Creators list

[PaintersParadise]

Hi, my friend called today and said she could not find -paintersparadise in the Creators list.  I looked tonight and I did not find me either.  Whats up.

[Beadlam]

I found you - but it took some doing!

First, I clicked on "Creators" at the top of the Creators column to sort all the names in alphabetical order. Then, I had to keep clicking the >> button to get to names that were beyond the original 10. I finally found you on page 22.

[PaintersParadise]

thanks for your reply, is it always this hard to find a certain creator, my friend never did find me.

[Beadlam]

I've been with iCraft since the beginning of February and honestly haven't looked through Creators for months. It used to be much easier - as I remember things defaulted to alphabetical order. A while ago, they began showing any new items first, and then listing in order of "last updated." This allowed people to see creators based on who entered an item most recently - I believe it's a way to see new things and also encourages people to enter new items (or update items) frequently.

I do see how this can be very confusing for someone using the Creators section if they don't read the instructions very carefully. You would also have to understand the concept of sorting to figure out the best way to find the creator you are looking for. I'm wondering if this might cause some people to just leave, figuring the person they are looking for isn't there.

I wonder what other people think? I'll post this in the Website section of the Message Board also, to see if other people or Administration want to weigh in. I think you've brought up an important issue!  thanks.

Leanne

[Marys Garden]

This has been an issue for me.  Now, I generally just give people the direct link to my site.  I'm also wondering about putting my store name in the tags so that someone could replacement a catagory using my name.

[iCraft Admin]

Yes, good point Paintersparadise and we are aware of this issue.

The Creators page, as it is now, is not built for replacementing for a specific Creator. The list changes daily and your name will move up and down the list based on when you’ve updated your store last.  It simply displays all Creator Exhibits in the order of Recently Created, followed by Recently Updated. We planned originally to add a replacement box above the list similar to the “Products Search” box to let people find Creators by specialty,  geographic location or name, but haven’t done it yet.

We were also considering adding “Creator Exhibit” field on the Products Search page https://icraftgifts.com/products_replacement.php, so people could pull a list of all products posted by the same Creator from this page as well.

The best thing at this point, as Mary suggested, to send people to your Creator Exhibit directly. I will keep you posted with the updates on this issue, so Stay Tuned!  :wink: