We first launched JustSkydivers.com at the start of December 2008. This was pretty much just as a beta test to iron out a few creases and see what features people liked or disliked. Come the start of January 09 we opened up the website for all skydivers.
As you all know JustSkydivers is a brand new website and we are trying to make it as fun as possible. A lot of changes and additional applications will be added over the next few days and weeks. I appreciate all of your patience in the implementation stage please keep posting those thoughts on the site and any ideas you may have to improve the service. We need all members to keep spreading the word to all of your skydiving friends so we can make this the best online dropzone. We do listen to all ideas and requests because we want to keep everyone happy and entertained. So while we are working hard to make this as fun as possible please keep uploading those videos and pictures, send those gifts, create your own blog etc etc.
Please remember that this site is for the members, so if there is something you dont like, or something you want adding - LET US KNOW. We will take it into consideration when considering future changes. Even if its just a little something that you think could be better - your ideas are very much appreciated.
One of the most recent features we have added is the gifts feature - we need ideas of additional gifts to add, so please feel free to send your ideas.
One of the polls we currently have running is to see if there is a requirement for a video upload feature. If people want it, it will be installed. This will be a costly procedure hence the need for the poll first. In the meantime we are trying to develop a suitable youtube plugin. This will be installed as soon as its finalised. Youtube video can currently be added in the groups section.
On the subject of groups, please feel free to create any skydiving related groups that you wish.
Remember all features on this site are free to its members - so if you want to create a photo album, create a blog, list a item for sale in the classified section, seek advice, or simply arange your next skydive with your friends its all free on JustSkydivers.com
Events plugin added. This should be working fine now, and can be found under "My Apps".
I need to make the events more visible to other users - and this is something i'll be working on, and should have it up and running very soon. To view upcoming event simply visit http://www.justskydivers.com/user_event_browse.php
We have completely revamped the current videos pluign on JustSkydivers, making it exceptionally easy for you to show your skydiving videos to the world. To add video's simply click on videos under "my apps" then click on videos. Create a playlist, then simply click add video. Copy and paste the youtube url and your done.
On the video upload side, we are still trying to develop the plugin so as to allow easy uploading, hopefully this feature will be available very soon.
The events plugin has been modified, making upcoming events visible on the whats new page.
If you can think of any other features we should add or improve, please let us know and we will see what we can do.
The video upload section is now up and running. It makes it very easy to upload videos direct or simply to add a video from youtube. All Skydiving videos are welcome. Hopefully before too long we will also be able to add categories to the video section. But more on this later.
Forum. We have now added a forum to the site aswell. Again its open to anything skydiving related, there is a category for everything else aswell, should you wish to ask something not related to skyding or the justskydivers website.
Free Gifts. We curtrently have a few free gifts available - nothing amazing i'm afraid - but details can be found in the following posts in the forum - www.justskydivers.com/forum/JustSkydivers-Website/Everything-Else/Free-pullup-cord-for-all-members-14-1.html
and
www.justskydivers.com/forum/JustSkydivers-Website/Site-Issues--faq039s/Bumper-sticker---free-or-small-charge-Anyone-interested-191-1.html
Hopefulluy we will have more free stuff soon!
Gifts feature - This has now been removed, 1 because it wasn't used much, and the other reason being it was causing a few errors. If you think we should re-install it please let us know.
