Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | calsbricks  | | Posted: | Feb 16, 2019 13:53 | | Subject: | Re: BrickStock Sub-condition | | Viewed: | 17 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| In Inventories, wilton1975 writes:
| | Hi all
I have downloaded an XML version of my inventory via Brickstock.
When I open it I do not see any way to specify a set's sub-condition ie incomplete
or sealed.
Is it possible or does BrickStock have no way to specify a sub-condition.
Does anyone know?
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No sub-condition currently in Brickstock
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Feb 16, 2019 08:01 | | Subject: | Re: We need a modern way to part out sets. | | Viewed: | 76 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, HallBricks writes:
| | The "Part Out" tool feels very outdated, and is tedious to use. One accidental
click on a link, and you loose every data you have put in for each lot.
I know there are third party software used to upload parts to your inventory,
but think a much more powerful way to part out set should be offered by BrickLink.
Maybe a software you download to your computer, but it could also just be a massive
redesign of the existing tool online.
What I miss the most is easier ways to manage lots that already exist in my inventory.
I don't want to open a new page just to check the remarks for a certain lot,
because if I forget to open that link in a new tab I will loose all progress
made with the other lots. This information should be visible on the same page,
or I should be able to open it in a pop-up window.
When parting out huge sets with thousands of pieces, it would also be nice to
be able to save the progress and continue later. Maybe there should be one upload
button for each lot, so I don't have to go through the entire list first
and then submit all changes at once.
There are of course lots of different features that could be implemented to make
the Part Out tool even more powerful, like more advanced ways to set up automatic
prices, like 10% below average etc.
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YOu are of course right - that feature needs re-thinking. Having said that I
am not yet convinced leaving it in the hands of the developers, without a proper
specification will gie us what we want/need. It would be absolutely brilliant
if they come to the members and ask for input - then produce a spec for review
and then once agreed - write the code. Not really going to happen is it. No work
is currently being done on the classic site whilst all efforts are directed to
the next great marvel Bricklink xp and then, according to Admin_russell sellers
tools are next, whatever that means. As we have been waiting since 2013 for some
indication as to what that will be and the only message which evens mentions
features was that from Admin suggesting that B2B should be part of sellers tools
????? I wonder who asked for that and what does it mean?
People who run stores both new and old know what they need far better than those
who have not run a store. They should be asked what is needed and as I mentioned
in the first paragraph given a significant say in what is developed. Not goint
to happen, I am sure but one could hope.
For starters we ned as a minimum the following:
1. Inventory management
1. Sales Metrics/dashboard
3. Access to Google Analytics information for no of visitors etc
4. More printing capabilities (parameter/choice driven
5. More options using Query by Form
6. A totally revamped MY Inventory page
7. A proper part-out log (not the current one)
8. Redesign of the part out feature
9. Redesign of the add inventory page
10. Proper backup capabilities
11. Re-visit downloads and make them compatible with modern tools
And that list could go on for days
Sorry to kind of hi-jack your thread.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Jan 27, 2019 08:26 | | Subject: | Re: Visit count incrementing | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, jamescorkhill writes:
| | Thanks for replying. I kind of thought that might be the case and you have confirmed
it.
I'm very new to selling, but a web developer myself, so any tips welcome.
Do you just embed one into your terms/splash page?
In Suggestions, calsbricks writes:
| | In Suggestions, jamescorkhill writes:
| | Hi
I was wondering if was possible, or if it would make sense to stop the visit
count going up when you visit your own store. This would give a more accurate
idea of how many other people have looked at your store.
If I am misunderstanding what it is for please correct me.
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The visitor counter is totally flawed and should not be used as an indicator
of visitors. If you press and hold the F5 Ker whilst in your store, or anyone
else does, you can make the counter jump horrendously.
We went from 60000 visitors a long time ago to 250,0000 overnight and you know
that cannot be real.
We had our web designer deal with this and now use our own counter, which many
other people also do.
It is a shame really as it appears Bricklink use Google analytics and could provide
much better information but to date have not seen this as important.
Good luck with your suggestion but without a radical change to the way the Bricklink
one currently works it is not helpful information.
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That is the normal way, but to be honest I amm not sure how our guy did it. Will
ask him and repost.
It would be so much better if Bricklink would open up Analytics and let us all
do and see what we want.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Jan 27, 2019 07:47 | | Subject: | Re: Visit count incrementing | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, jamescorkhill writes:
| | Hi
I was wondering if was possible, or if it would make sense to stop the visit
count going up when you visit your own store. This would give a more accurate
idea of how many other people have looked at your store.
If I am misunderstanding what it is for please correct me.
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The visitor counter is totally flawed and should not be used as an indicator
of visitors. If you press and hold the F5 Ker whilst in your store, or anyone
else does, you can make the counter jump horrendously.
We went from 60000 visitors a long time ago to 250,0000 overnight and you know
that cannot be real.
We had our web designer deal with this and now use our own counter, which many
other people also do.
It is a shame really as it appears Bricklink use Google analytics and could provide
much better information but to date have not seen this as important.
Good luck with your suggestion but without a radical change to the way the Bricklink
one currently works it is not helpful information.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Jan 15, 2019 13:12 | | Subject: | Re: Add ability to download Part Out Log | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, JulieK writes:
| | In Suggestions, JulieK writes:
| | Please add ability to download the list of sets shown on the My Inventory: Part
Out Log.
Thank You.
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Bumping. It would be nice to be able to download this info into an excel sheet.
It would make cross checking my records easier.
Thank You.
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Hi there - voted no but need to explain. The part out log as it stands at present
isn't really much value. It needs to incorporate the transaction detail (which
it holds) before it would be worthwhile downloading it. The only thing it contains
at present is the set id and the date you parted it out.
But, again, unfortunately nothing is going on on the classic site whatsoever
- all development effort is being utilized on Bricklink XP (or whatever they
end up calling it).
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Jan 2, 2019 13:33 | | Subject: | Re: Add HTML functionality to shipping message | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, Leut writes:
| | In Suggestions, calsbricks writes:
| | In Suggestions, Leut writes:
| | When I ship an order with a courier and I get a track-and-trace code, I also
add a URL to the message with which the buyer can easily keep an eye on the courier's
website and the status of the parcel.
This URL however can only be inserted as plain text and looks rather old school
and not quite professional as I would like to see. An image is attached to show
what I mean.
Is it a possibility there's some kind of HTML options added to the shipment
message with which we -the sellers- are able to create good looking messages?
If something like this already exists or if there are any other options I might
have overlooked, please do inform so.
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Hi there - very strange
We add the tracking url to our drive through messages and it works fine.
This is the URL that we use, replacing the [TRACKING NUMBVER] field with the
Post Office tracking number.
http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/track?trackNumber=[TRACKING NUMBER]
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That already looks better than mine.
But wouldn’t it be more nicer to mention the tracking number only in the drive
through message, and this tracking number is a hyperlink, on which the buyer
can click to get routed to the courier’s statuspage?
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That above URL is pasted into our drive-thru messages with the appropriate number
in it (replacing the word tracking number) and over 5000 orders later we have
never had a problem other than they click on the link and the post office haven't
updated the information yet but that always goes away after a day or so.
Go to your postal service or courier web site and I am sure in their support
section they will have a list of the URL's to use with examples. That is
what we did
We still agree with you about smartening up the message capabilities so it can
be more of a marketing tool but at least you should be able to do this without
any problems.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Jan 2, 2019 13:11 | | Subject: | Re: Add HTML functionality to shipping message | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, Leut writes:
| | When I ship an order with a courier and I get a track-and-trace code, I also
add a URL to the message with which the buyer can easily keep an eye on the courier's
website and the status of the parcel.
This URL however can only be inserted as plain text and looks rather old school
and not quite professional as I would like to see. An image is attached to show
what I mean.
Is it a possibility there's some kind of HTML options added to the shipment
message with which we -the sellers- are able to create good looking messages?
If something like this already exists or if there are any other options I might
have overlooked, please do inform so.
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Hi there - very strange
We add the tracking url to our drive through messages and it works fine.
This is the URL that we use, replacing the [TRACKING NUMBVER] field with the
Post Office tracking number.
http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/track?trackNumber=[TRACKING NUMBER]
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Nov 23, 2018 10:50 | | Subject: | Re: Part out value may not always be accurate | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, shovhans writes:
| | Dear bricklink development team,
Currently the "Part Out Value" page shows the value in average, which may not
be accurate if any seller posts an item with very high, or inaccurate price.
To better represent the part out value of a set, we need to add the following
additional metrics:
1. Standard deviation of the Average value shown
2. Median value
3. Breakdown list of all items with the above metrics for each item. Additionally
we would like to see the count for each item.
Thanks
shovhans
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Whilst your suggestion is very good - nothing is being done by the development
team to the classic site whilst Bricklink eXpress is being developed. So it will
more than likely fall on 'deaf ears'. An awful lot more needs doing on
the entire part out process on this site. The part out log should not be just
a reminder of the date when you parted it out - it should contain full details
of the part out. You should also be able to see what the 'new lots' will
be from the first screen - we need more flexibility in the initial screen especially
with remarks fields, as well as seeing what we have the item listed as etc. etc.
Lots to do - nothing will get done. Shame really as it is a very important part
of the site.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Nov 23, 2018 00:38 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 40145-1 | | Viewed: | 154 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 2 Part 4085b Orange Plate, Modified 1 x 1 with Clip Vertical - Type 2 (thin U clip) (Alternate)
Comments from Submitter:
6 sets parted out 2 had the b variant not d.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Nov 21, 2018 12:03 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 40222-1 | | Viewed: | 225 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 2 Part 4085b Orange Plate, Modified 1 x 1 with Clip Vertical - Type 2 (thin U clip) (Alternate)
Comments from Submitter:
5 Sets parted out - all b's not d's
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Nov 21, 2018 11:50 | | Subject: | Re: Projectile Launcher | | Viewed: | 286 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, TheBrickGuys writes:
| | In Catalog, calsbricks writes:
| | In Catalog, StormChaser writes:
| | In Catalog, calsbricks writes:
| | Change for the sake of change is often followed by complaints - it rarely serves
any real purpose. Agreed changes often come with compliments and welcoming. There
is a difference.
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That's a reasonable assessment. However, I'm fairly confident that the
changes I've made or coordinated in the catalog so far were all improvements.
Still, I've gotten a number of complaints about nearly all of them.
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How does that go - you can please some of the people all of the time but not
all of the people all of the time 
NB - We haven't had reason yet to complain other than taking up the entire
forum with catalogue and inventory change requests ....
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There are certain ones that talk allot about the changes needed yet they disagree
with just about EVERY change made. Hmmmm, makes you wonder.....
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About what?
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Nov 21, 2018 09:39 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 40222-1 | | Viewed: | 197 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 1 Part 44567b Light Bluish Gray Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 1 Finger on Side without Bottom Groove (Alternate)
* Add 1 Part 44302b Dark Bluish Gray Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 2 Fingers on End without Bottom Groove (Alternate)
Comments from Submitter:
5 sets parted out all without groove.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Nov 21, 2018 08:43 | | Subject: | Re: Projectile Launcher | | Viewed: | 182 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, StormChaser writes:
| | In Catalog, calsbricks writes:
| | Change for the sake of change is often followed by complaints - it rarely serves
any real purpose. Agreed changes often come with compliments and welcoming. There
is a difference.
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That's a reasonable assessment. However, I'm fairly confident that the
changes I've made or coordinated in the catalog so far were all improvements.
Still, I've gotten a number of complaints about nearly all of them.
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How does that go - you can please some of the people all of the time but not
all of the people all of the time
NB - We haven't had reason yet to complain other than taking up the entire
forum with catalogue and inventory change requests ....
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Nov 21, 2018 07:56 | | Subject: | Re: Projectile Launcher | | Viewed: | 352 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, StormChaser writes:
| | In Catalog, Teup writes:
That was the point of the Projectile Launcher category: to group all of these
together in one place. However, I'd prefer to wait for the launch of the
parts reclassification project to move these.
The first part of that project will be creating precise written definitions for
every category of parts. Once written definitions exist, then people will have
less room to bring out the torches and pitchforks when parts start moving. 
Don't know if you noticed or not, but people sometimes want change and then
complain when it happens.
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Change for the sake of change is often followed by complaints - it rarely serves
any real purpose. Agreed changes often come with compliments and welcoming. There
is a difference.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Nov 8, 2018 11:45 | | Subject: | Re: Try that again | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, Rob_and_Shelagh writes:
| | In Catalog, calsbricks writes:
| | - Not swure thie is correct in the catalogue. In all 3 sets that
it comes in there is an white rubber band which holds the two halves
together. The instructions show the rubber band being used in each case. Should
there be an inventory for the part?
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As currently set up in the catalogue 29112pb01 is for 1 piece i.e. half of the
assembly and the band is just another separate part. For an assembly the inventory
would need to be 2 x 29112pb01 plus one band but typically assemblies like this
are not catalogued.
Robert
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Hi Robert - I thought there was all this talk and discussion about assemblies
a short time ago and that has changed but I will bow to your knowledge and separate
them out.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Nov 8, 2018 11:39 | | Subject: | Try that again | | Viewed: | 224 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
| - Not swure thie is correct in the catalogue. In all 3 sets that
it comes in there is an white rubber band which holds the two halves
together. The instructions show the rubber band being used in each case. Should
there be an inventory for the part?
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Nov 5, 2018 05:28 | | Subject: | Re: The 87552/94638/35378 saga | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, StormChaser writes:
| | In Catalog, calsbricks writes:
You already have an open request for this issue. I have copied your message
and reposted it to the open request and moved this request from Catalog Requests
to Catalog.
I haven't had time to look at this issue closely, but I will soon.
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Noted - we will carry on with our investigations as well.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Nov 5, 2018 03:59 | | Subject: | The 87552/94638/35378 saga | | Viewed: | 91 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
| Good morning
It is now clear from the evidence we have gathered that the catalogue is not
currently correct for these part id's. The part is correct but
should only be used for solid colours, similar to the 3004/3065. Both the 94638
and 353787 are for Transparent colours of the same part - we are in the process
of investigating those two parts to see if there is any difference in them.
So far the 94638 comes in 4 transparent colours Trans-Clear, Trans Bright Green,
Trans-Black and Trans-Light Blue. The part also carries a slightly different
description with Lego - incorporating the Letters PC (PolyCarbonite) at the end.
The 35378 is currently only available in Trans-Clear, Trans Light Blue and Trans-Black.
All 3 parts are available through the Lego Bricks & Pieces site as separate items.
What we suggest in the first instance is to separate 87552 and restrict it to
solid colours only. Hopefully in due course we will have the answer on the other
2.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Oct 29, 2018 13:02 | | Subject: | Re: New Catalog Roadmap | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, StormChaser writes:
| | In Catalog, calsbricks writes:
| | Can we get some agreement on standards for reporting stud sizes please. some
are re[porting width and length and ignoring height and others are including
height. This happens quite frequently on 1 x 1 items.
Just set a rule or guideline and reject any that do not meet that.
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There are already rules and guidelines set:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=261
However, they could definitely be clarified when it comes to parts which don't
fit easy definitions. Therefore, I've added your project to the list:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2473
As for the part you mentioned in a subsequent post, it simply needed a correction
to remove the height and I have fixed it. Thank you for pointing it out.
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That was only a single example - there are plenty more.
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| | NB - We are not all that bothered by this as the stud measurements have no real
meaning
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Perhaps not to sellers who only sell and don't use the product. To people
who actually build with LEGO parts, these dimensions can be quite helpful. I
have used them many times.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Oct 29, 2018 05:05 | | Subject: | Re: New Catalog Roadmap | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, calsbricks writes:
| | In Catalog, StormChaser writes:
| | Want to know where we're going with the catalog? Hard to do without a map,
isn't it?
I'm excessively pleased to announce the all-new Catalog Roadmap in the Help
Center:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2473
If you lose that link, you can always find the page in the Help Center for the
catalog:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?topicID=21
This is an effort to increase transparency about what is happening with the BrickLink
catalog and to make it feel more like a community effort. And, of course, to
get some stuff done.
And no, before anyone asks, I don't know what's going on with the site
roadmap. I thought it was a fantastic feature and I'm quite excited to finally
have something similar for the catalog.
Feedback? Ideas? Comments?
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Morning
One more little item which needs attention
Can we get some agreement on standards for reporting stud sizes please. some
are re reads 2 x 2 x .33 whilst reads 2 x 2
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Oct 29, 2018 05:02 | | Subject: | Re: New Catalog Roadmap | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, StormChaser writes:
| | Want to know where we're going with the catalog? Hard to do without a map,
isn't it?
I'm excessively pleased to announce the all-new Catalog Roadmap in the Help
Center:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2473
If you lose that link, you can always find the page in the Help Center for the
catalog:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?topicID=21
This is an effort to increase transparency about what is happening with the BrickLink
catalog and to make it feel more like a community effort. And, of course, to
get some stuff done.
And no, before anyone asks, I don't know what's going on with the site
roadmap. I thought it was a fantastic feature and I'm quite excited to finally
have something similar for the catalog.
Feedback? Ideas? Comments?
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Morning
One more little item which needs attention
Can we get some agreement on standards for reporting stud sizes please. some
are re[porting width and length and ignoring height and others are including
height. This happens quite frequently on 1 x 1 items.
Just set a rule or guideline and reject any that do not meet that.
NB - We are not all that bothered by this as the stud measurements have no real
meaning it is the actual dimensions which are important but until we can both
see that and use it getting some form of standardisation would be nice/helpful.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Oct 28, 2018 03:03 | | Subject: | Re: New Catalog Roadmap | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, jennnifer writes:
| | In Catalog, calsbricks writes:
| | Okay - our fist suggestions:
1. Get the dimensions field added to the catalogue page display as well as in
stores.
2. Introduce a level above the categories for the purposes of reporting and searching
e.g. Bricks would cover all sub categories of bricks e.g. modified, decorated
round etc. Without the catalogue it is unlikely Bricklink would still be here.
Just those two thoughts will take development time and careful planning and I
am sure those that are more heavily invoiced with the catalogue and inventory
updates will have tons more they wish to see.
Good luck getting any of that done - a roadmap is an interesting start and welcome
but it has to fill out with actions rather than just remaining a blueprint (as
the other one has done).
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I would just like to quickly point out that the Catalog admins don't have
the ability to make developmental changes to the site. It won't be their
fault if your suggestions can't be implemented in a timely way. This road
map contains projects and ideas that don't require the BL office to facilitate.
Good ideas though!
Jen
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Pity really. Comments understood. Best we leave at that. When the single most
important element of your organisation (e.g. the catalogue) has no programmer
involved and has no direct influence on development plans - something is not
quite right?????
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Oct 28, 2018 02:57 | | Subject: | Re: New Catalog Roadmap | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, StormChaser writes:
| | In Catalog, calsbricks writes:
| | Good luck getting any of that done - a roadmap is an interesting start and welcome
but it has to fill out with actions rather than just remaining a blueprint (as
the other one has done).
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The programming stuff is, as you say, out of my control. The projects you see
on the catalog roadmap, however, are things I have the ability to accomplish.
If you've been paying attention to inventories over the past year, you'll
see that this is not just idle talk. There were more changes to inventories
in the past year than any other year in BrickLink's history.
Not all of the catalog projects on the roadmap will be accomplished and some
of them may not even be attempted. But I can promise that you will definitely
see some catalog changes in the next 12 months.
| | Again - good luck with the new role.
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Thank you! 
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Your comments are noted and understood - so as far as development goes it remains
status quo. Pity really - getting the data right in the database is only half
of the equation - the other half - getting it out in a meaningful and helpful
way is the other half and so much more needs to be done there. That helps both
sides of the market sellers and buyers.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Oct 27, 2018 13:40 | | Subject: | Re: New Catalog Roadmap | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, StormChaser writes:
| | Want to know where we're going with the catalog? Hard to do without a map,
isn't it?
I'm excessively pleased to announce the all-new Catalog Roadmap in the Help
Center:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2473
If you lose that link, you can always find the page in the Help Center for the
catalog:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?topicID=21
This is an effort to increase transparency about what is happening with the BrickLink
catalog and to make it feel more like a community effort. And, of course, to
get some stuff done.
And no, before anyone asks, I don't know what's going on with the site
roadmap. I thought it was a fantastic feature and I'm quite excited to finally
have something similar for the catalog.
Feedback? Ideas? Comments?
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Catalogue administrator - a promotion? More work and still in a queue for development
(despite the fact that the catalogue is the single most important asset of the
organisation - it is what brings both buyers and sellers to the site and is known
throughout the planet as the most comprehensive database of its kind for Lego.
You need a developer (one with SQL experience and knowledge) dedicated to it
and in your control.
Okay - our fist suggestions:
1. Get the dimensions field added to the catalogue page display as well as in
stores.
2. Introduce a level above the categories for the purposes of reporting and searching
e.g. Bricks would cover all sub categories of bricks e.g. modified, decorated
round etc. Without the catalogue it is unlikely Bricklink would still be here.
Just those two thoughts will take development time and careful planning and I
am sure those that are more heavily invoiced with the catalogue and inventory
updates will have tons more they wish to see.
Good luck getting any of that done - a roadmap is an interesting start and welcome
but it has to fill out with actions rather than just remaining a blueprint (as
the other one has done).
Again - good luck with the new role.
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Oct 25, 2018 12:21 | | Subject: | Re: Price guide improvement | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, hpoort writes:
| | Reverse engineering and assuming the API provides us with a clue about the underlying
data structure, I would conclude that the price is recorded in the local currency
of the store. This makes sense as this would remove all currency calculation
from the equation when looking at the internals of a store.
The API for the GetPriceGuide says:
"This method returns price in the specified currency code
- If you don't specify this value, price is retrieved in the base currency
of the user profile's"
http://apidev.bricklink.com/redmine/projects/bricklink-api/wiki/CatalogMethod#Get-Price-Guide
The page generator will have to convert from many different currencies to the
currency requested by the viewer. No intermediate conversion through another
currency is needed, although mathematically there will always be any reference
currency in the currency conversion table.
For the 'items sold' prices, the engine will look up the currency conversion
table of that specific time frame, according to the help.
It seems pretty clear to me how it works.
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Thank you for your thought's and comments they are helpful and it now seems
that several things are obvious. We do not have access to the API so it is not
possible for us to determine the information you have introduced.
A lot of calculations seem to be taking place when the price guide is called
up by an individual member, e,g, UK store looks up a common part which is sold
everywhere in the world and the system is converting all those store held currencies
(Could be 37 of them) to GBP at a rate that is being held in a currency conversion
table. That table gets updated by a link to xe.com on an hour by hour basis,
but the rate used for the page is not shown - this would be clumsy and create
a vastly complicated screen display. Maybe a link could be created against the
currency which would reveal the exchange rate used. Maybe that is not worth it.
Hmm. More to think through now.
Thank you again for adding your comments to this thread. They are helpful.
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Hans-Peter
In Suggestions, calsbricks writes:
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| | | | I would prefer it on the price guide so I didn't have to go back and forth.
Mind you this is all hypothetical cause they really are not doing anything with
the classic site whilst they work on XP.
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I understand why you'd want it in the price guide, but there are many (37)
exchange rates to GBP, or any other single currency. While many pieces are listed
in USD, plenty are also in EUR, with other currencies also used. That's a
lot of extra information to list. You also wouldn't need to go back and forth,
as if it was set for one hour, you could note down the exchange rates of interest
and you would know they are guaranteed until the next exchange rate update time.
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Interesting point - might need a bit more detail from Bricklink now. We understand
how the currency thing works in certain areas but we thought that the underlying
base currency for all prices was USD which Bricklink converts everything to and
then uses the xe.com exchange rate as and when necessary. So if what you are
saying is correct and the prices being shown for each country on the price guide
are converted directly from their currency to gbp that is a different story and
more thought would have to go into this. Unfortunately the help page isn't
really clear on how they are holding the currency from the outset. What you are
suggesting that if someone in India adds items in rupees then the system would
have to convert from rupees to gbp as well as any other currency and that would
be a different proposition entirely.
I do believe Bricklink should clarify this issue which would be helpful.
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