Wednesday, 30 July 2014

  • Added proposed grade changes to some tracks
  • Fix bug with gaps in GPX trails
  • Fix map view: GPX trails were flooding the map with points, so that other objects would not show

Sunday, 20 July 2014

  • Redesigned full screen map, with performance and functionality improvements.
  • Restored a small stats panel and modified tracking infrastructure.
  • New place finder helps you search parks and other places. 
  • Trialling a new place to record rock bivs.
  • Revisit image performance and quality. Start generating double-resolution images for high-dpi devices.
  • Further support for touch.
  • Addressed performance by removing unnecessary code and shifting to asynchronous loading where possible.

Thursday, 12 June 2014

  • Manual closure of forum topics. Topics may be closed if discussions are not conducted in a civil manner. 
  • Automated closure of forum topics. Old and inactive topics will be closed automatically after 14 days. Members are encouraged to start new topics.

Thursday, 5 June 2014

  • New interactive hero image for the home page.
  • Edit your forum posts.
  • Images and emoticons now display in forums automatically.
  • New layout for hut information, including mobile phone coverage (there's no data for that yet!).
  • Adopt standard "arrow" icons for search "near me".
  • Add touch support to track finder sliders
  • Smaller social media icons
  • Several bug fixes for web feeds, places pages, iOS layout, people search, logs, automated processes.

Wednesday, 7 May 2014

  • New look for the home page.
  • Changes to the top navigation rail.
  • A new blog!
  • Greater emphasis on adding content.
  • Bugfixes with forum pagination, viewing places, and viewing user profiles.

Thursday, 27 March 2014

  • Updated the forum rules.
  • Added ability to branch topics in forums.
  • Deleted messages in forums are now noted in the topic thread.
  • "Flagging" forum messages now results in a request for moderation rather than hiding messages immediately.

Wednesday, 12 March 2014

  • Restored line breaks to forums
  • Address user profile authentication error
  • Restore colour coding when comparing revisions
  • Fix problem with apostrophes in point selector (locations with points would not work)
  • Add water details for huts and campsites
  • Fix the default campsite category
  • Add new hut categories: Derelict hut, Overnight use prohibited, and Club hut
  • Add new hut owners: NZDA
  • Add hut "removed or destroyed" flag
  • Fix errors with alerts not showing
  • Change how alerts are displayed
  • Add track status for the Great Walks

Wednesday, 26 February 2014

  • Added ability to hide users in forums. This is done from the user's profile page. Use with care.
  • Added automatic linking of @username in forums to users' profiles.
  • Added a new shortcut url: /?@username takes you to a profile page.
  • Rebuilt the bootstrapping infrastructure which should allow the site to recover from any outages without intervention.
  • Fixed a significant issue with passwords for new users -- the password checker was too fussy.
  • Add wilderness areas page.
  • Ensure the "Edit" button only appears if you are able to edit.
  • Rework the marginal comments form.
  • Fix a number of minor bugs.
  • Get forum links going to the tail of the topic, not the head. Also, tweak paging with head/tail buttons.
  • Merged objects didn't have a warning.
  • Improved search handling of objects with accents and macrons.

Tuesday, 19 November 2013

  • Updated the WYSIWYG editor to the latest edition (released last Thursday).

Wednesday, 6 November 2013

  • Redesigned members' and visitors' home pages, with photo grid, forum messages, link to Facebook in margin. "What's new" is shifted off the home page. Day walks are no longer featured on the member's home page. 
  • New pages for national parks, conservation parks, World Heritage Areas under "Places" menu.
  • GPX section page has been redesigned.
  • GPX file processing has been re-engineered. Changes will allow the future plotting of tracks on maps.
  • Where GPX files have elevation profiles, point to the profile to see the point on the map.
  • When adding GPX files, it is no longer necessary to supply points. These are read from the GPX file.
  • Alerts appear on related items -- e.g. a track alert could appear on a national park page.
  • Many minor enhancements.

Thursday, 2 July 2013

  • It's been a long wait but the track finder tool is finally here! Give it a try.
  • Profile pages have been updated, now split into sections with more information.
  • A few forum bugs fixed, including inaccurate page numbering.

Thursday, 25 April 2013

  • New map. Turn on layers and explore.
  • View and share GPX files.
  • Upload and view high resolution profile photos.

Thursday, 28 March 2013

  • You can now edit your profile.
  • Alerts page.
  • New photograph large view.
  • And...lots and lots of bugfixes.

Wednesday, 13 March 2013

  • Photograph upload is back!
  • Photographs throughout the site have been freshly generated, so quality should be better.
  • Search results are much improved.

Sunday, 13 January 2013

  • Forums are back online! Thanks for being patient. There will be further work on the forums to come.  I have renamed some forums, merged one, and added new forums for Great Walkers and long walks. If they are useful, we'll keep them.

Sunday, 6 January 2013​

  • Welcome to the new site. Please bear with me as I get everything back up and running.
    • Join / sign in & out.
    • View profiles.