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| | | Author: | Admin_Russell  | | Posted: | Jun 15, 2021 23:21 | | Subject: | Something new on BrickLink! | | Viewed: | 453 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
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| Hello everyone,
In response to some voices we heard last year, we have released a tool to help
folks out with using the catalog macro tags in the Forum and system messages.
This custom macro is one of BrickLink's signature features, and you can see
them peppered everywhere in the Forum, particularly in catalog discussions.
A while back we introduced the ability to specify color for parts, and people
started using it even though they had to look up or remember the BrickLink color
number. The tool we released today helps with the lookup of the color and will
actually write the macro tag for you - no coding experience needed. 
So today we were also able to mark a Forum suggestion as Implemented:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1215932
We also fixed a bug that wouldn't allow Gear macros to have color:
We also changed the logic to only show the color name when the author specifies
it. We did this because the default color can be changed by a catalog admin,
so we want people to use the macro color code if they are specifying a color,
even if the color happens to be the current default color.
Enjoy!
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| | | | | Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Jun 16, 2021 00:04 | | Subject: | Re: Something new on BrickLink! | | Viewed: | 71 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
| | Hello everyone,
In response to some voices we heard last year, we have released a tool to help
folks out with using the catalog macro tags in the Forum and system messages.
This custom macro is one of BrickLink's signature features, and you can see
them peppered everywhere in the Forum, particularly in catalog discussions.
A while back we introduced the ability to specify color for parts, and people
started using it even though they had to look up or remember the BrickLink color
number. The tool we released today helps with the lookup of the color and will
actually write the macro tag for you - no coding experience needed.
So today we were also able to mark a Forum suggestion as Implemented:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1215932
We also fixed a bug that wouldn't allow Gear macros to have color:
We also changed the logic to only show the color name when the author specifies
it. We did this because the default color can be changed by a catalog admin,
so we want people to use the macro color code if they are specifying a color,
even if the color happens to be the current default color.
Enjoy!
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Awesome! I was having fun learning color codes, but this way is so much easier.
Also, I hate to add a suggestion to a newly-implemented feature, but it would
be nice if when adding a macro tag, you could search parts by name.
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| | | | | Author: | tEoS | | Posted: | Jun 16, 2021 02:23 | | Subject: | Re: Something new on BrickLink! | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| Nice!
In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
| | Hello everyone,
In response to some voices we heard last year, we have released a tool to help
folks out with using the catalog macro tags in the Forum and system messages.
This custom macro is one of BrickLink's signature features, and you can see
them peppered everywhere in the Forum, particularly in catalog discussions.
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| | | | | Author: | macebobo | | Posted: | Jun 16, 2021 04:24 | | Subject: | Re: Something new on BrickLink! | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
| | Hello everyone,
In response to some voices we heard last year...
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I generally get worried when I hear voices. 
This is a nice change!
Thanks team!
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| | | | | Author: | cosmicray | | Posted: | Jun 16, 2021 07:09 | | Subject: | Re: Something new on BrickLink! | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
| | Hello everyone,
In response to some voices we heard last year, we have released a tool to help
folks out with using the catalog macro tags in the Forum and system messages.
This custom macro is one of BrickLink's signature features, and you can see
them peppered everywhere in the Forum, particularly in catalog discussions.
A while back we introduced the ability to specify color for parts, and people
started using it even though they had to look up or remember the BrickLink color
number. The tool we released today helps with the lookup of the color and will
actually write the macro tag for you - no coding experience needed.
So today we were also able to mark a Forum suggestion as Implemented:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1215932
We also fixed a bug that wouldn't allow Gear macros to have color:
We also changed the logic to only show the color name when the author specifies
it. We did this because the default color can be changed by a catalog admin,
so we want people to use the macro color code if they are specifying a color,
even if the color happens to be the current default color.
Enjoy!
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Bravo !
Nita Rae
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| | | | | Author: | Stellar | | Posted: | Jun 16, 2021 07:35 | | Subject: | Re: Something new on BrickLink! | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
| | Hello everyone,
In response to some voices we heard last year, we have released a tool to help
folks out with using the catalog macro tags in the Forum and system messages.
This custom macro is one of BrickLink's signature features, and you can see
them peppered everywhere in the Forum, particularly in catalog discussions.
A while back we introduced the ability to specify color for parts, and people
started using it even though they had to look up or remember the BrickLink color
number. The tool we released today helps with the lookup of the color and will
actually write the macro tag for you - no coding experience needed.
So today we were also able to mark a Forum suggestion as Implemented:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1215932
We also fixed a bug that wouldn't allow Gear macros to have color:
We also changed the logic to only show the color name when the author specifies
it. We did this because the default color can be changed by a catalog admin,
so we want people to use the macro color code if they are specifying a color,
even if the color happens to be the current default color.
Enjoy!
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Great feature!
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| | | | | Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Jun 16, 2021 12:38 | | Subject: | Re: Something new on BrickLink! | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
| | Hello everyone,
In response to some voices we heard last year, we have released a tool to help
folks out with using the catalog macro tags in the Forum and system messages.
This custom macro is one of BrickLink's signature features, and you can see
them peppered everywhere in the Forum, particularly in catalog discussions.
A while back we introduced the ability to specify color for parts, and people
started using it even though they had to look up or remember the BrickLink color
number. The tool we released today helps with the lookup of the color and will
actually write the macro tag for you - no coding experience needed.
So today we were also able to mark a Forum suggestion as Implemented:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1215932
We also fixed a bug that wouldn't allow Gear macros to have color:
We also changed the logic to only show the color name when the author specifies
it. We did this because the default color can be changed by a catalog admin,
so we want people to use the macro color code if they are specifying a color,
even if the color happens to be the current default color.
Enjoy!
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Oooooo! This is nice! I love it! 😁
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| | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jun 16, 2021 13:51 | | Subject: | Re: Something new on BrickLink! | | Viewed: | 65 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
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We also changed the logic to only show the color name when the author specifies
it. We did this because the default color can be changed by a catalog admin,
so we want people to use the macro color code if they are specifying a color,
even if the color happens to be the current default color.
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And a popup appears warning you if you didn’t specify a colour
(A bit surprising when you’re quoting a macro though: “er, I didn’t include a
macro!?”)
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| | | | | Author: | Classicsmiley | | Posted: | Jun 30, 2021 07:56 | | Subject: | Re: Something new on BrickLink! | | Viewed: | 65 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
| | Hello everyone,
In response to some voices we heard last year, we have released a tool to help
folks out with using the catalog macro tags in the Forum and system messages.
This custom macro is one of BrickLink's signature features, and you can see
them peppered everywhere in the Forum, particularly in catalog discussions.
A while back we introduced the ability to specify color for parts, and people
started using it even though they had to look up or remember the BrickLink color
number. The tool we released today helps with the lookup of the color and will
actually write the macro tag for you - no coding experience needed.
So today we were also able to mark a Forum suggestion as Implemented:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1215932
We also fixed a bug that wouldn't allow Gear macros to have color:
We also changed the logic to only show the color name when the author specifies
it. We did this because the default color can be changed by a catalog admin,
so we want people to use the macro color code if they are specifying a color,
even if the color happens to be the current default color.
Enjoy!
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I get a macro warning popup when adding a macro for a set, because I'm not
specifying a color.
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