This is the weekend of search coding! To kick it off, the autocomplete function of the RP searchbox works for RunPartners AND Teams.

• Search teams by Acronym or Name
• Search users by first name, last, or both
• Autospelling correction for all searches
• Click item to jump to its page

NOTE: Autocomplete dropdown does not work in IE8. This is a know MS bug that they need to fix in Redmond. It works in all other browsers, including IE7.

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The Analysis page has been enriched.  Unlike flour, this means faster loading / more chart options / no hanging! Let’s review:

• Customized date ranges available
• Verses charts (weekly) available with negative bars
• Greater date presets including all years run

Customized Dates

Previously you could only use the provided preset date ranges. That was rather restrictive, so now you can enter by hand any date range. Note that if things turn red and shake violently, you must not be using the Gregorian calendar. Make sure you use mm/dd/yyyy.

Verses Charts

If this chart does not make sense, read further: Positive bars indicate that the comparee (person you are compared to) did more of that type of activity during the given period of time (i.e. week). A negative bar means that you did more than that person in that time period. Note that the size of the bar is how much more you did than them.

Though negative bars do not sound very exciting, you better be excited. Gaining this functionality required rewriting the flash magic. While we could have just decided that nobody needed this kind of erudite chart, that would go against the policy of RP. So, please, someone take this chart and put it up on the fridge for us.

More Presets

If you aren’t excite about customized chart ranges, then at least enjoy the new list of years provided! The list will have all years that you and whoever you are comparing in verses mode have run in, so you can try to find some place where you beat them (i.e. 2mi during that year in middle school. Thank’s National Fitness mile!)

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What is Linking?

“Linking” occurs when you indicate that another user has participated in an activity with you.  The user will then be listed as your “RunPartner” for that activity.

Adding a “Link”

You can link others to your activities by adding names to the “RunPartners” box in the activity editor.  ONLY people who you are currently friends with (see Privacy Settings) can be added to an activity. Teams can also be linked in this way.

Prefilling with a Link

The power of linking an activity is that when your friend adds an activity for that day they will have the option to prefill the editor with the information that you have already entered .  There is no need to call someone and ask how long a run was or go find their log entry.  We’ll do it automatically!

Note:  Before filling an activity you can Preview the information that will be filled in. You can also Ignore it and it will be hidden or you can Remove it.

Clicking Prefill will update all applicable fields in the activity editor. Note that a small excerpt of the comment rather than the entire comment is shown,  so that you can jog your memory of the activity.

Removing a “Link”

If a link was made in error, or if you did not want to be linked to, you may easily remove the link. Simply visit the calendar page with the linked activity, hover over your name and click the button. Links can be remove by both the people that made them and by the person who was linked.  Linked teams can only be removed by the team officers.

“Linking“ Notifications

By default users will not be notified when someone Links them to an activity. By enabling linking notifications in the settings menu you can receive an email every time a user with the activity a user linked you to.

To edit your settings, visit  Settings which can be found under the  icon in the menu.

FAQ

To work with teams, visit Community>Teams from the menu. This page lists all your teams, as well as the other teams on RunPartner.

Joining a Team

From the Teams page (see above), find the desired team and click its “Request Join” button You can also search for teams in the search box at the top left of the page. Depending on the team membership type you will either be added to the team automatically, or once the officers approve you.

Creating a Team

To create the team click the  Create Teams link in the Team Actions board from the Community>Teams page.  Your team will be created with you as the coach.  Now send invites to your friends to join RunPartner and the team!

Team Membership

• Public:  Any RP member can join team automatically by requesting membership
• Rquest:  Prospective members must request to join, and the officers then approve them
• Invite:  The team officers must send invitations to prospective members to join

Team Privacy

• Public:  Team page can be viewed by all RunPartner users.
• Private:  Team page can only be viewed by its members.

Editing Teams

Only the officers of a team can edit a team. All teams properties can be changed from the Team Actions panel found on the top right of the respective team’s homepage. If you cannot see this panel when on the page of your team, you are not an officer.

Team Officers

Team officers are the captains/coaches of a team. When a team is created, that person is the coach by default. This individual can then approve other members and set their membership on the team to:

• Captain
• Coach
• Member
• Alumni

An officer can demote themselves to Member or Alumni, however there must always be at least one officer on a team. Thus the last remaining officer on a team cannot demote themselves.

NOTE: The founding officer will remain permanently an officer on the team.

Team Officer Provisioning

Team officer status is the sole responsibility of the team and its founding user.  Current officers may modify the privileges of other members.

Removing Members

A team officer can remove a member from the team through the team options. This member will no longer be a team member, however they may reapply for membership in the future.

For a member to quit a team, the coach must remove them.

Team Notifications

Team notifications will be sent for the following reasons:

• Membership Request:  If a team has request for new membership, the officers will all receive a copy of the request
• Membership Approval:  Once approved, the requester will receive a notification

Team Invitations

Officers can invite friends to join RunPartner and the team by sending Team Invites.  Invitees can be either existing members or new members to the site. Once accepted, the person will be added to your team automatically. The form to send a team invite can be found Team Actions panel on the respective team page.

FAQ

This is not your grandfather’s pace calculator. No sliderule required.

The premise is simple. You are entering your run and can’t quite remember either the distance or duration. No problem. Just use the instant pace calculators in the Add Activity page. As you type the details into the duration or distance boxes, the pace for the run updates instantly on your right.

Here is the cool part. Any input box that has the new Adjustable Input icon in it can be ticked up or down by hitting the ↑ or ↓ keys. Check it out, just hold down an arrow key and watch the numbers fly like a slot machine until you land on the target pace.

But that’s not all! Did you hit ‘L’ when trying to enter ‘:’ in the duration box? Bam! It just fixed itself. Did you enter the duration in the distance field? Bam, instantly fixed again!

Look for more inputs on RP to feature the new Adjustable Input snaziness soon marked by the icon. Let us know if you can think of any other neat, time-saving features to make logging even more enjoyable.

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