RE: Staging Site

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

James,

Up to this point, the amount of new programming has been pretty doable.  
But it's going to take quite a bit of work to do what you are asking.  
New screens?  Remember all those hours it took back in 2000?  I don't have
them anymore, unfortunately.

Now even if we somehow modify the electronic entry form to split you into
multiple screens depending on whether you say Aquascape or Botanical Art
or Pond (which as I said, I don't have the time to do), consider the
"paper" entry form... is it now going to include separate "Aquascape
Information" "Pond Information" and "Illustration Information" sheets?

There's also wording all over the site that talks about entering 
aquascapes...

I think instead we need to come up with something simpler.  Perhaps this
means "Add New Aquascape" becomes "Add New Entry", and something on the
entry says "Disregard irellevant sections for ponds and illustrations",
while "extra information" suggests "type of media".  I have done a quick 
patch on the site to make it less "aquascaping-centric". 

  - Erik

PS: James sent me the Poster; it is up as well.  Dave V, just as last
year, your computer continues to be the one that consistently mangles the
uploads!  (Not counting Dave G, whose computer was the one that
inconsistently mangles uploads).

On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, James Purchase wrote:

> Erik,
> 
> While waiting for my morning java to brew, I registered with the staging
> site, intending to enter a botanical drawing. I got registered ok and
> received my confirmation email and was able to log onto the site but then
> I'm stymied - the only option I'm presented with is "Add New Aquascape".
> 
> Since we now have three "Divisions", perhaps you could have people select
> which "Division" they wish to enter FIRST, before they are prompted to "Add
> New Aquascape".
> 
> Something like:
> 
> Choose the Division you wish to enter/work with:
>       Aquascaping Division
>       Garden Pond Division
>       Botanical Art Division
> (only allow ONE choice per entry)
> 
> The next screen could ask:
> What do you wish to submit:
>       Add New Aquascape
>       Add New Garden Pond
>       Add New Botanical Art
> (again only allow ONE choice)
> 
> Then, based upon their prior selections, they could be presented with one of
> three "Data Entry Forms", specific to entering an Aquascape, a Pond or an
> Illustration.
> 
> In the New Aquascape page, the first question - "Has this aquascape been
> entered in our previous contest?" - the drop down list presented needs
> another choice. "This aquascape was entered in the 2001 Contest."
> 
> For the Garden Pond division, I guess that we should be interested in the
> dimensions of the pond (L x W x D), the gallonage, plants and animals living
> in the pond and those plants around the pond. I dunno if people give their
> ponds "titles" or names.
> 
> In the Botanical Art division, we would want to know the media used for the
> original artwork, its size and the species depicted. A "title" section would
> definately be appropriate here, as well as a section for the entrant to give
> a longer written description of their artwork.
> 
> It is my feeling that the entry screens for all three divisions should
> present to the viewer differently - if someone is forced to enter a drawing
> into a form that is looking for "size of aquascape" they will only get
> confused and the same goes for the pond entrants.
> 
> Please don't try to add these choices to the "Category" section of the "Add
> New Aquascape" form (along with Aquatic Garden, Biotope, Artificial or
> Paludarium) as you are currently doing, UNLESS of course, if you change the
> name of the form from "Add New Aquascape" to "Add New Entry" and then
> generalize the details of the other fields to be inclusive enough to be
> applicable to all three types of entries (trying to combine all three into
> ONE form is gonna lead to confusion - why would we want to know how many
> gallons their sketch/drawing holds???). That's why I suggest having them
> select the Division first and then presenting them with one of three "Data
> Entry forms" based upon their chosen division.
> 
> But you're the webmaster......
> 
> James
> 
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Erik Olson
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