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24 Jan 2016
03:13:52pm

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Hi Everyone,
Just want to give you a heads up that the project that we started a couple of months ago to add the ability to specify what country the stamp in the Auction Lot is from, is coming along well and I'm two or three weeks away from implementing it. I still have some coding to do but I wanted to let you know that it is coming.

The following image gives you an idea as to how it will work:

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In the above test lot, you can see that I clicked on the "A" button to get a list of all the Countries that start with "A". Then I clicked on the "Australian States, New South Wales" button to pick the issuing country. The "Australia, New Zealand & Oceania" category was automatically selected. I then manually added the extra "Topicals" category.

Many thanks to Theresa, Ernie and Greg for their many hours of work on this project.

Regards ... Tim.

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24 Jan 2016
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Now that is impressive!

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24 Jan 2016
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Nice!

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24 Jan 2016
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More magic-all hail the resident Wizard and his special group of apprentices.
The kingdom continues and is protected by his magic.

Live long and well-all Hail!

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24 Jan 2016
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excellent
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24 Jan 2016
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I think this is great and will be particularly beneficial to the topical section, if it allows to filter out specific topics.

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24 Jan 2016
06:15:42pm

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Arno,
All corrections will be gratefully accepted. Thumbs Up And corrections made.

Regards ... Tim.

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Tim
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24 Jan 2016
06:33:42pm

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Those who are using the Bulk Loader, there will be updated documentation coming soon, as these changes will change the upload file.

Regards ... Tim.

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24 Jan 2016
11:21:19pm
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Nice job Tim.

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25 Jan 2016
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Well done by everyone involved. Thank you to all! Applause

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25 Jan 2016
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Looks good. Very nice job.

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29 Jan 2016
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great work!!

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29 Jan 2016
03:31:42pm
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Excellent job, Tim! I know I will take advantage of this! Thumbs Up

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29 Jan 2016
04:31:40pm

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Wow!!!! Now that's why you are the "Webmaster"
It will be fantastic. Great work!!!!Thumbs Up

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29 Jan 2016
07:26:26pm
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Very nice. Certainly makes it easier!

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29 Jan 2016
09:27:49pm
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Hi Everyone;

That really looks great Tim, thank you for that upgrade. That must have taken a lot of pro-
graming work, but definitely worth the effort.

I think you'll also be pleased to know, that after checking several profiles of new members,
several have selected the third option that you added to "Willing to Correspond?".
Thanks for implementing my idea and I'm glad we could add an improvement to make SOR
a safer place to be.

Just Chillin'....
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02 Feb 2016
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Looking Great.

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02 Feb 2016
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You always come up with great ideas!

It is a pleasure to be a member of Stamporama!Applause

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02 Feb 2016
07:53:21am

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Great job Tim!Thumbs Up

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Tim
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04 Feb 2016
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Just realized that I haven't put this posting out. I'm planning on implementing the Auction Country enhancements this coming Sunday (7th Feb) morning US Central Time. Try to stay clear of posting new lots around that time. I sent out an email to all the sellers who have posted lots in the last 12 months, trying to make sure that they were all aware.

Regards ... Tim.

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Tim
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07 Feb 2016
07:17:13am

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I have implemented the Auction Country enhancements this morning and I have edited the last dozen or so Auction Lots posted from last night so that you can see how the Country filters can work once the sellers change their process to include the Country selection.

Please Note: The Country Filter will not pick up lots from a particular Country until the seller indicates that the lot is from that particular Country.

Let me know if you find any problems.

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07 Feb 2016
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i had the good fortune to be able to test early iterations; it's a great addition to our auction site. thanks, Tim, for the good idea and excellent execution

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07 Feb 2016
10:30:57am
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I feel silly asking this, but how do we clear the nation box (as a buyer) once we have finished looking for that nation?

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07 Feb 2016
10:33:10am
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Click on the country name button, then click on the "Clear" button.

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07 Feb 2016
10:34:47am
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Thanks Roy, I'll go try that. Happy

Edit- That was exactly what I needed. I think I've got this now, and I am really liking this Tim!Thumbs Up

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07 Feb 2016
10:34:48am
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Hi Tim. What is the recommendation for posting a topical mixture (example: butterflies) with stamps from several countries? Thanks.

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Tim
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07 Feb 2016
11:00:22am

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Luis,
You could select one of the countries in the mixture or you could just not select the country. It is an optional feature.

Regards ... Tim.

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07 Feb 2016
02:42:56pm

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I listed today, and it's super easy.
Great job Tim!!!Thumbs Up

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07 Feb 2016
02:57:55pm
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This is a great feature. Is there any possibility to automatically keep the country when copying from a previous listing of the same country?

Thanks,
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07 Feb 2016
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Works great. I just added some Denmark stamps with no problems.

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Tim
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07 Feb 2016
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@parkinlot

Thanks Bob. I missed that. I'll fix that now.

Tim.

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07 Feb 2016
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Bob,
Please try the copy from a previous listing again. I believe I have that working correctly now.

Regards ... Tim.

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07 Feb 2016
05:18:43pm
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ApplauseThanks Tim

I'm lovin the new listing procedure....You're the BESTApplause

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07 Feb 2016
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luis, if the butterflies are from lots of different nations, just use MIXTURE and TOPICAL; if they are primarily from one country, add that country too. If they are primarily from, say, the old Soviet bloc, add Eastern Europe. but if it's one from Brazil, one from Israel, one from US, then don't include ANY country

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08 Feb 2016
01:16:26pm
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Tim,
Great addition to the auction section. I was wondering if a download of the country list and code is available. Maybe an Excel file or CSV format. I prepare my bulk load file offline and it would be helpful to have this information on my local computer.
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08 Feb 2016
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Hi Bill,
Yes, I can add an Excel file for download. In the mean time, look at the bottom of the Bulk Loader screen. I have added a button there that gives you the list of Countries and Codes.

Regards ... Tim.

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08 Feb 2016
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A couple of things I just noticed doing my Monday Night auctions:

1)The title of the auction when displayed has the country followed by a colon prior to the country name

United States - Back of the Book: United States #J4 Used SCV $70.00

Don't know if that was intentional.

2) Twice when I clicked on a country it did not populate the category. Had to go back and manually do it (US BOB & Kenya). When I went back after i was done and tried it again, it worked fine. Could have been me.

3) When you select a second category (as I did with Germany and post card) the next auction you do does not remove the manually added category, it only changes the one that matches what you selected as a country. The second category needs to be manually unchecked.

It is fast though, adding almost no time to the old system.

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08 Feb 2016
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Greg,

#1. Not sure but i think that was intentional I Don't Want To See

#2. Not sure, what browser are you using?

#3. Ahh... Now that is a feature Silly

Best regards... Tim

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09 Feb 2016
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Hi Tim,

Using Chrome along with XPSP3 (yes I'm one of those!). I'll check it out again tomorrow afternoon when I do 100 listings. If anything odd happens I'll report it here

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11 Feb 2016
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Hi Tim,

Did 96 auctions yesterday afternoon. 4 came back with the following message

The following errors were found:
At least one(1) Category must be selected

This message appeared even though there was a category selected, and it was highlighted in red. Clicked the button again and it was fine

I think it is faster than the old way at least for me. The issue of the categories not being in alphabetical order (and therefore being unlike all other auction sites) has been eliminated. Took 50 minutes to do 96 auctions.

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26 Feb 2016
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A short time ago, the enhancement of selecting the specific country that a stamp is from was implemented.

Since the implementation, I still see many sellers still entering the name of the country in the auction lot title. If you use the new function and select the country name, it is no longer necessary to enter the country name in the title line. You can use the limited 80 characters capacity in the title line for other notations, such as adding a topic.

The search engines will find your item if you use the country name enhancement.


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26 Feb 2016
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I only do a handful of auctions but I noticed that on the last batch of auctions I had put up. It looked like I was stuttering ! It was not worth updating the descriptions but at least I know now for the future - that is much simpler !

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26 Feb 2016
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Never thought of that, though breaking a 20 year habit will be quite tough!

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26 Feb 2016
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Is it possible to include, on the invoice, the country name for each lot? If I fill an order from the invoice, I only see something like, "Used Airmail, 1949, C46."

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26 Feb 2016
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Yes Ted, I can do that for you.

Regards ... Tim.

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27 Feb 2016
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Here's a new problem I just discovered: I use the dropdown country selector, so I leave the country name out of the title. But, now my listings don't turn up in a keyword search for that country. Confused

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27 Feb 2016
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I see, now, there is a separate "Countries" search button.

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27 Feb 2016
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Simple workaround: Include the country name in the description box. It is negligible extra work, as you only have to type it once, and each subsequent auction lot you create will copy the text from the one you just completed.

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27 Feb 2016
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Ted,
Thanks for letting me know about the keyword search problem with the new Countries option. I'll fix that.

Regards ... Tim.

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06 Mar 2016
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Two things fixed:

1. The Keyword search in the Auction Search facility now includes the Country in it's search criteria. If you enter "Australia" in the Keyword selection, it will retrieve all lots that have "Australia" selected as the County, even if the word "Australia" is not included in the Title or the Description.

2. The County Name is now displaying in the list of lots returned by the Search.

Regards ... Tim.

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08 Mar 2016
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I am not sure if this has been brought up before, but it seems like there are some countries missing. For instance: I could not find Bavaria and DDR (German Democratic Republic). Is that intended or is this still a work in progress?

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08 Mar 2016
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Jan, Bavaria would fit under German States. You're right that German Democratic Republic is not there. Maybe Tim can add that when he gets a chance.

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I suppose that it is the arbitrary way Scott works: South African states like Natal and Cape of Good Hope are listed separately, Canadian provinces separately but as part of Canada and the German states are all lumped together... I cannot see the logic.

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Hi Jan-Simon,
There could well be some missing. It was a huge task I set my team in identifying all the countries that had ever issued postage stamps. I'm very happy to add countries as you and others discover then missing. Should German Democratic Republic as such or should it be listed under DDR? Should the German States be called out individually?

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08 Mar 2016
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I would prefer "German States" so as not to have to conduct seperate searches for each one.

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09 Mar 2016
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"DDR" is the German abbreviation. I think it should be in English: German Democratic Republic to be consistent with the rest of the listings, and placed under Germany. Can be abbreviated to German Dem Rep to save space.

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12 Mar 2016
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For all those who have been asking to be able to clear the Country selection in the situation where you are copying one new lot to the next and you don't want to use the County selection on the second lot, I have added a Clear button to clear the Country selection. It also clears the Category selection. I have done this in the New Auction Lot screen and the Edit Auction Lot screen.

This is a very complex area of the system. If you find anything that now doesn't work correctly, please let me know.

Regards ... Tim.

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17 Mar 2016
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Tanganyika is not included in the country list.

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20 Mar 2016
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Hi Ted,
Tanganyika is in the list. It has a Country Code of 431.

Regards ... Tim.

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20 Mar 2016
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I have added German Democratic Republic. Are there any more Countries that I need to add at the moment?

Tim.

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20 Mar 2016
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There was another thread where Michael and I were discussing adding A United States Territorial Issues one for things like Ryukyus, Canal Zone, Hawaii, etc.

I think Michael picked "US Administration". Here's the thread:
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31 Jan 2017
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Hi Guys

Should "Venda" be on this list ?

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Cheers

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31 Jan 2017
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It is, under South Africa. Each of the "homelands" is listed there.

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aaaaahhh..... Who new..

Thanks Michael

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Tim
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24 Jan 2016
03:13:52pm

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Hi Everyone,
Just want to give you a heads up that the project that we started a couple of months ago to add the ability to specify what country the stamp in the Auction Lot is from, is coming along well and I'm two or three weeks away from implementing it. I still have some coding to do but I wanted to let you know that it is coming.

The following image gives you an idea as to how it will work:

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In the above test lot, you can see that I clicked on the "A" button to get a list of all the Countries that start with "A". Then I clicked on the "Australian States, New South Wales" button to pick the issuing country. The "Australia, New Zealand & Oceania" category was automatically selected. I then manually added the extra "Topicals" category.

Many thanks to Theresa, Ernie and Greg for their many hours of work on this project.

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I think this is great and will be particularly beneficial to the topical section, if it allows to filter out specific topics.

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Those who are using the Bulk Loader, there will be updated documentation coming soon, as these changes will change the upload file.

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Nice job Tim.

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Excellent job, Tim! I know I will take advantage of this! Thumbs Up

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Very nice. Certainly makes it easier!

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Hi Everyone;

That really looks great Tim, thank you for that upgrade. That must have taken a lot of pro-
graming work, but definitely worth the effort.

I think you'll also be pleased to know, that after checking several profiles of new members,
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Just realized that I haven't put this posting out. I'm planning on implementing the Auction Country enhancements this coming Sunday (7th Feb) morning US Central Time. Try to stay clear of posting new lots around that time. I sent out an email to all the sellers who have posted lots in the last 12 months, trying to make sure that they were all aware.

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I have implemented the Auction Country enhancements this morning and I have edited the last dozen or so Auction Lots posted from last night so that you can see how the Country filters can work once the sellers change their process to include the Country selection.

Please Note: The Country Filter will not pick up lots from a particular Country until the seller indicates that the lot is from that particular Country.

Let me know if you find any problems.

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i had the good fortune to be able to test early iterations; it's a great addition to our auction site. thanks, Tim, for the good idea and excellent execution

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I feel silly asking this, but how do we clear the nation box (as a buyer) once we have finished looking for that nation?

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Click on the country name button, then click on the "Clear" button.

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Thanks Roy, I'll go try that. Happy

Edit- That was exactly what I needed. I think I've got this now, and I am really liking this Tim!Thumbs Up

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Hi Tim. What is the recommendation for posting a topical mixture (example: butterflies) with stamps from several countries? Thanks.

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You could select one of the countries in the mixture or you could just not select the country. It is an optional feature.

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I listed today, and it's super easy.
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This is a great feature. Is there any possibility to automatically keep the country when copying from a previous listing of the same country?

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Works great. I just added some Denmark stamps with no problems.

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@parkinlot

Thanks Bob. I missed that. I'll fix that now.

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Please try the copy from a previous listing again. I believe I have that working correctly now.

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ApplauseThanks Tim

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luis, if the butterflies are from lots of different nations, just use MIXTURE and TOPICAL; if they are primarily from one country, add that country too. If they are primarily from, say, the old Soviet bloc, add Eastern Europe. but if it's one from Brazil, one from Israel, one from US, then don't include ANY country

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Tim,
Great addition to the auction section. I was wondering if a download of the country list and code is available. Maybe an Excel file or CSV format. I prepare my bulk load file offline and it would be helpful to have this information on my local computer.
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Yes, I can add an Excel file for download. In the mean time, look at the bottom of the Bulk Loader screen. I have added a button there that gives you the list of Countries and Codes.

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A couple of things I just noticed doing my Monday Night auctions:

1)The title of the auction when displayed has the country followed by a colon prior to the country name

United States - Back of the Book: United States #J4 Used SCV $70.00

Don't know if that was intentional.

2) Twice when I clicked on a country it did not populate the category. Had to go back and manually do it (US BOB & Kenya). When I went back after i was done and tried it again, it worked fine. Could have been me.

3) When you select a second category (as I did with Germany and post card) the next auction you do does not remove the manually added category, it only changes the one that matches what you selected as a country. The second category needs to be manually unchecked.

It is fast though, adding almost no time to the old system.

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Greg,

#1. Not sure but i think that was intentional I Don't Want To See

#2. Not sure, what browser are you using?

#3. Ahh... Now that is a feature Silly

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Hi Tim,

Using Chrome along with XPSP3 (yes I'm one of those!). I'll check it out again tomorrow afternoon when I do 100 listings. If anything odd happens I'll report it here

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Hi Tim,

Did 96 auctions yesterday afternoon. 4 came back with the following message

The following errors were found:
At least one(1) Category must be selected

This message appeared even though there was a category selected, and it was highlighted in red. Clicked the button again and it was fine

I think it is faster than the old way at least for me. The issue of the categories not being in alphabetical order (and therefore being unlike all other auction sites) has been eliminated. Took 50 minutes to do 96 auctions.

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A short time ago, the enhancement of selecting the specific country that a stamp is from was implemented.

Since the implementation, I still see many sellers still entering the name of the country in the auction lot title. If you use the new function and select the country name, it is no longer necessary to enter the country name in the title line. You can use the limited 80 characters capacity in the title line for other notations, such as adding a topic.

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I only do a handful of auctions but I noticed that on the last batch of auctions I had put up. It looked like I was stuttering ! It was not worth updating the descriptions but at least I know now for the future - that is much simpler !

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Never thought of that, though breaking a 20 year habit will be quite tough!

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Is it possible to include, on the invoice, the country name for each lot? If I fill an order from the invoice, I only see something like, "Used Airmail, 1949, C46."

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Yes Ted, I can do that for you.

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Here's a new problem I just discovered: I use the dropdown country selector, so I leave the country name out of the title. But, now my listings don't turn up in a keyword search for that country. Confused

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I see, now, there is a separate "Countries" search button.

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Simple workaround: Include the country name in the description box. It is negligible extra work, as you only have to type it once, and each subsequent auction lot you create will copy the text from the one you just completed.

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Thanks for letting me know about the keyword search problem with the new Countries option. I'll fix that.

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Two things fixed:

1. The Keyword search in the Auction Search facility now includes the Country in it's search criteria. If you enter "Australia" in the Keyword selection, it will retrieve all lots that have "Australia" selected as the County, even if the word "Australia" is not included in the Title or the Description.

2. The County Name is now displaying in the list of lots returned by the Search.

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I am not sure if this has been brought up before, but it seems like there are some countries missing. For instance: I could not find Bavaria and DDR (German Democratic Republic). Is that intended or is this still a work in progress?

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Jan, Bavaria would fit under German States. You're right that German Democratic Republic is not there. Maybe Tim can add that when he gets a chance.

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I suppose that it is the arbitrary way Scott works: South African states like Natal and Cape of Good Hope are listed separately, Canadian provinces separately but as part of Canada and the German states are all lumped together... I cannot see the logic.

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Hi Jan-Simon,
There could well be some missing. It was a huge task I set my team in identifying all the countries that had ever issued postage stamps. I'm very happy to add countries as you and others discover then missing. Should German Democratic Republic as such or should it be listed under DDR? Should the German States be called out individually?

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I would prefer "German States" so as not to have to conduct seperate searches for each one.

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"DDR" is the German abbreviation. I think it should be in English: German Democratic Republic to be consistent with the rest of the listings, and placed under Germany. Can be abbreviated to German Dem Rep to save space.

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For all those who have been asking to be able to clear the Country selection in the situation where you are copying one new lot to the next and you don't want to use the County selection on the second lot, I have added a Clear button to clear the Country selection. It also clears the Category selection. I have done this in the New Auction Lot screen and the Edit Auction Lot screen.

This is a very complex area of the system. If you find anything that now doesn't work correctly, please let me know.

Regards ... Tim.

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Tanganyika is not included in the country list.

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Hi Ted,
Tanganyika is in the list. It has a Country Code of 431.

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I have added German Democratic Republic. Are there any more Countries that I need to add at the moment?

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There was another thread where Michael and I were discussing adding A United States Territorial Issues one for things like Ryukyus, Canal Zone, Hawaii, etc.

I think Michael picked "US Administration". Here's the thread:
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Hi Guys

Should "Venda" be on this list ?

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It is, under South Africa. Each of the "homelands" is listed there.

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aaaaahhh..... Who new..

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