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Posted by Susan Elderkin at Mar 15, 2010 04:17 PM |
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Daniel Shoe's photograph of a sunset in the Olympic Mountains is one of many submissions to WTA's Photo Gallery.

We're cooking up a bunch of great new website applications (and a few old ones too) and want to share them with you!

The Photo Gallery is Back!

First off, a favorite old website feature has returned - the Photo Gallery! Last summer, the Photo Gallery broke. We really want to bring a new and improved gallery to the website, but after realizing that this project is several months away, we decided to bring back our old gallery.

It works the same way it always has. Photo submissions are limited to two per month and the file size is less than 1MB. In addition, the gallery is still a bit temperamental. You may notice mis-categorized photos or that one you submitted last summer isn't there. We know it is far from perfect, but it sure is fun to share photos of places you love, and bringing back this Photo Gallery allows us to do that. And we promise that we'll get it upgraded one of these days! Check it out!

Cool New Stuff for Trip Reports

Submitting photos on Trip Reports has now been made easier. Like with the Photo Gallery, we've always had to ask people to resize their photos at home before uploading them. That can be time-consuming to some folks and nearly impossible for others. Now we've added a link to Picnik.com that will help resize your photos for you. Give it a try! Photos always make the Trip Report come alive.

We're most excited about our cool new Facebook app. Now you can post your Trip Report to your Facebook profile. After writing your Trip Report a box will pop up to ask you whether you want to post it. If you say yes, the Trip Report will appear in your Friends' news feeds, including a photo if you added one. This is a great way to share your favorite hikes, though it probably will mean you'll end up with a few more out-of-town guests as well. 

Coming Soon...

We can't say much yet, but we'll conclude with these teasers: desert hikes and maps.

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Bugs

Posted by Eric Jain at Mar 17, 2010 12:05 PM
The Facebook app also prompts to post each time you update a trip report... What's the best way to report such bugs?

Bugs

Posted by Susan Elderkin at Mar 17, 2010 12:48 PM
Hi Eric - You can send bug reports to me (susan@wta.org). In this case, I think that it is behaving how I would expect it to. I would skip the option to post it to Facebook until I was happy with the post and ready to share with my friends.

Thanks for all of your great Trip Reports. Keep 'em coming!
Susan Elderkin
Web Editor

Bugs

Posted by Eric Jain at Mar 17, 2010 02:00 PM
There is never a good reason to post the same trip report more than once to Facebook (as I've done on accident when I corrected a trip report after someone commented on it). Note that most sites simply add a "share on Facebook" button, rather than showing a pop-up -- that seems like the most practical and least annoying solution?

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