Help - trips
A trip is a collection of routes and places that make up an end to end journey.  This site works a bit like an online store, as you view a place or route you can click 'Add to trip' to add it to your current trip, just as you would add products to an online shopping cart.  When you have all the routes and places you want in your trip you can then add an overview to it, re-order it if required, and publish it for all to see.

My Trips

You can view all of your trips under Me -> My trips.  From there you can add new trips, view or delete existing trips, and select which trip is 'current'.

Current trip

When you sign up a blank trip is created for you - called '<username> - default'. You can view it under Me -> Current trip or by clicking on the title of the green-highlighted trip in Me -> My trips


Adding things to your trip

Use the map, or the Find or Browse menus to locate the first route or place on your trip.  When you are viewing it, click the 'Add to trip' button to add it to your current trip.  At any time you can view what's in your trip under  Me -> Current Trip


Editing, reordering your trip

1) Use Me -> Current Trip to view your trip
2) Click the 'edit' pencil  next to the Trip: heading
-- The trip is now shown in edit mode
3) You can now reorder or delete items from your trip:

Delete item: 
   i) Click the scissors  next to the item to cut it from the trip
   ii) Click the trash can  to permanently remove the cut item from your trip
   -- The trip will be redisplayed without the deleted item
   -- Note that this action is immediate - it cannot be undone by clicking Cancel ()
Reorder items:
   i) Click the scissors  next to the item to cut it from the trip
   ii) Click the insert icon  in the gap in which you wish to insert the item
   -- The trip will be redisplayed in the new order
   -- Note that this action is immediate - it cannot be undone by clicking Cancel ()

Adding an overview and publishing your trip

1) Use Me -> Current Trip to view your trip
2) Click the 'edit' pencil  next to the Trip: heading
-- The trip is now shown in edit mode
3) Give the trip a meaningful name
4) Enter the number of days the trip is likely to take
5) Enter an overview of the trip.  This is not a route description - that is displayed below based on the routes you added, but contains information such as the type of experience the trip provides, the highlights, the best season / weather, possible transport arrangements, etc. 
6) If you are happy with your trip and wish to let others view it, check the 'published'  check-box.
7) Click save  to save your changes (you can also cancel changes by clicking cancel )

Creating a new trip

Ok, so you've done with this trip, and published it, and want a new, blank trip to play with?

1) Go to Me -> My trips to view your list of trips
2) Click the green plus  to create a new blank trip.
-- The trip will automatically become your current trip
-- The new trip will be displayed in edit mode to allow you to change the name and enter an overview if you wish.  
-- Note that at this stage the trip is already created, so cancelling will cancel your edits, but will not cancel the trip creation.
3) Enter any details you want to fill in at this time and click Save  

Going back to an old trip

To reselect a previous trip and add new content to it:
1) Use Me -> My trips to view your list of trips
-- A list of all your trips is shown.  The Current Trip is highlighted in green.
2) Click the green tick  next to a trip to make it your current trip.
-- The list will be redisplayed with the new current trip highlighted in green

Deleting the current trip and starting again from scratch

1) Use Me -> My trips to view a list of your trips
2) Click the trash can  next to the trip you wish to delete

-- The trip will be deleted. 
-- If this was your current trip the first remaining trip will be selected as your new current trip.  
-- If you have no trips left,a new 'default' trip created and made your 'current trip'.


I like someone else's trip and want to edit it

Trips are personal and cannot be edited by anyone other than the author.  However, you can make a copy of someone else's trip and then personalise it.

1) View a list of other people's trips using Browse -> trip or from their profile page (clicking on their name anywhere it occurs, such as under Browse->Users)
2) Click on the title to view the trip
-- The details of their trip are now displayed
3) Click on the 'copy' icon  next to the Trip: heading
-- A copy of the trip is created under your name, and made your current trip


 
Created by: Madpom on 2014-12-09 22:39:25. Last updated: 2014-12-19 23:55:47 View history