crazyt Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 (edited) i threw something together last night at https://austintrailconditions.com If any trail stewards are interested in maintaining it, let me know and I can give you access. Edited July 10, 2020 by crazyt 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree Magnet Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Dude...that's sweet! If it was maintained and I could get to it from my phone, I'd be all over that. A simple green or red is all I'm generally looking for when it comes to a trail conditions report. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack_turtle Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 perfect! I don't know if you were inspired to do this by my posting on the FB group, but this is exactly what I had in mind. technically, I think most of SATN is always "open" but it might not be a good idea to ride if it's wet. there's no specific rules to enforce about that. however, Slaughter Creek Nature Preserve has only one entrance and a gate that is closed when the land managers declare it to be closed, so I would add that to the list and consider keeping that status updated to be very straightforward. the land managers have a FB page where they regularly update the open/closed status. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyt Posted July 10, 2020 Author Share Posted July 10, 2020 9 minutes ago, mack_turtle said: perfect! I don't know if you were inspired to do this by my posting on the FB group, but this is exactly what I had in mind. technically, I think most of SATN is always "open" but it might not be a good idea to ride if it's wet. there's no specific rules to enforce about that. however, Slaughter Creek Nature Preserve has only one entrance and a gate that is closed when the land managers declare it to be closed, so I would add that to the list and consider keeping that status updated to be very straightforward. the land managers have a FB page where they regularly update the open/closed status. 100% because of your post. The hard part is finding the people to maintain it. I can partially do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyt Posted July 10, 2020 Author Share Posted July 10, 2020 30 minutes ago, Tree Magnet said: Dude...that's sweet! If it was maintained and I could get to it from my phone, I'd be all over that. A simple green or red is all I'm generally looking for when it comes to a trail conditions report. it shows up fine on mobile. You can make a bookmark to the site and make it an icon on your phone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack_turtle Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 2 minutes ago, crazyt said: 100% because of your post. The hard part is finding the people to maintain it. I can partially do it. If you add Slaughter Creek, I could update that by just checking their FB page. it's pretty cut-and-dry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree Magnet Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Who's in charge of telling everyone to use topics with every update? 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyt Posted July 10, 2020 Author Share Posted July 10, 2020 39 minutes ago, mack_turtle said: If you add Slaughter Creek, I could update that by just checking their FB page. it's pretty cut-and-dry. drop me the email you use to authenticate to google apps and Ill give you access Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyt Posted July 10, 2020 Author Share Posted July 10, 2020 @AustinBike If you want to add it to your site, I can give you the iframe code for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinBike Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 14 hours ago, crazyt said: @AustinBike If you want to add it to your site, I can give you the iframe code for it. sure, you can shoot the code over to admin at austinbike dot com and I can add it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyt Posted July 14, 2020 Author Share Posted July 14, 2020 just as a reminder, looking for people who are interested in updating trail conditions. It is a quick spreadsheet update. And if you dont end up updating it is no big deal, someone else will. Would be helpful if you updated the trails you ride most, dont need to be trail steward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntonioGG Posted July 14, 2020 Share Posted July 14, 2020 @crazyt Nice website! I've bookmarked it and will report conditions as needed. Thanks for doing this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinBike Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 OK, the folks at AB World Headquarters finally figured this out. I won't get into the technical details, but let me just say that I hate my publishing engine most days. Anyway, there is not a main menu link to trail conditions and this page will pull from the Google docs. I also added the Facebook link at the bottom. If anyone has any suggestions, please feel free to chime in. http://www.austinbike.com/index.php/austin/375-trail-conditions Thanks to @crazyt for putting this together and maintaining it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tip Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Please explain why you put it up. How is it different from crazyt's? Will yours be more easily community driven? and some input; I would prefer the link to the Austin MTB Trail Conditions Facebook page be more prominent and identified as to where the link is taken the reader. The more people driven to that site the more helpful discussion on trail conditions. Open or Closed is good to know but we all know there is more to it a lot of times. Thanks for the effort! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinBike Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Thanks for the input - that is his data, it draws from the same source. The reason I put it on my site is because he asked me to put it on the site. A lot of people from out of town hit my site when deciding to come here (in addition to all of the people in Austin). With 2-300 visitors per day, it's good exposure. Not everyone has Facebook. I'm not trying to over-ride other people's efforts, jut trying to tie them together. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scattered Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Thanks for doing this and providing an alternate access. I don't have Facebook. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinBike Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Don't thank me, thank @crazyt he's the genius behind this. I just do what world HQ tells me to do. And I file a lot of TPS reports. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpomtb Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 20 minutes ago, AustinBike said: Don't thank me, thank @crazyt he's the genius behind this. I just do what world HQ tells me to do. And I file a lot of TPS reports. Just don't forget the new cover sheets! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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