Please improve website Product Library navigation

Due to computer issues on my end, I have to re-install all my products from scratch. As part of that, I need to navigate the products I've purchased (to view what they ARE), and the website tools to navigate are fairly primitive.

For instance, it's great that I can sort products by Name, but there is no easy way to get to, say, Page 24. You can keep hitting the next page button of course and do this 23 times or such, but the next page arrow jumps all over the place. There is also no way I can find to bookmark which page of the Product Library that I'm on: they all have the same URL: https://www.daz3d.com/downloader/customer/files From time to time, DAZDIM gets slow, and even exiting DAZDIM doesn't fix it but logging out and back in does. But everytime I do that, I have to navigate back to the page I was at.

One of my purposes during the re-install is to use multiple content install paths to have some content on SSD drives and some on regular hard disks. As I go, I need to know what each product is, and some have artistic but not descriptive names (eg, "Abatement DS").

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 100,948

    Click the  i-in-a-circle button in the product's line in DIM to open the  product's readme to get information on it.

    Product Library pages have unique urlxs for me - https://www.daz3d.com/downloader/customer/files#prod_sku, where sku is the product code. e.g. https://www.daz3d.com/downloader/customer/files#prod_9518

  • CO3DRCO3DR Posts: 159

    Thanks! That is very helpful - I don't think I ever clicked on that column.

    Regarding the navigation issue, you are correct that the URL does show up once you click on your first product. But, it's not there during page navigation. And, if you do go directly to the URL that you saved, it doesn't load the page that that product is on. So, if you are trying to keep your place, or quickly navigate to a saved place in your list of products, there is no way to get there.

  • ElspathElspath Posts: 180

    sci fi objects/clothing/gear, should be grouped together to find faster. and normal objects/clothing/gear, should be grouped in a seperate column. also all old content should be updated to auto show in the main smart content window.

  • IsaacNewtonIsaacNewton Posts: 1,300

    Improvements to the Search engine could be made. Perhaps that would help you to find what you are looking for. Currently unless you type in the full name of what you are looking for, with no errors, there is a good chance you will not find it. However the search engine does find lots of items which are clearly unrelated. This might be useful for increasing sales in a few cases, but mostly its just irritating. An option to permanently switch off the "Hide items I already own" option would also be useful.

  • LindseyLindsey Posts: 1,999
    edited July 2017

    This is what I would do:

    Edit: One method to accomplish what you are wanting to do:

    1. Download and install Taozen's DAZ Account Manager software.  It's free:  http://taosoft.dk/software/accm-daz/  It downloads your purchased DAZ purchase history AND product pages and promo pictures to your computer.  It's a lot quicker than searching your product library online.

    2. Use DIM to download your product library to a .csv file and import into a spreadsheet.  Add a column with a code to your preferred install folder paths.

    To use: Examine each product in DAZ Account Manager, update your spreadsheet with it's install path.  When complete, sort the spreadsheet by path and use it as an install check list. 

    Post edited by Lindsey on
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