The Collections page has been redesigned. Collections can now be organized by categories. When creating or editing your collections you can define what type of collection it is (i.e. movies, books, action figures, stamps, etc.). This will allow better organization of the collections hosted on WhatUCollect, and hopefully add a little more functionality in the future. The plan is to be able to have custom fields based on the type of collection it is.
WhatUCollect New Look
Change is good, right? We’re in the process of performing another face-lift to WhatUCollect. Yes, it has been less than two months since the last upgrade, but the site still didn’t have the feel we were looking for. The new look is much lighter in color and, in my opinion, just looks nicer. Unfortunately we aren’t able to roll all of the upgrades at once, so some pages will have the new look and some will still have the old look during the transition. Hopefully the changes won’t take more than a few days to complete. Let us know what you think, or if you find any problems with the new design.
We’ve also added a few options for your collections. You can now choose the default view (gallery or list) for your collections, as well as the default item sorting order (item name or date). So, if you prefer viewing your collections as as a list or sorting by the date you added items, you can now set the collection to always display it like that.
EDIT: 12/26/2009
The redesign has been put on hold and the previous design has been rolled back. We ran into some last minute compatibility and design issues that need to be resolved first.
EDIT 12/28/2009
In the process of rolling out new design now. Until it’s complete there will be some pages in the old design and some in the new, but everything should still be fully functional.
We’ve just released a small update to WhatUCollect, giving it a bit of a facelift. The new look should be a little bit cleaner with a bit more contrast, but everything is still in the same place. Let me know if you see anything that looks a little goofy or out of place.
We’ve redesigned the My Collections page to be a little bit more useful and look a little better. Each collection on the new My Collections page lists the collection name, number of items in the collection, and links to add an item, batch add items, and the new bulk add items feature.
The new Bulk Add Items feature will allow you to simply upload a large number of photos from your computer at once, and then label the photos to add them to your collection. This feature can be found next to the collection listing on your My Collections page. This should make it even easier to add many items to a collection at a time.
Item Navigation
We’ve added collection navigation links to the item pages, allowing you to view the next and previous items in the collection. Previously you’d have to go back to the collection page and then find and click on the next item, which was quite inefficient. You should be able to navigate through items in the same sort order you were viewing them (name or date) on the collection page. Clicking on the collection link from the item page will also preserve your previous page and sorting method.
We’ve added the option to add multiple items at a time via our new Batch Add feature. This can be found under the My Collections link in the navigation bar at the top of the site, or by clicking on the ‘batch add’ link at the top of the normal Add Item page. This should make it much easier to add many items to a collection at a time.
WhatUCollect.mobi
We’re working on a mobile version of WhatUCollect, which is optimized for use on cell phones and PDAs. It can be accessed at http://whatucollect.mobi. It’s not quite finished, but you’re welcome to try it out. Let us know if you have any suggestions.
WhatUCollect 3.0 beta
WhatUCollect has been one the web in one form or another for over a year since it was originally conceived as a software design and development project in 2008, but it’s never been promoted or used by the public. We feel the new 3.0 beta version is now ready for prime-time, so are now in the process of officially launching it to the public.
While the site has been improved and massaged in the last year or so, there’s still plenty more we plan to do and offer with WhatUCollect. This blog is designed to track the progress of the site and improvements we are making to allow it to become a great community for collectors.
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New Collection Comment Options
Posted by Steve on October 18th, 2009 No CommentsCollection Comment Options
We’ve just added two new options for collections hosted on WhatUCollect. The first is the ability to allow or disallow comments. If you don’t want other WhatUCollect users posting comments (only registered users can post comments on the site), then just set “Allow Comments” to “no”. The default is to allow comments.
The other new option will allow you to receive e-mail notifications when someone posts a comment to your collection or one of the items in your collection. This will be enabled by default, but can be turned off by setting “E-Mail When Commented” to “no”.
These options are both available when creating a new collection and on the Edit Collection page for existing collections. The settings are independent for each collection, so you can allow comments in one collection and disallow in another.