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Report a Bug :: Not a Bug: Deleted crew not removed from races :: Reply by admin

no_email@example.com (admin) — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 10:55:52 -0400

Effective 4 July 2024, any user deleted from a site who previously set availability for an event my now be edited by the Skipper. The Skipper or Admin may do this in two places while logged in as Skipper or Admin:

1. The individual event when opened for viewing (not the Event Edit Screen), using the dropdown located after the label Skipper use row below to add a Crew Member, or override data shown above (one event per submission)

2. Under the Skipper Menu Edit Assignments by Event - the deleted users may be edited on existing events but may not be added to other events.

Request a Feature or Enhancement :: Feature Incorporated: More Administrative control over portions of website :: Reply by admin

no_email@example.com (admin) — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 07:10:58 -0400

Dave,

Is this request for adding an extra menu item as we previously discussed which was something like: I would like to have an additional page added to the Boat menu so that the content may be edited similar to the edit capability on About, Photos and Links pages. The name of the additional page should be flexible so it may be set as desired.

Assuming this is what you want, have added the ability for the Skipper to check a box to enable the page and fill in a text box with the desired name of the page. When this is done, the page will show up on the menu and may be opened. When the page is opened from the menu, there will be an edit link at the top that permits opening the page with whatever content you desire.

Below is an annotated screenshot that shows the Admin Setup tab displayed when Crew Manager Settings is accessed in WordPress Admin. As soon as the settings are saved, your new custom page will be displayed under the Boat menu.

The Skipper Manual has complete directions at this link.

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Request a Feature or Enhancement :: Feature Incorporated: Prioritize reason for cancellation in the 144 char limited space of an SMS message :: Reply by admin

no_email@example.com (admin) — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 21:48:29 -0400

Dan,

This is a good suggestion, but I modified the approach slightly. Some Skippers will put multiple events on one day, so the event title needs a higher priority than you have assigned. My suggestion is you keep your titles shorter. I noticed on the Strider site that some event titles span multiple lines. Some of the words you use in your titles should really go in the event description.

Effective 9:30pm on 31 July 2024 all Crew Manager sites had the SMS event cancelation messages reformatted in a prioritized order with extra text labels removed to reduce the allowable character count.

The SMS cancelation message is now formatted as follows:
Boat Name Canceled: Event Title comment Skipper typed in pop up box was at location date/time
A second text message contains only the link to the canceled event to minimize the possibility that the link gets cut off. Since these are two separate messages, each has the maximum allowable character limit imposed by the carrier, which in your case is 160 characters for Verizon.

Over the coming months I will be testing text messaging through a third party SMS gateway, rather than using each mobile carrier's email to SMS gateway. If this is successful, the character limitation per message will no longer apply as it will appear to each incoming carrier as if the message originated on a phone, which is handled differently than the email to SMS gateway. The carriers will append multiple messages so all the content is delivered without the message being truncated. If testing is successful, an announcement will be sent to all Crew Manager subscribers.

Request a Feature or Enhancement :: Crew and Event - Comment fields :: Reply by admin

no_email@example.com (admin) — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 22:54:09 -0400

The free form text field about each crew member visible by the Skipper is definitely possible. This might also be summarized and printed using Custom Reports on the Skipper menu. Once I haul for the season and have more time on my hands I will look into this.

The event comment fields already exist. When you are logged in, open an event from the front of the website. Scroll down and you'll see Leave a Reply. This is where you may easily add event comments.