I’ve expressed my disdain for a number of things, primarily Hy-tek’s poor SDIF support in this forum so I guess it is appropriate that I also note some things I find useful and work well. DropBox is one of them. It solves a problem and solves it very well.
A lot of swim team files are shared among a group of people and e-mailing them around can be problematic. We’re using DropBox to share some of the files and I am planning to store our WinSwim database in DropBox so the Swim Team’s computer and my computer will have access to the same database file. I am optimistic that doing this will allow us to collaborate on the meet line up and heat sheet process without having to mail files around. I’ll report back later on how it works out.
In the mean time, if you want to check out DropBox (free for 2GB of storage), use this DropBox referal link and I will get some extra space as will you when you sign up!
I have encountered a problem running wp-SwimTeam under WordPress 3.0.4 on the MacDolphins web site which causes pages to not load completely. I am not sure what the problem is yet but it seems to be related to another plugin as it doesn’t happen on the wp-SwimTeam Demo site. It is most evident from the Swim Team -> Users tab where the page content is simply blank. I hope to have a resolution to the problem in the next day or two.
I have noodled on how to handle wp-SwimTeam’s dependency on phpHtmlLib on several occasions. Today I was at the gym with my mind wandering while I was on the elliptical machine, I started thinking about it again.
I am considering pulling it into the plugin as SVN external. This would allow me to ensure it is always installed. Doing this will greatly simplify the download and installation process for the end user as well which ultimately will make it easier to support users of the plugin. The more I think about it, the better idea I think this is. I need to read up on SVN externals!
If you found this, you probably have an interest in managing a web site for a Swim Team. In an effort to bring our swim team (MacDolphins) into the Internet age, I began searching for software to manage a Swim Team web site, facilitate swimmer and parent registrations, track swimmer results and history, and anything else we might want to do.
Like many clubs, our swim team had a paper based ad-hoc process which was passed from volunteer to volunteer each year. The duplication of effort and loss of data year over year was criminal. When my wife got involved with running the swim team, I offered to help solve that problem.
My quest for a solution yielded nothing of any real interest. Anything I found addressed one or two pieces of the puzzle but nothing was a complete solution. I had used WordPress for some other projects so I decided to build my own solution based on WordPress. WordPress provided me much of what I needed (easy posting by numerous people, links, categories, database, etc.).
This blog will document the process I am going through to solve our Swim Team’s problem – hopefully it will help others as well.
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