Sideways Data September Update

Posted by Devon W. on Sept. 14, 2023, 6:38 a.m.

Development for Sideways Data started in April 2023. Here's what's been done so far, and the upcoming roadmap.

Progress Update

• Detailed organizers administration, with auditing, and fine-grained permissions.
• Results Page (v1 styling)
• Sign up flow
• Require event verification before listing
• Signup integrationed flow on event registration
• Users can configure social links
• Competitors Create/Update/Delete their Vehicles
• Sign up flow - select/add vehicle
• Show social links in entry/results
• Can add vehicle to profile during event signup
• Editing registration (competitors)
• Cancelling registration (competitors)
• Email confirmation on event registration
• Ability to subscribe to organizers
• Subscriptions list in profile
• Volunteer signup and cancellation
• Send email to organizers for new volunteer signups
• Dashboard "event results" list
• Country selection in profile
• Admin alerts for organizers (common mistakes/action items)
• API
• Event and related pages mobile friendly
• Static assets cache busting for deployment
• Nicer timing entry in admin
• Improved admin event location selection
• Events link on homepage (fancy filters etc coming in future)
• Organizers can create a profile with an invite
  • Useful for inviting captains and volunteers.
• This blog :)
• Organizer Desktop Timing App (Windows, Mac, Linux)
  • Add, Edit, Delete Times
  • Add, Edit, Delete Penalties
  • Various validations to catch newbie mistakes
  • DNF support
  • Penalties now included in summary
  • Notes (entry and time level)
  • Add/Edit/Delete Entries
  • Can change entry class
  • Can change entry #
  • Alert on duplicate vehicle numbers
  • Results search (by entry name, #, vehicle info, etc)
  • Entries search (by entry name, #, vehicle info, etc)
  • Can change driver name (tied to event, not competitor)
  • Offline Support + Async Server Sync
  • Detailed Upload Progress
  • Support for entering multiple times at a time (for example, six cars on course at a time)

Upcoming

Separate blog posts will be created for major announcements, but here is the immediate roadmap for September/October.

• Online Payments and Remittance Support
  
  • Includes optional refund support.
• Organizer Timing App:
  • Adding some configuration to sync
  • Can add competitor vehicles
  • Can change codriver
  • Automatically check for updates
  • Dark Theme Improvements
  • Volunteers
  • Release (setup release process, download links on homepage)
• Improved screenshots/marketing materials.
• Demo Video (for introduction to platform).
• Docs/Wiki Site.

Thanks for your patience and support!