Dating your outfits - Revision history

Rand Linden at 18:50, 23 March 2012

2012-03-23T18:50:17Z

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	~~No, this isn't about marrying your clothes!~~

	~~The simple benefit of adding a date stamp to your outfits is~~: ~~'''you can easily keep a history of how your avatar's appearance has evolved'''. Maybe today that doesn't seem like such a big thing, but trust [[Torley~~\|~~me]], looking back in a year from now, you'll be amazed at how far you've come.~~

	~~One of the easiest ways to do this is: after you click the '''Save Outfit''' button (in the '''My Appearance''' sidebar tab), append the date at the beginning. Torley prefers the <code>(YYYY~~-MM-~~DD)<~~/~~code> format, also known as [http:~~//~~en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601 ISO 8601].~~

	~~: [[File:Dating_your_outfits.png]]~~

	~~Or, you can always rename an outfit later by right-clicking it. But by doing it at the beginning, you don't have to worry about maintenance later, as minor as it may be.~~

	Then, as you make entirely new outfits or even revisions to earlier ones, they'll be sorted in chronological order, with the newest ones on the bottom. There isn't yet a way to change the date sort order in the {{win\|My Outfits}} ~~tab.~~

	~~== Doesn't Second Life do this automatically? ==~~

	~~Not yet, no. While the inventory system keeps track of when ''specific items'' are ''created'' or ''acquired'', folders, unlike items, don't have such visible properties.~~

	~~== Are there other benefits? ==~~

	~~Yes, if you make an outfit for temporary usage that ''doesn't'' have a date, it visually sticks out to be discarded later.~~

	~~== See also ==~~

	* '''[http://blogs.secondlife.com/community/community/tnt/blog/2010/05/20/quicktip-dating-your-outfits The blog post version of this page]''' - Unlike the blog post, you can edit this wiki article and make it awesomer!
	* '''[[Inventory links]]'''
	* '''[[System folders]]'''

Jeremy Linden: Text replace - '{{KBmaster}}' to '{{KBmaster}}'

2010-10-26T18:43:19Z

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	No, this isn't about marrying your clothes!		No, this isn't about marrying your clothes!

Torley Linden: Configured stable versioning for Dating your outfits: [Precedence: Quality, Default: Stable]

2010-07-13T10:50:01Z

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Torley Linden: /* See also */

2010-05-20T18:29:38Z

Torley Linden at 18:29, 20 May 2010

2010-05-20T18:29:26Z

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	Yes, if you make an outfit for temporary usage that ''doesn't'' have a date, it visually sticks out to be discarded later.		Yes, if you make an outfit for temporary usage that ''doesn't'' have a date, it visually sticks out to be discarded later.

			== See also ==

			* '''[[Inventory links]]'''
			* '''[[System folders]]'''
			* '''[http://blogs.secondlife.com/community/community/tnt/blog/2010/05/20/quicktip-dating-your-outfits The blog post version of this page]''' - Unlike the blog post, you can edit this wiki article and make it awesomer!

Torley Linden at 18:28, 20 May 2010

2010-05-20T18:28:23Z

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	== Doesn't Second Life do this automatically? ==		== Doesn't Second Life do this automatically? ==

	Not yet, no. While the inventory system keeps track of when ''specific items'' are ''created'' or ''acquired'', folders, unlike items, don't have such properties.		Not yet, no. While the inventory system keeps track of when ''specific items'' are ''created'' or ''acquired'', folders, unlike items, don't have such visible properties.

	== Are there other benefits? ==		== Are there other benefits? ==

	Yes, if you make an outfit for temporary usage that ''doesn't'' have a date, it visually sticks out to be discarded later.		Yes, if you make an outfit for temporary usage that ''doesn't'' have a date, it visually sticks out to be discarded later.

Torley Linden at 18:26, 20 May 2010

2010-05-20T18:26:13Z

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	One of the easiest ways to do this is: after you click the '''Save Outfit''' button (in the '''My Appearance''' sidebar tab), append the date at the beginning. Torley prefers the <code>(YYYY-MM-DD)</code> format, also known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601 ISO 8601].		One of the easiest ways to do this is: after you click the '''Save Outfit''' button (in the '''My Appearance''' sidebar tab), append the date at the beginning. Torley prefers the <code>(YYYY-MM-DD)</code> format, also known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601 ISO 8601].

	[[File:Dating_your_outfits.png]]		: [[File:Dating_your_outfits.png]]

	Or, you can always rename an outfit later by right-clicking it. But by doing it at the beginning, you don't have to worry about maintenance later, as minor as it may be.		Or, you can always rename an outfit later by right-clicking it. But by doing it at the beginning, you don't have to worry about maintenance later, as minor as it may be.

Torley Linden at 18:26, 20 May 2010

2010-05-20T18:26:03Z

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	One of the easiest ways to do this is: after you click the '''Save Outfit''' button (in the '''My Appearance''' sidebar tab), append the date at the beginning. Torley prefers the <code>(YYYY-MM-DD)</code> format, also known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601 ISO 8601].		One of the easiest ways to do this is: after you click the '''Save Outfit''' button (in the '''My Appearance''' sidebar tab), append the date at the beginning. Torley prefers the <code>(YYYY-MM-DD)</code> format, also known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601 ISO 8601].

			[[File:Dating_your_outfits.png]]

	Or, you can always rename an outfit later by right-clicking it. But by doing it at the beginning, you don't have to worry about maintenance later, as minor as it may be.		Or, you can always rename an outfit later by right-clicking it. But by doing it at the beginning, you don't have to worry about maintenance later, as minor as it may be.

Torley Linden at 18:18, 20 May 2010

2010-05-20T18:18:01Z

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	The simple benefit of adding a date stamp to your outfits is: '''you can easily keep a history of how your avatar's appearance has evolved'''. Maybe today that doesn't seem like such a big thing, but trust [[Torley\|me]], looking back in a year from now, you'll be amazed at how far you've come.		The simple benefit of adding a date stamp to your outfits is: '''you can easily keep a history of how your avatar's appearance has evolved'''. Maybe today that doesn't seem like such a big thing, but trust [[Torley\|me]], looking back in a year from now, you'll be amazed at how far you've come.

	One of the easiest ways to do this is: after you click the '''Save Outfit''' button (in the '''My Appearance''' sidebar tab), append the date at the beginning. Torley prefers the <code>YYYY-MM-DD</code> format, also known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601 ISO 8601].		One of the easiest ways to do this is: after you click the '''Save Outfit''' button (in the '''My Appearance''' sidebar tab), append the date at the beginning. Torley prefers the <code>(YYYY-MM-DD)</code> format, also known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601 ISO 8601].

	Or, you can always rename an outfit later by right-clicking it. But by doing it at the beginning, you don't have to worry about maintenance later, as minor as it may be.		Or, you can always rename an outfit later by right-clicking it. But by doing it at the beginning, you don't have to worry about maintenance later, as minor as it may be.
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	Not yet, no. While the inventory system keeps track of when ''specific items'' are ''created'' or ''acquired'', folders, unlike items, don't have such properties.		Not yet, no. While the inventory system keeps track of when ''specific items'' are ''created'' or ''acquired'', folders, unlike items, don't have such properties.

			== Are there other benefits? ==

			Yes, if you make an outfit for temporary usage that ''doesn't'' have a date, it visually sticks out to be discarded later.

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	== See also ==		== See also ==

			* '''[http://blogs.secondlife.com/community/community/tnt/blog/2010/05/20/quicktip-dating-your-outfits The blog post version of this page]''' - Unlike the blog post, you can edit this wiki article and make it awesomer!
	* '''[[Inventory links]]'''		* '''[[Inventory links]]'''
	* '''[[System folders]]'''		* '''[[System folders]]'''
	* '''[http://blogs.secondlife.com/community/community/tnt/blog/2010/05/20/quicktip-dating-your-outfits The blog post version of this page]''' - Unlike the blog post, you can edit this wiki article and make it awesomer!