Big Category changes

[tripredacus]

This project's primary goal was to eliminate the use of the "Other" category for games and consoles. As a result, nearly all entries in those sections now have their own categories. Consoles may still have a shared category under the manufacturer name, but each individual console release should have their own games section now.

A change for category requests is that for games, there is no longer a 25 item limit for a console to get its own category.

You can see how many more categories we have by looking at the Browse page:
https://vgcollect.com/browse

A new category under Swag has been created for Steelbooks
https://vgcollect.com/browse/swagsteelbooks
This is for any Steelbook that is not platform specific or were sold for multiple platforms.

Update:
Added categories for Atari VCS console including a game category for their Digital games store
https://vgcollect.com/browse/atarivcsstore

[jason]

Thank you!

[fazerco]

just to nag a little, but philps cdi and philips in2it are in 1 catagory named philips? They are 2 completly different consoles. And otherwiswe you can put the videopac als under philips 

[koemo1]

Great new additions

[tripredacus]

just to nag a little, but philps cdi and philips in2it are in 1 catagory named philips? They are 2 completly different consoles. And otherwiswe you can put the videopac als under philips 

Things can always change in the future. Maybe even after the Browse page is fixed to not be so lopsided. But the reason why it has been staged to do it this way was specifically to not have to make a category for in2it.  Videopac is an Oddysey isn't it? That should already have a place in that section.

[fazerco]

just to nag a little, but philps cdi and philips in2it are in 1 catagory named philips? They are 2 completly different consoles. And otherwiswe you can put the videopac als under philips 

Things can always change in the future. Maybe even after the Browse page is fixed to not be so lopsided. But the reason why it has been staged to do it this way was specifically to not have to make a category for in2it.  Videopac is an Oddysey isn't it? That should already have a place in that section.

Yeah, the videopac is also the oddysey.

A change for category requests is that for games, there is no longer a 25 item limit for a console to get its own category.

But the reason why it has been staged to do it this way was specifically to not have to make a category for in2it.

Okeeeee

[tripredacus]

just to nag a little, but philps cdi and philips in2it are in 1 catagory named philips? They are 2 completly different consoles. And otherwiswe you can put the videopac als under philips 

Things can always change in the future. Maybe even after the Browse page is fixed to not be so lopsided. But the reason why it has been staged to do it this way was specifically to not have to make a category for in2it.  Videopac is an Oddysey isn't it? That should already have a place in that section.

Yeah, the videopac is also the oddysey.

A change for category requests is that for games, there is no longer a 25 item limit for a console to get its own category.

But the reason why it has been staged to do it this way was specifically to not have to make a category for in2it.

Okeeeee

I was refering to the console itself, not the games.

[tripredacus]

There should not be any (or many) more actual category changes going forward.

However, those who pay attention to their "About" page that shows the item type breakdown may see their "Consoles" number decrease. This will be due to the following reasons:
1. Accessories that are in a Console category getting moved to an Accessory category
2. The generic Hardware Abbreviation on items being changed to either Consoles or Computers.

New type of Computer does not currently appear on the About page. When this is changed to display, it will show where the missing "Consoles" went to.

[telly]

I love these changes personally.  One of the biggest category changes that I think still needs to be done (though it will be a lot of work) is moving the digital PS1/PS2 Classics into their parent PlayStation Network categories.

[tripredacus]

I'll look into it.

[telly]

That would be a project that I would be more than happy to take the lead on as a new DB mod. I remember making a thread about it many years ago and it seems like we're in agreement that they need to go.

[tripredacus]

Swag changed to Merchandise
Swag prefix on sub-cats removed
slugs unchanged (the name that shows in the URL)

Added section for Comics (existing entries still in Books)

Game count on About Page will have decreased as new Type was added for video items. This effects
- CD-i movies
- PSP UMD movies
- Videos section in Merchandise

[zappman]

Hello, as part of the "Big Category Changes" under "Texas Instruments" can we get a "Texas Instruments Accessory" category?

Then, I would suggest the following items be placed into the "Texas Instruments Accessory" category.
Texas Instruments Dual Cassette Cable https://vgcollect.com/item/216352
Texas Instruments Home Computer Remote Controller PHP1100 (black buttons) https://vgcollect.com/item/34609
Texas Instruments Speech Synthesizer https://vgcollect.com/item/83804
TI-99 Game Controllers https://vgcollect.com/item/29893
Texas Instruments Program Recorder https://vgcollect.com/item/80333
Milton Bradley MBX https://vgcollect.com/item/84022 Note: The Milton Bradley MBX is an accessory for the TI-99 Computer.

[tripredacus]

Created Texas Instruments Accessory
you can move the items into there now.

[dhaabi]

Added section for Comics (existing entries still in Books)

All 950+ relevant items moved from Books into Comics.