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Add a "Tag" option to pages and a "Suitcase" where i can store pages i want to consult again
Like on Alltrails, WTA, etc. I'd like to be able to build my own bespoke repository of pages from the portal that i want to be able to easily access again and again -- whether it be references to how to use the portal, or blog entries, or trailheads, routes, etc.
Best would be to be able to sort them into something like sub-folders, or tag them with my own memorable tags to be able to manage them when it starts bulking up.1 vote -
Show elevation gain and distance on search page for activities
Might not be applicable for all activity types, but it would be really helpful to see some basic stats for hiking, backpacking, and scrambling without needing to click on each activity. "Difficulty" isn't consistent enough. Technical for scrambling would also be nice. It would also be very helpful to allow filtering by distance/elevation
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Searchable committee minutes
We hold meetings, take minutes, and archive them. The ability to search past minutes will be very useful. In fact, I think that searching for when the committee discussed some topic - and what was decided - will be the most common way that I reference our meeting minutes.
1 voteCompleted ·
AdminJeff Bowman
(Associate Director of Information Technology, The Mountaineers)
responded
The text files in all PDF files on our website are indexed and we can add a search portlet to any area of our website. If you have a committee or folder or anywhere else on our website within where this would be beneficial, please send an email to info@mountaineers.org.
Here are two examples of the search portlet in use:
Blog: https://www.mountaineers.org/blog
The Mountaineer Annuals: https://www.mountaineers.org/about/history/the-mountaineer-annuals
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Add Clustering to Map Search GH2793
WTA uses a cool cluster feature on their Hike Finder Map- this would allow us to show more of our listings on the zoomed out view. https://www.wta.org/go-outside/map
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Search closed activities
I would like a way to search recently completed trips, so I can contact trip leaders for current route beta. This could be as simple as a checkbox on the activity search page for "Search only past/closed activities".
1 voteSam,
Thanks for the suggestion. You can use the “Starting…” section to find past activities. The “Start” and “End” dates mean "I want activities that occur between “Start Date” and “End Date.” This works for Find Activities (https://www.mountaineers.org/explore/activities) and site search (https://www.mountaineers.org/search).
Also note that our Routes & Places (https://www.mountaineers.org/explore/routes-places) have trip reports associated with them. This may be a good source of information from trips from more than just our leaders.
And of course you can search our Trip Reports (https://www.mountaineers.org/explore/trip-reports).
Thanks!
Jeff
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Set up a Search for Badges to Make Them Easier to Find GH1881
Set up a faceted search in the Badges area, https://www.mountaineers.org/membership/badges, so that badges are searchable and easier to find.
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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.
1 voteThis is fixed.
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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…
1 voteYes this is definitely annoying, we are investigating.
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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.
1 voteYou may now search activities and courses by leaders name for leaders who are co-leaders, assistant leaders or mentored leaders.
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Add course template name to activity searches for field trips GH1142
Add the course template name (essentially the course name with the year) to the activity search results so people can find the right field trip that they want to instruct at.
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Hide Cancelled activities from Default Find Activities View
Is it possible to add a flag in the Activities View that would hide all cancelled activities. It would be nice even if all cancelled activities were hidden automatically unless you set a checkbox to "Show Cancelled Activities".
1 voteWe just completed this. You’ll find it at the end of the list of filters on Find Activities.
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Increase search functionality for routes-places
If it is necessary for us to avoid posting multiple routes-places and activities to the same trail, it would be very helpful to have the ability for users to enter a flexible set of 'tags' with the range of place names along the planned route that can be searched for to find other routes-places or activities going to the same place but named something different.
1 voteLots of great updates have been made to routes/places which allow greater flexibility have been made.
Read more here
http://feedback.mountaineers.org/forums/273688-general-feedback/suggestions/6756014-allow-us-to-list-multiple-routes-places-for-differWe are also working with leaders to make sure that everyone understands that search uses the titles and summary statements so making sure that any alternative names for a route/place are in the summary.
And of course if you see a route/place that needs to have a name changed or added just email info@mountaineers.org
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Add Map Area/Radius Filter to Route/Place and Activity Searches
Right now the map view of search results doesn't show if you don't have any filters chosen, because the map view has a limit on the number of records (balloons) that may be displayed. Add the ability to filter by an defined area--two corners of a rectangle or a radius around a point.
0 votesClustering is a better idea that is easier to implement and decrease the need for this approach to improving map search.
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Add Alternate Title to Text Search for routes/places GH2208
Routes/places have good alternate titles but they are not always coming up when you search in routes/places unless added to the summary or main content field.
0 votesMar 2017
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Search button on map edit disappeared with mobile launch GH2138
Search button on maps when adding events is now just text, its hard to tell that you can actually do a search without the button look.
0 votesThis is fixed! The “search” button is back!
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Improve search for internal hyperlinks GH1662
When hyperlinking within the site to an internal page or folder, the search engine appears to pull up anything that has your subject within the content, not just the title, making the search very slow. Also on the scroll bar, only the up arrow works. The down arrow does not work, so you need to drag the bar down, which is impossible to do slowly, so you have to drag the bar to below where you want to go, then use the up arrow to slowly get to where you're trying to go in the list.
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Improve Routes/places search results view GH1134
Be able to view mileage, elev gain and difficulty in the search view.
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Show activities on Find activities that start today
Multiple leaders requested being able to see activities happening through the date the activity is actually happening.
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