GrottoCenter Blog

Nathalie, librarian at UBS, outlined the functional requirements she needed for Grottocenter... This gave Paul some excellent ideas, and he subsequently revamped how the issues within a collection are displayed: - the number of issues is displayed - the start and end dates of publication are also shown - the journal name is no longer displayed on the collection page - all issues are listed in ascending or descending date order, with undated issues appearing at the end of the list Thanks, Paul.

The first feature is invisible: there is now a check to verify that you are a human being when creating an account. This prevents the proliferation of accounts created by bots—so for you humans reading this message, there will be no noticeable difference. The second development is far more impressive. Paul has overhauled the map's data handling to make navigation much smoother and faster, and he took the opportunity to enhance how the information is displayed.

Pascal Mouneyrat has developed an interface that allows you to query Grottocenter directly from his website. We are delighted with this initiative, which showcases another way to use the Grottocenter APIs. https://spelebase.fr/ARIS-GROTTOCENTER/

The newly released version introduces a vast number of changes, primarily aimed at enhancing visual impact, offering new advanced search capabilities, improving internal mobile messaging, and making the bulk import of cavities more efficient. Thanks to Paul and Clément.

There is a Grottocenter app for Android, but we have faced significant difficulties maintaining it. Paul has built a new Android app using a different approach; it will provide the exact same services as the website and be easy to maintain. Testing is about to begin; if you would like to volunteer, please let me know so I can add you to the list of testers.

Lana had reported that she was unable to use the GPX and KML files in other applications because the entry names were inaccessible. Clément has modified how these files are generated; the entry names are now accessible and usable in other applications. Paul is asking for our feedback on a set of changes regarding Grottocenter's visual design. The description of the proposed changes can be found here: https://github.com/GrottoCenter/grottocenter-front/pull/1469 The test server is accessible here: https://orange-rock-0d4f87503-1469.westeurope.azurestaticapps.net/ In summary, the changes cover: - Better management of page titles and their general layout - Improved button hierarchy on the homepage - Highlighting of authors and contributors - Complete overhaul of the internal chat tool, including support for clickable links in messages - Further improvements to the equipment management tool - Display of the applicable license as an icon - For documents, highlighting the publisher and ...