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Re: [Killietalk] On-line Roster
Lee,
I will respond to both of your messages at the same time.
First, I don't know why you had the problems you describe with the
search function not responding to hitting return rather than submit. I
have used all sorts of browsers on both Mac (what I usually use at home)
and Windows machines (available at home at at work for testing). Other
members who have worked with me on this also have not reported those
problems. One other person on killietalk has already indicated that he
has not had those problems. One possibility is that, if your are
entering text into the search box you have to hit return once to "enter"
that info, then again to do the search. On my machine it doesn't behave
that way, but on some browsers it might.
I have added Zip/Postal code as a search term. That might make it easier
for you and others to find members in your immediate area. As in every
other search field, you can use fragments; e.g. searching for Zip=973
finds the members in my area, but there are a couple of false positives
due to the fact that that number string occurs somewhere else in zip
codes from other areas. Similarly, if you search for State = CA you will
get about three hits for Lancashire. I feel this is a very minor
inconvenience.
The online membership database has EXACTLY the same content as the
membership database. Changes made to the online db are reflected
immediately in the membership database, which allows members to enter
changes of address etc., which are immediately available for mailing AKA
publications. In other words, this search function provides an online
roster that is up to date on a daily basis. To know why you feel you
missed some hits, I would have to know what search terms you used and
who you think the database missed. There are a couple of possibilities.
One, the data is not present for that field in that person's record
(incomplete data, which may be the person's own choice for that field);
two, the person is not an AKA member; three, the data in that field in
inaccurate (if so, we need to know so we can correct it); four, you
entered inappropriate search terms for a particular field.
Regarding not seeing all the information, you have obviously not tried
clicking on the person's login ID. That will bring up full information
for that person, including full address and phone number, if the member
has provided the latter (not all do). You can also click on the person's
email address, which will open a new message to that person in your mail
client. Lastly, you can sort the results by clicking on any one of the
column headers, e.g. by last name, city, etc.
Members can also see their own expiration date, although not that of
other members. This should be a very useful function for allowing
members to check when their renewal is due.
Overall, I would have to take exception to your comment that this module
is "not a very useful function". In my opinion it provides powerful
search capabilities on the membership roster that we have never had
before. It provides all the information about other members that a paper
roster does (or a PDF for that matter). The data in the membership
database is as accurate as many hours of cross checking by Dick Martino
and myself can make it.
Barry
Barry J. Cooper
Sweet Home, OR 97386
LeeH920226 at aol_com wrote:
In a message dated 7/3/05 12:06:25 PM, cwmorrow at gbronline_com writes:
<< Works fine for me >>
Maybe it is my browser. However, even the information I do get does not
provide a mailing address or a phone number.
Lee Harper
Media, PA
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