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"rookie#19":2n1e8wl2 wrote:I seriously think that the online ice booking idea would totally rock the party, it works so well for Phys Ed and think its perfect for what we want. On this website it is ok to search through and find what information you are looking for, but to have a giant diagram form of the practice times and game info would be the best way to go I recon.[/quote:2n1e8wl2]
Agreed. There’s been a bunch of us nattering about this concept for over a year now. Unfortunately there isn’t any off the shelf software that does this very well so we need a custom built one. The off the shelf software which does exist is far from intuitive; any system used has to be 100% idiot proofed or it won’t be used, hence the need for custom software. My knowledge of programming is near on zip however, so I’m relying on others to build it.
If we don’t get something rolling before February’ish I’ll look into getting some polytech or uni. students to do it as part of their course. I’d rather avoid that though as they’d probably need a lot of hand holding and instruction to get it done.
"leftright":2n1e8wl2 wrote:Ryan; You should just drop all that PHD crap ( get a real job) and concentrate on the important things in life, running around after whingeing ice hockey players’ … [/quote:2n1e8wl2]I wonder if BK has any job openings?
"leftright":2n1e8wl2 wrote:altering the time on the website to account for daylight saving, more floral backdrop arrangements, important stuff but just do it much quicker will you.[/quote:2n1e8wl2]Ah, the forum time is out. I wonder how long it’s been like that?
Ryan,
"Macca":2kv6phn2 wrote:Just a note on the scheduling system. I have talked to Neil about this and they used to use one a few years back but had even more problems than what they currently have with the little black book.[/quote:2kv6phn2]Yeah, that type of thing could be a nightmare if some moron designed it or they used an off the shelf design which I’m assuming is what happened last time.
"Macca":2kv6phn2 wrote:I am willing to have a go at writing it in conjunction with others but i need to know more detailed specifications as to what they would like. And no that is not an invite to list it on this forum incase you were wondering.[/quote:2kv6phn2]Cool. I have a crude system set up which will handle event scheduling and that will be available by 2008 hopefully. It won’t cover practice times though. Macca, PM coming your way with details of the event scheduling system.
Ryan,
"Macca":3gr2wwiu wrote:Oh and Ryan i have done a little bit of research lately into the cost of web development and Chris’s guess would be about right it even might be a little low. And that is just for the initial set up not to mention the continious updating that you have done.[/quote:3gr2wwiu]Depends where you get it done. If you go to the wrong place it will cost you $20,000+ but if you know where to look you will get the same sort of service for much less. For the record, if some random person reads this, I’m happy to create a similar site (in fact a lot better) for $2000, email me at webadmin@dunedinicehockey.hellyer.kiwi for more info. Of course, like Macca said, updating would be an additional cost but there’s no way it would approach $20,000.
Ryan,
I post the times which I am told by the DIHA. Period. I occasionally post unconfirmed times or times which I assume are correct since I’ve heard them from a reliable source – I did this with the practice times the other week which I received by PM from Ryan Wick.
And I’m not changing that system just because someone wants me to phone around a bunch of people asking what time the practice is on. My job is not to arrange practice times, my job is to run the website, which I do. The people who organise practices are supposed to inform me when they change, they don’t, hence the confusion. However that’s not my fault and I’m certainly not apologising for it or doing a bunch of extra work because of it.
Ryan,
PS: the site is definitely not worth $20,000 but thanks for the compliment Chris
” title=”Cheesy” />"leftright":aa7fpu9r wrote:I thought practice ran for 2 Tuesdays then reverted back to Thursdays. Has this changed?[/quote:aa7fpu9r]No, practice is back on Thursdays again as per usual.
Ryan,
"Kyle":2udnh3ld wrote:Even if Stefan has booked the ice, and the mistake is with the rink, ice hockey should give up the time. The practice on Wednesday night is important for their show, it’s their biggest event of the year, and ice hockey should just be gracious about it and not play what is essentially a game of pickup hockey.[/quote:2udnh3ld]My comment above may have been ambiguous. What I meant was “the DISC have had the time booked for months. So they’d have first dibs on it anyway.
Ryan,
Stefan, is this another screw up by Neil? That ice time has been booked for months but I assumed the schedule had been changed since you managed to book it. I posted a news item on the home page, but I’ll remove it till hear back from you.
Ryan,
The people who run that site seem to be complete morons. They ‘accidentally’ wiped their entire database including my login info!? Apparently they have never heard of the concept of backups
” title=”Tongue” />Ryan,
"Kyle":3qs45bsm wrote:I presume since it’s not on the list, Bebo isn’t an option? I’ve never used it, but it seems to be fairly popular.
[/quote:3qs45bsm]Bebo is too crappy. AFAIK they don’t support bookmarking sites, adding notes or anything fancy like that. Which is quite annoying as there are a lot of hockey players on it.
Ryan,
"Chris":2cgcrfav wrote:Whoa, Aaron, way to butcher the English language![/quote:2cgcrfav]Pfft, Aaron has nothing on Mark.
"Azzy77":2em2i92c wrote:Yeah I just was specualating on the reason they don’t advertise…. I was serious about camera work though…. I mean the all blacks advertise the ones the ones they won’t people to come to, but the yhave a butt load more that no-one is allowed to, well at least thats what they told us, on evidence from france you would have to wonder?
[/quote:2em2i92c]I’m guessing the All-Blacks have a problem with other teams spying on them. I somehow suspect the Ice Blacks may not have that issue
” title=”Tongue” />Ryan,
"twolefts":3u8fsrvj wrote:Chris asked me, and since I knew more people on Graham’s team than I did my own, I thought what the heck![/quote:3u8fsrvj]Might pay to ask your team first next time
” title=”Tongue” />I was totally confused for this first 5 min of the game as we were down one player and yet I had all of the money from our team in my pocket!
Ryan,
Game last night seemed to be quite popular. But this wasn’t quite what I had in mind when I was asking for teams to play against us. It was more just a bunch of players turning up for a game. So I’ll leave organising it to someone else next week – volunteer? Graham perhaps?
I’ll organise another game against the Bears if someone organises a team roughly around the same level as us, otherwise I’ll pass on the organising duties sorry.
Ryan,
"Azzy77":1yvcrniu wrote:Are you guys sure they want us there??? Maybe they are closed trainings.
Especially knowing Ryan he would film the whole thing and upload it, and then all the other teams could figure out ways to beat them1!!!
[/quote:1yvcrniu]Lol, good point about the filming, although I wasn’t planning to. The last one I heard about wasn’t closed as such, they just didn’t tell anyone it was on. I can’t think of any reason they’d care about people coming to watch though.
I saw training games for the U18 Team Canada a few years ago and they advertised for spectators to come and watch. They didn’t promote it as such, but if you kept a look on their website they eventually posted the game times and you could just wander in and sit down with your pop corn and coke. Was quite handy since I only lived about three blocks from the rink
” title=”Smiley” />Ryan,
