[philmont] PhilSearch vB03 - News for August, 2007

It’s hard to believe that PhilSearch is a year old this month … it has come
a long way in the past year.

Its been a couple of months since I’ve made any significant changes for a
variety of reasons, perhaps chief among them the fact that I’m running out
of ideas and those that do remain on the are either difficult to implement
or difficult to design, anyway one of the tough ones is finally complete:
Saved & Stored Searches. I had indicated in June that this long standing
request was nearing completion. I’m finally ready to release that
capability generally as I believe I’ve vanquished the last issue. This
feature allows you to refine searches without having to re-enter all the
parameters and also allows you to save one or more searches for use during a
subsequent session. Enhancements in the future will focus on group
collaboration in support of trek selection. There are several components to
the capability:

· Revising a search: Buttons are on the bottom of the search results page
that allow you to either start a new search or revise the current search.
· Invoking a saved search: A list of saved searches is included on the base
trek search page, selecting a saved search will populate the selections on
the page which you can then either modify or submit.
· Saving a search: An additional button is present on the search results
page that will allow you to save search criteria. This capability requires
that you create a PhilSearch account.

At this time there is no limit to the number of searches you can store,
although abuse could cause me to re-think this. Your searches don’t expire
and can be retrieved in later sessions. Future capabilities will allow a
crew to share searches, results and ultimately collaborate on trek
selection. The registration process is automatic and instantaneous and, of
course, free.

As the 2007 winds down I’d ask that each and every crew that used PhilSearch
as a planning tool and found it valuable in planning their 2007 treks commit
themselves to giving back. Even with all the photos that have been added
more are needed. The list of needs is maintained in the Photo Album and on
each trek summary. I’m frankly disappointed at the response to my request
in June to cover the remaining gaps, I see no reason that we cannot have
100% coverage of campsites and activities today, yet we don’t. If you have
items that we need, please consider pitching in. If you can help here
please include the Photographers name, location where the photo was taken,
Troop # (including city & state), trek #, expedition number and year so I
can include proper photo credit.

As always your comments, good or bad, and suggestions are welcome.

YIS
Jim
HA Chair Chester County Council
www.troop6bsa.org?cmd=philmont
PSR '74(16) '04(4) '06(26)
IWTGBTP
www.troop6bsa.org?cmd=philsearch

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Received on Wed Aug 1 23:24:58 2007