New OCNA website: Known issues
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2019 2:06 pm
In late June 2019 OCNA upgraded (from a very old, circa 2010 version of the opencaching.pl code) to a new feature-rich version of the opencaching.pl code. There were (and still are) a number of challenges to bring all unique OCNA features on board with the new code. We have been hard at work to resolve all those issues and had planned to solve all (or at least most) before the site migration, but an unplanned server upgrade left us with little choice but to move ahead with the new site with all it's imperfections. Over the coming weeks and months we will try to fix as many of these as we can. Please post here if you see other issues that need attention
MAJOR issues:
- certain cache types do not function / display properly or at all
----- cannot search for (BIT, Guestbook, Letterbox)
----- moving caches are displayed as being type "Podcache"
----- cannot change cache type to Own Cache
- emails are being blocked by some email providers (AT&T)
- FIXED cannot Hide a Cache (region information missing) [update 06/07 - regions for Canada and Mexico available on the Hide a cache page]
- cannot search by zip code or by state
- FIXED site not encrypted [fixed 06/07]
Smaller issues:
- search by cache type does not work (all cache types returned regardless of what is selected)
- challenge caches
- default search by coordinates is "N/E" instead of "N/W"
- only Canada, Mexico and USA listed in Countries list (other countries can be selected by first choose "Show All Countries")
- email notifications are not being delivered (cache owners are not notified when their cache has been logged)
- wiki needs updating to reflect new features (geopaths, guides)
- French and Spanish translations needed
- events not included in find count
- some attributes missing?
- "Because this is one of your first three caches, the listing will be available to others after being approved by the OC Team" incorrectly displayed on the Hide a Cache page
- cache adoption no working (there is a banner at the top of the page that indicates "You are not allowed to adopt caches")
- page error encountered when trying to view the New Caches page https://www.opencaching.us/newcaches.php
- option to allow the OC Team to "Publish cache upon acceptance" missing
Considering what was broken before the migration (could not view caches, most cache searches broken, could not view search results beyond one page), this is still a huge step forward. We (the OCNA admin team) are extremely grateful to andrixnet (opencaching.ro), harrieklomp (opencaching.nl) and other OC developers for the many hours they have contributed towards this upgrade
MAJOR issues:
- certain cache types do not function / display properly or at all
----- cannot search for (BIT, Guestbook, Letterbox)
----- moving caches are displayed as being type "Podcache"
----- cannot change cache type to Own Cache
- emails are being blocked by some email providers (AT&T)
- FIXED cannot Hide a Cache (region information missing) [update 06/07 - regions for Canada and Mexico available on the Hide a cache page]
- cannot search by zip code or by state
- FIXED site not encrypted [fixed 06/07]
Smaller issues:
- search by cache type does not work (all cache types returned regardless of what is selected)
- challenge caches
- default search by coordinates is "N/E" instead of "N/W"
- only Canada, Mexico and USA listed in Countries list (other countries can be selected by first choose "Show All Countries")
- email notifications are not being delivered (cache owners are not notified when their cache has been logged)
- wiki needs updating to reflect new features (geopaths, guides)
- French and Spanish translations needed
- events not included in find count
- some attributes missing?
- "Because this is one of your first three caches, the listing will be available to others after being approved by the OC Team" incorrectly displayed on the Hide a Cache page
- cache adoption no working (there is a banner at the top of the page that indicates "You are not allowed to adopt caches")
- page error encountered when trying to view the New Caches page https://www.opencaching.us/newcaches.php
- option to allow the OC Team to "Publish cache upon acceptance" missing
Considering what was broken before the migration (could not view caches, most cache searches broken, could not view search results beyond one page), this is still a huge step forward. We (the OCNA admin team) are extremely grateful to andrixnet (opencaching.ro), harrieklomp (opencaching.nl) and other OC developers for the many hours they have contributed towards this upgrade