Site Update Dec. 12 2012

[Corfman Clan]

Hi,

I just pushed out a site update. This update has several changes that I think you will appreciate and see as a welcome improvement.

• When new find logs are retrieved for a cache, the cache points are immediately recomputed instead of waiting until statistics are updated. This means that the cache's points will always be correct for the number of finds shown. Previously there was a window from when the find logs were retrieved until the statistics were next updated that the points would be off. This window may have been many hours long. Note that only the cache's score is updated, not the leaderboards. As before, the leaderboards will only be updated once a day (4:30 AM Eastern time).
• A link to display a cache's point calculations was added to the Geocache page.
• The LinkMaker page was added for creating a dynamic link to aLonelyCache Geocache page.
• The format for the dynamic image for a cache was tweaked a bit. Also, the size, xs was added.
• A link to the LinkMaker page was added to the Geocache page.
• Extensive changes were made to the Geocacher page
  • The top portion of the Geocacher page was reworked. It now contains a summary table of a cacher's Finds, Hides, and combined scores. This table contains links to a cacher's top finds, recent finds, hides, top backcountry caches, and achilles caches.
  • Now besides listing a cacher's placings LonelyCache wide and by state, Counties and DGP Regions are also listed.
  • To help navigate to all the different region placings (LonelyCache wide, states, counties, regions) A table of quick links to the various regions listed on the Geocacher page has been added. In addition, at the bottom right of each region placings, a link back to the Quick Links table has been added.
  • For each region a cacher has a high placing (top 20 for LonelyCache Wide and states, top 10 for Counties and DGP regions), the region name is surrounded by two small diamonds.
  • A cacher's achilles cache page is now accessible from the cacher's page.
• The achilles cache page now shows number of finders, achilles points, current cache points, and next find cache points.
• The top finders page has been updated to include a link (on the percent found) to the caches not yet found by the cacher. So for example, if Cacher Joe is a top finder of Cacher Bob, on Cacher Bob's top finder page, there is now a link on the percent found by Cacher Joe to all of Cacher Bob's caches that Cacher Joe has not found. That's perfectly clear, right?
• Reformatted the footer so the lines aren't so far apart.
• Fixed bug where highlighting was broken when jumping from a cacher's page to a leaderboard list (more info)
• When a search redirects directly to a cache page or a cacher page, the GC Code or Profile code is now used instead of the numeric id (more info)

Enjoy!

[jcanyoneer]

Freakin' Awesome!

You are amazing man! Not sure how you find the time, especially with all the caches you seem to be grabbing...don't you have a job?

This is more a question than a suggestion...Every time I put a checker link or image or lcp link on one of my cache pages, I center it. It's KIND OF a pain to copy and past the link html you have, then type in or copy and paste centering HTML. I am not complaining. Just wondering if the majority of people would like to have it default to center. if not, no biggy, but if the majority prefers it, I think it would be simple to set up on your side!

Thanks again for running this site and for putting so much effort into it!

[tabbles]

Wow...the site is awesome!!!!!!!!!!! Great job!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rocketsciguy]

Freakin' Awesome!

Wow...the site is awesome!!!!!!!!!!! Great job!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hear a motion, and a second.
All in favor of declaring Corfman Clan Freakin' Awesome! say "aye."

AYE!

This is great! Excellent site you've got going! More than I could have hoped for in the first 6 months since going live. THANK YOU!

[Corfman Clan]

This is more a question than a suggestion...Every time I put a checker link or image or lcp link on one of my cache pages, I center it. It's KIND OF a pain to copy and past the link html you have, then type in or copy and paste centering HTML. I am not complaining. Just wondering if the majority of people would like to have it default to center. if not, no biggy, but if the majority prefers it, I think it would be simple to set up on your side!

So all you need to do to center something is to place it in a div like so:

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<div style="text-align:center">Place stuff to center here</div>

That isn't so bad is it?

[Team Opjim]

I really like what you have done with the page I look at for my own stats. I think that the new arrangement is much easier to read. Well Done!

[Team Opjim]

Thanks to your recent work, I have gone to all of my >20 point caches and added the new link. In some cases I also removed the old defunct DGP link.