer it automatically updates your preferred language setting in your profile.




What else is new?

18681: Put link to Geocaching Maps above larger map
Added link to larger map in a more prominent position

15942: Show Nicer Page to Regular Member when Visiting Premium Only Geocache
Added new format to cache pages when a basic member visits a PM only cache

18611: Rewrite the Contact page
Simplified Contact page

19301: Increase character limit for trackables description
Character limit increased to 10000 to accommodate HTML created by new WYSIWYG editor

17642: Windows Live Calendar Icon for Event Caches
Added Windows Live icon to Add Event to Calendar

14748: Open Street Map and Open Cycle Map added to cache_details.aspx
Added Open Street/Cycle maps to Cache details page

18198: FB Icons- Travel Bugs and Geocoin icons shared on Facebook
Added functionality to display icon when sharing a GC.com link on Facebook

11819: Field Notes: Mass delete needed
Added ability to mass delete Field Notes

Bug fixes

18289: Error message when you fail to select log type before submission is hidden
Validation summary is now shown just above the button.

19002: Users Deleting their Ignore List Causes Problems
Fixed bug with Ignore list. Deleted list was still being ignored, script created to clean up Database

18588: Move feedback tab to the left-hand side
HOTFIX: Tab moved left

18856: Looking up bad tracking number results in 500 error
Fixed error in looking up non-existent tracking numbers

17848: 500 internal server errors when attempting to submit edited "trackable missing" log
Fixed error with Trackable Missing log

17548: "Attributes to Exclude" selections disappear when editing Pocket Query
Fixed bug with Attributes when editing PQ

18909: Permanently remove Facebook "Like" from cache pages
Removed FB "like" from Cache pages

19456: Remove the Facebook like on the story.aspx page when submitting the Lost and found story
Cleaning up the Facebook "like" from GC website

16381: Image upload fails on large files
Set max size for image uploads (10MB) and created a better error for larger files

17157: My Finds not generating notification
Fixed bug with notifications for My Finds

18562: Field notes taken straight from a Garmin device fail to upload
Fixed Garmin bug with Field Notes

14513: Geocoin Home map errors
Fixed bug with Geocoin Map from home location

18646: Hotels -: Cannot get rates and availability in Hotels
Fixed buttons on Hotels

18647: Hotels -: Static Maps don’t show up on the hotels pages
Fixed Maps on Hotels page

19064: Print-friendly cache page printing broken on Opera
Fixed printing issue with Opera and print-friendly cache page

18910: Remove FB "Like" integration from geocaching.com
Remove UI elements of FB "like"

19156: Update How-to page for trackable items
Updated text for How To page

18895: Clicking on second icon on geocoin map results in server error or endless load
Fixed bug with Geocoin map

19203: Geocaching Software - Link Update
Updated list of Geocaching software

18953: Date is off by one month when adding event to calendar
Fixed bug that was subtracting 1 month when adding events to calendar

18324: Do not remove spaces from user name field until focus is removed
Fixed bug that was deleting spaces in user name before the user had moved to the next field

18613: Additional waypoints-: Clicking on the trash icon does not work the first time, you need to click on it again to delete it
Fixed bug that required two clicks on the trash icon when deleting an additional waypoint

18641: Add "show hidden waypoints" option to cache page
Added option for users to show/hide hidden waypoints on Cache page

16427: Netherlands: Province Listings
Updated Province listings for Netherlands

18382: Missing Trackables Icon on Inventory Page
Adding ability to see icon for trackables on the inventory page

18955: Coordinates for event added to calendar should be passed in a format that can be mapped by calendar site
Improved coordinates format for events so calendars can read them

18956: Description for event added to calendar is not getting properly encoded as a link
Fixed problem with descriptions when adding event to calendar

18954: Events added to calendar have plus signs added in place of spaces in name
Fixed bug that was adding + to Event title when adding event to calendar

18691: Too much space beneath the new footer
Fixed space around new footer from last release

18002: Error when special characters used in username change
Allow users to select special characters in user names

18949: Time calculated from GMT instead of Pacific Time
Fixed bug in timestamp on cache pages

18847: Geocoin Manufacturers: Remove distributor
Updated Geocoin Manufacturers list

18873: Additional waypoints-: Clicking on the trash icon should pop up the JavaScript warning before deleting a waypoint
Added warning when deleting waypoint

19045: Clicking the link to add required waypoints to new unknown cache submission results in 404 errors
Fixed error received when adding new waypoints to unknown cache submission

18874: Facebook sharing of the cache/track detail pages which have the description of the Travel bug with a "&" symbol looks bad
Fixed bug with some trackable titles being shared in Facebook

18584: IGEOE Map Link Issue
Fixed bug with Portuguese IGEOE map link.

19613: Shop Groundspeak: New Logo for Distributor
Updated logo for dimaoutdoor.nl

18797: Cache logs: Styling issues on jquery log image popup
Fixed display of image description in Fancybox widget

18150: Minor formatting bug on log display page
Including "<" character in cache logs no longer causes text following the symbol to be stripped

19192: Cache details page: Angle brackets get stripped in cache logs
No longer treating everything after an "[" as HTML

19617: Shop Groundspeak: Update for Distributor logo
New logo for ftfgeocachingoutlet.com

18527: Trackables with quotes in names missing tooltip on Google map display
Fixed bug that was preventing tooltip display for Trackables with Title that has quotes

18526: Google map: poor display of trackables in map result
Caches with several hundred trackables no longer break the bounds of the word balloon on map

19303: Broken link on track/details.aspx
Fixed the link "First time logging a trackable item?"

19241: Modify CSS so Feedback Tab doesn't interfere with printing
Fixed problem with Feedback tab and printing"

[nighthawk700]

"Trackables Dipping!

You can now "Visit" a trackable in a cache. This allows you to drop and retrieve a trackable in a single step. To dip a trackable it must be in your inventory. The cache logging page has also been redesigned slightly to make it easier to select the trackables you are dropping/visiting.

I found this when I was logging today's hunt (not so good, 2 finds, 2 dnfs). I like this!!!! If there is something more specific I want to put in, I can always go back and edit the log, but for the most part, this is very good!!! Wish there was a way to go back and make my previous dips into visits (that is, without going back to every single cache and redoing it... it took long enough to go back and dip my first 80 caches when I first found out about dipping coins )

I haven't played around with the other features... yet.

[rob3k]

I like the new box at the top that details when you logged a cache as found. lildevil's excellent greasemonkey scripts already does something like this and it's good to see groundspeak add more and more of the good ideas coming out of these scripts.

I wish they'd recreate lildevil's VIP List script and tie it to your friend's list.