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#1 MissJenn

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Posted 16 November 2010 - 09:46 AM

The Groundspeak Knowledge Books contain helpful information for every player of our games. It was created by Lackeys and Reviewers working together.
http://support.groundspeak.com/

Start with the options you'll find on the left margin of the page. You can browse the many articles that way.

Some Knowledge Book pages have been highlighted and others have been marked as "most helpful" by geocachers like you.

This thread will be a growing list of recently-added pages. As such, you may want to "watch it" or subscribe to it so that you are alerted when new pages become available.

Thanks for reading!

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#2 MissJenn

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Posted 16 November 2010 - 09:52 AM

Added recently:

Geocaching → Review Process: Hiding a Geocache → Saturation Guideline: Hidden, Virtual and Additional Waypoints
http://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?p...page&id=232

Geocaching → Review Process: Hiding a Geocache → Additional Cache Hints
http://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?p...page&id=222

Trackables → Beginner's Basics → Activating a Trackable - screencast
http://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?p...page&id=284

Premium Membership → Pocket Queries → Creating Your First Pocket Query - screencast
http://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?p...page&id=282

Premium Membership → Benefits → Creating a Bookmark List - screencast
http://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?p...page&id=283

#3 MissJenn

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Posted 16 November 2010 - 05:14 PM

Also added within the past month:

Geocaching → My Account and Profile → Status Types in a Profile Page
http://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?p...page&id=219

Geocaching → Finding Geocaches → Download Cache Information
http://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?p...page&id=236

Geocaching → More Site Functionality → Souvenirs
http://support.groun...=kb.page&id=272

#4 MissJenn

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Posted 23 December 2010 - 03:08 PM

More pages have been added or edited to the KB for your learning pleasure.

Premium Membership → Buying a Premium Membership → Buying Premium Membership as a Gift (edited)
http://support.groun...=kb.page&id=176

Geocaching → Geocaching with Android → Introduction to Groundspeak's Geocaching for Android Application
http://support.groun...=kb.page&id=289

Geocaching → Geocaching with Windows Phone 7 → Introduction to Groundspeak's Geocaching for Windows Phone 7 Application
http://support.groun...=kb.page&id=300

Geocaching → Review Process: Hiding a Geocache → Challenge Caches (edited)
http://support.groun...=kb.page&id=206

Geocaching → Review Process: Hiding a Geocache → Technology and Links on Cache Pages
http://support.groun...=kb.page&id=297

Additionally, te entire KB chapter on Forums has seen quite a few changes. Perhaps it would be best for me to link you to the entire chapter instead of just one page → Tips and tricks for use in our discussion Forums.
https://support.grou...pg=kb.book&id=4

#5 CathyH

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Posted 29 December 2010 - 10:27 AM

An additional page has been added to explain how/why to enable your unpublished cache listing

Home → Geocaching → Review Process: Hiding a Geocache → Working with the Reviewer: enable your cache after edits
http://support.Groun...=kb.page&id=301

#6 MissJenn

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Posted 14 February 2011 - 09:02 AM

Guidelines For Placement, Listing And Logging

We have edited the guidelines page: http://www.geocachin...guidelines.aspx
What did we do, basically?

Note that it has three major sections (Placement, Listing and Logging)
Made it easier to read and to understand by re-organizing and shortening.
The longer explanations are in a whole new Knowledge Book which are an extension of the guidelines: http://support.groun...g=kb.book&id=11
There is a different KB chapter within the Knowledge Book of Geocaching called the Review Process which is really separate from the actual Guidelines.

#7 MissJenn

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Posted 05 May 2011 - 01:38 PM

Business → General Information → Privacy Policy
http://support.groun...=kb.page&id=327

#8 MissJenn

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Posted 24 May 2011 - 04:19 PM

Shopping → shop.Geocaching.com→ Website Update to the Shop - May 2011
http://support.groun...=kb.page&id=328

To discuss the changes, you can join this thread.

#9 MissJenn

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Posted 18 August 2011 - 03:44 PM

Geocaching → More Site Functionality→ Challenges

http://support.groun...=kb.page&id=329

#10 MissJenn

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Posted 26 August 2011 - 08:28 AM

Geocaching → More Site Functionality→ Geocaching Live Access and Restrictions (the API)
https://support.grou...=kb.page&id=330

#11 Sandy

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Posted 12 December 2011 - 03:48 PM

Geocaching: Review Process: Hiding a Geocache: Challenge Caches updated.

#12 Sandy

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Posted 23 December 2011 - 11:55 AM

New article: HTML in Cache Pages auf Deutsch

#13 Sandy

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Posted 23 December 2011 - 02:48 PM

Updated: Geocaching 2.4 Newest Caches to Me

#14 Sandy

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Posted 10 January 2012 - 01:43 PM

HTML on cache pages German version (6.5) updated.

#15 Sandy

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Posted 23 January 2012 - 01:37 PM

12.7 Becoming a Volunteer Reviewer. Updated.

#16 Sandy

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Posted 30 January 2012 - 11:32 AM

Geocaching 4.9 Ratings for Difficulty and Terrain. Updated level 5 (difficulty and terrain)

#17 Sandy

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 01:02 PM

Updated:

2.1 An introduction to Pocket Queries
2.6 Tips and Known Issues

#18 Sandy

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Posted 21 February 2012 - 10:04 AM

Night and UV Caches Updated.

#19 Sandy

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Posted 23 February 2012 - 12:51 PM

Added: Camping Event Caches.

#20 Sandy

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Posted 01 March 2012 - 07:44 AM

Updated: Camping Event Caches. Added text about logbooks.

#21 Sandy

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Posted 08 March 2012 - 12:56 PM

Updated KB articles about search features.
Geocaching 2.7 Finding Caches Outside of the U.S.
and 2.8 Advanced Search Features

#22 Sandy

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Posted 12 March 2012 - 10:31 AM

Challenge Caches has been updated. This is a re-write of the previous page. Note that the Challenge Cache guideline has also been updated.

Update to guidelines, "Note: Challenge caches published prior to the guideline update 3/12/12 are grandfathered into the game and do not need to comply with current guidelines."

#23 Sandy

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Posted 28 March 2012 - 12:08 PM

QR Challenges - article added: http://support.groun...=kb.page&id=339

#24 Sandy

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Posted 24 April 2012 - 10:17 AM

Attributes(10.1) Updated.

Added text about new cache listing submission tool.

#25 Sandy

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Posted 24 April 2012 - 10:18 AM

Cache Listing Requirements / Guidelines Updated 4/23/2012.

#26 Sandy

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Posted 11 May 2012 - 09:31 AM

Updated event cache guidelines affect cache events, CITOs and MEGAs, regarding sponsorship.

http://support.groun...=kb.page&id=308

#27 Sandy

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Posted 23 May 2012 - 12:49 PM

Mega-Events Article updated to include (new) benefits .

#28 Sandy

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Posted 16 July 2012 - 12:43 PM

Updated Event Cache, CITO and Mega-Event guidelines with relation to external sponsorship.
Mega-Events are bound by an additional guideline about this aspect of organization, and other events types are not.

From guideline for Mega-Events: "In consideration of the significant resources we devote to publicizing the Mega-Event, Groundspeak reserves the right to deny or retract publication of Mega events sponsored by other commercial geocache listing services, as well as parent and affiliated companies, unless written permission has been granted in advance by Groundspeak."

#29 Sandy

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Posted 17 July 2012 - 10:15 AM

Updated Mega-Event article for grammar and contact information. No major edits.

#30 Sandy

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Posted 13 August 2012 - 04:01 PM

Premium Membership:
1.2 PMO Caches (Explanations of how to identify them)
1.4 CAAR (clarified instructions; added link to video)
1.5 Instant Notifications (clarified instructions)
1.6 Favorites (added links)
1.8 Google Maps (page added)
1.9 Map Filtering (page added)
1.10 Geocaching Premium Statistics (page added)