Website Development Update

[nwadc10]

"Hi all, We have been working hard on the new website. In case you haven't been checking to see if any menu items work periodically here's a quick description of what now works. There are several completely new features to GC already programmed. Keep in mind that databases are not updated on the new website regularly. Data shown on it will in most cases be old. Updated items: 1. Roster: pilots are now organized by rank first, then seniority. The region system has been removed. Click on the pilots name to view their profile which includes information written by the pilot if they choose to do so. Country flags are now shown on the roster page and editable by the pilot. The achievements column has new graphics and now includes gold wings for hall of fame members. New items: 1. Edit Profile: (Pilots/Edit Profile) Here you may change your country, email address, and password. You can also enter your Vatsim ID (for use when filing a prefiled FP automatically with the new flight planner) and a text area to enter some background information on yourself if you wish (not required). 2. View profile: (click on pilot's name on roster) view the activity of the pilot in the last 7 days, month, and year along with the maximum allowed per the FAA regulations. Larger graphics for achievements are displayed as well as the profile text the pilot entered. 3. MEL: includes a copy of the FAA's Master Minimum Equipment List in PDF format. Use this to look up details on an MEL item. 4. Aircraft List and Logbooks: (Fleet/Aircraft List and Logbooks) includes tail numbers, ship number, a/c type, number of cycles (note, the Polar aircraft have the number of cycles per the real aircraft as a starting point. Subsequent cycles will be taken from our filed pireps), flight hours, engine type, SELCAL code, in or out of service, MEL items if any, and the logbook. Aircraft are separated by operator. If there are any inop items on the airplane a link will appear with the number of items inop. Follow the link to see which items are affected then reference the MEL document to determine any considerations that need to be taken prior to or during flight on that ship. The logbook link will show a history of all maintenance accomplished on that airplane. 5. Fleet Description: overview of the 742 and 744 including a "3 view" screenshot 6. Liveries: All repaints for the 744F fleet are complete and available for download. What we will be working on next: The pilot application process will be the next item we tackle. The new process will be similar in that a test needs to be passed prior to completing the application process. The major difference will be that the system will automatically assign the pilot to an admin group and possibly enter the pilot into the database allowing new pilots into the system immediately. Following that the schedule and bid system will be moved over and updated which will be a gigantic task. In the big picture, we've been focusing on enhancing old features of the airline and inventing new ones. Besides that we've been paying attention to making things easier for the pilots to accomplish. Later we will focus on making things easier and more efficient for the admins so that we can run like a well oiled machine. Any questions/comments? I'm just and email or forum post away. Justin"

[Bodo Mueller]

"Hi justin,

. Roster: pilots are now organized by rank first, then seniority.

Don't know what you mean. I see them currently organized by Pilot-ID#? Besides that, I ask you to update the achivements on my profile, if I interpret them correctly they should look like as yours. "

[nwadc10]

"

Hi justin,

. Roster: pilots are now organized by rank first, then seniority.

Don't know what you mean. I see them currently organized by Pilot-ID#? Besides that, I ask you to update the achivements on my profile, if I interpret them correctly they should look like as yours.

All the data is not kept up to date and Tomas had to add a flag in the db for hall of fame members which doesn't have the end product to which I can set people as HOF members. Be assured that when the website goes live, all data will be current and accurate, just not now during the development and testing phase. The seniority is essentially your pilot number and where it falls in the rest of the pilot group. The higher your pilot number the higher your seniority is. Take another look at the page and you will see that all captains are listed first and following the red division line are all the FO's. So the pilots are sorted first by rank to get the two groups. In each group they are separated by seniority, or pilot no. The highest senior captain is at the top of the list, the high senior FO is at the top of the FO group. Justin"

[thansson]

"I went back trough the forum and manually turned the flag on for all of our Hall of Fame members. If I missed anyone, please let me know. Also, please remember that any changes such as passwords, countries, etc that you make on the new site will not work in the current site and I cannot guarantee that they will be kept when we migrate the data from the current site. I will try but do promises..."

[mlegein]

"

The higher your pilot number the higher your seniority is. Justin

I think you mean ... the higher in the list ... because pilots with lower (smaller) pilot numbers joined earlier and are thus more senior. Pilot 1044 is senior to pilot 1311, but shows up higher on the list."