The General James A Van Fleet State Trail in Florida is our newest trail on trailsnet. And here’s the best part… for the first time in trailsnet history, I wasn’t the one to add it. That may not sound like such a big deal, but it’s huge. It will greatly change the dynamics and the capabilities of the trailsnet website. In essence, we went from trail information being added by one person to a site with trail information being added by potentially thousands of people.
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step; and our first step was recently taken by Steve of Florida Biking. I would like to thank Steve not only for adding information about the General James A Van Fleet State Trail, but also for providing suggestions and helping me negotiate that first user-generated trail on trailsnet. If you get a chance, click on that trail link above and check out the Van Fleet Trail in Florida. I especially like some of Steve’s photos. They are a good example of how each trail has its own personality. How many other trails have alligator caution signs and what I believe may be alligator eggs. (Am I right about that, Steve?)
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Now it’s your turn. I’d love to see other trails added to the trailsnet website. I still have quite a few bugs to work out and a lot of additions to make. For example, the current configuration only allows for United States trails to be added (sorry Barry) and barely half of the states are on there for right now. But believe me, that will all change. Over the next couple months, I’ll add the rest of the states; then I’ll work out a way (I haven’t quite figured out how it will work yet) to add the rest of the world. In the meantime, I welcome any comments, questions & suggestions. As always, the best way to get those to me is in the comments area below.
To add a trail, just click on the “Add a New Trail” button on the horizontal menu bar directly above this post. (not the submit trail data… that’s for editing trails that are already on the site) You will have to register as a new user, but it’s a pretty simple process and doesn’t ask for too much information. Don’t worry about how much information you have right now. You can always add more later if you like. Of course the more information you add, the better. But every little bit helps. If you have photos, feel free to send those, too. Anywhere from one to ten photos is ideal. Unfortunately, photos that have large digital footprints won’t be able to be uploaded because of size restrictions.
I look forward to seeing some user-generated trails added to trailsnet. Thanks in advance for your help and input.
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This is great Kevin. Looking forward to more great trails from your neck-of-the-woods and sharing them with others (pity I can’t add though, but you are forgiven, this time).
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Believe me Barry, I’m workin’ on it. (-:
I can’t wait to go international with this thing. In the meantime, get your Japan trails all lined up so you can share them with the world.
This is great! I will add the Grand Illinois Trail here when I get done with my journal for it!
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That would be great. I’ll make sure I add an Illinois page on trailsnet. I think that’s one of the states I haven’t added yet. I look forward to seeing information about the Grand Illinois Trail. I hope you’re able to include some pictures, also. Let me know how the process goes.
Thanks for helping us build our network of trails.
Really excited how this is taking off Kevin and glad I could help in a small way. BTW, those eggs happen to be Florida Gopher Tortoise eggs, but good eye because the Alligator eggs look extremely similar and depending on where they are laying can easily be confused with Tortoise eggs. Barry’s got some great trails on his site so can’t wait to see them here! Are you going to add the ability to insert a short video. That would be interesting too, however it will take up a lot of web space so I’m sure that is a consideration too!
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Hey Steve; thanks for the information about the eggs. Were those right beside the trail?
I agree. Barry has also posted some great bike tour information on Everytrail.
For now, I think I’ll just allow people to insert YouTube links in the body of their trail post rather than put the video right on trailsnet for the web space reason you mentioned.
I look forward to seeing more of your trails. I’m starting to get other trail submissions slowly trickling in. Thanks for getting the ball rolling.