Adding a mesh body filter for apparel
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nathkyo Resident
Giving mesh body creators the ability to add their body to the filter for clothing and apparel. Shopping for clothing can be somewhat hard now with the numerous amount of mesh bodies that have been added over the years. giving creators the ability to add their body as a subtype that can be easily added to a filter for the products would be a great way to make shopping on second life easier. Khara ,Legacy ,Maitreya ,Reborn And many more that have different shapes and different fittings Making it sometimes difficult to find clothing that will fit your particular body. this also can be done for heads and other and accessories making it a lot easier for creating avatars as Second Life has changed in the years since the marketplace was first created.
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nathkyo Resident
An idea for it would be to put a special field in the upload where you could add the mesh body type for other stores or newer bodies. This would actually be perfect, because you could have the system set up after a certain number of submissions from different stores. It would add it as a subcategory. Which wouldn't be showing favoritism? As this all would be done automated
Rockridge Constantine
The list of mesh bodies, especially for female avatars, seems to be constantly growing and/or changing. I would anticipate that the sub category would do the same. How do you build that list without showing favor or endorsement of one body over another? User tip: Just add the name of the body as a keyword when you search for a particular clothing item. Creators already put the body types in their product descriptions which helps in searching.
primerib1 Resident
Rockridge Constantine Can be made into a comma-separated field with auto-completion offer. Just like how many sites with custom tagging implements it.
So, say you type in "mait" then the pop up will offer autocomplete of "maitreya lara classic", "maitreya laraX", "maitreya laraX petit". If any of the autocomplete offering is selected, then the name is "locked in" and turns into an uneditable tag (with an X to delete). But don't stop people from typing in a different name (for instance, just in case there's a new body that hasn't been added into the autocomplete yet).
Rockridge Constantine
primerib1 Resident i am aware of all of these search techniques. But i really don't think we need to have specific search filter or toggle for specific bodies.
Soxy Whisper
primerib1 Resident has just highlighted a problem. There is no Maitreya "Classic" There are the two latest bodies. Maitreya Lara 5.3 and Lara X. Names like "Old Lara", "Maitreya", "Lara", and "Lara Classic" don't exist and worse, are confusing. Today, we might assume "Old Lara" or "Lara Classic" refers to Lara 5.3, but what happens when Maitreya comes out with a new body after Lara X? Then what does "Old Lara" or "Lara Classic" refer to?
I agree wholeheartedly that this classification system would be great not only for bodies, but also for heads and any other products that have dependencies, but for it to work, the creators who make the products you want in the drop downs would need to approve the names AND you have to get clothing creators to use them.