Benefactor
- 15,584
- First Name
- Michael
- Last Name
- Murguia
- Member #
-
0000
- Ham/GMRS Callsign
- KM6YSL
There is a little preamble here so please indulge me, then we'll get down to business.
The largest responsibility with Overland Bound has is to support the OLB community and do everything we can so OLB realizes its maximum potential. We really have something special here. You've created it!
To that end, we pour our resources and limited bandwidth toward supporting the needs of the community. Regional member groups and meetups have been a huge demand from the community over the last few months, and we have been working to support that in many ways. Members want to visit, explore, learn, and have fun with other local members.
Earlier this year @fj80toyman planned a fantastic trip to the Mojave Road, and trips and meetups have continued to snowball. Through that process, we learned a lot about the requirements of planning a trip of that type, and we have seen other local coffee get togethers and meetups and felt the community needs a simple tool for creating an event or trip, provide all essential details, and easily share that information not only here, but wherever they want. That tool is almost ready, and we need your help!
Many thanks to Benefactors, Members, and Supporters who have funded the development of this tool and made it free for all Members to use.
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INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO HELP BELOW!
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Introducing Overland Rally Point
In a nutshell, this is Facebook Events, but for Overlanders. Overlanders have specific requirements, and need a special event creation tool. The features are specific for folks planning overland events or trips, on or off the grid. We will continue to develop ORP as the community uses it, and provides feedback.
Once the details are filled in, ORP publishes a trip announcement Page you can share via e-mail, facebook, or any other social media, and automatically creates a forum thread in the Meetups section of the forums to track the conversation.
Current Features:
HOW YOU CAN HELP!
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Before we go live, we need to test the software! You will find bugs, and you will want features! This is v.9 and we will be fixing and adding to ORP over time. Here is what to do:
The important part:
More soon!
Michael
The largest responsibility with Overland Bound has is to support the OLB community and do everything we can so OLB realizes its maximum potential. We really have something special here. You've created it!
To that end, we pour our resources and limited bandwidth toward supporting the needs of the community. Regional member groups and meetups have been a huge demand from the community over the last few months, and we have been working to support that in many ways. Members want to visit, explore, learn, and have fun with other local members.
Earlier this year @fj80toyman planned a fantastic trip to the Mojave Road, and trips and meetups have continued to snowball. Through that process, we learned a lot about the requirements of planning a trip of that type, and we have seen other local coffee get togethers and meetups and felt the community needs a simple tool for creating an event or trip, provide all essential details, and easily share that information not only here, but wherever they want. That tool is almost ready, and we need your help!
Many thanks to Benefactors, Members, and Supporters who have funded the development of this tool and made it free for all Members to use.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO HELP BELOW!
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Introducing Overland Rally Point
In a nutshell, this is Facebook Events, but for Overlanders. Overlanders have specific requirements, and need a special event creation tool. The features are specific for folks planning overland events or trips, on or off the grid. We will continue to develop ORP as the community uses it, and provides feedback.
Once the details are filled in, ORP publishes a trip announcement Page you can share via e-mail, facebook, or any other social media, and automatically creates a forum thread in the Meetups section of the forums to track the conversation.
Current Features:
- Event Feature Image Upload
- Trip Description - for trip highlights.
- Trip Details - Formatted text for the nitty gritty details and bullet lists!
- 3 Meter Accuracy Rally Point Start Location - with pin-draggable adjustment for exact start point.
- Start Point GPS Coordinates calculated and displayed.
- Optional End Location
- Rally Point Basic Details:
- Start Date
- End Date
- Required Equipment
- Rigs Allowed (for responsible land use)
- Terrain type
- Difficulty
- Distance - In miles or kilometers because we are global!
- Tags - For forum searches
- Upload KML, GPX, and PDF files for people to download to provide details maps, or other regional event information.
- Lock RSVP limit
- Make Event Public or Private - Private Events will not be published on the forums
- Generate Invites - Automatically create a list of invites to everyone within a 50 mile radius of the start location (use sparingly).
- Invite forum members using the "@" plus forum name.
- Publish and share announcement page.
- Comments may be made on either the announcement page or forums and will appear on both
HOW YOU CAN HELP!
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Before we go live, we need to test the software! You will find bugs, and you will want features! This is v.9 and we will be fixing and adding to ORP over time. Here is what to do:
- Go to Overland Rally Point here: Overland Rally Point
- Fill in Title - Use "Test Trip - Ignore" in the title
- DO NOT generate invites - this will actually send invites. Testing with up to 5 friends is OK to test invite functionality
- Fill in Rally Point details (you must be a logged in Member to do this)
- Publish your event or trip
- Review the announcement page
- Make a comment on the announcement page
The important part:
- Add bugs here using, "BUG: [bug details and reproduction steps]
- Add features here using, "FEATURE: [feature request details]
More soon!
Michael
