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    Posted: March 06 2006 at 11:38

To the web overlords.....

Is there any possibility of "Location" being added to the Memberlist table, along with an option to order the list by this field?

It'd be a quick and easy way to let users see where people are from, and how many fellow PA users one might have close by.

(My apologies if this has been suggested before. I did a quick search by topic and didn't find any previous posts relating to this idea)



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 08 2006 at 08:46
Sounds like a good idea to me!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 08 2006 at 10:24
Actually, there was already this thread:

Prog Archives Group Map

You should sign up!


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 08 2006 at 10:57

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I'm aware of the Map (I'm on it too!), but since Location is one of the registration parameters, I thought that making it available on the Memberlist table would provide a quick and easy way for PA users to grab this info for all PA users. Remember, the map only includes those who have taken the time to sign up for it.

Before anyone mentions it, yes I am aware that not everyone provides their true location info, and that some might provide an area, city, or town rather than a country. I still think it'd be a useful tool.

However, this is just a suggestion, and if the web preople feel that its not appropriate for any reason, that's fine!

 



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 08 2006 at 11:00

Of course I meant "web people" not preople.

I really should use that spell check button more often.



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 08 2006 at 11:05
Originally posted by Norm Cash Norm Cash wrote:

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I'm aware of the Map (I'm on it too!), but since Location is one of the registration parameters, I thought that making it available on the Memberlist table would provide a quick and easy way for PA users to grab this info for all PA users. Remember, the map only includes those who have taken the time to sign up for it.



Ah. In that case, I definitely see the benefit.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 08 2006 at 11:50
I think it's a good idea. By the way, is it possible to search bands by country?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 08 2006 at 14:49
Vompatti

You can search by country by going first to the alphabetical list, then click an artist's country rather than their name. This will bring up a full list of all artists from that country.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 08 2006 at 15:08

I can suggest it to Max no problem.

It would be cool if you could search for members by location but I guess it wouldnt be much use for our USA members  searching for other American sas,no doubt,that would provide too many pages of usernames. Maybe our American friends should be able to register which State they live in as opposed to the country.

 



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 08 2006 at 15:29

Originally posted by Norm Cash Norm Cash wrote:

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You can search by country by going first to the alphabetical list, then click an artist's country rather than their name. This will bring up a full list of all artists from that country.

Norm, what are the malts in your signature? I think I recognize Glenmorangie, but am not sure about the others. is one of them Talisker?



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 08 2006 at 16:01
Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:

Originally posted by Norm Cash Norm Cash wrote:

Vompatti

You can search by country by going first to the alphabetical list, then click an artist's country rather than their name. This will bring up a full list of all artists from that country.

Norm, what are the malts in your signature? I think I recognize Glenmorangie, but am not sure about the others. is one of them Talisker?

 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 09 2006 at 06:18

TonyR,

Thanks for putting my suggestion forward. I understand the limitations of the Location info, but at the moment you can order the list by Star rating - I'm not entirely sure how useful that is, but it must be to someone.

By the way, nice job on identifying those malts!



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 09 2006 at 08:04
Good idea like this you mean??

Location: London, England / Cardiff, Wales / Washinton, United States

like that^^??
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 09 2006 at 08:23

Originally posted by Empathy Empathy wrote:

Actually, there was already this thread:

Prog Archives Group Map

You should sign up!

That's really nice but when I tried to add myself and selected that I was outside USA, it wouldn't add me because it kept asking for my 5 digit US postcode.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 09 2006 at 08:26

Originally posted by PROGMAN PROGMAN wrote:

Good idea like this you mean??

Location: London, England / Cardiff, Wales / Washinton, United States

like that^^??

Hmmm.....sort of. I wouldn't want to overcomplicated things, but if users were to enter both country and town/city/state, it'd work better for listing if they specify the country first. In other words:

Wales, Cardiff

Scotland, Glasgow

United States, Michigan

etc.

That way, when listed alphabetically you'd have everyone grouped first by country, then by local area.

I work with spreadsheets far too much

Anyway, like I said, if this facility were to be made available, I wouldn't suddenly start asking people to change their details, or to enter things in a certain way. Just let things run as they do at present and work with what we have. Users are entitle to privacy if they desire.



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 09 2006 at 09:35
You know, just checking out my own settings, it looks as if new users can only select from a drop-down listings of countries. So it looks as if there's no worries about individuals using different formats.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 10 2006 at 10:16
Originally posted by Bob Greece Bob Greece wrote:

Originally posted by Empathy Empathy wrote:

Actually, there was already this thread:

Prog Archives Group Map

You should sign up!

That's really nice but when I tried to add myself and selected that I was outside USA, it wouldn't add me because it kept asking for my 5 digit US postcode.



Hmm, maybe something broke (it is a Beta). There's plenty of people on that map outside the U.S. though, so it's gotta be possible somehow.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 10 2006 at 10:36
Is there a new URL? cause it doesn't work anymore...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 10 2006 at 10:49

http://www.frappr.com/progarchivesgroup

I'm in now!

Now I'll add a photo ...

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 11 2006 at 03:55

Originally posted by Norm Cash Norm Cash wrote:

Vompatti

You can search by country by going first to the alphabetical list, then click an artist's country rather than their name. This will bring up a full list of all artists from that country.

Location of PA members would be a fine thing.

However, the question of possibility to search bands by their country was raised many months ago (also by myself and some others ) to no avail so far. Indeed it is the other way around that is possible to track country of bands by the way you explained above.

But:

let say I want to find out is there any band from Kazakhstan. In this case I would need to scroll all the alphabetical listings of ALL bands hoping to see one from Kazakhstan. The simpler way would be to add something like INDEX of country names, like there is for band names. In that case I would simply click on "K" and see immediately if Kazakhstan is represented.

Or maybe I am asking too much

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