Locations

A location answers the question every growing collection eventually asks: "where did I put it?" This page explains how KolleK models physical storage.

What a location is

A location is a place where a copy physically lives: a room, a shelf, a box, a safe. Each location can carry an emoji so it reads at a glance in lists.

Locations nest as deeply as you need, so they can mirror your real space. Noah models his: Living Room, then Shelf A inside it, then Crate 3 inside that. When he wonders where a record is, the answer is as precise as his map.

Locations are account wide. Define "Display Case" once and every collection can store copies there, which matches reality: one shelf can hold comics and coins side by side.

Locations attach to copies, not items

An item is an idea, so it is the copy that sits somewhere. Emma's two copies of the same comic live in different places: one in Long box 1, one framed on the wall. Each copy points at its own current location.

A fresh account comes with a few starter locations (Living Room, Storage, Display Case, Garage, Office). Rename them, nest under them, or replace them with your own.

Moves are remembered

When you move a copy, KolleK does not just overwrite the old location. It records the move, so the copy keeps a trail of everywhere it has been and when. The current location is simply the latest entry in that trail. This is part of a copy's history, and the how to lives in Move a copy and keep its location history.

Where to next

• Build your storage map in Set up your locations.
• Move things properly in Move a copy and keep its location history.
• See where locations appear on the copy form in Track the copies you own.