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[Nate-ForLiberty]

this is great! the pictures made me lol!!

 

[teacherone]

If they're supposed to register and login first, don't even allow people to do anything else. I shouldn't be able to see the maps unless I'm logged in already, right?

yeah...good point.

well...i don't know.

i let the people looking for rides see the map so they could get one or directions quick if need be...

bad idea?

 

[teacherone]

this is great! the pictures made me lol!!

thanks nate!

 

[dannno]

Wow, this has a lot of potential...

 

[TruckinMike]

Do we have a way to edit our "ride" info? I put in 10:00am and forgot the date, how can I change it?

TMike

PS- All "ride" info is for testing purposes only ---- delete my "ride" after test is completed.

 

[Kludge]

this is great! the pictures made me lol!!

Same here.

Grats on the superbly simple design, TO.

 

[123tim]

sign - up under 123tim and i'll delete whatever you put in.

thanks for trying it out!

please give some feedback to make it more user friendly/speedy.

Teacherone,

Works great with Linux and Firefox 4.0.1.

I hope that a lot of supporters put this to good use.

One thing that I didn't understand (probably everyone else does) is what I'm supposed to do with the metadata and description fields. Maybe some sort of short explanation to help people like me?

Thanks for an excellent resource!

 

[teacherone]

Works great with Linux and Firefox 4.0.1.

I hope that a lot of supporters put this to good use.

One thing that I didn't understand (probably everyone else does) is what I'm supposed to do with the metadata and description fields. Maybe some sort of short explanation for people like me?

Thanks for an excellent resource!

in the description you can say how many seats in your car, if you want gas money, what type of car ... whatever you want

if you click the florida republican leadership conference marker you can see i've added html description of the location.

meta data isn't necessary - i'll be adding whole word search for cities, towns, and events.

thanks for trying it out!

would it help to put a embed a quick youtube instructions?

 

[teacherone]

Do we have a way to edit our "ride" info? I put in 10:00am and forgot the date, how can I change it?

TMike

PS- All "ride" info is for testing purposes only ---- delete my "ride" after test is completed.

working on this!

 

[Cleaner44]

I noticed Truckin Mike is on the map with the destinations for need a ride, is that how it is supposed to be?

 

[123tim]

in the description you can say how many seats in your car, if you want gas money, what type of car ... whatever you want

if you click the florida republican leadership conference marker you can see i've added html description of the location.

meta data isn't necessary - i'll be adding whole word search for cities, towns, and events.

thanks for trying it out!

would it help to put a embed a quick youtube instructions?

Thanks for the reply.

A utube video might work, but maybe some are bandwidth restricted?

I was thinking of maybe a short blurb (close to the entry field) like you wrote here? "in the description you can say how many seats in your car, if you want gas money, what type of car ... whatever you want"

Whatever you finally do, I think that you've done something great.

 

[teacherone]

Thanks for the reply.

A utube video might work, but maybe some are bandwidth restricted?

I was thinking of maybe a short blurb (close to the entry field) like you wrote here? "in the description you can say how many seats in your car, if you want gas money, what type of car ... whatever you want"

Whatever you finally do, I think that you've done something great.

hey man! thanks so much!

i'll add that blurb in - good idea.

 

[teacherone]

I noticed Truckin Mike is on the map with the destinations for need a ride, is that how it is supposed to be?

hmm... not sure what you mean.

say you, Cleaner44, need a ride.

you click Sad Ron and you get to the map.

you see truckinmike has the same color as your destination. he's from your town too!

you write him a message and take off.

this seems to be requiring too much explanation - can you think of a way to make it clearer?

 

[teacherone]

added some more instructions to the front page - want to keep it clean and simple.

hope that helps?

 

[sarahdeez]

Wow that is impressive! I have IE 8.

I too think that once you click on the RP pic it should direct you to register or log in. I mean it says register and login but I didnt do it first. I was clicking along and then realized I have to go back to register.

On the I have a ride...
I would add Iowa to the Ames straw poll just for clarification. Maybe make the box bigger on the selection so you can see all of the new orleans selection.
When I fill in my information to offer the ride, the bottom section (where the contact info goes i suppose) is not visible unless i scroll down. It was tempting to leave it blank and click submit. maybe submit could be at the bottom so they have to scroll down to click it or create a how would you like to be contacted field and make it manditory. Will people be concerned about putting their email or phone number on the internet? I guess having a registration process makes it more difficult for people to gather info for spam. I agree above the discription it would help to say to put no of seats available, smoking or not, when leaving, when coming back, money for gas etc. maybe those should be a separate field? and above the map it might be nice if it said, "place a marker for your origination location (or leave from location)."

I cannot see the color markers in the map navigator. I can see them on the map. I may just have something turned off. Can you make the map automatically zoom in on the US?

On the I need a ride...
It would be nice for the "map navigator" to say "Available rides" or something like that.

Nice for red X to say log out.

Would be nice to be able to edit the offered ride once it is posted. People will surely forget things or need to update as rides are filled up.

Is it designed for the person needing a ride to just find a person to contact? There is no way to submit that you need a ride right?

All my test rides say delete. They are not true rides.

 

[sarahdeez]

Oh tell your wife thanks I have been on both sides of that. It is difficult to share your spouse when you need things yourself.

 

[teacherone]

added filter links to the frontpage under need a ride.

clicking the event will show the map with only that event's listed markers displayed.

 

[teacherone]

Wow that is impressive! I have IE 8.

I too think that once you click on the RP pic it should direct you to register or log in. I mean it says register and login but I didnt do it first. I was clicking along and then realized I have to go back to register.

On the I have a ride...
I would add Iowa to the Ames straw poll just for clarification. Maybe make the box bigger on the selection so you can see all of the new orleans selection.
When I fill in my information to offer the ride, the bottom section (where the contact info goes i suppose) is not visible unless i scroll down. It was tempting to leave it blank and click submit. maybe submit could be at the bottom so they have to scroll down to click it or create a how would you like to be contacted field and make it manditory. Will people be concerned about putting their email or phone number on the internet? I guess having a registration process makes it more difficult for people to gather info for spam. I agree above the discription it would help to say to put no of seats available, smoking or not, when leaving, when coming back, money for gas etc. maybe those should be a separate field? and above the map it might be nice if it said, "place a marker for your origination location (or leave from location)."

I cannot see the color markers in the map navigator. I can see them on the map. I may just have something turned off. Can you make the map automatically zoom in on the US?

On the I need a ride...
It would be nice for the "map navigator" to say "Available rides" or something like that.

Nice for red X to say log out.

Would be nice to be able to edit the offered ride once it is posted. People will surely forget things or need to update as rides are filled up.

Is it designed for the person needing a ride to just find a person to contact? There is no way to submit that you need a ride right?

All my test rides say delete. They are not true rides.

thanks so much for testing it out!!

i'll go through your points step by step see what i can do - this is third party software i'm modifying. any php experts in the house?

btw-- what do you think is the best way for people with rides to find people without?

i didn't want to get the map too cluttered with both

thanks again! your descriptions made me lol.

 

[teacherone]

bump!

 

[SanDiegoForPaul]

First off, very cool website. It is things like this that really make an impact in the whole play of things and I thank you.

Browser: Chrome/12.0.742.53 beta-m

Need a ride page:

Your list-style-type is set to none, but there are still square bullets showing up in the "Map Navigator".

You could more clearly list rides and destinations, maybe something like:

• Ames Straw Poll
  • Mark's Carpool
  • Four open seats
  • Free ride
• LPAC Conference
  • Someones Ride to LPAC
  • Another Ride
• Florida Debate and Straw Poll

Page title is "Google Maps".

Also, there could be a header for site navigation instead of a full screen Google Maps.

When a users selects a destination on the Google Map there could be a button to "Add a ride" that links to the "I have a ride" page (with data populated?).

I Have A Ride Page:

I can draw shapes with the Polygon tool on the surface of Mars. I don't understand the importance of marker type?

Maybe have a note above the description box telling people to remember to include some kind of contact information. "Don't forget to include at least one form of contact information."

I would make the map smaller and move it up on the right side of the forum.

Not allowed to submit a ride. "No authorization".

Auto place marker at address.

Pictures of Ron for header/footer areas



Overall very cool. Good idea, nice execution.

Max