I like it so far. Could a person customize searches for categories of their choosing via checkboxes?
Introducing MyFlyVise.com - BETA Phase
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what you mean exactly?
Instead of typing “bull trout” in the search box, or having to use the categories you’ve provided to browse by, could we have a dropdown where we could search or browse by multiple categories, like multiple species and/or styles?
Could be useful once there’s a lot more flies, Not sure if every species being an option including all the user-created ones along with other categories could get to be an overwhelming number of options.
Maaaaaaaaaybe. We kinda do that already with custom feeds, but on the browse page it may change how the whole browse feature works. I'd have to do some thinking on how to pull that off.
Custom feeds? Assuming you don’t mean a bespoke mix of poached wild salmon and chicken for your sled dogs, what you mean?
On the left menu bar - you can filter the feed by any attribute. It's a set and leave it kind of thing that persists until you change it.
I transferred the same filtering over to the new browse feature - should work the way you had in mind.
To me, that new ability is such a key functionality once there’s a eff ton o’ entries. Rad!
For my feed, for now, I just wanna see everything people are submitting.
I hope we run into the "oh no there's too many flies!" problem
Yeah and at that point we can filter it! Or if I’m searching for flies for certain species to inspire me, I’ll have that ability. Very good.
Now to come up with a plan for getting more tyers on board
If I were a better and more prolific tyer I’d be submitting entries but I look to many others on here for inspiration.Now to come up with a plan for getting more tyers on board
Doesn't have to be innovative or fancy. I think we could use some more blue collar "it catches fish, not people" flies.
ok, I gotta explore that site a little more....especially since there are a good number of patterns up to really test stuff like that.
trust me, that doesn't stop me! prolific? I guess. talented? I'm kinda a one trick pony.
can anything not related in the thread pull down be eliminated?
there are other material categories that contain materials that are not related
foam is not related to weight in the weight category etc
there are other material categories that contain materials that are not related
foam is not related to weight in the weight category etc
Yeah it's a database issue I've been trying to sort. Some of those things are more difficult to solve than they seem on the surface. I'll get back on that soon though.
One change I may make, and it may annoy a few people... I think I may make it required to pick at least one target fish species for each fly. Right now, we have multiple brilliantly tied flies on there with obvious fisheries in mind, but they're left out of the "search by species" features without that tag.
I'll probably make an option for "None/Other" for some flies that are more ornamental or something, but we really should be requiring that just to increase the quality of the browsing.
I'll probably make an option for "None/Other" for some flies that are more ornamental or something, but we really should be requiring that just to increase the quality of the browsing.
If you will all have a look, there is now an "Import to MyFlyVise" link on the bottom of posts you've made. If you click that on your past fly posts here on the forum, it will auto-import the photo and as much of the fly info as it can cleanly pull in. My hope is it brings in a nice pile of new flies to the MyFlyVise side. Way too many thousands of flies in this subforum that are buried and borderline unsearchable. Hope to get that fixed someday. This is my best attempt I can make at that.