Why aren't all CLs on the website map?
I bet the answer is blindingly obvious bit I don't see why all CLs aren't shown on the club website map. There are loads on the paper map that aren't shown. Does anyone know?
And a suggestion for the Club administrators:
It would be so useful to be able to put a CL number directly into the website search. I spend a lot of time looking at the paper map but if I want to know about a site, for instance reviews and photos, I have to get out my handbook, find the name of the site and then type it into the search box.
To be able to just type the site/page number into he search box would be a great step forward in making searching and deciding where to go more efficient.
Cheers
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I understand fully what OP is indicating, because I and others have flagged this up on the snagging list.
If you choose to search for CLs via the map function, then not all CLs in the area are listed, only a random selection.
The best way of finding a CL at the moment in a specific area is to either know it's name and type in, or type in a town and see what that throws up! Although sadly already out of date for any new CLs, the handbook at the moment is the CL users best method of finding a new CL to try, backed up by reading more details on website.
I have actually had HQ get back to me telling me a CL I wanted to know about was no longer a CL and not on system. Book arrives, there it is first listed under closest town! Still a shambles, but a bit better than things were 3 months ago!
Persevere if you love CLs and support the owners, none of this is their fault and they need members to continue to use them.
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As an owner of one of the "missing" CL's I can assure you that I have flagged this up to the CL's department. It is incredibly frustrating but I am told that it is on the list to be fixed, as to a time scale I have no idea!!
If you search for Devon we do not appear if you search for North Devon we do!
http://hallsdownfarm.weebly.com/
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I think CL's have been REALLY BADLY treated. Webpages and then rebranding.
What I think is worse is the lack of fixes, communications about them etc. At the rate things are going it'll be a season or two before its sorted by which time several may well have given up.
Please hang on in there, we users share your pain and frustration.
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Take a look at the paper map around the Aldburgh area in Suffolk then take a look at the same area on the on-line map. Yo will see a number of CLs missing. If this is indicative of the overall accuracy of the map and if this is an ongoing problem, maybe the money spent on re-branding should have been spent elsewhere!
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Most of the new website set up has been a retrograde exercise, with a few exceptions. The CL area in particular has been badly put together, much to the frustration of both owners and CL users, and HQ has a huge ongoing task at the moment, firefighting to make it more user friendly and to provide even the correct basic information. It is an area that would have most IT depts hanging their heads in shame, but hey ho, it is providing lots of work for button clickers.
On the plus side, the rebranding exercise has superseded the IT fiasco and taken a bit of the pressure away from how dire the website is compared with some aspects of the old website. The word progress has been redefined a couple of times by the Club so far this year, depending upon your point of view!
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Anyone read about the Ministry of Truth in Orwell's 1984?
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