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  1. Make names on roster open their profile so you can view all badges, activities and course history GH1490

    When I click on participants names in the roster it only shows their
    basic profile data. When I click on names in the roster I'm doing it to
    see their recent activities and how much they have done recently. So I
    have to instead copy and past their name into the search button. Its
    time consuming doing this for a whole roster of names. Clicking the
    names in the roster should take you right to the profile screen where
    you can click someone's activities.

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  2. Add "Slider Images" to Branch Home Pages SD385

    Allow branch admins to add images to their branch 's page that will be "slider images" similar to the main mountaineers.org home page. They will be images only (no special text, boxes or links).

    Some thought this was part of the branch home page design, but that was not perfectly clear in specification.

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  3. Add Photo Galleries SD383

    Show a nice-looking, well-themed gallery (e.g. slide show) view of a folder chock full of photos! Galleries will be curated from photos collected by many methods (social media, trips reports, etc.).

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  4. "My Activities" should be visible on the landing page after the login

    I'm internet savvy but didn't discover "My Activities" and other menu items that are currently hidden behind the login name, until recently.
    Make the site intuitive like http://www.Meetup.com. It shouldn't require training.

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    Declined  ·  Jeff Bowman responded

    Thanks for the suggestion. The “My Activities” is in the profile menu in the upper right section of our website’s header per website best practices. Unfortunately, there’s just not room to expand all of the items in the profile menu to the header. The My Profile menu will have a bit more prominence in our mobile design, so when you’re using a smart phone or tablet the My Profile menu will be a bit easier to find.

  5. Reset faceted searches when date boxes are emptied GH1435

    If both Start Date and End Date boxes in the "Starting..." section of the faceted searches (Find Activities, Find Course and Find Instructor Opportunities) are emptied, reset/resubmit the search.

    It can be removed by clicking the date filter at the top of the search, but we also want the date filter to be removed if the date boxes are emptied.

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  6. Make Autorenewal purchases show in My Purchases area GH1393

    Right now autorenewal purchases don't go through shopping cart so not showing up properly in My Purchases tab of the My Profile page.

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  7. Properly Group and Sort Replies to Comments GH1392

    We're currently sorting trip reports and blog comments in reverse chronological order. This part is okay. But replies to a trip report or blog comment seem to appear "above" the post to which they apply. Ideally we want to place them "below" the post to which they reply and better differentiate replies from the original post.

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    Completed  ·  Jeff Bowman responded

    Comments and replies are properly grouped and sorted in chronological order now.

  8. Mileage and Elevation Gain modifications GH1474

    Although Leaders can change the mileage and elevation of a trip they took instead of using the default route/place data, they currently have to do this by editing the "activity." It would be one-step easier if this was possible on the same page as when you "close out" the activity. Can we duplicate that data input there as well as in the activity template?

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    Completed  ·  Jeff Bowman responded

    You may now update the mileage and elevation gain when closing an activity in addition to the trip results, participant results and volunteer hours. We also improved the instructions on the roster page, so it shoudl be much clearer how to close an activity.

  9. Still Logged In as a Zope User GH1096

    A few folks have received a "Still Logged is as Zope User" message when logging out of the website. Please let us know if you are one of them. Thanks!

    Here is info that would be helpful to us if you experience this issue:

    • What device are you using (brand, model, etc.)

      • What browser and operating system you are using.
      • Was there anything odd about when you logged in?
      • From where did you log in (e.g. following a link in an email or bookmark/favorite that required log in or navigation directly to mountaineers.org.)?
      • What page were you on when you…
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    Cancelled  ·  Jeff Bowman responded

    We understand what causes this issue and it is only an issue with site admins. It has not been reported by anyone in several months.

  10. Bookstore Hours

    I love the bookstore, but wish it was open on Saturdays so that those of us with day jobs could use it more often!

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    Completed  ·  Jeff Bowman responded

    Most of our members are out playing on the weekends and we are not in a great retail location so Saturdays historically has not been a good fit. Please do review our extended hours on the bookstore page, mountaineers.org/bookstore. Thanks!

  11. Roster visibility change on the web site

    Some of us are wondering about a recent change on the web site. Activity rosters are no longer visible unless we're registered for that activity. Instead of displaying the roster, the web site now displays this text: " You must be registered for this activity to see the participants".

    This obviously enhances privacy for those members who wish it, but it also reduces visibility for those members who use the visibility to hang out together on Mountaineers activities.

    As you know, members already have the ability to mark their own profiles as private.

    I'm wondering if this privacy setting could…

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  12. Course-Related Activities website architecture change

    Summary:
    Course-Related Activities need to be connected with the pertinent Course offering. (i.e. Course-Related Activities should NOT be connected to the generic Course Template and thereby connected to all offerings of Courses based on that Template).

    Detail:

    With the current setup, the process for creating an instance of a Course is to start with the pertinent Course Template. The Course is then filled out with more detail by creating Course-Related Activities (such as lectures, field trips, etc), which are at specific locations at specific dates / times.

    It is important for each unique offering of a Course to have its…

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    Completed  ·  Garrett Arnold responded

    We had a chance to discuss our course architecture in depth on June 9 in Everett and how to best utilize the structure we have to avoid almost all of the problems listed in this thread. The one item we are working on for fall is having a single seminar style course type which is much more activity like in nature but has an instructional component to handle special instructor clinics and workshops that we often offer in The Mountaineers. We hope to meet again with Everett leaders in the fall to help schedule courses and make sure that everyone understands the most efficient way to set up and manage courses and the activities that go with them.

    If you’d like to know more about or comment on the single activity course please comment here: http://feedback.mountaineers.org/forums/273688-general-feedback/suggestions/6836270-create-a-new-course-content-type-better-suited-for

  13. When viewing someones profile make the "My Activities etc" show up differently than one's personal profile GH901

    When browsing another members page, many of the headers appear as if I'm viewing my own page (My Activities, My Profile, My Courses). It's a bit confusing at first whether those will continue navigating another users page, or will take me to my own.

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    Completed  ·  Garrett Arnold responded

    When viewing someone else’s profile we now have changes to help make it clearer whose profile you are looking at. When you are looking at someone else’s profile it no longer says My Activities or My Courses it simply says Courses and Activities and the person’s name is inserted above so it is clear that it isn’t your profile you are looking through.

  14. Move Question Mark

    The question mark at the bottom of the web page is right on top of the down arrow on the scroll bar, so its really easy to accidentally click on it, which is very annoying. Can we move the location of the question mark a little so that it doesn't cover the scroll bar? (from Ralph Wessels)

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    Cancelled  ·  Jeff Bowman responded

    We’ve reviewed and discussed and unfortunately, we cannot find a better place for the question mark to live, and no one else has reported this as an issue.

    Please do email us at info@mountaineers.org if there’s anything you need.

    Thanks again for bring this to our attention!

  15. Make Mountaineers e-newsletters come from different email than activity emails

    It's helpful for me to be able to sort through activity related emails separately than e-newsletters. Maybe make these come through as activities@mountaineers.org versus info@mountaineers.org

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    Low Priority  ·  Jeff Bowman responded

    We discussed and determined that our current infrastructure is best with just one address for our email newsletters, confirmations and notifications.

  16. Add a show activities from the past check mark box on courses

    It would be cool if the Course Requirements tab on the course detail page page included a checkbox labeled “X Show activities from the past” and/or maybe a date range for activities that would be displayed.

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    Completed  ·  Jeff Bowman responded

    We can now enable faceted search for course “Activities” folders to allow course administrators to more quickly find particular course activities and more easily manage their courses.

    Please send an email to info@mountaineers.org if you’d like this feature enabled on any of your course’s “Activities” folders.

  17. The rosters should be open to participants to see who is going on a trip--not only to carpool but just to know who is going. Why not?

    Currently the only ones who can see the rosters are leaders. Many times as a leader I've heard participants announce "I wish I had known you were going so we could have carpooled." Or many times after a trip people want to get together to socialize. We should protect personal information, but a list of names should not violate anyone's rights, should it?

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  19. Bookmarking a place in the activities list SD387

    When I’m scrolling through the Activities and something catches my eye, I’ll open it to check out the details. After reading it and deciding to continue, I click the browser back button or the back to activities arrow. Either way it takes me back to the TOP of the activities page even if I had been at the bottom. I have to scroll back down to where I was – if I remember where that was – to continue where I left off. There should be a way to return to where you left off without all the backtracking. Is…

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  20. Make it possible to search activities by asst leader and co-leaders GH1527

    Make it possible to search activities by co-leader or assistant leader, right now you can only search by primary leader.

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    Completed  ·  Jeff Bowman responded

    You may now search activities and courses by leaders name for leaders who are co-leaders, assistant leaders or mentored leaders.

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