Introduction to the Ride Listing Composer

Western Wheelers Bicycle Club, In c.

NEW ONLINE RIDE LISTING COMPOSER

Hey, ride leaders! There’s a nifty new online form that makes it even easier to list rides.

To find it, go to the WWBC home page at westernwheelers.org, click on the Ride Leader Resources link on the left-hand side of the page, and then click on the Online Ride Listing Composer link near the top of the page, which you may want to bookmark in your browser.

When prompted, enter the same user name and password that you use to access the WWBC member directory. (This authentication step is required because only club members are allowed to list rides.) Then the Ride Listing Composer will appear.

To submit a ride listing for publication in next month’s Flat Tyre, click the Scheduled button, or to submit an impromptu ride listing, click the Impromptu button, and the Essential Information form will appear for you to fill in.

The form is the same for scheduled and impromptu rides, except that the smart calendar that you use to enter the ride date knows that scheduled rides will be for next month’s Flat Tyre, and that impromptu rides must be posted at least two days in advance, and it presets the calendar options appropriately. Also, for scheduled rides but not impromptu rides, you have the option of having the ride repeat on a certain day every week.

If you change your mind about submitting the ride, or want to start over, you can click the Clear and Cancel button at any time. The Compose/Edit button remains grayed out until you have entered all the essential information. Then you can click it to continue.

The Composer assembles a first draft of your ride description that you now edit. You can type in the text box, and some buttons are provided to facilitate the entry of common text such as “Rain cancels.”

Add the remaining details, proofread it, and when you are ready, click the Send It button. That’s it! The Composer knows where to send it. Scheduled rides are automatically sent to the appropriate ride coordinator, and impromptu rides are automatically sent to the WWBC mailing list and web master.

Thanks to Michael Khaw, our web master extraordinaire, for developing this Ride Listing Composer.

P.S. If you are still using Microsoft Internet Explorer, you may want to try an alternative such as Firefox. You will probably find that this Ride Listing Composer and many other pages that you visit will display faster and better in a different browser.

—Steve Prothero

Last updated March 5, 2010