A new way to browse the FIRST website

[Pat Fairbank]

Originally Posted by B.Johnston

Not to make it any easier for us end users...

but could the redirect server support a --form-- on the page

That we could enter the values into then hit enter?

I've bookmarked

http://frclinks.frclinks.com/

and just type the argument ie w/47 in the address bar to work this way,

but it would be more intuitive to have an active entry box on the page.

Done.

[Tristan Lall]

Originally Posted by B.Johnston

samsofa330

Nice Firefox only though

chrome, ie and safari/win don't

safari/win does allow a shortcut key but then back to clicking address bar and entering your arguments after the url

I just set IE 7 to use FRC Links as a search provider—so in the search box, with the appropriate search type selected, I type the desired parameters, and hit Enter.

To set this up, select "Find More Providers..." from the search box dropdown menu, enter "http://frclinks.frclinks.com/TEST" as the search string, and then call it something descriptive.

[Nate Smith]

You can also do the same thing in Chrome ->

1. Click the "wrench" toolbar button and choose Options
2. On the General tab, click the "Manage" button under "Default Search"
3. Click Add, then fill in the info:
Name: FRCLinks
Keyword: frc
URL: http://frclinks.frclinks.com/%s

[Michelle Celio]

Is there a way to get information from a specific year using this? Lets say I wanted to see the list of teams who attended the 2007 Championship.

I might have over looked how to do this (and I can't find the list on the FIRST site either...)

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by Michelle Celio

Is there a way to get information from a specific year using this? Lets say I wanted to see the list of teams who attended the 2007 Championship.

I might have over looked how to do this (and I can't find the list on the FIRST site either...)

https://my.usfirst.org/myarea/index....7&sort=teamnum

URL Code:

https://my.usfirst.org/myarea/index.lasso?page=teamlist&event_type=FRC&event=CMP&year=2007&sort=teamnum

Replace year with whatever year you want in that string in the URL.
That works for every year from 2002* through the present (minus 2009 with no info yet of course.)


*2002 lacks a lot of data, but the team numbers are still there.

[Pat Fairbank]

Originally Posted by Michelle Celio

Is there a way to get information from a specific year using this? Lets say I wanted to see the list of teams who attended the 2007 Championship.

Right now there isn't; it just defaults to 2009. But that's a good idea - I'll add something when I get the chance.

[Jonathan Norris]

Pat, you're my hero.

good work man. I'll be using this.

[Pat Fairbank]

Originally Posted by Pat Fairbank

Right now there isn't; it just defaults to 2009. But that's a good idea - I'll add something when I get the chance.

Ok, I've implemented year qualifiers for the event shortcuts. I also put in a link for the awards page (not sure how I overlooked that one before).

/e/[event id](/[optional year])
/event/[event id](/[optional year])
Go to the team list for the given event ID (e.g. il, ny, wat).

/e/s/[event id](/[optional year])
/event/schedule/[event id](/[optional year])
Go to the qualification match schedule for the given event ID (e.g. il, ny, wat).

/e/m/[event id](/[optional year])
/event/matchresults/[event id](/[optional year])
Go to the qualification match results for the given event ID (e.g. il, ny, wat).

/e/r/[event id](/[optional year])
/event/rankings/[event id](/[optional year])
Go to the rankings for the given event ID (e.g. il, ny, wat).

/e/a/[event id](/[optional year])
/event/awards/[event id](/[optional year])
Go to the awards for the given event ID (e.g. il, ny, wat).

[Pat Fairbank]

Karthik asked me to add a link for the 2009 Control System page - which I'm sure people will be visiting often once teams get their hands on the new system.

/cs
/controlsystem
Go to the 2009 Control System page.

[Pat Fairbank]

A couple new features to announce:

/tba/[team number]
Go to the The Blue Alliance page for the given team.

/cdm/[team number]
Go to the Chief Delphi Media page for photos tagged with the given team.

Credit goes to Andy Burchardt and Sam Couch for the suggestions.

[smurfgirl]

Pat, you're my new hero. You just saved me approximately 10,000 clicks by the end of the season... maybe more. Thanks so much for making this awesome resource for us! I just shared it with my team.

[JB987]

Way to go, Pat! Can't wait to get my new smartphone and set up this great time saver...this is what FIRST is all about and why CD is such a fantastic service to us all. Keep up the good work!

[MaxS]

You can replicate the search bar functionality in Mozilla with Keywurl. This requires you to also install the SIMBL library, however, but it's worth it.

[Doug Leppard]

Thank you Pat for this program. It will be my FIRST place to go when I look for things.

[AndyB]

Thanks for considering the suggestion Pat. You have no idea how much time and attention span frclinks saves me. =)