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How to Refine Search in Shop?

Celestine

Celestine

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Question. Is there any easier way to find some of Anna Aspne's store links? I have some things from her that I use pretty often that I purchased when I first started scrapping. For instance, today's item was in my masks folder and the unaltered identifier is "ArtPlay6_Brush1." However, when I type ArtPlay 6 into the store search, I get 49 PAGES of matching items. Sorry, but I am not going to look through all that for the correct kit link. Adding quotations to narrow the search doesn't help. I have this same problem with much of her catalog. Please help with how to search her items. It is so hard to tell what is retired. Thanks.
 
@Agata Many thanks Agata for providing the screenshot, that is what I was going to do. :) xx

@Celestine In the Advance search I would first select Anna from that drop down list and then type in the product title in the 'Search for Pattern' box. Refine if you want to search on All Words, Any Words for Exact phrase. Then you further refine the search by unticking the Description and SKU boxes so only product with that name is found. The reason you got so many hits in the general search was because the system was searching for all occurrences of all the words you entered to search on.

Having said that, I went ahead an searched for the item you were looking for and couldn't find it so this would mean that it is no longer in the store and has been retired. You can however still use the product, just be aware of the gallery requirements. For a layout (non challenge) you need to have used at least 50% of Oscraps products that are current in the store. The remaining 50% can be non-Oscraps OR retired products. For challenges that requirement changes to 80% Oscraps products current in the store. Unless you are using the said brushes as the 'main' focus of your page, then you are okay to just state the product and write (Retired) after it in your credits.

I have some really old products from Anna as well from another site, and there was one file that was called Sampler 1 and it contained 6 items like an overlay, a brush, stitching etc. which were from other kits but just grouped together to give people an idea of her products. So I could use any of these items in my layout, as long as they were not 'stand out' feature in my page design, but more of adding interest in the background sort of thing. Hope that makes sense. :)

Anyways, hope that explains things a bit for you but by all means if you have any other question then please ask away! :)
 
It doesn't help the search part, but I started to keep a spreadsheet of the items and the weblink. When it retires, I mark it as such. I started adding a link to each kit I bought cause it was hard to search the store, before I found the advanced search button.
 
@Agata @wombat146 @AK_Tracy Thank you very much for your responses. They were VERY helpful. I definitely need to utilize the 'search again' parameters when linking on Anna Aspne products. And Tracy, I do exactly as you with a spreadsheet with kits I buy now, but some stuff from years ago - before I knew better - were sorted very differently and can be hard to track. But i REALLY wanted to use that simple little mask, LOL....and couldn't find it or figure out how to narrow the search. Problem solved. Much appreciated.
 
Thanks, @AK_Tracy @wombat146 and @Agata for answering @Celestine . It helped me a lot, too! I have also found (in, I suspect, a less efficient way) that after clicking on the designer's products list I click on "Product" and it brings up the products alphabetically. So, for example, Anna's ArtPlay products would be near the beginning. Obviously, you would skip many pages if you were looking for, e.g., Art Play Palette "Narcissus." However, I like your system better!

Tracy, you are a genius! I love your organizational tip. So much easier than having to search for the weblink each time.
 
FloridaGranny said:
Thanks, @AK_Tracy @wombat146 and @Agata for answering @Celestine . It helped me a lot, too! I have also found (in, I suspect, a less efficient way) that after clicking on the designer's products list I click on "Product" and it brings up the products alphabetically. So, for example, Anna's ArtPlay products would be near the beginning. Obviously, you would skip many pages if you were looking for, e.g., Art Play Palette "Narcissus." However, I like your system better!

Tracy, you are a genius! I love your organizational tip. So much easier than having to search for the weblink each time.
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Thank Diane. It took me a year of frustrating searches before the light bulb turned on! :giggle4: Its been such a lifesaver for uploading LO and having the kit link right away. I just cant forget, LOL download kit, open excel, save link and kit name. I also added a line that says what folder the kit is saved in and if its CP or FWP so I can find those for challenges. So my excel looks like:
Kit name, designer, folder its kept in, and weblink.
I have mine sorted by major theme, winter, summer, outdoors, pets, etc.
 
AK_Tracy said:
Thank Diane. It took me a year of frustrating searches before the light bulb turned on! :giggle4: Its been such a lifesaver for uploading LO and having the kit link right away. I just cant forget, LOL download kit, open excel, save link and kit name. I also added a line that says what folder the kit is saved in and if its CP or FWP so I can find those for challenges. So my excel looks like:
Kit name, designer, folder its kept in, and weblink.
I have mine sorted by major theme, winter, summer, outdoors, pets, etc.
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That's a great idea, thanks for sharing
 
Great info, Ladies. I don't do a spreadsheet, but when I download a product I create a new page in Word with the name of the product, designer, and a live link, then I add that to the product folder. So, whenever I use any product, I always have the name and location right in the same folder.
 
Betty Jo said:
Great info, Ladies. I don't do a spreadsheet, but when I download a product I create a new page in Word with the name of the product, designer, and a live link, then I add that to the product folder. So, whenever I use any product, I always have the name and location right in the same folder.
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That's a great idea! I did the spreadsheet after I bought a kit a second time (two sites) and realized I needed a master list. Having one in the kit folder would be amazing too!
 
AK_Tracy said:
That's a great idea! I did the spreadsheet after I bought a kit a second time (two sites) and realized I needed a master list. Having one in the kit folder would be amazing too!
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Yes, good idea, Tracy. I only shop one site, the O, so I don't run into that particular problem.
 
AK_Tracy said:
It doesn't help the search part, but I started to keep a spreadsheet of the items and the weblink. When it retires, I mark it as such. I started adding a link to each kit I bought cause it was hard to search the store, before I found the advanced search button.
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What a great idea! This would also be a great way to keep inventory of what kits you have!
 
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