Popular Post NicoV Posted November 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 12, 2020 (edited) Hello everyone! Today is a beautiful day... for rolling out a new version of ComicArtTracker! I've been working on this new iteration throughout the past year, the last major update being in November 2019, and I hope you'll appreciate it. Main enhancements and new features: CAT pages have been reviewed for improved usability on mobile and a sleeker design. More than 50% of ComicArtTracker users are using it from a phone or tablet, so I thought it was time to tune the site with this in mind. This includes a new home page, a new navigation bar on mobile, a new search page and tabs replaced with an "infinite" scrolling. Performance has been improved and loading time reduced throughout the site with numerous code improvements. CAT users may now activate a personal short link. In your Settings / Account section, you can now activate this personal link which let you login without having to re-enter your username and password. You can bookmark this link in your browser or on your smartphone home page for faster access to CAT. Once activated, the personal link will also be used on the daily emails. For dark mode aficionados, CAT now has its own dark theme. You can activate it in your Settings / Preferences section. A new page called "Trending Searches" displays the most searched artists / characters every month. It's a great way to discover new artists! CAT now has its own "Comic Art Collecting Guide", with answers to a lot of questions you may have regarding ComicArtTracker or comic art in general. This section will evolve with time, feel free to PM me your corrections or if you have ideas about interesting resources that could be added. Many thanks to BCarter27 and Frank for their help on this section! A new version may come with its share of compatibility issues. Do not hesitate to contact me if you encounter any bugs. I sincerely hope you enjoy ComicArtTracker and will appreciate this new version! Nicolashttps://comicarttracker.com/ Edited November 12, 2020 by NicoV Norrin_Radd, PixelPusher, timguerrero and 23 others 10 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twanj Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 Amazing as always! My only suggestion is to make "Check all favorites now" stand out more (maybe as a button?) since that's what I do a lot. spidey300 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick2you2 Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 (edited) Some items are listed as “sold or removed”. Are they supposed to still show up? Your diligence is impressive. Edited November 12, 2020 by Rick2you2 Twanj 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicoV Posted November 12, 2020 Author Share Posted November 12, 2020 2 hours ago, Twanj said: Amazing as always! My only suggestion is to make "Check all favorites now" stand out more (maybe as a button?) since that's what I do a lot. Thanks! I see what you mean about this link to be more visible... I'll try a few things! 45 minutes ago, Rick2you2 said: Some items are listed as “sold or removed”. Are they supposed to still show up? Your diligence is impressive. It depends: sometimes dealers post new art with a "sold" status. In this case yes they are supposed to show up on CAT. But if it's an old page, sold a long time ago, no it should not reappear in new listings. Twanj and alxjhnsn 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kohei Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 3 hours ago, Twanj said: Amazing as always! My only suggestion is to make "Check all favorites now" stand out more (maybe as a button?) since that's what I do a lot. I bookmarked it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kohei Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 I will say I prefered the 'old' banner that was at the top of the page. There's a fair amount more clicking around now to get to see what I came to the site to see than there was before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick2you2 Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 It would be nice to know how many postings I have skimmed through as I go along. When there were pages, it was easy: page 4 out of 8, half done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicoV Posted November 13, 2020 Author Share Posted November 13, 2020 11 hours ago, Kohei said: I will say I prefered the 'old' banner that was at the top of the page. There's a fair amount more clicking around now to get to see what I came to the site to see than there was before. What is this 'old' banner? Are you talking about the first row of images on the home page? Where there used to be the last sources with new listed art. 8 hours ago, Rick2you2 said: It would be nice to know how many postings I have skimmed through as I go along. When there were pages, it was easy: page 4 out of 8, half done. When you scroll down you have a progress at the top of the page. I'm considering adding a counter as well. Twanj 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kohei Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 7 hours ago, NicoV said: Are you talking about the first row of images on the home page? Where there used to be the last sources with new listed art. Yup, that's it. It was the row that showed updates on the latest dealer/CAF/artist/auction (minus Ebay) links. That was a great place to start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siege Perilous Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Nico - First, let me say kudos on such an excellent product. The newest tweaks are a definite improvement to the overall performance. I have to admit, I’m addicted. I’m on it daily and love getting the email summaries of what’s new to market of my favorites artists every day. I do have a question in regards to that. Every once in awhile in the past i’d find I wouldn’t get an email, I usually chalked it up to a glitch (I have so many favorites saved I find it almost impossible that SOMETHING didn’t show up that day, but you never know) and without question the next time day the emails would return. I’ve noticed over the last 3 or so days that I haven’t been receiving the daily emails at all. Could this possibly be a setting I turned off or is this part of the new deployment? Any help would greatly be appreciated! Twanj and ShallowDan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bisquitodoom Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 On 11/13/2020 at 9:24 AM, Kohei said: Yup, that's it. It was the row that showed updates on the latest dealer/CAF/artist/auction (minus Ebay) links. That was a great place to start I second that. That's where I did most of my checking. It showed the source and the number of pieces they added. Kohei 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman_Fan Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 6 minutes ago, bisquitodoom said: I second that. That's where I did most of my checking. It showed the source and the number of pieces they added. Same for me. I primarily hit the sources, through the homepage, when I would first visit the site. Kohei 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicoV Posted November 17, 2020 Author Share Posted November 17, 2020 On 11/13/2020 at 4:24 PM, Kohei said: Yup, that's it. It was the row that showed updates on the latest dealer/CAF/artist/auction (minus Ebay) links. That was a great place to start Unfortunately this block had several internal issues with the thumbnails. But if it's the kind of information you want to start with, why don't you bookmark the "new art by source" page? https://comicarttracker.com/new-art-by-source Ok you don't have a thumbnail to illustrate each source, but you have the sources sorted by last update descending + the number of items. Or you could start on the My Notifications page https://comicarttracker.com/my-notifications ? 3 hours ago, ZimmermanTelegram said: Nico - First, let me say kudos on such an excellent product. The newest tweaks are a definite improvement to the overall performance. I have to admit, I’m addicted. I’m on it daily and love getting the email summaries of what’s new to market of my favorites artists every day. I do have a question in regards to that. Every once in awhile in the past i’d find I wouldn’t get an email, I usually chalked it up to a glitch (I have so many favorites saved I find it almost impossible that SOMETHING didn’t show up that day, but you never know) and without question the next time day the emails would return. I’ve noticed over the last 3 or so days that I haven’t been receiving the daily emails at all. Could this possibly be a setting I turned off or is this part of the new deployment? Any help would greatly be appreciated! Thanks for your support! Regarding your emails not showing up anymore, the most probable reason would be that you clicked on the "spam" once (by mistake ^^) and now the third party service I use to send emails do not send yours anymore. https://comicarttracker.com/faq-en/comicarttracker/i-dont-receive-my-daily-alerts-by-email-anymore Send me a PM with the email address you use on CAT and I'll check. Siege Perilous and Twanj 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kohei Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 20 minutes ago, NicoV said: Unfortunately this block had several internal issues with the thumbnails. But if it's the kind of information you want to start with, why don't you bookmark the "new art by source" page? https://comicarttracker.com/new-art-by-source Ok you don't have a thumbnail to illustrate each source, but you have the sources sorted by last update descending + the number of items. Or you could start on the My Notifications page https://comicarttracker.com/my-notifications ? That's what I've ended up doing. Now I have two bookmarks to check instead of one. C'est la vie I suppose. I am grateful for the site and appreciate what you've gone through to make it what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman_Fan Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 On 11/17/2020 at 4:21 PM, NicoV said: Regarding your emails not showing up anymore, the most probable reason would be that you clicked on the "spam" once (by mistake ^^) and now the third party service I use to send emails do not send yours anymore. https://comicarttracker.com/faq-en/comicarttracker/i-dont-receive-my-daily-alerts-by-email-anymore Send me a PM with the email address you use on CAT and I'll check. I use Yahoo mail, and the daily CAT emails always showed in my spam folder. Even though I added the address to my contacts, and marked it as "not spam". Then, starting a few weeks ago, yahoo must have started blocking the emails entirely. They didn't even show under my spam folder. So I switched my CAT to use a gmail account, and now the emails arrive perfectly. Just an FYI NicoV 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick2you2 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 Could you take a look at the slider again? I find that it doesn’t proportionately show how far down I have gone out of, say, 100 items. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicoV Posted December 11, 2020 Author Share Posted December 11, 2020 (edited) 8 hours ago, Rick2you2 said: Could you take a look at the slider again? I find that it doesn’t proportionately show how far down I have gone out of, say, 100 items. You're right, it seems like it's increasing too quickly. I'll check that, thanks for having spotted this! Edited December 11, 2020 by NicoV Twanj 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick2you2 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 41 minutes ago, NicoV said: You're right, it seems like it's increasing too quickly. I'll check that, thanks for having spotted this! Since we are on the subject, I am also finding a lot more repeat entries than I used to. For example, something will show up on eBay, but then get listed on CAT 2-3 times in the same search. It used to happen occasionally, but a lot more often now. Also, when I zoom into an image, and then leave the image, it doesn’t stay where I left off. It usually goes back at least several images. Twanj 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siege Perilous Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 Has anyone else run into issues with adding favorite searches since the new version has gone live? I can get to the Favorite Searches screen just fine and type an artist in, when I click the blue plus button to add it nothing happens. The new artist does not appear on the full list below it. Anyone else experiencing this? Could be user error, but it seems pretty straight forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecclectica Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 2 hours ago, ZimmermanTelegram said: Has anyone else run into issues with adding favorite searches since the new version has gone live? I can get to the Favorite Searches screen just fine and type an artist in, when I click the blue plus button to add it nothing happens. The new artist does not appear on the full list below it. Anyone else experiencing this? Could be user error, but it seems pretty straight forward. I had some trouble last week on this precise subject (favorite searches grabing no results or not starting). I guess NicoV had to do some maintenance this week-end, because everything is now back on track. I will not complain, even a minute : it's so a wonderful site. Twanj and Siege Perilous 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...