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- Nikki McDonald

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Removing Favorites - bulk edit


I have over 2200 Favorites. Because of the way they come up in the new BP ( by date of photo upload and not by the date when I select them as they used to), I would like to be able to remove all of them. I see the "remove" option on individual images. Is there a "bulk edit" so to speak that would allow me to select all and then perform this action on all of them at once?


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December 14, 2014

 

Monnie Ryan
  Good question, Nikki - I'd like to know if it's possible as well. I was happy with things the way they were, but having my favorites no longer show up in the order I click the "heart" really has thrown a monkey wrench in the works.


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December 14, 2014

 
- Nikki McDonald

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  Anyone?

I was actually hoping someone from the staff would weigh in here and tell me whether this is possible or impossible in terms of the current programming . . .


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December 17, 2014

 
- Nikki McDonald

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  Well, I've started deleting and it's even more annoying than I thought it was. While my favorites used to contain only one copy of each image I favorited (I never favorite an image more than once), it now contains as many copies as the image has been favorited - iow 30 and 40 copies of the same image if the image has been favorited that many times. And though I don't as a rule favorite my own images, I recall doing it once just to see whether I could. Well . . . that image subsequently got quite a few favorites by other people and all those copies are in there. So I have thousands of images but in reality a much more selective and manageable number of favorites. I'm below 2000, though :)


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December 18, 2014

 

Pat Harry
  Nikki, did you send an email to BP asking for alternatives or help?


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December 20, 2014

 
- Irene Colling

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  My favorite photos seem to be in the order in which I made them a favorite and there is only one copy of each photo. Good luck with your problem Nikki. I hope you find a solution because your task seems quite daunting.


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December 20, 2014

 
- Irene Colling

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  I guess I spoke too soon Nikki. I haven't favorited a photo recently so could not really tell.

I just loved your Christmas photo with the child putting an ornament on the tree. (Very, very charming.) Then I went back to my favorites gallery and saw that some of the pictures had rearranged themselves.


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December 20, 2014

 
- Nikki McDonald

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  And I spoke too soon, Irene. There were some that appeared multiple times but only a very few. And I do occasionally give a photo a 2nd favorite, just because it's a new month and I still like it a lot. Problem is that photos appear in upload order so as long as people are putting in new uploads and you are marking favorites as you go along, things are fine. But when they re-enter from their gallery, the favorite goes in way back when and not among your newest favorites. Anyway, I'm working it out. I just really liked it the way it was before :) Story of my life when it comes to technology LOL


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December 20, 2014

 
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