Comments on collections?

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John Kratz
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Comments on collections?

Postby John Kratz » Wed Sep 10, 2014 7:50 am

Often I have wondered: Who looks at my inventory page? How many people have looked at it? What do they think of it?

And on the other side of that, I have seen some impressive collections here and would like to tell the owners what I think.
I have sent private messages to people to tell them how much I like their collections, but I was thinking it might be nice to be able to somehow comment on collections. Maybe there could be a place at the bottom of the inventory pages to leave a comment. And you could choose to disable comments if you'd prefer. People with private collections would obviously not have a place for comments, but perhaps it could be made to appear if they changed from private to public.

With regard to the other questions, could stats be compiled & shown? "Number of page views" would be the obvious one, but could there also be something telling you who viewed it? Could that include non-registered guests to the site? Could the stats tell you if there are repeat viewers?

Does anyone think these are good ideas?
Diser, would you consider this easy to do, a fun challenge, or a potential headache? :D
Have a look at some of the cameras in my collection:
http://collectiblend.com/Cameras/mycamprofile.php?uid=396

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Re: Comments on collections?

Postby diser » Wed Sep 10, 2014 6:14 pm

On stats: while this may not address all questions/suggestions, look at the hjh67 profile:
http://collectiblend.com/Cameras/mycamprofile.php?uid=817
He used custom flagcounter. You can create a personal account on their web-site and insert it in the collection description too. There are some other free "counter" sites, and I think statcounter.com is one of the most popular ones. It can show you unique/repeating visitor counts, their locations, etc.

On comments: I was thinking about creating some sort of a comments section - in the same way as they are set up for individual cameras/lenses. Didn't know if someone needs it or not. I'll put it in my to-do list then :)

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Re: Comments on collections?

Postby Jeff L » Thu Sep 11, 2014 5:54 am

I had thought about a counter before,but didn't do it. Now I did. Added counter!
The only problem I can see happening is soliciting to buy or sell stuff and or spam/offensive stuff from non members.
I hate to say it like that.
If you do do it would it only be registered users able to make comments?
OR-
Would we have control to delete comments?
Still..I'm interested in it if it happens.
Stop in a take a look at my beloved cameras, and read my comments about them!
http://collectiblend.com/Cameras/mycamprofile.php?uid=2649

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Re: Comments on collections?

Postby Madd10 » Thu Sep 11, 2014 7:49 am

A comments section sounds like a good idea but indeed I would prefer if only registered users could comment and/or comments can be removed.
Interested in seeing what I am collecting ? Check out my camera collection:
http://collectiblend.com/Cameras/mycamprofile.php?uid=988

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Re: Comments on collections?

Postby hjh67 » Sun Sep 14, 2014 9:21 am

If the flagcounter is intalled the records can be only viewed in the pubic inventory mode, so each of my own clicks adds one flag. I think that the flags are added according to the server location. I worked 2 years ago some time in Nepal, my hotel provided a satellite link to a Swedish server (the Nepali servers block access to some sites e.g. BBC) so I got a some extra Swedish flags during my assignment.

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Re: Comments on collections?

Postby diser » Sun Sep 14, 2014 10:36 am

hjh67, I guess is was a proxy server in Sweden. And yes, if that's a secure proxy server which doesn't rely the end-user's IP address, of if visitor uses the SSL-tunnel, there is no way to track the exact location.

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Re: Comments on collections?

Postby Madd10 » Fri Sep 19, 2014 1:34 pm

I would be interested in being able to sort my camera collection based on the year when the camera was produced, not sure if other people feel the same.
Interested in seeing what I am collecting ? Check out my camera collection:
http://collectiblend.com/Cameras/mycamprofile.php?uid=988

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Re: Comments on collections?

Postby John Kratz » Tue Sep 11, 2018 7:00 am

Bumping this suggestion from 2014... :?:
Have a look at some of the cameras in my collection:
http://collectiblend.com/Cameras/mycamprofile.php?uid=396

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Re: Comments on collections?

Postby diser » Tue Sep 11, 2018 7:58 am

2014, wow! I'll see what I can do this week.

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Re: Comments on collections?

Postby diser » Tue Sep 11, 2018 7:36 pm

OK, comments can be added to the bottom of the profile page now.
i.e. http://collectiblend.com/Cameras/mycamp ... hp?uid=396


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