What's new in CLZ Comics? (page 23)
Do you already have a list of your movies, books, cds, comics or games? E.g. entered in a spread-sheet program, or created using a different cataloging tool, then exported to CSV?
Cool, you can now easily get that list into your Collectorz.com program (desktop, mobile or Connect). Just use our new flexible import tool to import your existing list into the CLZ Cloud. This will make your list instantly available in Connect. Or sync to the mobile app or desktop software using the CLZ Cloud syncing.
As most of you know, at Collectorz.com we take Customer Support very seriously. We’re always here to answer your questions or to help with any problems you may have encountered with our cataloging tools.
To further streamline CLZ Support, Sven, one of our web-developers, has created a new Collectorz.com Help Center, at Help.CLZ.com
New:
- Split edit screen, easily switch between main and personal fields
Fixed:
- App respects the system screen orientation lock
- Background color for the searchbar on certain Lollipop tablet devices
- Long loading in manage pick list screen
Big launch this week, our new Collectorz.com Shop is live at Shop.CLZ.com !
Bernard, Sven, AJ and I (Alwin) have been working on this for quite a while, doing many iterations, to make the new shop super-clear and easy to navigate, even on mobile devices.
This new shop replaces both the shop/buy pages of the collectorz.com website and the shop of the My.CLZ.com website. Both websites now link to the new Shop.CLZ.com.
- Fixed app closing on CLZ Account registration
New:
- Fixed flickering in navigation/toolbar in the main list on phone
- New Search engine for adding comics By Title:
- Better and cleaner search results.
- Much faster, almost instant results.
- New layout for the comic lists
We added folder options in this build for a couple of fields we didn’t have them for yet. Should be a pretty complete list by now! Also added a nice “out of sync” mark to let you know when the collection is out of sync.
New:
- Added Folder options for:
- format
- store
- age
- color
- country
- crossover
- edition
- genre
- language
- story arc
- CLZ Cloud Sync button now indicates “out of sync” status using red exclamation mark
- App now automatically restores the Unlock Full App in-app purchase
Fixed:
- Fixed hardware keyboard enter not working in tablet search field
- Fixed quick search suggesting returning a blank screen on a single issue search result
New: “Search-As-You-Type” suggestions when adding comics by title. While enter a title to search for, a drop-down list will appear, showing the five most popular series that match. If you see the series you were looking for, just tap to select it.
Fixed:
- Screen rotation throughout the app
- Improved scrolling smoothness in the series list
- Have/wish lists are back in the series list
Fixed:
- Field Defaults were not immediately stored after closing the screen
- Syncing screen: Sometimes the sync button was wrongly disabled
- iPhone: Main Screen: crash when touching the row with total comics
New search engine for adding comics By Title:
- Better and cleaner search results.
- Much faster, almost instant results.
New data entry interface for date fields:
- Allows manual entry of year/month/day
- Allow “partial dates”, e.g. just year and month
- Open the calendar tool with the calendar button.
- When using folders, a new [None] entry contains the items that have no value (yet) for the selected folder field.
- Tablets: New always available search box in top bar.
- Add screen: some performance improvements.
- Main list: fixed slow scrolling problem.
We fixed an issue where the menus could show up “empty” on some Android devices out there. Should be good again now! 🙂
A huge v4.3 update for your CLZ Comics app is now available.
And prepare to be shocked 🙂 (in a good way, don’t worry):
The app looks completely different now, with a cleaner brighter look and an improved user interface.
New:
- New “Material”-based interface, with two skins/themes: Light & Dark.
(The app now starts in the Light skin. If you prefer the Dark look, just use the View menu top right) - Big floating blue “+” button for adding movies.
- Access all other features and tools from “hamburger” menu top left.
- Clear and easy switch between All / In Collection / Wish List at the top.
- Access all other view options from menu on top right.
- Add screen: tabs at the top to switch between By Title and By Barcode modes.
- Add Manually is now a separate menu item in the menu on the left.
- Redesigned book list entries.
- Old Import from Comic Collector has been moved to Settings screen!
“Export to Text”, a feature previously only available to Connect subscribers, has now also been added to the CLZ Cloud viewer.
We figured that exporting to a text file, e.g. a CSV for Excel, should be available to any user, whether they own Connect, the desktop software or a CLZ mobile app.
You can find the Export to Text feature by visiting your own collection in the CLZ Cloud viewer, clicking the little “wrench” icon top right, then selecting Export.
Enjoy!
Fixed:
- CLZ Cloud Sync: Notes were not down-synced.
- Edit Screen: Year picker: it was not possible to pick a year before “1888″.
- Manage Pick Lists screen: labels width was too short.
We have completely rewritten our Core for Comics search engine, that is, the online code that gives you results when you search our Core by Title in your Add screen.
The new search engines will provide better search results that are more “to-the-point” and less “fuzzy”. Also, results will be returned much faster.
- Fixed already in collection highlighting in the add by barcode screen
- Fixed selection of issues in barcode search results
- Fixed losing changes when suspending the app while editing
Version 4.2 adds a couple of improvements and tools that are essential for users who are doing most of their editing on the mobile apps:
- New “Manage Pick Lists” screen (under new Tools menu).
This new screen lets you take control of your pick lists, that is book Authors, music Artists, comic Series, Publishers, Formats, Genres, Subjects, etc… Use it to:- Fix typos in names.
- Remove unused entries.
- Merge duplicate entries.
- Edit the SortNames for comic Series.
- Edit screen improvements:
- New “value picker” screen for pick list fields, like Authors, Artists, Series, Genres, Subjects, etc… Just tap the field, pick a value from the pick list that appears and done. No more need to type the first few letters of a value (we all hate typing on mobile devices, don’t we?)
- Tap the pencil icons to directly edit names of pick list entries.
- Tap the pencil icon for Artists, Authors and Series to directly edit Names *and* SortNames.
- New “Manage Pick Lists” tool for editing and merging Series, Publishers, Series Groups, etc..
- Edit screen: edit the Sort Names for Series for complete control over correct series sorting.
- Edit screen: Now edit the names of Series, Publishers, etc.. .
- Edit screen: New “value picker” screen for quickly filling fields like Series and Publisher.
- New Tools menu, with Manage Pick Lists, Field Defaults and Empty Database tools.
- Fixed crashes in in-app purchase screen on certain Xiaomi phones
- Fixed crash in in-app purchase screen when only one in app purchase was offered
- Fixed barcode search not working with hardware keyboards
- Fixed wrongly pre-selected search result in barcode search
- Fixed rare crash in the main screen
- Fixed crash while syncing broken images
New:
- Settings / Field Defaults: choose field values that will be set for each new entry automatically.
- Edit screen improvements:
- Improved layout to make it easier on the eye
- New “Select Value” screen for easier entry of pick list fields (e.g. Artist, Format, Genre, etc…)
- Cancel and Done buttons have been moved to the top bar.
- New Delete button at the bottom.
New:
- New folder option: Collection Status: group comics by their Collection Status (Collection, Wish List, On Order, For Sale)
Fixed:
- Fixed login error that could occur
- Search not working correctly after updating a comic from Core