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By | Wednesday, July 7, 2010 | 12:21 pm | 0 Comments | Blog > Database Updates

A quick update to let you know that the “Add To My Collection” button is now on the left. I’ve also added it to the filtered search results, so you might be able to find books that way pretty quickly. Remember, you must be logged in to see it at this time.

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By | Wednesday, July 7, 2010 | 6:16 am | 3 Comments | Blog > Database Updates

So I added in some little icons on the reading order listings and now you can collect from any reading order page. I wish it was Ajax, since the loading is a pain in the butt. I’ll have to learn how to get that working myself.

Let me know if you think it would look better with the collection icon on the right of all the book information or just to the left of the thumbnail.

Showcase Presents  Jonah Hex Volume 2 Temporary Image Info
Amazon
Weird Western Tales 34-38; Jonah Hex 1-22 May 1976 – March 1979

Or

Viking Glory The  Viking Prince Info
Review
Amazon
CBDB
Original Graphic Novel August 1991

I also added “My Collection” in under the User Control Panel. Remember, at this time you have to register and log in to use and see these features.

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By | Wednesday, July 7, 2010 | 3:51 am | 11 Comments | Blog > Database Updates

I can’t believe this is actually working.

If you are registered and logged in, you can add books to a page that will list all the the volumes in your collection. The link is right in the center of the individual book pages (above the amazon and review links.)

Feel free to play around with it, though it won’t do much besides listing the books in the order you added them, for now.

Things I gotta do:

1) Making it so the link shows up on the reading order view as well, because it’s a pain to always have to go to the full data page.

2) Formatting and Sorting your Collection List so it’s in order. I’m not sure if I’m gonna make it look like a full reading order page with all the data, but I at least want it to list the books in order. This is the trade off: Less data and custom fields and I can list more books on the page, so you can see a lot more of your collection. More data, it might take really long to load and/or break down with large collections. I’m not sure!

3) Right now this only works for you when you are logged in to view your own collection. That’s ok for now (I’m ecstatic about it!) but in the future it would be cool if each user’s collection got a permalink that they could share with other users and the rest of the internet.

Anyway, for now, we should celebrate. This is a major step towards awesome!

Edit: Temporarily Disabled While I Play With Some Code

Edit 2: Enabled again! I’m actually using a totally different set of code now, which means the ajax adding doesn’t work but it DOES sort by reading order! So go ahead and sort your collection!

Edit 3: Collection lists are now numbered, which I thought would help in organizing and keeping track of your books.

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By | Wednesday, July 7, 2010 | 1:49 am | 0 Comments | Blog > Database Updates

I’ve placed these books in the Recommended Reading Order:

Hellblazer: Pandemonium

Hellblazer: Hooked

Hellblazer: India

Dark Entries

Constantine: The Official Movie Adaptation

Constantine: The Hellblazer Collection

Sandman: The Dream Hunters

Lucifer: Nirvana

Jonny Double: Two-Finger Discount

The Green Lantern / Green Arrow Collection

War Stories: Volume 1

War Stories: Volume 2

The Batman / Judge Dredd Files

Batman / Judge Dredd: Die Laughing Book 1

Batman / Judge Dredd: Die Laughing Book 2

Pulp Fiction Library: Mystery In Space

Heaven’s Ladder

Static Shock: Trial By Fire

It’s a Bird

Legend Of The Hawkman Book One: The Fallen One

Legend Of The Hawkman Book Two: Heresy

Legend Of The Hawkman Book Three: Flight of Faith

House of Secrets: Foundation

Mythos: The Final Tour: Book 1

The Witching Hour

I’m super pooped, but I’m gonna make myself a snack and see if I can get to any more placements today. Including the upcoming solicitations, I’ve got 197 books in the database left to place on the Reading Order.

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By | Tuesday, July 6, 2010 | 8:43 pm | 0 Comments | Blog > Database Updates

The following books have been uploaded from my offline file and are now in Unplaced Books. They’re a lot, so I’m not going to individually link them all in this post, but you can find them all in there.

Hellblazer: Pandemonium
Hellblazer: Hooked
Hellblazer: India
Dark Entries
Constantine: The Official Movie Adaptation
Constantine: The Hellblazer Collection
Sandman: The Dream Hunters
Nirvana
Jonny Double: Two-Finger Discount
GL/GA Slipcase
War Stories: Volume 1
War Stories: Volume 2
The Batman / Judge Dredd Files
Batman / Judge Dredd: Die Laughing Book 1
Batman / Judge Dredd: Die Laughing Book 2
Mystery In Space
Heaven’s Ladder
Static: Trial By Fire
It’s a Bird
Legend Of The Hawkman Book One
Legend Of The Hawkman Book Two
Legend Of The Hawkman Book Three
House of Secrets: Foundation
The Little Endless Storybook
Mythos: The Final Tour
The Witching Hour
Showcase Presents: The Witching Hour
The Losers: Ante Up
The Losers: Double Down
The Losers: Book 1
The Losers: Trifecta
The Losers: Close Quarters
The Losers: Endgame
The Losers: Book 2
Human Target
Human Target: Final Cut
Human Target: Strike Zones
Human Target: Living in Amerika
Human Target: Chance Meetings
Human Target: Second Chances
Human Target (2010 Series)
The Great Superman Comic Book Collection – Time-Honored Classics
Superman: The Dailies 1939-1940
Superman: The Dailies 1940-1941
Superman: The Dailies 1941-1942
Superman: The Dailies 1939-1942
Superman: Sunday Classics 1939-1943
Batman: The Dailies 1943-1944
Batman: The Dailies 1944-1945
Batman: The Dailies 1945-1946
Batman: The Dailies 1943-1946
Batman: The Sunday Classics 1943-1946
The Golden Age of Batman: The Greatest Covers of Detective Comics from the ’30s to the ’50s
Batman in Detective Comics: Featuring the Complete Covers of the First 25 Years
Batman in Detective Comics Vol. 2: Featuring the Complete Covers of the Second 25 Years
Batman Cover to Cover: The Greatest Comic Book Covers of the Dark Knight
Superman in Action Comics: Featuring the Complete Covers of the First 25 Years
Superman in Action Comics Vol. 2: Featuring the Complete Covers of the Second 25 Years
The Golden Age of Superman: The Greatest Covers of Action Comics from the ’30s to the ’50s
The Silver Age of Superman: The Greatest Covers of Action Comics from the ’50s to the ’70s
Superman: Cover to Cover
Wonder Woman: Featuring over Five Decades of Great Covers
DC Comics Covergirls
DC Comics Covergirls (Previews Exclusive Edition)
Cover Run: The DC Comics Art of Adam Hughes
DC Universe Illustrated by Neal Adams: The Covers
Joe Kuburt: War Covers
Vertigo Visions: Artwork From The Cutting Edge Of Comics
Vertigo Visions: Ten Years On The Edge
52: The Covers
Preacher: Dead Or Alive: Covers By Glenn Fabry
Mythology: The DC Comics Art of Alex Ross
Mythology: The DC Comics Art of Alex Ross (Limited Edition)
Rough Justice: The DC Comics Sketches of Alex Ross
Icons: The DC Comics & Wildstorm Art of Jim Lee
The Essential Batman Encyclopedia
The Essential Wonder Woman Encyclopedia
The Essential Superman Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes Vol. 1: Batman
Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes Vol. 2: Wonder Woman
Encyclopedia of Comic Book Heroes Vol. 3: Superman
The DC Comics Encyclopedia
The DC Comics Encyclopedia (Updated and Expanded Edition)
Batman: The Ultimate Guide to the Dark Knight
Wonder Woman: The Ultimate Guide to The Amazon Princess
Superman: The Ultimate Guide to the Man of Steel
JLA: The Ultimate Guide to the Justice League Of America
Shazam!: The Golden Age of the World’s Mightiest Mortal
Wonder Woman: Amazon. Hero. Icon.
Catwoman: The Life and Times of a Feline Fatale
Catwoman: The Visual Guide to the Feline Fatale
Batman: The Complete History
Wonder Woman: The Complete History
Superman: The Complete History
Blue Beetle Companion
Hawkman Companion
The Flash Companion
The Krypton Companion
The Batcave Companion
The All-Star Companion Vol. 1
The All-Star Companion Vol. 2
The All-Star Companion Vol. 3
The All-Star Companion Vol. 4
The Titans Companion Vol. 1
The Titans Companion Vol. 2
The Legion Companion
The Justice League Companion
The Silver Age Sci-Fi Companion
The Best Of the Legion Outpost
Teenagers from the Future: Essays on the Legion of Super-Heroes
DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle
DC Comics : Sixty Years of the World’s Favorite Comic Book Heroes
75 Years Of DC Comics
The DC Vault: A Museum-In-A-Book
The Batman Vault: A Museum-In-A-Book
DC Comics Super Heroes and Villains: Fandex Deluxe
The Golden Age of DC Comics: 365 Days
DC Super Heroes: The Ultimate Pop-Up Book
DC Comics: The 75th Anniversary Poster Book
Batman Collected
The DC Comics Action Figure Archive
Age Of TV Heroes: The Live-Action Adventures Of Your Favorite Comic Book Characters
Batman Animated
Batman: The Animated Series Guide
Batman Beyond: The Animated Series Guide
Superman: The Animated Series Guide
Justice League: The Animated Series Guide

I’ll be moving them off unplaced books soon, but I’m probably going to focus on the Vertigo books first.

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