New Feature: Community-Supported Schedules

Along with the aesthetic changes, we also made quite a few functional changes both under the hood and on the visible side of the site.

One of those changes that we're most excited about is Community-Supported Schedules.

Before I get into too much detail, let me give you a little background.

We know that two of the most important reasons people visit us are 1) Rink schedules/hours and 2) Location/contact information.

Unfortunately, we've been a little behind in getting schedules for more than 4,500 rinks. It's a huge effort.

Since our goal is to work closely with as many rinks as possible across the United States & Canada and because we believe in the skating industry and the skaters who visit rinks each weekend, we want to make sure that we have the most up-to-date and accurate information as possible.

Enter: Community-Supported Schedules

Many rinks are far too busy in day-to-day operations to take time for updating their schedule of activities on RinkTime. We totally understand. That's why we've now put the power into the hands of our great RinkTime Community (you!)

On every rink profile page, you will see a "Schedule" tab. Within that tab, an orange button that says "log in to edit". Click it, log in (or create an account), and you'll be on your way to helping other skaters who visit RinkTime by sharing your knowledge of a rink's schedule.

You can both add and remove time blocks. It's really easy to do and we're excited to see it in action.

Give it a shot and let us know what you think. Comments are always welcome.

Rob
Lead Developer