Category Archives: Changes

Approve “Apply for Awards”

19 Wednesday Jun 2024

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Update 2024-07-21

Despite updating WordPress to the new version, and updating the plugin, the problem still exists…

As an interim, I temporarily disabled the guilty plugin, and manually ran the Apply for Awards script – which means many of our newer members now have the Apply for Awards privilege! If your account still doesn’t have the privilege, please check your profile to ensure that your name, primary callsign, continent and home DXCC are populated.

I will endeavour to run a manual update on a weekly-ish basis, until a more permanent fix can be found…

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For reasons that I have not yet determined, one of the plugins required for this site is causing a failure in the overnight “batch” job that generates the Reference Statistics and Top Operators content. Amongst other things, this batch job also monitors registrations, and controls the Apply for Awards site privilege that allows users to (surprisingly enough) apply for awards.

The work-around involves disabling much of WordPress’s functionality during the batch jobs… however this means that the Apply for Awards task doesn’t work! This means that, for the time being, new users will not be able to apply for any awards.

This is (in my opinion) the lessor of two evils, as many users refer to the statistics…

Please bear with me, while I try and work out a better fix…

Changes to WWFF Awards

06 Wednesday Mar 2024

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Currently:

  • the WWFF Activator award is issued in steps of 11.
  • the WWFF Hunter awards (Hunter, Points and Park to Park) are issued in steps of 100, above 444 references/points.

The Award Manager is issuing approximately 400 awards each month!  After careful consideration, to reduce the Award Manager’s workload, these will be revised as follows:

The WWFF Activator award will be issued in the following steps:

  • Below 440 references, in steps of 11 (unchanged)
  • Between 444 and 862, in steps of 22
  • Above 888, in steps of 44

Note: Only 19 activators have exceeded 444 references…

The WWFF Hunter award, Park-to-Park award and the Points award will be issued in the following steps:

  • Entry level at 10 references worked or points earned (unchanged)
  • Between 44 and 444, in steps of 44 (unchanged)
  • Between 444 and 4444, in steps of 100 (unchanged)
  • Between 4,444 and 8,444, in steps of 200
  • Above 8,444, in steps of 400

Any awards already issued remain valid; any pending awards will be issued if valid.

I trust all Activators and Hunters will support these revisions!

Logsearch v1.00.01

01 Sunday Oct 2023

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A minor update to Logsearch has just been released, featuring the addition of a number of new awards and award steps.

  • Issue #00013 – Add new level OHFF-A-1100 and OHFF-H-1100
  • Issue #00020 – Add new level LZFF-A-120 and LZFF-H-200
  • Issue #00040 – Add new level WWFF-P-644
  • Issue #00051 – Add new level P2P-A-2344
  • Issue #00054 – Add new level RFF-A-30 and RFF-H-55
  • Issue #00078 – Add new level GxFF-A-407 and GxFF-H-408
  • Issue #00085 – Add new level HBFF-A-350 and HBFF-H-350
  • Issue #00092 – Add new level FFF-A-400 and FFF-H-800
  • Issue #00095 – Add new levels S5FF-A/H-Sapphire (50)
  • Issue #00099 – Add new level PAFF-H-HonourRoll (200) and new sequence PAFF-A-11 (plus provision for future levels)
  • Issue #00103 – Add new level VEFF-A-HR[125] and VEFF-H-HR[200] (plus provision for future levels)
  • Issue #00112 – Add new level IFF-A-10 and IFF-H-25

Open Issues can be found in the Issue Tracker.

Future Plans

Further work is ongoing… with support from other developers, we’re working to improve the development process, so it is not so dependant on one programmer.

Personal Note

Development of Logsearch has to fit around family and work commitments! Unfortunately, my job means I’m on the road a lot!

Feedback

Any problems, or new feature requests, via the Help Desk Forum please.

Logsearch v1.00.00

31 Thursday Aug 2023

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A major update to Logsearch has just been released… and this is now officially v1.00.00 rather than the ongoing series of updates.

This update includes (as always) the addition of a number of new awards and award steps, and addresses a number of small issues, plus a bit of tidying up, and code rationalisation – many of which were already informally released.

Thanks in particular to Lars PHONO and Edwin for their support.

Open Issues can be found in the Issue Tracker.

Future Plans

Further work is ongoing… with support from other developers, we’re working to improve the development process, so it is not so dependant on one programmer.

Personal Note

Development of Logsearch has to fit around family and work commitments! Unfortunately, my job means I’m on the road a lot!

Feedback

Any problems, or new feature requests, via the Help Desk Forum please.

Team GxFF

09 Wednesday Mar 2022

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Due to family commitments, Mike (M0MCY) and Denise (2E0LSO) will be stepping down from their roles on Team GxFF.

The rest of Team GxFF (and I’m sure all GxFF award recipients and event participants) would like to thank them for their help and support in helping grow the GxFF program and raising its profile. The last year has seen an expanded set of awards and successful Autumn and Brass Monkey events all due in no small part to their hard work.

Thanks once again go to Mike M0MCY and Denise 2E0LSO for their contribution to GxFF in those two roles over the last year.

Team GxFF are delighted to welcome Ray M0DHP as Awards Manager and Bob M0BOB as Events Organiser, both are active members of the GxFF community and will be a great addition to the team.

Please be patient as we transition the team, especially in the issuing of awards.

Logsearch update v0.0.14

17 Monday May 2021

Posted by in Awards, Changes, Directory, Logsearch, News

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The latest update (v0.0.14) has just been released…

This update includes (as always) the addition of a number of new awards and award steps, and addresses a number of small issues, , plus a bit of tidying up.
In particular, updating the plugin licence terms, to reflect it is released as a Creative Commons CC-BY-SA licence (open source).

Note: some of these have been pre-released…

Issues Addressed

This update revises the following new awards and/or award levels:

  • Issue #00020 – Add new levels LZFF-A-55 and LZFF-H-90
  • Issue #00040 – Add new levels WWFF-P-44 and WWFF-P-88
  • Issue #00051 – Add new level P2P-A-1344
  • Issue #00078 – Add new levels GxFF-A-88 and GxFF-H-88

Linked to these, some fixes to Award GCRs and Award operation:

  • Issue #00022 – Resolve server error log warnings
  • Issue #00040 – Resolve error is no qualifying activations; fix tabulation in GCR
  • Issue #00080 – Add placeholder for forthcoming GxFF Autumn Activity award
  • Issue #00082 – Various GCR issues

This update also addresses the following other issues:

  • Issue #00018 – List Latest Logs by program
  • Issue #00031 – Resolve NAN with Last page
  • Issue #00057 – Display station and operator callsigns on Activity page
  • Issue #00072 – Add AF-086 and all SM IOTAs
  • Issue #00074 – Fix direct links into Directory
  • Issue #00076 – Top Operators (YLFF) / Reference Reports (ESFF)
  • Issue #00079 – Lengthen directory Name and Notes fields

Open Issues can be found in the Issue Tracker.

Future Plans

Further work is ongoing…

Personal Note

Development of Logsearch has to fit around family and work commitments! Unfortunately, my job means I’m on the road a lot!

Feedback

Any problems, or new feature requests, via the Help Desk Forum please.

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