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Problem with Covers in ComicBase
Randall J. Paske replied to Randall J. Paske's topic in Tech Support
This part is still happening. Has anyone else experienced this? -
Jungle Captive (Underglow) #1/F
Randall J. Paske replied to Fred Slota's topic in Content and Corrections
It appears there was a Kickstarter for this series and Marcio Doug is indeed one of the variant cover artists. More issues and variants should be listed. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/vampocalypse/jungle-captive-1-2-and-3-adults-only-jungle-adventure-comic -
I suggest adding a Credits field for Translation and Dialogue. Such credits can arguably go in the Writer field, but also arguably don't really belong there. This field would be useful for translated manga, manhwa, and European comics (including many Disney comics with translated stories).
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Update: Somehow the app started showing which issues I own again the next day, without any further intervention on my part. I'm not sure why, but I'll take it.
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My ComicBase Mobile app seems to be tied to a blank database and won't let go of it. Earlier, I could switch to my actual database in the drop-down, but it didn't seem to actually switch. Or if it did switch, it still wasn't showing me which issues I own when I went to a given title. I only have one database (the correct one) listed under Backups on the ComicBase website. My profile on the website showed two databases earlier, but it wouldn't let me select the erroneous one for deletion. So then I deleted the good one and they both disappeared. Then I sent a new backup to the cloud. Now it only shows that one. I uninstalled and reinstalled the Mobile app. It appears to see the new backup I just saved (and only that one), but It still isn't finding my comics when I search. The name, date. valuations, and numbers of items on the splash page are correct, but when I search titles, it's not showing me which issues I own. I went to a small convention this afternoon, and this made hunting a bit difficult. Is there a "phantom" blank database screwing up my account somewhere, or is this a glitch in the Mobile app? What can I do to fix it?
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Yes, I would not make wholesale changes in cases like these.
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This is the David B. (Beauchard) whose work I've seen. https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/b_david.htm
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Problem with Covers in ComicBase
Randall J. Paske replied to Randall J. Paske's topic in Tech Support
It was a location problem. The pictures are on my SSD drive, and I don't have any other drives connected. But I didn't have ComicBase pointing to the right folder location. So, having changed that, thumbnails are now expanding to the larger images. But the thumbnails themselves are still rather slow to load, for some reason. They don't seem to load until I actually select a row. And the pictures up by the titles aren't loading, either, unless I have selected the row that contains the same picture and then left the title and returned. As I mentioned, I do have "Automatically download larger pictures when viewing items" selected. -
I had to replace my hard drive (I now have an SSD) and do a new installation of my operating system. I'm basically on a new system in an old shell. I installed a fresh version of ComicBase and copied my Pictures folder, database backups, and log files from my old drive. Things seem to be working fine except for problems with cover images. The thumbnails frequently are not expanding to larger versions when selected, and often the thumbnails don't load at all, or load very slowly. I have "Automatically download larger pictures when viewing items" selected. What might the problem be?
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Unknown Comics vs. Unknown Comic Books
Randall J. Paske replied to Fred Slota's topic in Content and Corrections
Yep, they go by both. I prefer the brevity of the shorter name, and they use it themselves, so that's what I use. But if ComicBase editorial wants the longer form, I can switch. -
Cover Scan Maintenance 2023-02-09
Randall J. Paske replied to Steven L. Dasinger's topic in Content and Corrections
The items formerly listed as #1/V36 and #1/V37 were actually variants of #2. I wrote to Support and suggested they be moved to #2. The computer on which I use ComicBase is in the shop right now, so I can't check on whether they were added to #2, but your list confirms that they were removed from #1. -
Top Gainers & Losers Report Does Not Provide Any Listings
Randall J. Paske replied to Steve McCarty's topic in Tech Support
Now on v23.1.0.2139. Just tried to run the report again and got the "no items found" error. -
Top Gainers & Losers Report Does Not Provide Any Listings
Randall J. Paske replied to Steve McCarty's topic in Tech Support
Now the report stopped working for me again, with that message: "No items were in your collection inventory which matched those criteria." I haven't done anything to try to diagnose or fix it yet. I'll update to the latest build later on and see what happens. For now, I just wanted to note that this problem seems to not only fix itself but also come back from the dead after you think it's gone. -
Top Gainers & Losers Report Does Not Provide Any Listings
Randall J. Paske replied to Steve McCarty's topic in Tech Support
Sounds like the same problem I had a while ago: https://forums.comicbase.com/index.php?/topic/1677-report-not-working/ . I don't know what fixed it, but eventually it started working again. -
Best place to buy comics online?
Randall J. Paske replied to Rob Twohy's topic in News & General Discussion
Westfield was the first sub service I used, starting in the late 1980s. I was always a fan of their service, but I eventually had to leave for a service that allowed me to order from the entire catalog (Previews or Advance Comics) rather than a narrower selection. At the time, they were limiting themselves to a one-page order sheet and leaving off some of the indie series I gravitated toward. I landed at M&M Comic Service, which I've used for years. For a time, that meant sending floppy disks through the mail to submit my orders, until the Internet came into wider usage. -
Clean up for 12/08/2022 content update
Randall J. Paske replied to Gregory Hecht's topic in Content and Corrections
Oh, no offense taken. I was just trying to further clarify what happened with this title, since the typo arose after I sent my message to Support. -
They're out of control, certainly. But I still buy them when I like them well enough.
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Clean up for 12/08/2022 content update
Randall J. Paske replied to Gregory Hecht's topic in Content and Corrections
Because the title had been in the database for a long time as "Grandpa," I didn't submit the correction to "Grampa" (as on the cover and in the indicia) from within ComicBase but instead sent a message to Support in case they didn't want to change it. So I'm responsible for it changing, but I'm not responsible for the typo with the remaining "d." -
I tried again after downloading the latest content update this morning, and it finally worked again, for whatever reason. It looked like it was going to choke on that 10% of Preparing Report window again, but then it actually completed the process instead.
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I tried the new build, with the same result. I usually use the Preview button to look at the report without printing it, but I tried Print with the same result. It shows me the following dialog box (which never gets past 10% in the title bar), before it gives up and displays the message shown in the first post of this thread.
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Yes, Comic Books is the selected type.
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When I run the Top Gainers and Losers report for Owned Items, I get the following message. Running ComicBase 2023 Archive Edition, v.23.0.0.2018, with over 18,000 items added so far. The report always worked before, but I've been getting this error for a couple of weeks.
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email to support@comicbase.com not working?
Randall J. Paske replied to Brian J. Stewart's topic in Tech Support
I can only say that mine didn't bounce at all--not immediately, not later. I've sent three messages in the past week. i haven't received replies, but I also haven't seen anything to make me think they're not getting through. -
email to support@comicbase.com not working?
Randall J. Paske replied to Brian J. Stewart's topic in Tech Support
I sent a message yesterday and it did not bounce back.