10/11 Site Updates: General info & discussion

[muikabochi 208]

This page explains it pretty well charlotte

 

http://www.snowjapan.com/e/maps/using-maps.html

 

[charlotte 0]

 

That is way cool!

[veronica 2]

I love the way you don't stand still and just keep things as they are, really move it on every year. Good on you.

 

What can we do for you?

[SnowJapan 177]

Thanks veronica, has to be said we do get rather carried away with it! Half of the things we have done we didn't actually set out to do when we first started planning in April. Things just kind of evolved.

But once it goes online like now, it's exciting and worth it however exhausted we are right at the moment.

Hopefully a lot of people will find the new content to be of real use.

 

Things that you can do to help support us if you are so inclined:

 

- be friendly (and don't give us grief!);

- upload pics to SnowJapan, post them and reports from your travels;

- mention us when contacting people listed on our site (hotels etc), and hopefully use them in the first place;

- mention us to hotels/companies you like if you think they might be interested in being on SnowJapan;

- if you do download the App, please take a few seconds to give us a nice rating.

 

Stuff like that all helps.

 

Thank you.

 

[its-a-clock 0]

Great to be able to search the accommodations listings too, much better than just a list.

 

Congratulations!

[SKI 15]

So I wanted to find all the resorts in Japan with over 10 lifts, a gondola, and more than 20 courses

 

It seems there's 11

 

....nicely put on a map to check out where they are

 

Have a play around:

http://www.snowjapan.com/e/resorts/search.php

 

That is so cool.

[sand 17]

fantastic upgrades, searching is so easy.

[BillTheBinMan 0]

Love all the search and maps stuff, very clever the way they show up on the maps. Good work guys.

[muikabochi 208]

The app works on an ipad as well - either have it sized as is in the centre or x2 which isn't really that nice with any app as it gets a bit fuzzy.

[muikabochi 208]

Do you know how many people download these app thingies, SJ-David?

[SnowJapan 177]

I believe there's a little report that shows how many downloads and total revenues yes. I haven't seen that yet.

[klingon 10]

Just what other people said - fine work.

I can only imagine the collosal amount of time you guys have put into all this.

Hope you can take some sort of rest before continuing with those other things.

Well done.

 

PS Found a tiny mistake, have emailed you

[BagOfCrisps 24]

Originally Posted By: SKI

Quote:

We are also still deciding what to do about ski resorts that were, but are no more.

Good to keep them as a record. Perhaps highlight them somehow.

Agreed.

[aomorigum 0]

Not much of the streetview stuff going on in Tohoku. I suppse that will gradually increase. Funny how there's so much of it in the small village of Zao though!

 

Really like the things you have done. Much cleaner and easier to find things in the main sections.

[SnowJapan 177]

Thanks again for the comments coming in - appreciate it.

 

We have been fixing up some remaining issues and small errors that were left over. Hopefully there aren't more of those but we will be continuing to go through the new pages over the next week or so to make sure everything is in place.

 

Just a quick note as a few people have mentioned this.... today we have been "redirecting" lots of older versions of pages to the new pages and that is now pretty much done. So for example the old Niseko Places to Stay listing page now takes you directly to the new one etc

 

We've also been sifting through lots of pages that aren't included in our new version of the site and deleting those.

In some cases you will be taken to a holding page that directs you to the new site pages, like this

http://www.snowjapan.com/which-is-better-niseko-or-hakuba

 

 

Thanks

[Curt 1]

Impressive stuff.

I am impressed.

 

Next up, snow!

[Ross 4]

THe updates are most excellent. New map's are great

[yoroshiku onegai shimasu 2]

Just had a play with the app. Nice one, I bet that took a ton of time just in itself.

Fantastic work, you guys seem to put the foot down further on the accelerator every year. Very commendable, good on you I say as well.

[plastiktree 0]

Great stuff.

Thanks for all the effort.

[rach 1]

I had a good look round the site before you made the updates to refamiliarise myself with it. Had another good look today and wow you really have re-worked it all and it is so much more cleaner and well laid out etc. The updates are really great.

 

Do you do work like this in-house or get help, if you don't mind me asking?

[SnowJapan 177]

Hi rach and thanks.

 

We needed outside help for the App - though it got to feeling like we were doing it, long story - but apart from that all the other work is done in-house.

 

[gurningbob 0]

I see on Android you are in the 100-500 downloads category - well done.

Like the updates. I will give you a special contrags gurn.

[snowbender 3]

I don't understand these things are "Apps" different from website pages then?

[snowbender 3]

As others said, fine work. Slick new site look, love it.

[SnowJapan 177]

We have just changed the main look again... check it out on any pages of the main site

 

http://www.snowjapan.com/e/index.php