New feature: Album collection and Wishlist
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Visited by: 152 users
Original post
Posted by Ivan, 13.09.2007 - 20:22
- Keep track of your albums and wishlist, sort them by band, year, rating or purchase date
- Keep track of release dates of albums in your wishlist
- See the albums you haven't yet voted for and do it very conveniently right on the Collection page
- Show your collection to other users and see their collections
And coming after we have enough entries:
- We will analyze your favorite bands, album collection, ratings and try to find users with similar tastes and maybe make some suggestions about other bands or albums you might find interesting
- Our own charts will show how many people own an album and which albums are currently 'hot'
We are also open to any suggestions about additional features/uses of Album collection.
You can add albums from your Collection page, as well as using the 3 new buttons under album images:
- I have it! means just that - that you already own the album
- Just got it recently - means that you've acquired this album within the last few days - this will add the album with the purchase date set to current day. Mainly for the charts, but you might also find it useful.
- Add to my wishlist - add the album to your wishlist
Another way to add albums is the albums list. You can filter the albums there in any way you want and then add them one by one using the buttons.
Have fun!
| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 60958 From: Sweden  |
Written by Doc G. on 16.09.2007 at 04:16 I agree but I had only 2 albums hat I wanna sold its Kiss - 'Dynasty' and Ozzy - 'No More tears' I had 2 copies of them 
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| Doc G. Full Grown Hoser Posts: 9718 From: Canada  |
Written by Bad English on 16.09.2007 at 12:25 Yes, but some people (like me) may have a good chunk of albums they dont listen to anymore and would willing for a swap with some other MS' who have albums they dont listen to but I may want.
---- "I got a lot of really good ideas, problem is, most of them suck." - George Carlin
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| Ivan Retired Admin Posts: 8850 From: Finland  |
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| Judas The Amputator Posts: 2043 From: Australia  |
Whoa, this is an awesome new feature! I don't have time to fill in my stuff yet, but I will do so during the holidays! There are a few CDs I'd like to trade, so this is useful beyond belief. Thanks very much Ivan + other staff.
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| Doc G. Full Grown Hoser Posts: 9718 From: Canada |
Written by Ivan on 17.09.2007 at 13:04 Yes! Awesome!.....But Ivan! Ivan! I want more....not to sound like an annoying prick here, maybe I'll put it in the form of a suggestion then. You know how your setting up a system to automatically see who has similar tastes with yourself? Well, what if there was a system to match up people who have tradelists and wishlists that are similar? For example, I have Ayreons "The Human Equation" on my trade list, perhaps its on someone else wishlist, could there be something to show that?
---- "I got a lot of really good ideas, problem is, most of them suck." - George Carlin
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| Lucas Mr. Noise Posts: 13427 From: The Netherlands  |
I hate to say it, but a system similar to that of the Metal-Archives would be cool. The little textbox to add comments (for example: signed by bandmember x, handnumbered 235/300 etc.)
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| Syk myspace/bonerama Posts: 1504 From: New Zealand  |
Written by Doc G. on 18.09.2007 at 10:08Hey good idea... an extension to that may be something that takes the user's country into account... my isolated location is the reason I won't be using the trade list. Though maybe it doesn't matter to the majority in other areas...Written by Ivan on 17.09.2007 at 13:04Yes! Awesome!.....But Ivan! Ivan! I want more....not to sound like an annoying prick here, maybe I'll put it in the form of a suggestion then. You know how your setting up a system to automatically see who has similar tastes with yourself? Well, what if there was a system to match up people who have tradelists and wishlists that are similar? For example, I have Ayreons "The Human Equation" on my trade list, perhaps its on someone else wishlist, could there be something to show that? Also good suggestion about the comments line, I was thinking of that too. Perhaps add an extra space at the top as well, to write a note of something that applies to a fair portion of the collection but not to the rest? Another idea I had a few hours ago was to have a link to a review from the collection list if the owner has written one for each album?
---- death ? thrash ? death/doom/prog ? Hail Zoldon! he's not the kind you have to wind up on Sundays
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| -tom- Mr FancyPants Posts: 3922 From: UK  |
This already exists on Metal Archives. I can't understand why you would adopt this feature when the amount of albums listed on this site is fairly small and therefore collection lists will be incomplete. How many users have posted a list of their collection online for others to view and linked it in their profile or signature? Couldn't we just have presumed this was therefore unwanted? Trading: Have a trade section like any other forum does. Don't bother with complex systems to post trade/wantlists. As I've already stated, the list of albums on this site is fairly small so what do people do for albums without info on this site? Secondly, it takes ages to go to each album page to add it to your list. They had a similar feature on MA and nobody uses it for that reason. They just post their list on the trade forum. Also, how many people on this site have actually traded or sold stuff to others via forums in the past? Was it Sethula that had this in his sig: "Everything is possible. Not everything is necessary".
---- "This rudderless world is not shaped my metaphysical forces. It is not God who kills the children. Not fate that butchers them or destiny that feeds them to the dogs. It's us. Only us" Read Watchmen.
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| Darkside Momo Retired Posts: 9087 From: France  |
Written by -tom- on 18.09.2007 at 22:41 you point out the problem to my eyes : the incomplete bands / albums list. Two possibilities : 1) don't care ; 2) let's add it. But then MS will be another MA. Why not ? But then again, let's just try it. Francky I like the idea and I'm starting right now. And it will certainly add to MS' community side. Great work Ivan ! 
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| Ivan Retired Admin Posts: 8850 From: Finland |
Written by -tom- on 18.09.2007 at 22:41 First off, you can add non-featured albums just as easily. Also, you it doesn't "take ages to go to each album page to add it to your list" - as I explaned earlier, go to the Albums list, filter it by band or whatever, and add entire discographies in a matter of seconds. Took me less than 25 minutes to compile my list of 368 albums. Second, if you read the original post, you'll see that there are many uses for this feature, and having an organized list of your albums is just one of them. Most of them aren't even implemented yet, so wait and see. I don't see much use in Tradelist though, but people wanted it and it was an easy addition - so why not? Even if you're not actually going to sell/trade these albums, at least you'll have a nice list of CDs you don't need. Btw, by now over 26.000 albums have been added to users' collections, which makes me assume that it actually is a somewhat useful feature...
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| Syk myspace/bonerama Posts: 1504 From: New Zealand |
Written by Ivan on 19.09.2007 at 00:20Think you could have an option to show or sort by type, as you can now for artist and year? I'd also like to see these apply for the wishlist but it's not that important. BTW Mr. Site Runner Man, are you flooded with quote notifications every day? 
---- death ? thrash ? death/doom/prog ? Hail Zoldon! he's not the kind you have to wind up on Sundays
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| Ivan Retired Admin Posts: 8850 From: Finland |
Written by Syk on 20.09.2007 at 16:32 Yes, I was planning to add type select as well. And no, I actually don't receive that many quote notifications - certainly less than 5 per day.
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| Dangerboner Lactation Cnslt Posts: 7261 From: USA  |
The download to text update is awesome. As it has already been mentioned, I do think that a comment box for each album would be useful. I often buy the original and remastered versions of the same album, and I think that should be noted, even though it could be obvious just by looking at the year. But still, someone could own a remastered/re-released version of an album and put the original date on, which wouldn't be accurate.
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| Syk myspace/bonerama Posts: 1504 From: New Zealand |
Written by Dangerboner on 22.09.2007 at 06:50Lol, I always get rereleases and label it with the original year, what's wrong with that?
---- death ? thrash ? death/doom/prog ? Hail Zoldon! he's not the kind you have to wind up on Sundays
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| Lucas Mr. Noise Posts: 13427 From: The Netherlands |
Depends. Sometimes it is useful to say it's a re-release (because of bonus tracks, different art, remastered.) Also, it solves the problem of handnumbered/limited copies, could be usefull for a tradelist (mint, scratched) etc.
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 60958 From: Sweden |
Written by Lucas on 22.09.2007 at 14:35 I agree also its diferent album cover what I dont like, iprefere old and original  Alos its be good if there are us/japs/eu werse
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Posts: 40071 From: The Netherlands  |
QUESTION: how do I print my wishlist in ALPHABETICAL order? no matter what I try it prints it in chronological order
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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| Promonex Cathemeral Posts: 9720 From: Germany  |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 23.09.2007 at 17:49 "Download album collection in CSV (for Excel or OpenOffice) or TXT format (simple list). The output will take into account your current selection and sorting order." Dunno whether you've considered that, but if you have, just try this link (or this one for the .txt file of your collection). Both work fine for me.
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Posts: 40071 From: The Netherlands |
Written by Promonex on 23.09.2007 at 18:17 I did consider that for the txt version (which IMO looks better than the other one) but it keeps prinitng it in chronological order. No porblem for my regular list, but it is the WISHLIST whcih I can print Aalphabetically.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 60958 From: Sweden |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 23.09.2007 at 18:20 I had quasten, how offen you lsiten those CD and have you even had hera all of them its so huge man + non featured bands  ...
---- Life is to short for LOVE, there is many great things to do online !!! Stormtroopers of Death - ''Speak English or Die'' apos;'[image] I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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| wrathchild Posts: 14090 From: France  |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 23.09.2007 at 18:20 Well, the .csv version is a lot better because it allows you to use the sorting options of OpenOffice or Excel (or whatever software you're using). That's actually the purpose of .csv exportations. That means you can sort your list the way you want. I haven't tried downloading a wishlist list (mine is empty), but the list of the albums I own does print in alphabetical order by default.
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| Syk myspace/bonerama Posts: 1504 From: New Zealand |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 23.09.2007 at 18:20Wow no one's said it yet... I believe Ivan has yet to implement any alternative sorting options for the WISHLISTWritten by Promonex on 23.09.2007 at 18:17I did consider that for the txt version (which IMO looks better than the other one) but it keeps prinitng it in chronological order.Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 23.09.2007 at 17:49"Download album collection in CSV (for Excel or OpenOffice) or TXT format (simple list). The output will take into account your current selection and sorting order."
---- death ? thrash ? death/doom/prog ? Hail Zoldon! he's not the kind you have to wind up on Sundays
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| Ivan Retired Admin Posts: 8850 From: Finland |
I simply never expected wishlists to grow to such epic proportions as Marcel's  Now you can sort them as well and export in alphabetical order.
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| iaberis Advice Troll Posts: 1698 From: Greece  |
Is there a way to make the values of each album in Excell to appear in a different column? Because these comas are a bit annoying and I'd prefer to be in the other way.
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| Ivan Retired Admin Posts: 8850 From: Finland |
Written by iaberis on 24.09.2007 at 11:27 Erm? They SHOULD appear each in a different column, without any commas.
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| iaberis Advice Troll Posts: 1698 From: Greece |
Written by Ivan on 24.09.2007 at 11:37 To me, both with Excell 2007 and the older one, they appear separated with commas. Check this  Is that a problem to my pc?
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| Baz Anderson Posts: 13237 From: UK  |
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| iaberis Advice Troll Posts: 1698 From: Greece |
Hm... I wonder what's happening here then... Any suggestion how I should fix this?
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 60958 From: Sweden |
Written by iaberis on 24.09.2007 at 12:02 Maybe its your mic Exel faulth?
---- Life is to short for LOVE, there is many great things to do online !!! Stormtroopers of Death - ''Speak English or Die'' apos;'[image] I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Posts: 40071 From: The Netherlands |
Written by Ivan on 24.09.2007 at 10:53 thanks. Much appreciated
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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