Coin Compendium testing begins!

[badon]

It looks like all the preloaded search parameters are getting stuffed into the limit field of the form, instead of their proper locations. I'll research this and see if I can figure out what's causing it, and then, of course, try to fix it.

[badon]

I see you've fixed the hyperlink color already.

Try clicking around on the blue or gray bars. They're super-secret clicky-spots that will show more stuff. For example, clicking on the CCT number will expand all the information about the type all at once.

[badon]

I just noticed that the slightly newer version kills images. It has a serious bug in how it handles images, so I'll have to fix it in a newer version.

[SANDAC]

I have a special request: 

Here is the background:  During my poking around of the NGC database, I ran across approx 10,000+ coins in about 80+ lots (the number is still growing) that have the following characteristics:
1.  Each lot contians several hundred coin of a single type.
2.  Each lot is broken into 2 or 3 or 4 consecutive certification number.  The lowest number contains the lowest grade, the next number contains the next grade, so on. 
Example:
3544325, 001-004 all PF67
3544326, 001-024 all PF68
3544327, 001-071 all PF69

3.  In the above example 3544327 represents 45% of the current 1999 Panda Beijing Expo population, but in many cases these lots represents 80-90% of current coin population. 

Obviously these lots are ideal for the study of a coin variety.  There are other interesting facts/observation/speculation we can make, but first I like to put these data out there in CC.  However, I don't want to manually enter 10,000 pages of data one page at a time.  What I propose to do is to submit the data I have, let you verify them and figure out an automatic way of entering them into CC database.  What do you think?

[badon]

I just had a thought:

One thing I could do to make entering many certification numbers easier is allow you to enter in a range of numbers, instead of requiring each individual number to be entered. That's more advanced automation, and has a greater risk of errors, but I could certainly do it.

[SANDAC]

How should I classify a special edition of Panda like the 1999 Beijing Expo?  Should it be a separate subtype under CCT30 (Panda), or should it be a subtype under CCT278 (1999 Panda)?

[badon]

Both. All the more specific types under CCT30 (like 1999 1 oz silver panda) should be moved to a subtype. There are many different ways to organize them under subtypes, and we don't have to pick just one. We can organize them by date, by metal, by weight, by series (proof, BU, expo, etc), and more.

So far, it looks like all of those subtypes have been created, so we can move them any time someone wants to do it. But, before we complete it, it's best to leave them under CCT30 so they can be found easier. Then, once they're in all the types they're supposed to be in, we can start removing CCT30 from their type list.

[SANDAC]

For some reasons the specimen I just created, CC114, CC217, CC218, are very slow to access.  In fact, none at all, my webpage timed out when accessing them.  However, I don't have problems accessing earlier specimen, e.g. CC214.

[SANDAC]

I'm able to get to CC114, CC217, CC218 now, but the specimen page has changed:  When I click the next sequential number, the Create Specimen page does not have the Type, Designation, and Certification Number filled in like before.  Having these data filled in can really speed up the sequential creation of the specimen pages.

[badon]

I might have changed something while I was testing to figure out what was wrong with CC114, CC217, CC218 (I still haven't figured it out). I'll investigate why the form preload isn't working.

[badon]

OK, it looks like I fixed the preload, try it out. Thanks for reporting that.

[SANDAC]

I did it again with CC244.  I think I know what the problem is:
I used lower case cct666 for Type in the Create Specimen page.  I remember having problem with lower case cc and cct before, not in the query field, because you must've convert it to upper case.

[SANDAC]

The preload also does not work from the type page.  For an example,
at CCT666, I click "Add a new specimen of this type"
It takes me to the Create Specimen page, but the Type field is not preloaded with CCT666, this is how I typed in ccc666 in lower case.

[badon]

Fixed! Thanks for finding that. It was the link on the right side that had the problem. That link will be changed soon to be like the one hidden under "Tools". Click "Tools" to see it. That one works. I'm going to make it so entering specimens will require a search first to see if the specimen is already entered. There are still some bugs with that specimen find form that I'm fixing right now, but I think it should work for you if you want to try it out.

[SANDAC]

That works.

There is still a problem with CC244.  It will hang up when I try to get to it.  I look it up under "My Contributions".  You can see CC244 is different than CC245 and CC243 in two difference places: CCT666 is lower case, and Designation is mis-spelled

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00:33, 3 January 2012 (diff | hist) N CC245 ‎ (Created page with "{{Specimen |Type=CCT666 |Grade=69 |Designation=Proof, Ultra Cameo |Certified by=NGC |Certification number=3544327-002 |Page creation date=1325550810 }} == Introduction == T...") (top)
00:31, 3 January 2012 (diff | hist) N CC244 ‎ (Created page with "{{Specimen |Type=cct666 |Grade=69 |Designation=oof, Ultra Cameo |Certified by=NGC |Certification number=3544327-001 |Page creation date=1325550686 }} == Introduction == Thi...") (top)
00:30, 3 January 2012 (diff | hist) N CC243 ‎ (Created page with "{{Specimen |Type=CCT666 |Grade=69 |Designation=Proof, Ultra Cameo |Certified by=NGC |Certification number=3544326-024 |Page creation date=1325550627 }} == Introduction == T...") (top)