News: all updates for our software and apps
Again, a big NCDB this week, with 543 new releases, counting variants and a total of 229 unique new issues.
All of them are now available in Core, with cover art, variant descriptions and cover artists.
TIP: to discover all this week’s new releases from your CLZ Comics app:
- tap the + icon on the bottom right to open the Add Comics screen
- go to the Pull List tab (top right)
- within the Pull List tab, set the week selector (top left) to “This week”
- and go to the sub-tab called “Discover”
This will give you all NCDB releases, grouped by series. Or, tap the “All Releases” entry at the top to scroll them all in one big list!
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[CLZ News] New main screen Sync button / 3 new languages for Connect
We’re closing in on the end of September, so here’s our CLZ Newsletter for Sept 2023.
This month was all about the CLZ mobile apps. A new sync button on the main screen and new getting started tips for new users. Read all about those below.
In the meantime, some CLZ users have helped us translate the Connect web-based software to more languages!
Also, Breaking News: The CLZ Team will present at the New York Comic Con!
The topics today:
- All CLZ mobile apps: New Sync button on main screen
- All CLZ mobile apps: New in-app “getting started” tips for new users
- Connect web-based software: now available in French, Spanish and Hungarian
- Breaking News: The CLZ Team will present at the New York Comic Con!
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Earlier this year, we updated our Connect software to make it fully localizable / translatable. Shortly after, we went live with Dutch and German version of Connect.
Today, after the hard work of three loyal CLZ users, three more language options went live on the site:
- French
- Spanish
- Hungarian
Thank you, Philippe, Rafael and Pető!!
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Breaking news: The CLZ team will be at New York Comic Con!
We’ve been planning to go to a Comic Con in the US for a long time, but now it is finally happening:
Four members of the CLZ team (Syts, Alwin, Justin and Taco) will be at the upcoming New York Comic Con!
We will be at the NYCC show on Thursday Oct 12 and Sunday Oct 15. We can be recognized by our black shirts with a blue CLZ Comics icon.
Are you at NYCC too? Let us know by commenting under THIS post in the CLZ Comics group on Facebook.
It’s Wednesday, so…. New Comic Book Day!
A big week again, with 581 new comic books released today. That is 581 releases, including variants. If we don’t count variants, there are 255 actual new issues!
The CLZ content guys have been working to add and finalize all these entries in our Core online database. Ready for you to find them by series, by issue, by barcode, OR using the cool Pull List tab that lets you browse all new releases per week.
Most of the new comics and their variants now come complete with cover art, variant descriptions and cover artists.
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It’s New Comic Book Day! This week, NCDB brings 602 new comic releases. Of course, that number includes many variants, but still, there are 276 actual new issues!
Our CLZ Content Team (Rowdy, Justin and Taco) have prepared nice entries for all these new releases in our Core central online comic database, complete with cover art, variant descriptions and creator lists with the specific cover artists listed for all variants.
When you return home with your weekly purchases, everything will be ready for you. Easily add your new books By Barcode or By Issue. Or, browse all new releases using the Pull List tab of the Add Comics screen!
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v23.2.3: Fixed a problem with editing/displaying characters
Fixed:
- Characters for books could not be correctly edited (and displayed without name sometimes)
New:
- Added in-app getting started tips for new users (tap “dismiss” to dismiss)
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- Added in-app getting started tips for new users (tap “dismiss” to dismiss)
New:
- Added in-app getting started tips for new users (tap “dismiss” to dismiss)
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- Added in-app getting started tips for new users (tap “dismiss” to dismiss)
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- Added in-app getting started tips for new users (tap “dismiss” to dismiss)
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- Added in-app getting started tips for new users (tap “dismiss” to dismiss)
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- Added in-app getting started tips for new users (tap “dismiss” to dismiss)
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- Added in-app getting started tips for new users (tap “dismiss” to dismiss)
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- Added in-app getting started tips for new users (tap “dismiss” to dismiss)
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- Added in-app getting started tips for new users (tap “dismiss” to dismiss)
Fixed:
- Fixed: adding items did not work for users that were not logged in
Fixed:
- Fixed: adding items did not work for users that were not logged in
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- Fixed: adding items did not work for users that were not logged in
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- Fixed: adding items did not work for users that were not logged in
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- Fixed: adding items did not work for users that were not logged in
v23.3.5: Fixed a problem with adding new Cast/Crew members
Thanks to your reports we’ve been able to fix a problem with sortnames when adding new cast/crew members to your movies!
Fixed:
- Cast/Crew: adding a cast or crew member by searching Core, the system would not add the sortname correctly.
- Fixed some stability issues in the down sync from CLZ Cloud.
Thanks to all who reported the bugs!
Fixed:
- Editing User Defined Credits could cause a database corruption on restart
- Slab Certification Number would not sync down from CLZ Cloud
- Have/Want summary did not show comics that were part of a Trade Paperback
- Access violation error could occur when sorting in the Updated Keys report screen
In this update, we try to tackle a problem that we often see in our support system:
Users changing phones without updating their CLZ Cloud first. Or even worse, without even having a CLZ Account yet.
Which of course cause data loss (and a lot of sadness).
So in this version, we are trying to create more awareness of:
- The importance of creating a CLZ Account, so that you can Sync with CLZ Cloud.
- The importance of keeping your CLZ Cloud up-to-date by actually Syncing with CLZ Cloud.
New Sync button in main screen
When not in sync with CLZ Cloud, a new Sync button will appear on the main screen, above the Add button. This way you will always know if there are still items to sync up to CLZ Cloud or down from CLZ Cloud (even when you use auto-sync).
(Don’t like this button? In the Settings screen, switch OFF the setting that says “Show on-screen sync button”)
New “Sync with Cloud!” bar when not logged in
When using the app while not logged in to a CLZ Account, a new bar will appear at the bottom of the main screen that says “Sync to CLZ Cloud for an online backup”.
Hopefully that will help prevent future data loss.
(Don’t like this bar? In the Settings screen, switch OFF the setting that says “Show backup suggestion bar”)
New 5-movie “Demo Mode” for new users
For new users who just downloaded the app, we introduced a new “Demo Mode” that lets you add 5 movies before committing to the actual 7-day free trial subscription.
Fixed on Android:
- Edit Comic: When you’ve edited something, and you tapped “Next”, it would skip an item.