eTRaXC® Enhnancements

At eTRaXC we are constantly trying to improve the services we offer to the fitness community. This includes making changes necessary to keep up with the rapidly changing technology and electronic media available, fixing issues in our current software that has been shown to be dysfunctional on some level, and responding to the needs of our clientele. The purpose of this page is to keep you abreast of how this is going. We will present you with three categories: recent enhancements, bug fixes on our radar, and things we are going to get at as soon as possible. Please visit this page often.

Recent Enhancements Completed

The following are recent improvements we have made to the site. If you come across an issue in the functionality of these changes please send us an email.

Workout Scheduling Utility
Made it much more user-friendly to schedule workouts for workout groups on your team and for individuals. Also created the opportunity to upload workout documents/forms, etc.
Roster/Team Contacts Batch Upload
Primarily helpful for new coaches to upload their entire roster but can also be helpful each new season with multiple new team members.
Training Incentives
Training Incentives is a utility designed to allow coaches to create motivational programs for their athletes training programs. Examples may be things like "Running Across The Country", "24 Hour Run", "500 Mile Club", etc. No data compilation required by the coach.
Team Customization
Teams now have more ability to customize eTRaXC for their team by determining what colors they would like the site to render and by the ability to upload a team crest, mascot, or other image.
"I'm just sayin'..."
Allow team members and coaches to make a quick comment that appears on the team's welcome page.
"Spotlight On..."
Recognize the achievements of individuals or the team on your team's welcome page.
Resource Sharing
Allow coaches to share resources (workout sheets, articles, links, etc) with each other.
Data Resources
Tap into the database to create custome, data-driven forms for your team. Saves a lot of spreadsheet manipulation on your part.
Text Messaging
Added the ability to communicate with team members/coaches via SMS messaging to the "Communications" portal.
Mobile-Friendly Version
Created, and continuing to add functionality to, a version that renders well on mobile devices like a blackberry, iPhone, etc.
Site Re-Skin
The site was aging and falling into a state of disrepair and it looked like it was developed 8 - 10 years ago, which it was. We have taken most of the frames out and removed a lot of the border-based appearance, shifting to colors that are a little more contemporary.

Coming Improvements

These are improvements we are planning for the near future. If you have a suggestion for something that would make eTRaXC more valuable to you or others, please send us an email.

Parent Logins
Create logins especially for parents with very limited access (schedule, results, communication only?).
"The Locker Room"
An athlete and coach's social network.
Team Web Sites
Create the option of providing a web site for each team that has a seamles interface with eTRaXC.
Continue To Add Mobile Functionality
Continue to modify existing eTRaXC functionality so that it renders well on mobile devices.
Day Week Starts
Allow coach to set the start day of the week as Monday or Sunday.
Interactivity
Create the capability to comment on team members' training and racing results.
More Efficient Results Entry
Currently the process for entering race results is a little tedious. We are looking for ways to make this more efficient.
Increase Max Race Time/Distances
Currently the categories on the race entry forms are limited to races lasting 6 hours and marathon distance. Ultimately, the race times will be extended to include races lasting at least 48 hours and distances of at least 100 miles.
Explore Third-Party Partnerships
There are some nice products and servies out there for cc and t&f. We would like to eventually partner with some of these to create seamless interaction to save our coaches and athletes time and effort.
Stronger Login Credentials
Move away from the PIN approach to a more secure password-based approach to add greater site security.
"Forgot My Password"
Create a different process for forgotten password that resets it rather than sends it via email to increase data security.

Fixes On Our Radar

The following are issues that we are working hard to resolve. These have been reported by coaches and athletes using eTRaXC. If you come across an issue in the functionality of the site please send us an email.

Equipment Log
There seem to be some irregularities and difficulties when managing this portion of the Team Manager. We will get on it!
Results Entry
Occassionally results entered do not remain in their entered form. We are looking into this.
PR Updates
There is an issue with race results not updating pr lists automatically. This is a priority for us and we hope to have it resolved soon.
Editing Race Log Entries
At times it can be difficult to delete or edit an existing entry in a race log. This is a sporadic issue which makes it difficult to\ resolve but we will figure it out.
Dead Links
Find and resolve any remaining links on the site that return 500 or 404 errors.