Today’s post comes to us thanks to Bill, who posed this question to me yesterday: What do you think about merging Cycle365 and CycleBlaze? It seems like there’s an awful lot of cross-over between the two. If Jeff is amenable to having day rides at what I think was intended to be a touring site, … Continue reading "CycleBlaze/Cycle365?"
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I’ve shut off the ability for someone to self-register as a new user on the site. For some reason we’ve been experiencing spam new registrations from porn sites very frequently starting a few days ago. These would come in occasionally in the past and were a minor nuisance to clean up, but now a new one … Continue reading "Announcement: New Users function disabled"
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A few of you have reported experiencing failure when attempting to post very long comments. This happened to me recently also. The application doesn’t handle it gracefully – it looks like the attempt to save the comment just times out, but I think that the real problem is that the comment is longer than the … Continue reading "Comment length"
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I see that we’ve gotten way behind on installing software updates – one of the pitfalls of living our lives mostly on the road. I’ve installed the newest WordPress version as well as updates to several of the plugins, so hopefully everything still functions more or less as it did before. If you find any … Continue reading "Site upgrade announcement"
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As most of you may know already, the Cycle365 tech support team consists almost solely of the attractive lady in grey shown here, modeling her new leisurewear. She built and provides nearly all of the maintenance work for the site, with Bill supplying vision and backup support and me chipping in with moral support, encouragement … Continue reading "Some good news from the tech support team"
Read MoreOur hosts inform us that the update went successfully last night. We now have an unlimited space plan, so keep those posts and pics coming. Also, let us know if you encounter any issues over the next few days. Thanks, Scott & Rachael
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An update. The initial attempt at an upgrade was unsuccessful. It has been rescheduled for Friday, 10/26, at 1 AM Pacific time, You folks are uploading too dang many photos (not really, of course – keep them coming)! The website has almost blown its space limit, and we need to upgrade the service level with … Continue reading "Announcement: A space time problem (rescheduled)"
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He’s baaack! I think we have a functioning Author page again. Looks pretty much like the old one did, but only includes approved participants (that is, it excludes new applicants still pending authentication). And don’t worry about Jason. If he registers he won’t make it past the iron gate.
Read MoreJust an FYI. Most of you probably know that the Authors page has been broken for several weeks. It was broken in an unsuccessful attempt to exclude new subscribers from the page, because of the number of spam subscribers that come our way. Bill and I are going to start over, by deleting and readding the … Continue reading "Where are all our authors?"
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Easter Sunday … and the hunt for spring Sunday April 1, 2018 Cold and windy, rain predicted, but Janos has a new bike and that was reason enough to go for a ride. Besides, rain had been predicted for the whole day and it hadn’t rained all morning, so obviously the weather forecast was wrong. … Continue reading "CLC 2018 – Going Around in a Circle 11"
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Good Friday … and a good ride Friday Arpil 30, 2018 Not much good weather … This will take you to my website where you can read more about our day.
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The first segment of the circle … from Fürstenfeldbruck to Dachau Sunday March 25, 2018 Today was the day to start my intended project of circling around Munich from one city train line to another. We rode our bikes to the train station, got on the train to Fürstenfeldbruck and from there we cycled along … Continue reading "CLC 2018 – Going Around in a Circle 8"
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Due to overwhelming popular demand, I’ve added a forum to the website. You’ll see it as a new menu option in the upper right. I have no idea what I’m doing here, and frankly was a bit surprised when it showed up. There are some things to figure out here, so for the moment it’s … Continue reading "Please speak up at the forum"
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About the website First off, this post isn’t primarily about cycling – it’s about the website. I biked to Albina Press for coffee and carbs though, so I’ll credit it as a CLC ride also. Albina Press is a nice place to hang out – spacious, excellent WiFi, close to Tiffany’s. I’m here instead of … Continue reading "CLC18-D: Website ABC’s at the Albina Press"
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We’re still probing the burning issue of the moment: To like, or not to like? That is the question. Actually, that’s not accurate. The question really is whether we should be required to have a Facebook account in order to vote, and whether it’s worth paying for an unrestricted alternative. As it happens, there is … Continue reading "What’s not to like?"
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A couple of photos in recent posts prompted me to activate a plugin for a ‘Like’ button on posts. I considered a heart, or a thumbs up icon, but settled for a simple box/counter because I’m pretty square; and because it was free, and I’m pretty cheap; and because it didn’t take much thought, and … Continue reading "Like like?"
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“Scope creep (also called requirement creep, function creep, or the kitchen sink syndrome) refers to changes, continuous or uncontrolled growth in a project’s scope, any time after a project begins. This can occur when the scope of a project is not properly defined, documented or controlled”. (Wikipedia) scope creep can occur as a result … Continue reading "Scope creep"
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The app we’ve got so far comes without any rating functionality. It looks like it should be straight-forward though – there are a number of plug-ins we could incorporate that would make it possible to like/dislike posts, comments, perhaps photos. Also, I imagine there are plug-ins to support displaying hit counts. What do folks think? … Continue reading "What do you like?"
Read MoreFor those of you new to the posting format, the Featured Image option allows you to select an image for display on the abbreviated version of the post. If you look at our posts so far, some use them and some don’t. Should we encourage or discourage this? If you include them, it gives a … Continue reading "Should we use Featured images?"
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The designers of Cycle365 didn’t build in anything explicitly to support discussions (the equivalent of the Forum section in Bicycle Life). We’re not sure how to do this, and are open to suggestions. One possibility though is to just create a post, and categorize it as a Discussion topic. Discussion could occur through the comment … Continue reading "Creating a Cycle365 forum"
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What’s that image coming in out of the fog? Is it a bird? Is it a plane? It’s Cycle365! Pretty corny, I’ll give you that. We’re excited though about the idea of having a community website to share our day rides and other bike-centric activities, so I’m kicking things off with a modest entry about … Continue reading "Biking out of the fog"
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