More control over Collections?
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@admin I was wondering when there will be another significant programming update, specifically with Collections? Right now we have no control over them, period. They are arranged strictly by creation date and when you add a new set to a specific collection, it doesn't change the cover of that collection. Instead, a set that was added months ago or even longer will stay on the front page of said collection indefinately.
I, for one, would like to control my own collections page. Have the ability to move around each one to how I want them arranged including that same control within that collection. If I add a new set to a collection, I would like to see that set displayed on the cover instead of it never changing. Currently, the only way to change the cover is to delete the set that shows on said cover.
Not sure if I am making this clear and using the right terminology to explain but bottom line is, please give us the ability to control our Collections page so that we can display/arrange our collections they way we choose instead of it being controlled by the system.
Thank you @admin for considering this change and I hope it will be a part of the next update, which begs the question when will that be?
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I agree, Cindy! It would be so good to able to rearrange the items within a collection... and being able to choose the item that goes on the cover would definitely be the icing on the cake !!!!! Hope @admin is listening !!!
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@cindu12 Great idea Cindy, I struggle with this too. I "count" up from the very first item ( the oldest) in the collection to where the item that identifies it is, then move the item I want into its spot my moving everything out of the way into a "temp" collection. I know, its tedious but its the only work around I can think of. I would LOVE a "sort" function for collections and items. Any of our coding friends see this?
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I can't tell you how to get something specifically to a cover for a collection, but I can tell you how to change it. If it's a collection for sets, go to the set that is the current specific cover, and go to "add to collections". Click it off, and then back on again for that collection, and it automatically puts it back in the collection at the beginning, moving it.
You can do the same thing with items, but I've noticed that the order of the items isn't the first four items in the collection, I'm not sure if they are random, or done another way, but you can still choose those items, and click them out and back into the collection, changing them from the cover.
It works for now.
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@wildcupcake Oh!! sounds something I will try! I will let you know later if it worked!!
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@kleasterling I do it all the time. It should work just fine. Just make sure the change "takes".
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Hey! @kleasterling sent me a message and asked me to look at this. There are very few functions I would value more than the ability to have a collection editor like we do a set editor. Those were the days!!! I also agree with @acciohermione. It would be so nice to get some kind of notification when / if our sets are added to collections from others! But, I digress . . . I don't think this reply of mine is helpful, especially because it doesn't change what you asked about regarding the icon of a collection. However, I did once make a tip blog where I tried to discuss two workarounds for the lack of a collection editor. Perhaps you could consider implementing the blog option of your profile for such an occasion? I'm not sure if that's what everyone wants to do. But I think it's a possible option! I'll copy and paste the previous information I put on that tip blog below to explain what I mean about using a blog. { As well as making "aesthetic collections in real collections, but I don't think you care about that as much. }
If something below doesn't make sense, feel free to let me know. That's all I know for workarounds as of right now. Hopefully they make an actual editor soon!
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βββββββββββββββββββββββ β β β We used to have an editor for collections like we do for sets, and Iβll admit that is one of the things I miss the most about polyvore. It used to be one of my favorite things to do . . . but I digress. I know of two methods to do somewhat do this on urstyle! Truthfully, they are both quite tedious. But they can be worth it if thatβs what you really want to make!
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β β β β In order to make an aesthetic collection, you have to have your items planned ahead of time. My personal strategy is opening them all in tabs in the order I want.
β β β β Then you add them to your collection using the βone at a timeβ method. Just click on the ADD TO COLLECTION button {β } on the itemβs individual page. And make sure youβre starting with the items you want to be the very end of the collection.
β β β β The reason I warn you to plan ahead completely? If you want to redo something at the bottom of the collection more complex than deleting something . . . you have to redo everything above it. So that SUCKS.
β β β β Also, Iβm just curious, what are the layouts for different people?? Iβm pretty sure polyvore had their website set up so collections were always three items across. Or at least it works that way for 99% of monitors. Iβm not sure if urstyle does the same or if there is a lot of discrepancy? For me, itβs always four across, and I just wonder if most people have the same. Because if I spend an hour making four across have a pattern but others have three or five, itβs still going to be an absolute mess . . . So it would just be interesting to know whether itβs even worth it haha.
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β β β β This utilizes one of the new-ish coding buttons urstyle added. Yay for relevant updates! Iβve seen quite a few people already using this, and I know Iβve been doing it for a while too. I didnβt start doing it because I saw others doing it first, but please let me know if you think you started the trend.
β β β β I say blogs instead of forums on my title only because blogs allow you to use things three across, which like I said, was how poly did it. So I guess for me thatβs a bit of nostalgia? And the comfort of an old dog not having to learn new tricks? But if you do it on a forum, itβs only two across. AT LEAST THAT'S HOW IT IS ON MY MONITOR. So. Sorry if yours is completely different. I can only talk about my own experience I guess haha.
β β β β So, anyway, navigate to the editing section of the blog or forum of your choice. You can either code by hand or use the buttons inside the urstyle logo button at the top. {β‘} I personally find the logoβs buttons a bit too . . . persnickety, for lack of a better word.
β β β β If you want them to all align nicely in the center AND show up in rows two or three across, you should do that part of the coding first. The UR button for βgroupingβ is picky and wonβt go around any text that you highlight, unless the bold or italic function for example. So I just do it first. I also make sure to tack a |- to the front and -| to the end because I like center alignment.
β β β β Now, in between your code [ group ] and [ / group] { the hack to show code didn't work, so please just delete the spaces when you do it }, you can edit as many or as few items and sets together. You can change them around. You can go back later and change whatever. Itβs ALMOST like having a collection editor.
β β β β To add an item, navigate to the itemβs individual page and copy the full urstyle URL. Then paste it in between the coding [item] and [/item]. And the exact same thing applies for sets, with the full URL inside [set] and [/set].
β β β β Unfortunately, thereβs no way to add captions like in ye olden days. Iβve been toying with the idea of creating a table { which is coding you can find on one of the aforementioned blogs } underneath every row of three items / sets. So then you just end up having a bunch of individual rows grouped together? With a table underneath each other? And then another group of items? I donβt know. Iβm just spitballing here if thatβs a function youβre looking for.
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