Author Topic: *TWO* Quick Questions?!  (Read 1358 times)

disgaeniac

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*TWO* Quick Questions?!
« on: July 09, 2012, 11:35:07 am »
Just two quick (and probably pretty basic) questions...

(1).  Why is it that some games have Amazon prices & links and others don't - what, exactly, determines whether or not a game has/gets one?

(2).  When you click on something like:
"55 Users own this game"
what determines the order of the names displayed for the owners of the game?

(...Obviously nothing *really* *important*, or anything...just the kinda' shit that makes me curious  XD!

Thanks-
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soera

Re: *TWO* Quick Questions?!
« Reply #1 on: July 09, 2012, 04:26:57 pm »
The amazon thing is random I believe.

As far as names listed, it should go by board importance ... me, admin, mods, others. :P

Re: *TWO* Quick Questions?!
« Reply #2 on: July 09, 2012, 05:18:42 pm »
I think with the names listed, it lists the users in the order that the game was added to their collection. My username is listed last for most that I've added, and I'm a pretty new member here.

I'm a new user though, so I don't really know  :P

psydswipe

Re: *TWO* Quick Questions?!
« Reply #3 on: July 09, 2012, 05:21:23 pm »
I would think with Amazon there has to be something to connect the two, and Amazon has to sell the product. My guess would be a game listing needs a UPC but it could just be a title match.

disgaeniac

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Re: *TWO* Quick Questions?!
« Reply #4 on: July 09, 2012, 05:45:24 pm »
The amazon thing is random I believe.

As far as names listed, it should go by board "impotence" ... me, admin, mods, others. :P

LMFAO!!!

Nice one...

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Re: *TWO* Quick Questions?!
« Reply #5 on: July 09, 2012, 09:24:10 pm »
1. The price appears if the code I wrote can find it. Amazon sometimes has games named differently than we do. I run a query against the API for "game name console name" and hope a result turns up. I'm going to revise this someday soon to be a bit more efficient.

2. Right now they are ordered by the "added to" timestamp. There really wasn't any thought put into this so it'll also get revised soon. SPOILER: The item pages will be getting a lot more data regarding collection stats and history soon.

jcalder8

Re: *TWO* Quick Questions?!
« Reply #6 on: July 09, 2012, 09:34:58 pm »
SPOILER: The item pages will be getting a lot more data regarding collection stats and history soon.
Sweet! I can't wait to see it

desocietas

Re: *TWO* Quick Questions?!
« Reply #7 on: July 09, 2012, 09:53:59 pm »
SPOILER: The item pages will be getting a lot more data regarding collection stats and history soon.
Sweet! I can't wait to see it

Ditto!
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disgaeniac

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Re: *TWO* Quick Questions?!
« Reply #8 on: July 10, 2012, 08:54:33 am »
SPOILER: The item pages will be getting a lot more data regarding collection stats and history soon.
Sweet! I can't wait to see it

Ditto!

Nice!

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 The alternative is despair.
 And betimes some wonder is wrought to redeem us"