We are pleased to announce that the website has been updated with a current list of the top finders of our State Park Series. The previous list had been static since Geocaching HQ retired their original API. For now, this new version will be limited to the top 150 finders and manually updated using information … Continue reading State Park Series Top Finders
One of the casualties of the changeover to the new website platform was the WGA Member Map. It was a popular feature, and there have been a few requests to bring it back. Our webmaster dug through the toolbox and spare parts and hacked together the new WGA Member Map. If you are a WGA … Continue reading The Map is Back!
The November/December list will remain active until Friday, January 16th. Since the LCG was not working correctly, anyone that submitted any LCG reports for December will need to re-submit them. Thank you for being patient as we work out the bugs. There may still be a few display issues, but the LCG should now be … Continue reading Lonely Cache Game Announcement
The WGA website has been moved to a new web host. The move was prompted by poor support, slow service and random crashing on our previous host. The move should give us enough headroom to run our custom applications such as the LCG and COTM, as well as the WGA Forums and all the other … Continue reading The Squirrel Has New Digs
The website still isn’t as snappy as I would like, but it is getting better. I haven’t found a single “smoking gun”, but lot’s of little things that were adding up. There’s still a lot of things that can be done to improve page load time, and I will be working on it as time … Continue reading Website Update 11/28
The website was in “Maintenance Mode” for most of the day yesterday because it became almost unusable. I am working with tech support to try to resolve the problems with the website. I am going to make the website available, but please be aware that we are currently experiencing technical difficulties. I’ll keep working on … Continue reading Website Update 11/25
I think I have narrowed down the slowness issues to two database tables that may be causing problems. I’m looking into what I can do to fix them. Mobile users should be able to use the website again.
I am working on finding out why the website is so SLOW!. I am doing what I can to speed things up, and I’m sure I’ll find the cause soon. My apologies to mobile user. I had to disable the mobile functionality for a short time. I am looking for a something that works as … Continue reading Website Slowness and Mobile
Welcome to the new WGA website! There are still a lot of things that need to be tweaked, but everything should be functional. If you were registered on this website before, you will need to click on the “Forgot Password” link and re-set your password. If you have kept your membership current, you should have … Continue reading Welcome to the new WGA Website
We will start changing over to the new website software starting Monday, November 17th. The WGA website will be down for approximately two days for data conversion and transfer. One of the greatest assets of the WGA is our history, much of which is contained in the pages this website. Every effort has been taken … Continue reading The Squirrel gets a Brain Transplant
