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| | | Author: | Brickitty  | | Posted: | Feb 18, 2016 11:47 | | Subject: | A potential huge improvement to the catalog | | Viewed: | 204 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Hi,
After well over a year on Bricklink, I've noticed one huge gap in the catalog,
particularly when trying to identify pieces:
Is there any way that all stickered/printed variations of a certain part could
be listed on that part's page? Peeron does something similar, and though
the catalog isn't nearly as extensive as BL, it's usually faster for
me to look on Peeron for a certain stickered piece instead of trying to search/scroll
through the BL category of all of the hundreds of "such-and-such part with patterns."
Of course, the part numbers are different on Peeron, which forces me to take
the additional step of finding the precise set on BL, looking in the inventory,
and then going to the stickered part's page.
It would vastly improve Bricklink for the stickered/printed variations to be
listed on the parts page -- preferably with pictures, but that's not
necessary. It seems like it'd be a crucial ease-of-use improvement for many
people like me who buy loose lots and have to hunt down thousands of pieces a
year.
Thanks!
-Jordan
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| | | | | Author: | Rob_and_Shelagh | | Posted: | Feb 18, 2016 11:50 | | Subject: | Re: A potential huge improvement to the catalog | | Viewed: | 79 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Catalog Requests, Jordioteque writes:
| | Hi,
After well over a year on Bricklink, I've noticed one huge gap in the catalog,
particularly when trying to identify pieces:
Is there any way that all stickered/printed variations of a certain part could
be listed on that part's page? Peeron does something similar, and though
the catalog isn't nearly as extensive as BL, it's usually faster for
me to look on Peeron for a certain stickered piece instead of trying to search/scroll
through the BL category of all of the hundreds of "such-and-such part with patterns."
Of course, the part numbers are different on Peeron, which forces me to take
the additional step of finding the precise set on BL, looking in the inventory,
and then going to the stickered part's page.
It would vastly improve Bricklink for the stickered/printed variations to be
listed on the parts page -- preferably with pictures, but that's not
necessary. It seems like it'd be a crucial ease-of-use improvement for many
people like me who buy loose lots and have to hunt down thousands of pieces a
year.
Thanks!
-Jordan
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Like this?
http://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?pg=1&q=3069%2A&catLike=W&v=2
Robert
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| | | | | | | Author: | 62Bricks | | Posted: | Feb 18, 2016 12:53 | | Subject: | Re: A potential huge improvement to the catalog | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Catalog Requests, Rob_and_Shelagh writes:
| | In Catalog Requests, Jordioteque writes:
| | Hi,
After well over a year on Bricklink, I've noticed one huge gap in the catalog,
particularly when trying to identify pieces:
Is there any way that all stickered/printed variations of a certain part could
be listed on that part's page? Peeron does something similar, and though
the catalog isn't nearly as extensive as BL, it's usually faster for
me to look on Peeron for a certain stickered piece instead of trying to search/scroll
through the BL category of all of the hundreds of "such-and-such part with patterns."
Of course, the part numbers are different on Peeron, which forces me to take
the additional step of finding the precise set on BL, looking in the inventory,
and then going to the stickered part's page.
It would vastly improve Bricklink for the stickered/printed variations to be
listed on the parts page -- preferably with pictures, but that's not
necessary. It seems like it'd be a crucial ease-of-use improvement for many
people like me who buy loose lots and have to hunt down thousands of pieces a
year.
Thanks!
-Jordan
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Like this?
http://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?pg=1&q=3069%2A&catLike=W&v=2
Robert
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I would say not like that. That requires knowing the part number and doing a
wildcard search. The OP I think is suggesting something like making the decorated
parts a true subcategory of the part, or linking to them from the entry for the
blank part. It's a good idea. You should be able to get to the decorated
versions of a part by browsing rather than having to know part and pattern numbers.
I suggested this once and was sneered at by a catalog admin who said it could
never work.
But of course it could work. And it would be useful. In the meantime, OP, check
out http://goatleg.com/decorated.html It is designed to let you browse decorated
parts based on the part type and color. It narrows down the options quickly.
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| | | | | Author: | therobo | | Posted: | Feb 18, 2016 14:53 | | Subject: | Re: A potential huge improvement to the catalog | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Jordioteque writes:
| | Hi,
After well over a year on Bricklink, I've noticed one huge gap in the catalog,
particularly when trying to identify pieces:
Is there any way that all stickered/printed variations of a certain part could
be listed on that part's page? Peeron does something similar, and though
the catalog isn't nearly as extensive as BL, it's usually faster for
me to look on Peeron for a certain stickered piece instead of trying to search/scroll
through the BL category of all of the hundreds of "such-and-such part with patterns."
Of course, the part numbers are different on Peeron, which forces me to take
the additional step of finding the precise set on BL, looking in the inventory,
and then going to the stickered part's page.
It would vastly improve Bricklink for the stickered/printed variations to be
listed on the parts page -- preferably with pictures, but that's not
necessary. It seems like it'd be a crucial ease-of-use improvement for many
people like me who buy loose lots and have to hunt down thousands of pieces a
year.
Thanks!
-Jordan
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Hi,
as linked by Robert you could do a search for decorated parts of a certain mold
by entering the base part number with an asterisk added, example 3069* which
would give you all decorated 1x2 tiles.
The only thing catalog admins could do - your request is directed to us - is
adding a relationship for parts with pattern/no pattern similar to stickered/non-stickered
counterparts that we already have for minifigs.
However, such a relationship for parts is unpractical on the current page design
(which we can't change) as for the example of the 1x2 tiles it would show
a huge list of 527 entries on a single catalog page.
Your idea is not new and was suggested several times in the past but it needs
a re-design of the current catalog pages, for example by expanding an area of
the page or by adding a new tab.
I have moved your post to suggestions, then maybe the developers will look into
it.
Regards
Ronald
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| | | | | | | Author: | Brickitty | | Posted: | Feb 18, 2016 16:00 | | Subject: | Re: A potential huge improvement to the catalog | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, therobo writes:
| | In Suggestions, Jordioteque writes:
| | Hi,
After well over a year on Bricklink, I've noticed one huge gap in the catalog,
particularly when trying to identify pieces:
Is there any way that all stickered/printed variations of a certain part could
be listed on that part's page? Peeron does something similar, and though
the catalog isn't nearly as extensive as BL, it's usually faster for
me to look on Peeron for a certain stickered piece instead of trying to search/scroll
through the BL category of all of the hundreds of "such-and-such part with patterns."
Of course, the part numbers are different on Peeron, which forces me to take
the additional step of finding the precise set on BL, looking in the inventory,
and then going to the stickered part's page.
It would vastly improve Bricklink for the stickered/printed variations to be
listed on the parts page -- preferably with pictures, but that's not
necessary. It seems like it'd be a crucial ease-of-use improvement for many
people like me who buy loose lots and have to hunt down thousands of pieces a
year.
Thanks!
-Jordan
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Hi,
as linked by Robert you could do a search for decorated parts of a certain mold
by entering the base part number with an asterisk added, example 3069* which
would give you all decorated 1x2 tiles.
The only thing catalog admins could do - your request is directed to us - is
adding a relationship for parts with pattern/no pattern similar to stickered/non-stickered
counterparts that we already have for minifigs.
However, such a relationship for parts is unpractical on the current page design
(which we can't change) as for the example of the 1x2 tiles it would show
a huge list of 527 entries on a single catalog page.
Your idea is not new and was suggested several times in the past but it needs
a re-design of the current catalog pages, for example by expanding an area of
the page or by adding a new tab.
I have moved your post to suggestions, then maybe the developers will look into
it.
Regards
Ronald
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Thanks very much! I understand that it might require redesigning the catalog
part pages, but I think it would be a huge improvement. I hope it'll be strongly
considered in the future!
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| | | | | | | Author: | 62Bricks | | Posted: | Feb 18, 2016 22:01 | | Subject: | Re: A potential huge improvement to the catalog | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, therobo writes:
| | In Suggestions, Jordioteque writes:
| | Hi,
After well over a year on Bricklink, I've noticed one huge gap in the catalog,
particularly when trying to identify pieces:
Is there any way that all stickered/printed variations of a certain part could
be listed on that part's page? Peeron does something similar, and though
the catalog isn't nearly as extensive as BL, it's usually faster for
me to look on Peeron for a certain stickered piece instead of trying to search/scroll
through the BL category of all of the hundreds of "such-and-such part with patterns."
Of course, the part numbers are different on Peeron, which forces me to take
the additional step of finding the precise set on BL, looking in the inventory,
and then going to the stickered part's page.
It would vastly improve Bricklink for the stickered/printed variations to be
listed on the parts page -- preferably with pictures, but that's not
necessary. It seems like it'd be a crucial ease-of-use improvement for many
people like me who buy loose lots and have to hunt down thousands of pieces a
year.
Thanks!
-Jordan
|
Hi,
as linked by Robert you could do a search for decorated parts of a certain mold
by entering the base part number with an asterisk added, example 3069* which
would give you all decorated 1x2 tiles.
The only thing catalog admins could do - your request is directed to us - is
adding a relationship for parts with pattern/no pattern similar to stickered/non-stickered
counterparts that we already have for minifigs.
However, such a relationship for parts is unpractical on the current page design
(which we can't change) as for the example of the 1x2 tiles it would show
a huge list of 527 entries on a single catalog page.
Your idea is not new and was suggested several times in the past but it needs
a re-design of the current catalog pages, for example by expanding an area of
the page or by adding a new tab.
I have moved your post to suggestions, then maybe the developers will look into
it.
Regards
Ronald
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It would be a simple thing to link to the search results for decorated versions
of the part from the catalog entry, similar to how links to similar and related
parts are linked. Plain HTML, no redesign required, automatically updates because
it links to search results.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | therobo | | Posted: | Feb 19, 2016 05:23 | | Subject: | Re: A potential huge improvement to the catalog | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, 62Bricks writes:
| | In Suggestions, therobo writes:
| | In Suggestions, Jordioteque writes:
| | Hi,
After well over a year on Bricklink, I've noticed one huge gap in the catalog,
particularly when trying to identify pieces:
Is there any way that all stickered/printed variations of a certain part could
be listed on that part's page? Peeron does something similar, and though
the catalog isn't nearly as extensive as BL, it's usually faster for
me to look on Peeron for a certain stickered piece instead of trying to search/scroll
through the BL category of all of the hundreds of "such-and-such part with patterns."
Of course, the part numbers are different on Peeron, which forces me to take
the additional step of finding the precise set on BL, looking in the inventory,
and then going to the stickered part's page.
It would vastly improve Bricklink for the stickered/printed variations to be
listed on the parts page -- preferably with pictures, but that's not
necessary. It seems like it'd be a crucial ease-of-use improvement for many
people like me who buy loose lots and have to hunt down thousands of pieces a
year.
Thanks!
-Jordan
|
Hi,
as linked by Robert you could do a search for decorated parts of a certain mold
by entering the base part number with an asterisk added, example 3069* which
would give you all decorated 1x2 tiles.
The only thing catalog admins could do - your request is directed to us - is
adding a relationship for parts with pattern/no pattern similar to stickered/non-stickered
counterparts that we already have for minifigs.
However, such a relationship for parts is unpractical on the current page design
(which we can't change) as for the example of the 1x2 tiles it would show
a huge list of 527 entries on a single catalog page.
Your idea is not new and was suggested several times in the past but it needs
a re-design of the current catalog pages, for example by expanding an area of
the page or by adding a new tab.
I have moved your post to suggestions, then maybe the developers will look into
it.
Regards
Ronald
|
It would be a simple thing to link to the search results for decorated versions
of the part from the catalog entry, similar to how links to similar and related
parts are linked. Plain HTML, no redesign required, automatically updates because
it links to search results.
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Yes, there could be a link like
"Watch all decorated parts of this mold"
and on all decorated parts could be link to the plain part.
But it still requires changing the catalog detail page which only the developers
can do.
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