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Announcing new set database —

Todd Lehman & Suzanne Rich

LUGNET is pleased to announce a new and improved LEGO set database: (URL) over the previous database include: New Display Options Chose compact lists, thumbnails, or fully-detailed pages to browse through. Smarter Searches Display any range of set (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.general, lugnet.cad, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce) !!

Re: Announcing new set database —Brian H. Nielsen

Looks great! I like the integrated shopping feature too. Brian (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Kyle D. Jackson

(...) tho: 1) I figured out I needed to hit the "Update" button to submit a vote. But it's not intuitive where it's placed in the "My Collection" box. 2) Do the Private collection notes simply remain in the boxes, or should a new addition on the (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Todd Lehman

(...) OK, sorry 'bout that. Do you think it would it help if there were another "update" button below the rate box? (...) For now, they're in the box, but probably tomorrow your own personal notes will also appear along the top... It's just a loose (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Steve Bliss

(...) you can currently get a thumbnail-list by theme, like (URL). But it would be nice to be able to get the same list, but limited to a subtheme, like M:Tron. And, in another message, Kevin Wilson mentions: (...) Oh, yeah! I've wanted that for a (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Todd Lehman

(...) Well, actually, that link above lists any sets within a category containing the component word "space" -- which in this case includes accessories and Dacta categories. If you want *just* LEGO SYSTEM Space sets, click the link that says _Space_ (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Kyle D. Jackson

(...) Yeah, that works. Thanx! (...) for (...) the (...) list wasn't expandable or anything so that I could click directly on a specific sub-theme or whatever. Going to a major them, and then browing the thumbnails until I find a member of a (...) (24 years ago, 16-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Repost to Todd (Was: Re: Announcing new set database) —Kyle D. Jackson

G'day Todd, I was wondering about the outcome of the thread below that we had a while back. Essentially, it concerned the new set guide only having quick links to major themes, but no (expandable) tree to allow direct access to a sub-theme. For (...) (24 years ago, 3-Dec-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Repost to Todd (Was: Re: Announcing new set database) —Todd Lehman

(...) Yes --Todd (24 years ago, 9-Dec-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Repost to Todd (Was: Re: Announcing new set database) —Kyle D. Jackson

(...) Okey-dokey. Thanx, KDJ ___...___ LUGNETer #203, Windsor, Ontario, Canada (24 years ago, 9-Dec-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Hakan Tandogan

(...) Which reminds me... How would someone from Europe become a member? I've got some idea what value lugnet brings to me but don't know how to send the money to the organization.... P.S.: this is propably off-topic in this group. Which news-group (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Todd Lehman

(...) Well, PayPal says they'll be doing international payments soon (they've been saying that for a while, but I *think* I just heard it was supposed to be happening in the next month). But certainly if you felt safe sending cash (and it's not (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.people)

Re: Announcing new set database —Hakan Tandogan

(...) Sending USD in a letter (and accepting the risk of having the sum stolen) seems to be the most acceptable version to me. What would the postal adress be? A (rather quick) check at lugnet.com didn't turn up an adress. Regards, Hakan (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.people)

Re: Announcing new set database —Todd Lehman

(...) Hakan, After you fill out the enrollment form, (URL) server will later send a confirmation e-mail which will include the mailing address. --Todd (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.people)

Re: Announcing new set database —Selçuk Göre

Selam, Haklisin, "cash in envelop" her zaman kullandigim metod, ve simdiye kadar hep calisti (70 den fazla)..:-) Ancak parayi bir-iki normal sayfa arasina saklamayi ihmal etme. Selçuk PS. Sorry for the language people..:-) But Hakan is the first (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.people)

Re: Announcing new set database —Joakim Olsson

You can send the money directly i you are willing to take the risk... It worked well from Sweden. (If you get the adress right...) Other option are way to expensive. /Jocke "Todd Lehman" <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.people)

Re: Announcing new set database —Tom McDonald

Just browsing through the thumbnails makes me pine over many old sets... I must say this is a definite improvement. Thanks Todd and Suz! (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Kevin Wilson

(...) Looks good! Something I'd like to be able to see would be searching by two different items eg theme and date, so I could see all the Space sets in 1987. As an alternative, being able to sort the result set by year, or price, or number of (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Todd Lehman

(...) Thanks! (...) I think we'll need to add some kind of advanced search. Right now if you do some URL hacking you can get it to do logical-or, IIRC, on the theme (category) and date (year), but of course it needs to be logical-and instead. (...) (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —David Eaton

(...) I'll heartily 2nd this! A very good improvement to the DB interface! (...) I'll also heartily 2nd this! There have been a number of times when I'm looking for, say, a town set that came out between 1984 and 1987, for example-- and perhaps I (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Peter White

(...) Excellent work Todd and Suz. One image problem with 1733 {Shipwrecked Pirate}, it shows the image for 1731 (imagined being shipwrecked on Ice Planet) pete.w <aquanaut@optusnet.com.au> (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Matthew Miller

(...) Very nice! One little request: would it be possible to set a cookie or a preference so that the pictures default to being large sized, for those of us lucky enough to have high-speed net access? (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Todd Lehman

(...) The 'large' images can be virtually any size -- some are more than 800 wide, I think, so what we were thinking of doing is generating a selection of larger thumbnails on 100-pixel boundaries... Right now there are 80x80 and 200x200 and then (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Matthew Miller

(...) That'd be great. I'd probably want 400x400 or 500x500. Thanks! (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Dan Boger

(...) 'sides, doing it automagically with JS would be very neat... I wouldn't know how, but I'm not a java nut :) Dan (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Kevin Loch

(...) How about integrated parts cross-reference? That's the new feature we need the most. KL (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Todd Lehman

(...) Yup, I know. :-) --Todd (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Selçuk Göre

Very nice job! Finally we have the range search ability..:-) Once we discussed fuzzy search with keywords, do you consider implementing this some time? (I mean searching by set characteristics, for example "red technic truck", "aircraft", etc.) (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Todd Lehman

(...) Thanks! (...) Yes...not sure when, but that's still an eventual goal. It will probably happen first with the elements database. --Todd (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Selçuk Göre

(...) I'm waiting for it..:-) By the way, two other recommendations: * How about putting the two white/blue arrows at the bottom of the page? It would be very nice especially when browsing around multipage results of range querries. * How can we (...) (24 years ago, 16-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Todd Lehman

(...) Just did, about a half hour ago -- try again now. :-) (...) I haven't added that yet. Maybe Sunday. --Todd (24 years ago, 16-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Hakan Tandogan

(...) I just reworked my sets2html-script; the only problem that I found was that the following link: (URL) give a full list of all supplemental items as the former version used to; instead it shows only the set 5315. This is also true for the (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Todd Lehman

(...) What is it? (...) Wow! -- that's an interesting mystery. Not only does the new theme index listing there show _only_ 5315, but the old one shows 13 matches _except_ 5315: (URL) think I know what might be happening, but I'll have to look under (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Joakim Olsson

Hi! Looks really nice! A few questions though: "Set Tracking". I assume that private means "for lugnet members" and public "for everyone" ? Is there somewhere a total for the sets i have?(I have a very short memory, so this could be useful..) /Jocke (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Adrian Drake

(...) You could always use Kleric's BrickDB... (URL) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Todd Lehman

(...) "Private" there means you're the only one who sees it when you visit the set's page (not even other Members can see it). "Public" there means anyone can see it -- whether they're a signed-in Member or a casual user. (...) Coming soon! --Todd (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Frank Buiting

"Todd & Suz" <admin@lugnet.com> wrote in message news:G0wo9C.B4I@lugnet.com... (...) available, I guess that one will be completely replaced in the future? (...) set (...) Is it possible to create a list (perhaps coupled to the member page) to see (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Todd Lehman

(...) phased out, ya. (...) Yes, coming soon! :-) (...) Yup! Those are some of the things that oughtta go on the guide.lugnet.com homepage at some point, with links to more details. --Todd (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

LEGO Set Lists (was: Re: Announcing new set database) —Todd Lehman

(...) Here ya go -- (URL) you'll see there is everything you've entered, minus the ratings and the text notes. And when other people view your list, they only see the "Public" lists (i.e., numbers that you filled into the boxes labeled "Public"). (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database) !

Re: LEGO Set Lists (was: Re: Announcing new set database) —Eric Joslin

(...) incredible. I didn't post about it then, but I started discussing a deal to buy a set from someone based on the fact that they posted a desire to sell within an hour of the first time I looked at the new set database format. The deal isn't (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: LEGO Set Lists (was: Re: Announcing new set database) —James Brown

(...) Cool. Nice & quick interface. It didn't take me more than an hour or so of free time to enter my sets (from fuzzy memory). Now you give me a piece count, and I find out I've got more LEGO than I thought! Always a good thing. :) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: LEGO Set Lists (was: Re: Announcing new set database) —Kyle D. Jackson

(...) Todd/Suze, this is awesome! If you can promise me you won't have a server crash I'll delete my Excel collection database :] The parts count is really slick, too, something I was doing in Excel. I think a big plus out of all of this as well is (...) (24 years ago, 20-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: LEGO Set Lists (was: Re: Announcing new set database) —Todd Lehman

(...) Throw me $100K and I can guarantee that. :-) (...) Could you make use of an export-as-CSV (or tab-separated text) feature? (...) Looking forward to that, ya! (...) This is just a tiny step in the right direction! :) --Todd (24 years ago, 20-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: LEGO Set Lists (was: Re: Announcing new set database) —Dan Boger

(...) I could! I could!!! :) :) Dan (24 years ago, 20-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: LEGO Set Lists (was: Re: Announcing new set database) —Dan Boger

(...) also, (though Jenn already did everything by hand), import-from-CSV? :) Dan (24 years ago, 20-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: LEGO Set Lists (was: Re: Announcing new set database) —Selçuk Göre

(...) Yep!! Extremely useful..:-) At least an "input set list page" where we can input our sets by simply clicking on check boxes or such. Something like summary pages of set searches. I think including the input functionality to the current (...) (24 years ago, 20-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: LEGO Set Lists (was: Re: Announcing new set database) —Frank Buiting

(...) I'll start entering my complete set collection soon! -Frank (24 years ago, 20-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Rose Regner

Todd & Suz wrote in message ... (...) set (...) This may be asking for a lot, however can we compile this set list of sets we own? I had to ask. Great improvements!!!! Rose (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.general)

Re: Announcing new set database —Todd Lehman

(...) Coming soon, yup! --Todd (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.general)

Re: Announcing new set database —John VanZwieten

"Todd & Suz" <admin@lugnet.com> wrote in message news:G0wo9C.B4I@lugnet.com... (...) through. (...) get (...) LUGNET (...) set (...) want-to-sell. (...) by (...) page. (...) Todd, The new stuff is great! How about a ranking system similar to (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Eric Kingsley

In lugnet.admin.database, John VanZwieten writes: <snip> (...) I agree with John on this one. Both a ranking for the Set and for the Part Selection would be nice. The biggest example of this would be 7151-Sith Infiltraitor (URL) . Poor Set in terms (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Jeremy H. Sproat

(...) have given! :-, Just one nit (everyone has one, no one wants to hear from it :-) -- could you please make the set title and number, in addition to the set image, a hyperlink? I'm talking mainly about the set listings page, e.g. (URL). This (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Todd Lehman

(...) What is "drag-and-drop browsing"?? Sounds intriguing. --Todd (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Jeremy H. Sproat

(...) Nothing big, really. An example is to have one window open for a TOC, and another window open for the chapters; to change chapters you drag the hyperlink from the TOC window to the chapter window. The benefit is keeping the browsers' window (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Todd Lehman

(...) Ahh, I see. Well, sounds like what you really need then is a dual-frame or tri-frame option. Then you wouldn't even have to drag the link -- just click it. --Todd (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Jeremy H. Sproat

(...) Except that, due to my insane hatred for frames (;-), I'll actually break out of 'em and use d&d browsing instead, since Netscape will remember frame names across several browser windows. It's really no biggie; I can browse the new format just (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Todd Lehman

(...) I guess that's an issue if the frame names are common things like "main" and "display" and "gunkie_foo". :-) What happens when the frame name contains, say, the site's name as a prefix? (...) It would be trivial, yah, but when it was like that (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Jeremy H. Sproat

(...) That's when I grab my clue stick and don my taunting hat, and hunt down the page author. :-, (...) If the frame name is relatively unique, then it's really no issue. If I have a dozen Netscape windows up, but only one has the frame name (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Steve Chapple

(...) Well, I gave the new database a quick whirl, (I clicked on the guide icon and then Technic) and the first thing it showed me was a... "Gabelstapler". A little lower was "PKW" for the original auto-chassis. Is this a new LEGO code I'm not (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Todd Lehman

(...) I think there are several Europe-only sets in the DB and they aren't marked with a language code. Most names there tend to be English. --Todd (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Charles Eric McCarthy

Looks great! One bug and one suggestion: (1) The bug is that there is a missing range indicator at the top of a listing, e.g. go to (URL) and follow the quick link to trains. The first screen is OK --- it has "First 20 of 224 Set Matches". But then (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Todd Lehman

(...) Hmm. I see an en-dash there (not a hyphen and not an em-dash but an en-dash). That doesn't show up for you? What browser/OS were you viewing with? It's using entity  there, which is kind of a Microsoft-ism in character set terms, but I (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Charles Eric McCarthy

(...) I could have sworn that when I looked at the page source the first time, it was just "2140", but now when I look it is "21&#15040". Yes, it doesn't come out on Netscape 3.01 on Solaris (I know it's old, but our sysadmins always have "more (...) (24 years ago, 16-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Todd Lehman

(...) Nope, it was always there (I just checked). BTW, are you sure you aren't seeing "2140" now? There should be a ";" after the "&#150", otherwise it's grammatically incorrect HTML, and you'd probabaly see "20" followed by a splotch (...) (24 years ago, 16-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Charles Eric McCarthy

(...) Yes, there is a semicolon. /Eric McC/ (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Joakim Olsson

"Todd & Suz" <admin@lugnet.com> wrote in message news:G0wo9C.B4I@lugnet.com... (...) by (...) Lugnet admin. Would it be possible to see some statistics for the sets? "The most owned set by LUGNET members", "The best looking set ever, acoording to (...) (24 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Todd Lehman

(...) Kinda rough around the edges, but anyway: (URL) it's updated once per hour. (...) 9 times out of 10 it's larger -- but it's always the original size of the original image uploaded, so sometimes it might not be bigger (and in some really funky (...) (24 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Joakim Olsson

"Todd Lehman" <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:G1uDHF.77t@lugnet.com... (...) It's beautifull! Thanks! BTW, do you ever sleep? Whenever i ask a question, you respond imediately. I thought you were in the US, and considering the timezone (...) (24 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Todd Lehman

(...) How long have you noticed that I consider the timezone when I am not awake 24 hours a day? --Todd (24 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Joakim Olsson

"Todd Lehman" <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:G1uFIv.9z3@lugnet.com... (...) 24 (...) I have a problem understanding that sentence(translating to Swedish, still learning). What I meant was, I allways check LUGNET for new messages, (...) (24 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Jennifer L. Boger

(...) no, i can't read that sentence either.... (24 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Todd Lehman

(...) <grin> It was some Eliza-style geek humour. --Todd (24 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Kerry Raymond

In the category of wouldnt-it-be-nice-i...d-did-this ... I really like the notes section in the sets database. I love reading these notes and have been making an effort to write notes for sets I own to contribute to this. However, it would be nice (...) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.admin.database)

Re: Announcing new set database —Ed Jones

(...) [snip] (...) baisc sets from the mid 80s/early 902 to my comments on sets taht I own. I hope this helps. (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.database)