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New Happy Hopper Website & Phone App!

· Bri Rial

Happy Hoppers website redesigned & new Happy Hopper phone apps!

You asked for it, and it's here! Our new happyhoppers.org website is your full Hopper MOB Hub: communications, documents, events, carpools, chat, and everything that keeps us connected. Same energy as our social media, same community you show up for every week — now online too.

Plus, the Happy Hoppers app is live on iPhone and Android! If interested in the phone app, chime in to the General Chat to find the phone app conversation!

Bri Rial & Joshua McClintock

Here's what available for you on our site!

  • Singing Call Simon now plays real singing-call figures in order — and animates each call live as it's played, so you can follow along and learn the moves. (1) Open Games (2) pick Singing Call Simon (3) watch and follow the calls in sequence.

  • Daily Fortune Wheel — give it one spin a day for a little Hopper fortune. (1) Open Games (2) pick Fortune Wheel (3) spin, then come back tomorrow for the next one.

  • Trivia Blitz — a quick new trivia mini-game to test your square-dance smarts.

  • Game Leaderboards — the top 10 member scores now show on a leaderboard, and one can be featured right on a page. Play the games to climb the board!

  • A fresh look for the games — Simon, Trivia Blitz, Wordle, and the Fortune Wheel all got a new Hopper navy-and-silver style.

  • Hopper Music Library — listen to Hopper music right on the site, no download needed. (1) Open the Music Library (2) browse the tracks (3) press play.

Your Photos

  • Upload your own photos — members can now add their own photos (not just videos) to a personal photo library, and choose Members Only or Public for each. Have historic club photos to share? Now's the time!

  • Batch upload — add several photos at once instead of one at a time.

  • "About Me" gallery on your dancer profile — show who you are outside of dancing with up to 10 photos (and now videos too) on your profile. (1) Go to your account photo area (2) upload a photo or video and set its visibility (3) toggle "Add to My Dancer Profile."

Staying Connected

  • Notifications on your phone — your way — the site can now send notifications straight to your phone, and you decide which ones you get. (1) Open your Profile / Preferences (2) find Notifications (3) switch each category on or off for in-app and phone push.

  • Tidy up your bell — you can now clear and delete notifications, not just mark them as read.

  • Chat, better organized — chat is now grouped into Carpool, Marketplace, and General contexts, with @mentions (type @ to tag someone), unread badges so you know what's new, and a Talk Hub panel on your dashboard to read and reply to the General chat without leaving the page.

  • MOB Hub on your dashboard — see who's going to upcoming events and any carpool offers at a glance, and tap "I'm going" right from the dashboard.

  • Carpooling — get notified about carpool activity, and the carpool chat list stays tidy (past ride chats tuck away and clear out automatically).

  • Member voting — vote on club business and see the results. (1) Open an active Vote (2) make your choice (3) check back for results when it closes.

  • Send feedback from the site — a simple way to pass along suggestions or issues from within the site.

Directory & Events

  • Member directory glow-up — the directory now shows members' profile photos and who's active on the site.

  • Your profile, your privacy — choose whether your dancer profile is visible to the public or members only.

  • Search the calendar — find any event, past or future, by name, caller, venue, or type — no more scrolling back through months. And past events now stay out of the default view to keep things clean.

  • Lesson pages made public — lesson sessions now open a friendly public detail page (with the series flyer) instead of a login wall, and upcoming lessons can appear right on a page.

  • Easier for newcomers to reach us — the lesson interest form now asks "How did you hear about us?", double-checks the email address, and sends a confirmation email.

Site

  • Welcome & Getting Started — new members get a first-login welcome, a Getting Started page you can revisit anytime, and in-page "How does this work?" help on Carpools, Photos, Chat, and Kiosk.

  • Simpler sign-in — a show/hide password button, self-service email and password changes, and passkey sign-in (Face ID / Touch ID) on supported devices so you don't have to type your password every time.

  • Click to enlarge — images placed on site pages can now be clicked to view them larger.

  • Cleaner look — the navigation menu stays easy to read over hero videos, and every page now has a consistent footer.

Thanks for being part of Happy Hoppers — see you on the dance floor! 💃🕺