ComicsPriceGuide.com Forums - Issues - site stuff that's overdue to be fixed - Messages https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=13133 ComicsPriceGuide.com Forums - Issues - site stuff that's overdue to be fixed - Messages en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit AspNetForum Mon, 27 Dec 2021 18:47:55 GMT Mon, 27 Dec 2021 18:47:55 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=13133 Message from collectibleshop edited by collectibleshop on 12/27/2021]]> Mon, 27 Dec 2021 18:47:55 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=13133 Message from collectibleshop collectibleshop wrote:
collectibleshop wrote:
Ronbatman wrote:
The first two items on your list have been fixed now.


uh, nope. I just posted a new classified and had to edit it, and again it put a bunch of %20 signs in the subject line, so had to delete and repost. saw another 1 recently with that too, but it's gone now.


and to keep you posted, this glitch is still not fixed smile


hey, it's fixed! Just did an edit to a classified (haven't tried that for months) and it came out ok, no "%20 stuff in the title. thanks.]]> Sun, 04 Apr 2021 18:26:06 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=13133 Message from A URL can't accept spaces, which is one reason I never use a space when naming a file or a folder on my home computer or a network share at work.

To make the text more aesthetically easy to read, I'd say use underscores instead of spaces. It doesn't fix the problem, but it would be easier to read.]]> Wed, 09 Dec 2020 23:25:19 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=13133 Message from collectibleshop collectibleshop wrote:
Xamial wrote:
Ok second item and ill phrase it a lite differently. Is there a way to follow a topic in the forums or does everyone need to keep a written log of what post they saw where or where they posted a topic and don't remember the category. Do they have to singly hunt each one down from scratch?

Sorry its taken me so long to get back to you but I honesty couldn't find this post.


there's no follow option for posts anymore, and they can't update the software as the vendor is kaput. so you can bookmark the threads you're interested in following, that will make them easy to get to. best I can tell you.]]> Wed, 09 Dec 2020 15:30:08 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=13133 Message from Xamial
Sorry its taken me so long to get back to you but I honesty couldn't find this post.]]> Wed, 09 Dec 2020 06:14:06 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=13133 Message from Xamial Wed, 09 Dec 2020 06:10:56 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=13133 Message from Ronbatman In the future, you should just start another post instead of using this one from last year. No big deal though.

I want to understand your question so I'm going to clarify one thing. These are the three ways you can view Comics Price Guide
Desktop Website
Mobile Website
App

The Desktop and mobile site are identical. There is no difference beyond size and page layout.
The App was made for conventions or visiting LCS so you can access your collection, want list, and price guide data on the go. This wasn't created to replace the site but to make it easier when you are out in the wild, hunting comics.

The forums aren't changeable. This is a packaged forum that we purchased a few years ago. The company is now out of business so what we have is what we have. As I mentioned in a previous post, forums are becoming a dinosaur, going obsolete. "Video killed the radio star" kind of thing with social media killing the forum.
Ron]]> Mon, 09 Nov 2020 11:18:11 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=13133 Message from Xamial I have 2 issues id like to bring up.
1.Can we please add to mobile site the action or option to review and comment at the end of a complete transaction? Alot of times I dont get a review after a completed sale is because the buyer checked the books in as received but did it fromm his mobile not his desktop, so never was even given the option to review or not.

2. I forgot hold on a sec...can we please...(this may be a case of ignorance on my part, if so just give me some direction. When in forums I think we should be able to bookmark or dog-eared or subscribe...whatever you wish to call it...for posts that we would like to be able to easily get back to. Like my own posts, I have to search all users, type in my own handle, search for it, then click on my posts, then read through all my old posts to find tge one im looking for. That doesn't seem like a hard fix.

Ok, thanks guys, love the site!!! But extremely dislike the app. I want my dollar back. All you can do is see your own collection. I do alot of things on site so to be able to do some of it from the app would make the app useful, at the moment I dont even have it installed anymore because I deemed it useless.

Talk at ya later. Excelsior!!!

Just noticed the share a link to this post but there's no way to use it. I click share, the link pops up but I can neither copy or share it unless I hand write it by ...well, hand. Lol
Thanks guys!!!
edited by Xamial on 11/9/2020]]> Mon, 09 Nov 2020 07:57:19 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=13133 Message from Ronbatman Wed, 06 May 2020 13:30:34 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=13133 Message from kds_comics collectibleshop wrote:
iqvpatm wrote:
Ultimate fallout 4 variant price needs to be updated. The regular issue has been updated but not the variant.


not the right forum for this, you want the Database and Missing Issues forum: https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/topics.aspx?ForumID=15



Value update suggestions are in the "Value" field for each and every comic. I have used it with success. Posting in forum gets minimal response. Perhaps feature needs to be more widely promoted.]]> Wed, 06 May 2020 13:15:46 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=13133 Message from collectibleshop iqvpatm wrote:
Ultimate fallout 4 variant price needs to be updated. The regular issue has been updated but not the variant.


not the right forum for this, you want the Database and Missing Issues forum: https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/topics.aspx?ForumID=15]]> Tue, 05 May 2020 15:58:35 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=13133 Message from iqvpatm Sun, 03 May 2020 09:50:30 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=13133 Message from collectibleshop collectibleshop wrote:
Still can't delete Sent messages either smile


saw today that we can now delete sent messages, so thanks! for those that want to, you can check them individually, or you can click the top checkbox for 'messages' and it will check all on THAT page, and then hit the delete message button over on the right. but you have to do that for every page you have, but it's pretty quick. I got rid of years of sent messages pretty quickly. another good thing is that it frees up some CPG server space if lots of people will do it.]]> Sat, 02 May 2020 16:02:45 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=13133 Message from Ulyssesjasonnewcomb rixmaxx wrote:
The blue button that says "raw"



I see, thanks.]]> Sat, 01 Feb 2020 16:43:43 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=13133 Message from rixmaxx Fri, 31 Jan 2020 15:58:08 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=13133 Message from Ulyssesjasonnewcomb https://imgur.com/ltl9W10]]> Fri, 31 Jan 2020 12:48:38 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=13133 Message from Ronbatman https://comicspriceguide.com/collection/

You will see blue button on the right side of the page that allow for downloads of Raw and Graded books.

Or if you have books in the virtual comic book boxes you can print them. (right side of same page)]]> Fri, 31 Jan 2020 10:37:23 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=13133 Message from Ulyssesjasonnewcomb Fri, 31 Jan 2020 10:18:17 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=13133 Message from Ronbatman Chris, you're killing me man. I've exchanged tons of emails with you about the site. The ToD 10 problem has been corrected.
Ron]]> Fri, 17 Jan 2020 16:11:18 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=13133 Message from Pensfan7187
I've sent multiple emails to the site and have yet to receive any reply.]]> Fri, 17 Jan 2020 15:25:44 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=13133 Message from Defiant1 Sat, 26 Oct 2019 21:46:58 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=13133 Message from collectibleshop Ronbatman wrote:
We don't have the ability to change the code for the forum since it's a packaged purchase. You can change the profile picture in the main site and that will show the same image in the forum. That link will never work since the forum is no longer supported by the company that made it. I guess most forums are becoming a thing of the past. We've talked about ending our forum as well.

Deleting old messages, we are looking at that now.


So why after 2+ years since I've been asking about that profile link has no one admitted it CAN'T be changed? I wouldn't have kept emailing and posting about it if I'd been told that. I was also under the impression that the 'new' forum was mostly built by you all, but guess not. It wasn't a great improvement over the old forum, it lost multiple useful and standard features most forums have, and you lost lots of forum members at the time when everyone had to re-register. It wasn't a good purchase in the long run, especially if there's no way to edit it and the company that made it won't support it now.

Your answer also finally explains why you (Bryan that is) haven't been able to add a logout/profile/user link at the top like the rest of the site has (why that was not included in the original design boggles my mind), but all I've been told is that the 'forum is separate and different code that it'd just be a pain to edit it,' not that it COULDN'T be edited, same as most purchased forum software. So another couple years of asking about that that wasn't necessary.

Instead of thinking about ending your forums, it's maybe time to look into another piece of better forum software, plenty out there to choose from. I know you all don't have deep pockets like CGC does, but their forum software has lots of features, and it stays pretty busy, although every software update causes some complaints, but what else is new? You can certainly cut down on the number of forums and weed out the very slow ones, but you really need to keep the 'help' ones so other members can help take the load off CPG employees a bit. Of course you run the risk of losing more forum members again if we all have to re-register and all the old posts go away etc, so maybe a no-win sitch.

As for the classifieds ads Subject line glitch when we edit an ad, is that ever going to be fixed? You said back in March that it had been fixed, and it never has been. I think 7 months later is enough time to either fix it or say it can't be fixed. It didn't used to do that, so one would assume some software update is causing a formatting problem, and maybe that can't be changed now either. Only workaround is to delete and repost the ad, which doesn't take long if you've saved it, but I bet lots of people don't keep a copy, so they have to retype it all.

And yes I'm aware of the new monumental tasks you all have decided to tackle, re the newsstand UPC code listings, and the country listings revamp, and I envy you not. But you have a UX problem with the ads that's not making them look good, so hoping bryan can ferret/weasel/badger that out ("we don' need no steenkeen badgers!"), or tell us it's not fixable.

I do appreciate the work that goes into this site, and as noted before, I wait months before asking about stuff again, so I don't think I'm being impatient on these things. Now that I know some can't be fixed, I'll stop worrying about them.
Thanks Ron.
edited by collectibleshop on 10/24/2019]]> Thu, 24 Oct 2019 17:44:27 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=13133 Message from Ronbatman
Deleting old messages, we are looking at that now.]]> Thu, 24 Oct 2019 14:06:41 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=13133 Message from JGMelville collectibleshop wrote:
Ronbatman wrote:
What are you trying to edit with that? Your profile picture or settings?

https://comicspriceguide.com/profile/

We will work on that and change the link.
R

That link you gave is not the one I'm asking about, it's https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/editprofile.aspx which is the FORUM profile. I want to edit my forum profile to add my homepage link is all. Can't do it cuz only a blank page comes up, has for a long time, so please either fix it so we can edit, or add a homepage field to our main CPG profile page, or remove the edit link. Screenshot attached of (part) of my forum profile page with the big edit button and homepage field circled. Thanks.
edited by collectibleshop on 5/13/2019
edited by collectibleshop on 5/13/2019




I just tried it 10/24/2019. Still gives me a blank page when I click the "edit" button. upset]]> Thu, 24 Oct 2019 07:54:25 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=13133 Message from collectibleshop collectibleshop wrote:
Ronbatman wrote:
The first two items on your list have been fixed now.


uh, nope. I just posted a new classified and had to edit it, and again it put a bunch of %20 signs in the subject line, so had to delete and repost. saw another 1 recently with that too, but it's gone now.


and to keep you posted, this glitch is still not fixed smile
Still can't delete Sent messages either smile]]> Thu, 24 Oct 2019 00:13:15 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=13133 Message from collectibleshop edited by collectibleshop on 10/21/2019]]> Mon, 21 Oct 2019 18:56:36 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=13133 Message from EmeryDove Mon, 21 Oct 2019 18:33:51 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=13133 Message from kds_comics

Discussed elsewhere


https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/topic13298-csv-export.aspx]]> Wed, 29 May 2019 08:40:58 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=13133 Message from collectibleshop Ronbatman wrote:
The first two items on your list have been fixed now.


uh, nope. I just posted a new classified and had to edit it, and again it put a bunch of %20 signs in the subject line, so had to delete and repost. saw another 1 recently with that too, but it's gone now.]]> Tue, 28 May 2019 17:17:26 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=13133 Message from collectibleshop Ronbatman wrote:
What are you trying to edit with that? Your profile picture or settings?

https://comicspriceguide.com/profile/

We will work on that and change the link.
R

That link you gave is not the one I'm asking about, it's https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/editprofile.aspx which is the FORUM profile. I want to edit my forum profile to add my homepage link is all. Can't do it cuz only a blank page comes up, has for a long time, so please either fix it so we can edit, or add a homepage field to our main CPG profile page, or remove the edit link. Screenshot attached of (part) of my forum profile page with the big edit button and homepage field circled. Thanks.
edited by collectibleshop on 5/13/2019
edited by collectibleshop on 5/13/2019]]> Mon, 13 May 2019 16:42:19 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=13133 Message from Ronbatman
https://comicspriceguide.com/profile/

We will work on that and change the link.
R]]> Mon, 13 May 2019 10:59:48 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=13133 Message from collectibleshop 4) when I go to my View Profile page by clicking my name on a post, and click 'edit' I still get a blank page.

still not fixed, so being worked on?]]> Sun, 12 May 2019 01:11:52 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=13133 Message from kds_comics Ronbatman wrote:
The first two items on your list have been fixed now.

The issues related to how the forum and our website interact. (The forum is technically a different website in a different programming language. From a users point of view, you cannot tell the difference.) We cannot fix those with the current setup. We would have to change the forum to something else. While it looks like a small issue, it's actually a major undertaking.

I don't think people understand the amount of work involved in keeping a site this big up and running. There are millions of lines of code and one man, Bryan, keeps it all running. Be patient as we add new features, fix minor issues and dream up new ideas.
R



Let me say to the admins and programmers at CPG - - THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!

Many of us understand and appreciate the work you do. Some of us work in tech/computer related jobs in the real world. I would add is it good to let folks vent - it is okay - you CPG admins area all okay - users need to share their feelings (just please be polite). Nothing personal - folks just need to get it out there!


Perhaps a poll for new features would be good - they you would get a snapshot of what users feel is important. Feedback is good.]]> Wed, 27 Mar 2019 07:56:10 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=13133 Message from collectibleshop I somehow had the impression that the forums and website were mostly 1 platform, so that it would be easy to add that piece of code for login/out. so guess not. but, is there a reason SOME kind of logout link can't be added to the forums that wouldn't require a ton of work? There's a login link, so why no logout?

I've been a member here for well in to double digit years, so know Bryan is the guy who does all the code work and it never stops. But I have sent emails about these probs to him for quite a while for most, and nothing got fixed. I try to wait months between nags, so I think I've been patient. Like a couple years patient.

So we'll wait to see if/when issue #4 is fixed. Will you post here if/when it is? Thanks again.]]> Thu, 21 Mar 2019 14:47:55 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=13133 Message from Ronbatman
The issues related to how the forum and our website interact. (The forum is technically a different website in a different programming language. From a users point of view, you cannot tell the difference.) We cannot fix those with the current setup. We would have to change the forum to something else. While it looks like a small issue, it's actually a major undertaking.

I don't think people understand the amount of work involved in keeping a site this big up and running. There are millions of lines of code and one man, Bryan, keeps it all running. Be patient as we add new features, fix minor issues and dream up new ideas.
R]]> Thu, 21 Mar 2019 10:51:09 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=13133 Message from kds_comics Ronbatman wrote:
I've printed this out and given it to Bryan.

I believe the first issue is related to copying and pasting from Word. They have spaghetti code and when you paste it, some of that "spaghetti" comes out.

The other issues that you mention, we will look into.
R


I concur with collector that the first issue is real.
If you first create a classified ad title - hand type or copy and paste - it is GOOD.

If you edit the ad - the title gets ampersands in place of "space" between words. Perhaps this is an SQL thing.


KDS]]> Wed, 20 Mar 2019 16:16:42 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=13133 Message from collectibleshop
Have fun squashing that bug..]]> Wed, 20 Mar 2019 13:57:16 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=13133 Message from Ronbatman I've printed this out and given it to Bryan.

I believe the first issue is related to copying and pasting from Word. They have spaghetti code and when you paste it, some of that "spaghetti" comes out.

The other issues that you mention, we will look into.
R]]> Wed, 20 Mar 2019 11:15:14 GMT https://www.comicspriceguide.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=13133 Message from collectibleshop
1) the title of our classifieds ads get screwed up with ampersands if we edit them after the initial post. didn't use to do this. nothing fixes that except deleting and reposting, so annoying. example (not my ad):
Detective%20Comics%20%23180%20Feb.%201952

2) on the https://comicspriceguide.com/faqs page, the one about 'What if I find a comic/issue that is missing?' has a link that says it goes to a FORM to do that, but like the spoon in the Matrix, there is no form, only more instructions to report missing issues to a forUM, which is maybe what someone meant to type for that link.

3) been asking this one ever since the new forums were done-- are you ever going to add the 'member name/manage account' code that's in the upper right on the main site pages to the forum pages so we can log out ON the forums? I have to go to some other main page, wait for it to load if it doesn't hang up, and log out there. makes no sense why the login/out code isn't on every page on the forums. Or add a logout choice to our IDs where it has them at the top of the forum messages, with a drop down or pop window here:
collectibleshop
my profile | my subscriptions

cuz it's redundant to have both our name and My Profile links both go to our profile page, isn't it? normally most forums would have our member name linked to a logout choice there. but better to make things consistent and add the 'member name/manage account' code in the upper right to the forum pages too, where people are used to using it.

4) when I go to my View Profile page by clicking my name on a post, and click 'edit' I still get a blank page. https://comicspriceguide.com/forum/editprofile.aspx . would be nice to actually be able to edit our forum profiles like every other site lets you do.

and I see Ronbatman is taking up the charge to let us delete our years old sent messages, so hope that finally gets done too.
Thanks.
edited by collectibleshop on 3/19/2019
edited by collectibleshop on 3/19/2019]]> Tue, 19 Mar 2019 17:21:52 GMT