Troggle + is a system under development for keeping track of all expo data in a +logical and accessible way, and displaying it on the web. At the moment, + it is under development at http://troggle.cavingexpedition.com/ +
Note that the information there is incomplete and editing is not yet enabled. +
+Feature |
+ Old expo website |
+ Troggle: planned |
+ Troggle: progress so far |
+
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Logbook |
+ Yes; manually formatted each year |
+ Yes; wiki-style |
+ Start at the front page, [1] and click to logbook for year. The logbooks have been parsed back to 1997. |
+
Cave index and stats generated from survex file |
+ Yes |
+ Yes |
+ Done; see [2] |
+
Survey workflow helper |
+ Yes; minimal. surveys.csv produced an html table of whose surveys were not marked “finished” |
+ Yes. Makes table of surveys per expo which shows exactly what + needs doing. Displays scans. Integrated with survex, scanner software, +and tunnel. |
+ See it at http://troggle.cavingexpedition.com/survey . Be sure to try a recent year when we should have data. Survex, scanner, and tunnel integration still needs doing. |
+
QM lists generated automatically |
+ Depends on the cave. Each cave had a different system. |
+ Yes; unified system. |
+ Done, but only 204 and 234 Qms have been imported from old system so far. No view yet. |
+
Automatic calendar for each year of who will be on expo when |
+ No, manually produced some years |
+ Yes |
+ Done; see http://troggle.cavingexpedition.com/calendar/2007 (replace 2007 with year in question) |
+
Web browser used to enter data |
+ No |
+ Yes |
+ Everything can be edited through admin, at http://troggle.cavingexpedition.com/admin + . Ask aaron, martin, or julian for the password if you want to have a +look / play around with the admin site. Any changes you make will be +overwritten. Eventually, data entry will probably be done using custom +forms. + |
+
Cave and passage descriptions |
+ Yes, manually html coded. |
+ Yes, wiki-style. |
+ Not done yet. |
+
Expo handbook |
+ Yes, manually html coded. |
+
|
+ Not done yet. |
+
Table of who was on which expo |
+ Yes |
+ Yes |
+ Data has been parsed, this view hasn't been written yet. |
+
Signup form, System for keeping contact, medical and next of kin info |
+ No |
+ Yes |
+ Signup form should be ready by 20 Jan. |
+
Automated photo upload and gallery |
+ No; some manual photo galleries put together with lots of effort |
+ Yes |
+ Photo upload done, gallery needs writing. |
+
Search |
+ No |
+ Yes |
+ + |