Cambridge Pub Guide

Site News

2005-09-08

Introduced error handling for pubs that don't exist. This should prove particularly useful if a pub changes its name.

2005-08-17

The Cambridge Pub Guide is now public!

2005-07-24

It's taken a while, but everything is now complete. However, a bit more testing and some minor tweaking to the map needs to take place. Also content is rather minimal for now - this needs to change before a public launch.

2005-05-16

Initial setup and testing. Many changes still taking place and lots of features still not implemented.

Development Notes

Pub Dot Colouring

Currently all unrated pubs are shown on the map as if they had three stars. This is to give a fair balance to those pubs that simply lack information. This functionality may be changed as the database starts to fill up.

Top 10 Cheapest

It is worth noting that the list of cheapest pubs only takes into account those that have had a price set for all three drinks.

Filters Without Results

It should also be pointed out that if a filter produces no results it's button will simply not be shown. This should really only occur with the 'now serving food' filter.

Accuracy of Nearby Pubs

The list of nearby pubs is simply generated by matching the first four digits of a pub's postcode. This is obviously not ideal as postcodes can be somewhat irregular in 'shape' and a pub near a postcode 'border' will be assigned an inaccurate list. However, there is little alternative without giving every pub a grid reference of some kind. Perhaps this could be generated from a postcode in a future revision.