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Shop Changes?

Sun Nov 07, 2004 12:26 am

Okay, I think this is one downright cool change.

When you search through the wiz, and visit a shop through it, underneath the header and stuff that the user puts in, there's the item that you searched for! No more wading through someone's gallery to find one of three or four buyable items!

Of course, this also makes Wiz sniping that much easier, since the item you've clicked is right in front of you and easy to find. :)

Apparently they've also put shops in pages of 100 items... I'm not sure if I like THAT idea, but the one above makes it all worth it. ^.^

Re: Shop Changes?

Sun Nov 07, 2004 12:28 am

Ledi wrote:
Apparently they've also put shops in pages of 100 items... I'm not sure if I like THAT idea, but the one above makes it all worth it. ^.^


I just posted this in Unreleased actually, but isnt it nice to see TNT listening! :D
One of my computers is slow and it makes shops difficult to load, so I like this change :)

Sun Nov 07, 2004 12:33 am

Oh! So that's why when I went to a shop for a burning potion it was above the line. I thought it was just an error in the coding because they had decorated their shop so heavily some of their banners were overlapping the item picture :P

Sun Nov 07, 2004 12:35 am

I love this change! Its so much easier to find stuff now! Thank you TNT!

Sun Nov 07, 2004 12:38 am

It is quite the improvement. Way to go, TNT!

Sun Nov 07, 2004 12:39 am

But on the other hand, it's pretty sad for large gallery owners, like myself. I have 333 items in my gallery, and about 75-100 more to put in (if I can ever save enough for them), and it both disrupts the flow of the gallery, and means that most people will never take the time to look at anything more than what happens to show up on my front page.

What I would like to see is an option in your user preferences or shop editing page where you can choose how your shop displays. I understand it can be slow to load (it was a bit slow to load even on cable), but for a gallery I just really don't care for splitting it like that, especially without any control over what comes up on what page. A second choice, I guess, would be a way of choosing whether you see a limit of 100 per page or not, but I'd still prefer the former.

I do like the change of moving a searched item to the top, though. That's great.

Sun Nov 07, 2004 1:09 am

It took me a while to understand it wasn't a coding error...
But over all, it makes shoping much easier... when ever I searched for an item and i ended up in a big shop, i would just backspace and click the next shop... I HATE big shops because I don't feel like looking for the item...
Now its so much simpler.
It does however ruin galleries...

Sun Nov 07, 2004 1:21 am

I believe the 100 per page addition was added to make the larger shops (such as huge galleries and malls) load faster for users with slower connections. I personally don't mind it, since my gallery isn't very big yet and I already have a speedy connection to begin with.

As for the searched item appearing before everything else, I have found it extremely handy so far.

Sun Nov 07, 2004 1:21 am

Yeah, I noticed it as I was searching for pink poogle toys priced at 133700... I thought it was an added joke from Adam when I saw all the poogles were at the top of all the other items, lol. It sure does make shopping faster!

Sun Nov 07, 2004 1:31 am

I HATE this change for my gallery. I think it's a good idea for quests and stuf but in all honesty getting right down to it, it makes me fume. But then again I think galleries should be put under a whole different set of rules. And no I don't wanna get into them right now. I'll post my ideas when I get home :P

Sun Nov 07, 2004 2:11 am

CrewWolf wrote:Oh! So that's why when I went to a shop for a burning potion it was above the line. I thought it was just an error in the coding because they had decorated their shop so heavily some of their banners were overlapping the item picture :P


I thought the same thing. That rules. I don't liek teh groups of 100 thing but I LOVE the oither part. It is awesome. Now I can buy stuff quicker.

Sun Nov 07, 2004 3:11 am

One thing that's not very fun, is if the item isn't on that first page, then you have to search for it the old way....

Sun Nov 07, 2004 3:15 am

I always thought that they should have galleries somehow seperate from the shops, and now I *really* think they should do that.

The other change is awesome, though!

Sun Nov 07, 2004 3:16 am

I think that you should be able to make the gallery seperate from your shop. If this were in effect, the 100 per would not effect a gallery. That would be sweet *daydreaming*

Sun Nov 07, 2004 3:19 am

it really confused me at first, lol. but i like it :)
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