# \[ANN\] whatstheplan.com - a better way to plan events online **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [April 2, 2007, 7:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-whatstheplan-com-a-better-way-to-plan-events-online/90835 "2007-04-02T07:34:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 7:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-whatstheplan-com-a-better-way-to-plan-events-online/90835/1 "2007-04-02T07:34:08Z")
Hello, Yet another Rails launch announcement! We love rails and the latest thing we’ve put together is [whatstheplan.com](http://whatstheplan.com), a better way to plan events online. It’s a clean, elegant solution for organizing stuff with your friends. It integrates with Google local search, maps, calendar and sends useful and informative messages to your buddies. You can also collect payments up front with Paypal if you need to do things like book a conference room or sailboat. Check it out and let us know what you think: [http://www.whatstheplan.com](http://www.whatstheplan.com) Thanks, JP rhombus technologies, inc. [www.rhombus-technologies.com](http://www.rhombus-technologies.com) ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 7:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-whatstheplan-com-a-better-way-to-plan-events-online/90835/2 "2007-04-02T07:45:09Z")
Hi, I have attempted to signup but I was unable to login with my credentails. Also, does the application send a welcome e-mail when one registers? Thanks, -Conrad ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 8:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-whatstheplan-com-a-better-way-to-plan-events-online/90835/3 "2007-04-02T08:14:11Z")
On Sun, Apr 01, 2007 at 10:44:13PM -0700, Conrad T. wrote : > Also, does the application send a welcome e-mail when > one registers? Think so. See the flash[:notice]: Thanks for signing up! Welcome to [whatstheplan.com](http://whatstheplan.com). Please click the link in your email to activate your account. – ,========================. | Pierre-Alexandre M. | | email : removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid | `========================’ ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 8:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-whatstheplan-com-a-better-way-to-plan-events-online/90835/4 "2007-04-02T08:15:11Z")
I was able to sign up and login but a couple of things were a problem: 1. The browse tab is broken and show the error page 2. You email me my password in clear text, though that seems to be very common albeit a bad idea. -Michael [http://javathehutt.blogspot.com](http://javathehutt.blogspot.com) ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 5:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-whatstheplan-com-a-better-way-to-plan-events-online/90835/5 "2007-04-02T17:37:47Z")
- The welcome e-mail message where I had to confirm my email address was blocked by the spam filter in my gmail account… I guess this is going to happen for a lot of people. Should be fixed somehow. - When at the front page it shows the signup box although I am logged in. Maybe an idea to hide it when users are logged in? - Cool that you can subscribe to upcoming events using iCal or other apps that support the iCalendar format! - in the “about USERNAME” box on the right side of the profile page you display all the different questions like “what are your favorite joints around town” although I haven’t answered them. Maybe you could remove the ones that haven’t been filled out by the user? Cleans up the layout. - as somebody else said: the browse section doesn’t work. Just get an error. - really cool that you can write things like “next tuesday” in the when field when creating new events! But it might still need some work. I tried “monday in a month” and the event was added as if I had written next monday… - support for other currencies than $? - when selecting timezone in the profile it is somewhat irritating that you have added the most used at the top. I couldn’t just skip to my town by typing the first letters. Secondly even though you hadn’t added the “Most used” places at the top I still wouldn’t have been able to jump directly to my city as they are written like “continent - city”. Third: Zürich is written with ü. You have added it as Zurich. Wouldn’t it be cool with some ajax-autocomplete timezone text-field? Or you could have the different options in the list added as "COUNTRY - CITY" or “CITY - COUNTRY” or something like that? Or you could have a select like you have now where you preselect the city that the you think the user is in based on the IP or something… Take care! Best regards Sebastian ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 8:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ann-whatstheplan-com-a-better-way-to-plan-events-online/90835/6 "2007-04-02T08:42:15Z")
Hi, I never received this welcome e-mail eventhoug it displays the message when one registers. -Conrad