Hey Folks --
Just wanted to let everyone know about some new features I added to the site:
Aliases. Game owners now have the option to use an alias instead of a game ID. This works for linking to your game as well as for logging in:
http://pickupultimate.com/map/view/penultimates
http://pickupultimate.com/game/login/penultimates
You can still use your game ID if you'd like, but I thought an alias would be easier to remember and more search engine-friendly.
Cities. There are now city-specific links to certain regions of the map:
http://pickupultimate.com/map/city/nyc
http://pickupultimate.com/map/city/losangeles
The list of cities is pretty small right now because I'm inputting them manually, but I will add more as I get a chance. Hopefully this will let the webmasters of city and region-specific websites link to their city on the site so they don't have to keep tabs on all the local pickup games in their area. If you don't see your city on the list you can help me add it by finding the center latitude/longitude and sending me an email or posting on the blog. You can use this site to find the coordinates.
All games RSS feed. I added an all-games RSS feed so others can use the data on the site. Also hopefully it will help to increase search engine traffic to games. The feed is here.
Stats Page. Finally I added a stats page. It's pretty basic and could use some more styling, but I needed a place to list the cities and thought the game data might be interesting. I'm hoping for this page to evolve more in the future.
The site is still growing, albeit slower than when it first launched. It would be nice to get more of an international precense; I think I'll take a sign to Paganello and try to get some exposure there.
Thanks again to everyone who has sent me emails, left comments on the blog, or joined the Facebook group; I appreciate your interest. Feel free to keep giving me feedback and don't forget to share the site with your friends :)
Thanks!
-- Chris
Just wanted to let everyone know about some new features I added to the site:
Aliases. Game owners now have the option to use an alias instead of a game ID. This works for linking to your game as well as for logging in:
http://pickupultimate.com/map/view/penultimates
http://pickupultimate.com/game/login/penultimates
You can still use your game ID if you'd like, but I thought an alias would be easier to remember and more search engine-friendly.
Cities. There are now city-specific links to certain regions of the map:
http://pickupultimate.com/map/city/nyc
http://pickupultimate.com/map/city/losangeles
The list of cities is pretty small right now because I'm inputting them manually, but I will add more as I get a chance. Hopefully this will let the webmasters of city and region-specific websites link to their city on the site so they don't have to keep tabs on all the local pickup games in their area. If you don't see your city on the list you can help me add it by finding the center latitude/longitude and sending me an email or posting on the blog. You can use this site to find the coordinates.
All games RSS feed. I added an all-games RSS feed so others can use the data on the site. Also hopefully it will help to increase search engine traffic to games. The feed is here.
Stats Page. Finally I added a stats page. It's pretty basic and could use some more styling, but I needed a place to list the cities and thought the game data might be interesting. I'm hoping for this page to evolve more in the future.
The site is still growing, albeit slower than when it first launched. It would be nice to get more of an international precense; I think I'll take a sign to Paganello and try to get some exposure there.
Thanks again to everyone who has sent me emails, left comments on the blog, or joined the Facebook group; I appreciate your interest. Feel free to keep giving me feedback and don't forget to share the site with your friends :)
Thanks!
-- Chris
