Dar, Have you looked at the calendaring features on www.madvelocity.com?
Two years ago I inquired about the status BTA site and its outdated content. Having an extensive technical background and just getting into cycling I was excited as to see what contributions I could provide to for the Madison cycling community. I hooked up with Joe King from the Brazen Dropouts yahoo email list and we talked about my possible participation in moving the BTA site forward. However, Joe was not willing to make the proposed changes I stated would be needed to move the site forward. So, with the rejection I took on the project myself and madvelocity was born this summer. Madvelocity has all of the features which have been discussed in this thread and some others as well. Madvelocity offers the Madison community: Calendaring - Site Calendar, User submitted events, and Personal calendersCAPTCHA - CAPTCHA for combating SPAM and allowing non site users to contribute to almost all site features.Comments - All features support user and anonymous commentsFAQs - Frequently Asked QuestionFile Management - Download files or submit a file to be hostedForums - Private and Public, Email subscriptionsIntegrated Maps - Yahoo and Google mapping features for mashing, and event locationsLinks - User submitted Links and link categories Media Center - Media center which supports any media type and the streaming of local and embedded media. Private Messaging - Private messaging between site membersPolls - Private Messaging - Private messaging between Site membersRSS - RSS Content Syndication can be setup for any site Topic, Forum, Calendar, Links, File Management (Downloads), and even Comments.Topic Blogging - Users and anonymous can contribute to Topic BlogsUser and Group Permissions - User and Group permissions can be applied to any site feature, Events, Blog, Forum, Media, Downloads, Links, Polls, etc.User configurable environment - Users of the site can control what features to display, email features, private messaging options, etcI am also working on additional site features such as reoccurring events, event attendees registration and event reminders for those attending an event. I guess I am writing this email as I see this thread as somewhat ironic and I see an opportunity to circumvent a lot of wasted time and resources producing what has already been done. I know it's not BTA branded but it does seem to meet your business requirements. So let me know if Madvelocity can be used in any way to expand the BTA. See original email thread below. ************************* Joe, Thanks for the offer and for showing interest in this project. I am interested in taking the current BCP site well beyond its current capabilities; however, in order to do so, the website must be running a system which can run PHP 5. and would need access to a mysql 4.1x database. Additionally I would need Root access to the web and database systems (if they are on separate systems). I you could let me know the specifics of the environment in which it operates, I would be appreciative. Just to clarify I was not suggesting in any way that the web pages would be copied to another site just that the idea's, structure, and information could be relocated if the current site was unable to provide the necessary functions. Non-profit is not an issue. Joseph King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Mark, The offer still stands for you to be the BCP webmaster and I would encourage you to consider it as you would be free to implement whatever you choose. Provided you have the technical know-how of course. The only real restrictions that come with the site is it is strictly non-profit. No advertising is allowed. As you point out much of the information at the BCP is stale. That is because the site has gone without a webmaster for over a year. All it needs is some one with the interest and the skills to restore it to glory. Copying pages from the BCP to another site is strictly prohitied. Cheers, Joe At 06:45 AM 10/28/2005, you wrote: >Joe, > >This is the best source of cycling info in the Madison area I have >seen to date, and I have found my way to the website once or >twice. The downside to this site is that it is extremely outdated >and consists of only static web pages. > >I would like to take large portion of the information from this site >and transform it into something more alive. > >I guess I foresee site where Joe rider can contribute to the biking community > >Check out http://www.bikesbl.org/ for an example. Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Compose Email Add to Contacts ----- Original Message ---- From: Dar Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, November 9, 2007 8:56:51 AM Subject: [Bikies] admin notes Matt: I really like the idea of a calendar. I think this would be really useful to post all public meetings that might be of interest to bicyclists (all public meetings probably fall in that category, but we could mostly include those with semi-obvious ties like Planning Commission, MPO, PBMVC, UDC, Transit/Parking) along with public input opportunities that spring up irregularly. And, of course, it could also have fun bike events, classes, races, rides, etc on it as well. A one-stop shop for all bike goings on in Madison. -Dar __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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