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New NCNCA Website
Tue, 12/07/2010 - 6:36pm
Athletes/Member Clubs/Officials/Promoters/Other Interested Parties,
Sometime in the next 24 to 36 hours when you go to http://www.ncnca.org the new NCNCA website will display. The exact time cannot be predicted as this is controlled by name servers on the internet.
This new site has been a year long project between the NCNCA BOD, our webmaster, Alec Berger, and an outside development company. The result is that we will be launching a Content Management System (CMS) in place of our old site. What does that mean? It means that changes to the site will no longer be funneled through one individual. We can have many content managers, including Promoters and Member Clubs updating their own information. Many new features and functions are planned to be added in the coming months.
The functionality of the old site has been preserved and there are many new enhancements. The new site is largely calendar centric and has centralized race information. San Bruno is a good example of what is available.
If you have trouble finding things, simply go to the main page and follow the link to the old site that we will maintain for a period of transition. There is also a User's Guide linked on the front page as well that we will continue to update and expand.
If you find errors, please contact webmaster@ncnca.org.
If you have suggestions, please contact president@ncnca.org.
Please look around and enjoy the new site and don't be shy about suggestions during this transition and adjustment period.
Bill Nicely
President, NCNCA
Can someone PLEASE explain to us how the new website and Sportsbaseonline is going to work as far as registration opening dates?
For instance, for both Cherry Pie and Snelling, the registration opening date on Sportsbaseonline shows as 12/30, but now that I look closer, it's 12/30/2011, which obviously is wrong. I called Sportsbaseonline and didn't get a very good answer.
How do we, as racers, find out when races are actually going to open for registration? I'm all for progress and new technology, but this doesn't make much sense as it's currently set up.
Thanks.
I spoke with SportsBaseOnline (SBO) earlier and ust spoke with Robert Leipold (Velo Promo) on the phone. SBO is just the registration site and their dates are placeholders until the promoter gives them the real registration dates. If you look at one of the Merco races, you'll see what a page looks like when registration is open.
According to Robert, the following races will be open at midnight January 1st (along with the comments Robert made about each event):
1. Cantua Creek (they can add groups, so no need to rush)
2. Dinuba (never fills up)
3. Pine Flat (never fills up)
Snelling is supposed to open at the same time (midnight January 1st) BUT they have not received the event permit back from USA Cycling yet. He doesn't expect to get it because of the holidays. As soon as he knows when the registration will open, he will post it on his Velo Promo website. At this point, he *thinks* the registration could open next Monday or Tuesday at midnight. Snelling is the race that fills up super fast, so you have to get registered ASAP after it opens.
Hope that helps!
Bill
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