trouble deciding where to categorise the projects

mainly when its a Hamma bead project. (also known as Perler bead, or fuse bead)

which category do you put it in? ive usually gone the route of 'model' because i dont tend to make things like keyrings or similar. its really difficult to know what category it should go in. as there isnt one called hama beads, that would be handy. XD

do they go in art? models?

When it comes to searching for other poeples hama bead creations, i never find very many, because there isnt a clear place where they go on the site.

Any suggestions? Opinions? what do you do?

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4 replies since 7th May 2013 • Last reply 7th May 2013

Reply #1:

Congrats! You made it to the top crafters! I've seen people categorizing in home and garden, decoration and models.

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Reply #2:

I think it would depend on their purpose. Like if it is a magnet, decoration, key ring, etc...
If I saw a project without a chosen catagory waiting to be published, that's how I would sort it out.

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Reply #3:

that makes sense. awesome.

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Reply #4:

We're on it!

It's always tough - we want everybody on CO+K to think outside the box a little on what they make, but it comes back to bite us when we're categorizing. The rough idea is...

A Category is *what* you made - the final outcome.
A Craft is which techniques and skills you used to make it
A Tag is some inspiration or theme which you took to start or design your project.

So, anything with hamma beads is categorised by purpose, but the craft'd be Beading. Or even just add hamma beads as a need.

I'm working on a new categorize / publish page which should explain that a ton better, and walk through the process.

Also, we're trying to pull more crafts together in areas - the new top menu is the first example. Even if something isn't super-straightforward to categorize, it should slot neatly enough into one of those areas, so people'll be able to find it easily.

It's still really crazy difficult to get everything right, and explain it well - especially to members where English isn't a first language.

I'll be putting together a little admin toolbox for every project - it'll let trusted members re-categorize and re-tag projects super-quick, without leaving the page. Look out for that soon!

I'd love any suggestions of what'd make it more straightforward to get things all neat 'n' tidy!

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