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| | | You forgot to cross-post to lugnet.off-topic.pun. :) Thanks for kudos. I think there's still room for improvement in Partsref, but I'm very happy with how this version turned out. But I couldn't have done it without Todd's (and I somewhat suspect, (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| | | | | Re: New Partsref is pure bliss —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | (...) I spent some time with it, and while i think it's really neat, I miss the old interface, is it still around??? What I like is the ability to see vast swaths of parts all at once, only one category click in. The current one is TOO (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| | | | | | | Re: New Partsref is pure bliss —Jon Kozan
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| | | | | | | (...) I liked the keyword feature. But it's really a bunch of already-run searches - what's the use of that? Just use the search box. I had to outsmart it, though, to get it to list all parts. I used a q=* switch. But I think that's the point, (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: New Partsref is pure bliss —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | | | (...) KEYWORDS is an option that authors can include in their LDraw parts. So far, not many parts include KEYWORDS. For the /partsref/keyword/ page, I also compiled most of the words from the part names. The intent of the page is to let people look (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: New Partsref is pure bliss —Jon Kozan
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| | | | | | | | (...) You're correct, "multiple" can be different for each of us. OK, how's this? I think Todd's search limit is similar (maybe same code) to the search function for the set database... I'm proposing that it be over-ridden for these links. But even (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: New Partsref is pure bliss —Kevin Salm
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| | | | | | | (...) After taking some time to explore the new setup, I agree with Larry on all points. I, too miss the old interface. It is one of the few sites where I found frames very useful in reducing mouseclicks. I suppose that once we get used to using the (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | | Re: New Partsref is pure bliss —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | (...) Good to see Larry got the cross-posting right... (...) Umm, I'm confused -- the detail pages are essentially the same. Sure, they've got the new LUGNET-ish headers and footers, and now the 73 LDraw categories are arranged into a 2-level (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| | | | | | | | Re: New Partsref is pure bliss —Manfred Moolhuysen
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| | | | | | (...) I second Tom Stangl who said: (...) For me too, that worked very well. It enabled me to brouwse through several part categories very quickly after one another. I had some trouble to find certain part categories, but that was because I was used (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| | | | | Re: New Partsref is pure bliss —Juergen Stuber
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| | | | (...) One BIG improvement would be to crossref parts with the sets they come in. I know getting the data is a huge undertaking, as it amounts to doing inventories of all the sets. But if inventories were actually used in this way I guess this would (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| | | | | | Re: New Partsref is pure bliss —Charles Eric McCarthy
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| | | | | (...) I'm not Steve, but I think it is a great idea that will not happen until we have a well-defined inventory format and uploading mechanism that insures when an eager person supplies an inventory it will promptly become available to everyone. Is (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: New Partsref is pure bliss —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | (...) ... (...) Does your personal database include "this part, in this color, is available in these sets" information? Does it include LDraw part numbers? Can you post this to the web? With a sensible layout to the html? If so, I'd be interested in (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: New Partsref is pure bliss —Charles Eric McCarthy
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| | | | | | (...) No, I don't have all this info, and even if I did I wouldn't know how to arrange it. But if the infrastructure were set up, I would submit the information about the sets I've inventoried and will inventory in the future. /Eric M/ (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: New Partsref is pure bliss —Kim Toll
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| | | | | | (...) As would I. I'd be happy to toss in the 350 or so set inventories that I have. But someone else would probably have to do the plumbing. Mine are all in an Access database and I do use the LDraw part numbers and names (well, for the most part (...) (24 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: New Partsref is pure bliss —Heather Patey
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| | | | | | (...) I've got Margo Kubiak's castle/pirate lists compiled into an Excel spreadsheet and am adding LDraw part numbers to it; I hope to do the same with the Christian Rasmussen's Adventurers and Michael Hopkins' Ninjas. If some mechanism could be (...) (24 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: New Partsref is pure bliss —Dan Boger
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| | | | | | (...) Peeron.com actually uses flat files as it's back end... Each set is in a text file, tab delimited, with amt, ldraw num, bag, color, desc and notes. I'd love to include more sets in there... So anyone who has inventories to add, just send me (...) (24 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: New Partsref is pure bliss —Heather Patey
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| | | | | | (...) spreadsheet (...) and (...) clue (...) a (...) You got it, Dan, stand by! I don't have bag numbers (I doubt many do) so I'll leave that blank... I've been putting descriptions of printing into the notes field (if the printed part isn't already (...) (24 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: New Partsref is pure bliss —Dan Boger
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| | | | | | (...) the names should be xxxx.txt, but that part doesn't really matter. The most important thing is that you have LDRAW numbers for as many of the pieces as possible... since that's what the indexing is done by. Otherwise, I won't be able to add (...) (24 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: New Partsref is pure bliss —Heather Patey
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| | | | | | (...) the (...) nothing (...) No problem, I won't submit them without LDraw numbers, as far as I can figure it out. I do have some inventory entries that are multiple LDRaw pieces, such as legs or turntables - how about I put in, say, "970 or 971 or (...) (24 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: New Partsref is pure bliss —Dan Boger
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| | | | | | (...) We usually leave it blank. Not the ideal solution, but until someone comes up with a shortcut for the legs and belt, I think there's no other option. :/ (...) yup. I just added: (URL) longish, and I wish I knew where I found the original list (...) (24 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: New Partsref is pure bliss —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | Maybe I asked you this before, but do you have a standard way of recording parts which have more than one color? For example, in AucZILLA, minifig torsos are recorded with up to three colors: if there's only one color for the torso, then the body (...) (24 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: New Partsref is pure bliss —Dan Boger
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| | | | | | | (...) no real standard way - the color in the 'color' column is the base color - what you'd see if you looked inside the torso. Everything else goes in the notes... Not perfect, but I couldn't think of a better way... (24 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: New Partsref is pure bliss —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | | (...) Didn't they once with Dragon Masters? I listed one of the DM torsos like this: Red/Blue/Black/Yellow DM Torsos (Flames) meaning: red torso, blue & black arms, yellow hands, and the torso is decorated with DM flame decor (as opposed to the DM (...) (24 years ago, 3-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: New Partsref is pure bliss —Tom Stangl
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| | | | | | Well, 3 of the new Alpha Team members have mismatched arms... (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: New Partsref is pure bliss —Steve Bliss
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| | | | (...) There are a number of places where some set-to-part cross-references are posted. None are complete. So, instead of duplicating information that was already out there, Partsref provides links to known locations for the information. If you look (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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