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Kennel, Breeder, and Owner Directories

Posted on November 26, 2009 at 03:45 PM in categories Contact Database, Website

The contact database has grown enough to start coding new features based on the information it contains. There are three new items on the left-side menu: Kennel, Breeder, and Owner Directories. If you've specified a kennel name, a state or province, and a country in your contact profile, your kennel will appear in this directory (all three fields are required). If the directory gets too long, I may had a filter to show only kennels with dogs associated with their contact profile. So if you're the breeder of one or more dogs in our database, it would be best if you update those dog records and include yourself as the breeder.

The Breeder Directory is similar to the Kennel Directory, except that first and last names are displayed instead of the kennel name, and the contact profile must be associated with one or more dogs as a breeder. The Owner Directory is the same, except the contact profile must be associated as an owner. In all cases, the contact profile must include a state or province, and country.

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Comments

Posted by on November 27, 2009 at 04:19 AM

please count me in

Posted by on November 27, 2009 at 10:42 AM

Thanks Moira.

I'm trying to offer as many features for breeders that I can, all in the hope that breeders will be more active on ChessieDB and keep their dog's information up-to-date. The more accurate our dog database is, the more useful it is. :-) This is also why we're offering our pages in a special format for "embedding" on other websites.

If I have time next week, I'll probably add a "Submit -> A New Litter" page. I'm thinking of a form with multiple rows - one row per puppy (name, sex, color, tattoo, chip, reg number) to makes it faster and easier to submit a whole litter.

I'd also like to offer somekind of classifieds or forum section where breeders, stud owners, trainers, etc. can offer their services. I'm still working out the details, so this is probably a few months down the road...

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