Is there a way to add items faster?

Started by rework, December 31, 2009, 07:35:50 AM

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rework

December 31, 2009, 07:35:50 AM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00:00 PM by Guest
I've followed your system here for a while, and would love to enter my collection in... However I've always been stopped by the problem that I have literally thousands of toys and entering them one at a time... Well I just don't have that kind of time for it.

Is there any way of doing rapid entry... For example, maybe a page that lists all of the toys that match a search function with check boxes for each category (MISB, MIB, etc) and maybe entry places for other fields. You could go down the list and check what you need to add... Probably should have a box for "delete entry" as well to fix mistaken entries.

Is something like this possible with you DB engine? Or maybe it's already here and I just don't know how to access it!

shmax

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December 31, 2009, 03:39:57 PM Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 04:00:00 PM by Guest
Hi Rework, often when someone asks for something like this we discover that they sort of missed a huge chunk of functionality. You can more or less already do everything you just asked for. You can run a search, or just navigate your way to a particular category of toys. Then, all you have to do is click on "Add this toy to my collection", and it will be automatically added. If you're satisfied with the default settings, then you're done. Otherwise, just click on the horizontal grey bar that appears, and you can quickly edit the specifics of the entry. Some people get confused by the "ADD IT YOURSELF!" button in the top right, but that's for making permanent additions to the database proper, not your personal collection.

If you already know all this, but are really having trouble with the site's occasionally sluggish response times, rest assured that we have immediate plans to move the site to a faster server. In fact, we'll probably be working on that this weekend.

Let me know if I'm still missing something!

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