PWC Website

New Menu Bar
Recently, the plugin that I have been using to create the dropdown tabs for the menu on our website here stopped working. You would think the makers of vBulletin (the software we use for this website) would get wise and make the dropdown tabs easy to configure right out of the box, but instead they rely on the vBulletin community to come up with plugins on their own for tasks like this. I don't understand why but thats the way it is. So since the plugin no longer worked I was ...

I have added a new TOPO section to the paying PWC members section of the website. To see the link you will need to be logged in and part of the paying PWC members group. Email me if you are a paying member and have not been added yet.


After logging in, click the USGS TOPO maps link in the members only section of the nav menu.

On the next page you will see the main map grid. Click a section of the grid to go to the next page. ...

If you haven't noticed, there is a new link on the website called Field Guide. This Field Guide is a wiki style guide where anyone with a little internet knowledge can contribute. Currently the guide is focused on area trails including the Kitsap and Olympic Peninsulas. Hopefully in the future and with community involvement, we can include a flora and fauna section of the wiki. Currently, the biggest need is for original trail descriptions and images that can be included on each trail's information ...

Today I added a mobile skin for i-phone / android / blackberry users. I have only tested it on an android phone so if anyone out there besides me ever uses it and notices any issues, please let me know. The skin should automagically recognize when a smartphone accesses the forum. To switch back to the regular default skin, click the desktop button at the top of the page. This skin is only useful for the forum part of the site, making it easier to read and submit posts via a mobile phone.
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There is now a members only tab on the website navigation bar. The content in this section includes, meeting minutes, tech videos, future and past guest speakers and forum tutorial videos. I hope to add more content as it becomes available. To be able to see the tab you will need two things.

1. You need to be registered on the site and logged in.
2. You have to be a current, paid member of the club.

My intentions are to add premium content to increase participation ...