I have set up this new thread in order to assemble everyone's wish list for future developments. A separate thread is to report bugs.

Appearance on this list doesn't guarantee that they will happen but they will be discussed.

Phase two and three are coming along in the later in the year anyway with geo-referenced cruising information and online shopping but we are starting to accumulate some feedback which we will need to consider when we begin the post sailing season web work. Luckily most of us are heading off for a summer of non web based adventures soon so there has to be an intermission!

Things that we already have on that discussion list include:

1. A site search function
2. A possible shift of Port Officer information to the Directories
3. Possible new links to "Forum" and "Join" pages so they can be accessed directly from the home page on hand held devices. Please note this already exists on lap top versions but the software removes clutter when rendering the page for display on smaller screens

4. The possibility of developing a bespoke parallel website to give optimal display on any screen size thus avoiding the above issues of rendering
5. More Add polling and slide show functionality to the Gallery pages
6. Rename the link to the Forum as "Forum" rather than "Cruising Forum" as this is known to have confused several.
7. Presently the small screen rendering process makes it impossible to add an a attachment to a Forum post

So discussion and ideas welcome. Please use this link as whilst away sailing I'm going to struggle to keep abreast of emails and I don't want things to be overlooked or missed.

Simon

Re the web input form to input FF single files per article:


I have to be able to link one FF Article to multiple cruising areas. I do not see the notation 'select another cruising area' on the example of the loading web page. Does this mean that I will have to submit multiple loading forms (i.e. one for each area) if one article is related to multiple cruising areas?


Is synopsis and are keyword obligatory or optional fields?


As a user, I find it difficult to follow someone else's logic in relating areas to regions. I got into this minefield on the CIC site and the only solution was a map supported by a flat alphabetical list of all Cruising Areas. Am I right this will all be map based in the autumn? Even so, the user may need a bit of help in the mean time in the form of an Areas in Regions table.

For instance, I spent some time trying to find Egypt in the Med. Med France is not there. Where is Germany? Could not find it in W Europe or Baltic, No sign of Belgium. Where is Panama? Several countries in Central America (incl Mexico, Niceragua, Costa Rica, Panama) span Atlantic (or Caribbean Sea?) and Pacific so perhaps there should be a Region 'Central America',

This should get better when the areas are displayed on a map but I wonder if the visitor needs an alphabetical decode list? There does not seem to be a site search engine other than for the forum. If there was, I would type in Panama hoping to find all Articles under the Panama heading.


I tried to create my own table to Cruising Areas to Regions but my system would not let me copy the drop down lists. I would find a master copy very useful.