Where are local links?

Books CLZ Books Web
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Hi -

I just tried this version with the try for 7 days option - and as far as I can tell it has most of the things I need.

The BIGGIE that I can’t seem to find - or that it doesn’t have - is that I can’t upload a receipt.

90% of the books I buy are signed and as a collector of signed first editions, I HAVE to have receipts for every purchase for provenance. I always added these to the Links tab - in the local files section.

If the web software doesn’t have a way for me to attach receipts, I cannot use it.

Sherri Reid

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Update 12/1/24 - Today I added a couple of more books and here are the problems I had (maybe there are settings somewhere I couldn’t find to fix these issues???):

  1. Disappointed the added book doesn’t auto show up for you to continue to add things - instead you have to go find it.
    A) Still have problems with the search - after adding the book I went to the search and typed in Tys (first 3 letters of the author’s last name). The book came up in the search and when I clicked on view all results (twice I did this) - came up and said no book found.

  2. Twice I had to add things a 2nd time when making changes to a book:
    A) the cover
    B) A credit

  3. Somehow it created 2 books when I went to look at the book in the installed software?

  4. Adding a new credit doesn’t auto cap names for you.

  5. Found where i could change the prefill settings and add my own things. But when I say don’t show this screen when I add a book - the prefill items didn’t get added? And twice - I found the location was different in the prefill when I turned it on - to be a different location than what I had previously set it to.

  6. Condition in the online version is alphabetical. The desktop version goes from not so good to awesome in order regardless of the alphabetizing - this is better!

  7. Some things are not in the same place in the online version vs the desktop version. This is more of an annoyance - and if I continued to use this version - I would eventually get used to it.

But the first thing I wrote about yesterday is a HUGE thing for me - and if there isn’t a way to add my receipt then the online version is a no-go.

Sherri

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If the web software doesn’t have a way for me to attach receipts, I cannot use it.

You currently can not upload more images than just the front and back cover. If this is a dealbreaker now I would definitely not subscribe and just stick with the Windows version.

for 1: It should definitely go to the book you just added, I can trouble shoot this, but if the above is a dealbreaker I don’t think I should invest time. It’s working for me in any case, and I can video that if you like.

for 2: sounds like one offs, if you can reproduce this consitently and would like for us to investigate, feel free to send me an email through help.clz.com

for 3: I don’t know? Which book? Do you want me to investigate? There is a duplicate function, could it not just be that the same book is already duplicate in your local database? I can investigate, but I think you’d just be better of sticking to Windows :slight_smile:

4: Indeed, I’ll take note of that suggestion.

5: If I disable the “show”, and I fill in “Location: Home” then add a book, it will put HOME in the Location field. So I think this is working fine - unless I don’t understand your question. If you wish to further get to the bottom of this,. I suggest to make a separate ticket about this with us. If you rather stay on Windows version, that is okay too.

6: Condition on Windows version has a SORT NAME field, in which we secretly put a number 010 to 050 to 100 , that is why it is sorting.

CLZ Web does NOT have sort names for condition, so the only fix is if you put the numbers in the name yourself. So put "010 " in front of “Poor” etc.

You only have to do this once and you will see them, but you will get used to that.
By the way for new users, CLZ Books Web does NOT come with “pre-installed conditions” (nothing is pre-installed).

7: Indeed, that’s what I would reply :slight_smile:

and if there isn’t a way to add my receipt then the online version is a no-go.

I think maybe I shouldn’t have written my entire reply haha.