Forum Integration
First of all I needed to introduce login redirect so that once the member has logged in, it would automatically redirect to the page specified by the link. This was achieved quite simply by storing the url and then routing to it after a successful login.
The next step was to isolate specific parts of the system so that they are self contained and didn't leak into each other. When a data load failed, rather than redirect to the trips page, it would redirect to an error landing page that said 'try again later'.
Finally, I needed to restrict the trips page to just the club officials. This would then force members to look at the forum to find out about new trips. Instead of this being the logged in home page, a new console page was created to provide default links to the isolated parts of the system.
Private Trips
Private trips are a cut-down version of club trips. The differences are as follows:
- Members cannot join a private trip, they are added by the organiser
- Managing groups is not provided in private trips
- Providing additional trip information is not provided in private trips
- Car share is provided so that basin access can be requested
Screen to create a new private trip:
Once the private trip has been created, the organiser can then add members in as participants:
Miscellaneous Kit
After discussing this with one of the equipment officers, we decided to handle this with a free text field that the participant can edit. A new field has been added to the participant notes edit form.
And displayed on the participant summary:
What next
The next step is to do a full club trial with this version of the application. This will be a forum integrated test where I ask the club reps to create 'imaginary' trips that can then be advertised on the forum and all club members can sign up for. This will be taking the trialling to the next level and ironing out any issues with the app or the processes.
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