Troggle is a system under development for keeping track of all expo data in a logical and accessible way, and displaying it on the web. At the moment, it is under development at http://framos.lawoftheland.co.uk/
Note that the information there is incomplete and editing is not yet enabled.
Feature |
Old expo website |
Troggle: planned |
Troggle: progress so far |
|---|---|---|---|
Logbook |
Yes; manually formatted each year |
Yes; wiki-style |
Start at the front page, [1] and click to logbook for year. The logbooks have been parsed back to 1997. |
Cave index and stats generated from survex file |
Yes |
Yes |
Done; see [2] |
Survey workflow helper |
Yes; minimal. surveys.csv produced an html table of whose surveys were not marked “finished” |
Yes. Makes table of surveys per expo which shows exactly what needs doing. Displays scans. Integrated with survex, scanner software, and tunnel. |
See it at http://framos.lawoftheland.co.uk/troggle/survey . Be sure to try a recent year when we should have data. Survex, scanner, and tunnel integration still needs doing. |
QM lists generated automatically |
Depends on the cave. Each cave had a different system. |
Yes; unified system. |
Done, but only 204 and 234 Qms have been imported from old system so far. No view yet. |
Automatic calendar for each year of who will be on expo when |
No, manually produced some years |
Yes |
Done; see http://framos.lawoftheland.co.uk/troggle/calendar/2007 (replace 2007 with year in question) |
Web browser used to enter data |
No |
Yes |
Everything can be edited through admin, at http://framos.lawoftheland.co.uk/troggle/admin . Ask aaron, martin, or julian for the password if you want to have a look / play around with the admin site. Any changes you make will be overwritten. Eventually, data entry will probably be done using custom forms. |
Cave and passage descriptions |
Yes, manually html coded. |
Yes, wiki-style. |
Not done yet. |
Expo handbook |
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Not done yet. |
Table of who was on which expo |
Yes |
Yes |
Data has been parsed, this view hasn't been written yet. |
Signup form, System for keeping contact, medical and next of kin info |
No |
Yes |
Signup form should be ready by 20 Jan. |
Automated photo upload and gallery |
No; some manual photo galleries put together with lots of effort |
Yes |
Photo upload done, gallery needs writing. |
Search |
No |
Yes |