06-Sep-2026 — a link that opens a new walk directly, a default start time for new walks, and new-walk #269

build 879 — commit 89d3bd0

What's new

Groups writing their own how-to pages for leaders wanted a link that takes the reader straight into creating a walk, rather than describing where to find the button. The walk editor's add address now works when opened directly: it sets the reader as walk leader and starts the walk at the group's default start time, exactly as the add-walk button does, and it follows the same "who can create their own walk" setting. Walk Configuration gains that default start time, 10:30 unless changed, so new walks no longer start at whatever time of day the leader happened to be sitting at the keyboard. A fault that stopped anyone changing the date, or anything else, on a brand new walk is fixed at the same time.

At a glance

• Opening the walks area's edit/add address while logged in creates a new walk with you as leader; anyone without permission is returned to the walks page
• New walks and Add Walk Slots both start at the group's default start time, set in Walk Configuration under Default start time for new walks, which replaces the fixed 10:00 that slots used before
• Every field on a brand new walk, the date included, is editable again