[GUI Plugin] FanFictionDownLoader - Page 35

Amalthia · 07-05-2012, 08:54 PM

Hi,

I use this plugin just about every day. I really love it. I just had a question in regards to the A03 (archive of our own) archive. There is a field for relationships but I can't figure out how to get that relationship field from the archive into my relationship custom column in Calibre. I was hoping maybe someone found a work around?

JimmXinu · 07-05-2012, 09:22 PM

FFDL collects a list of characters, but not a separate one for 'ships. The AO3 adapter adds the relation tags to the characters list.

Amalthia · 07-05-2012, 11:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

FFDL collects a list of characters, but not a separate one for 'ships. The AO3 adapter adds the relation tags to the characters list.

So that's a negative? I'm not sure where to find the A03 adapter option in this plugin?

JimmXinu · 07-06-2012, 12:04 AM

@Amalthia - FFDL can't put relationships in a custom column for you, no. It knows about categories, genres and characters, but not relationships.

There is a different piece of code called an 'adapter' that reads each of the 50+ web sites FFDL supports.

Some of those 50 sites put 'ship in category or genre, but AO3 is the only one I know of that has 'ship as a specific, separate metadatum. As a compromise, the FFDL adapter for AO3 puts the 'ships listed in the characters list.

Amalthia · 07-06-2012, 12:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

@Amalthia - FFDL can't put relationships in a custom column for you, no. It knows about categories, genres and characters, but not relationships.

There is a different piece of code called an 'adapter' that reads each of the 50+ web sites FFDL supports.

Some of those 50 sites put 'ship in category or genre, but AO3 is the only one I know of that has 'ship as a specific, separate metadatum. As a compromise, the FFDL adapter for AO3 puts the 'ships listed in the characters list.

I figured it must be something like that. I know someone that modified the code to work with A03 but afterwards the other sites didn't quite work right...luckily I use A03 99.9% of the time. The downside of using her code is that I think she stopped updating it.

Jade Aislin · 07-06-2012, 09:12 PM

I'm not sure anyone else has had this problem. But ever since this morning, the story id for any story I download or update has been showing up in the Character column. It only seems to occur with fanfiction.net. Although, I only tried it with ksarchive.com as well.

It is slightly annoying because it then shows up in the generated cover. This means I have to delete the unwanted id and then re-generate the cover.

I'm not sure what I did to cause this. I just started using the generate cover feature on this plugin. I also updated calibre. But if no one else is having this problem, I'm not sure those are the reason.

JimmXinu · 07-06-2012, 10:10 PM

I didn't notice it, but that is a new bug from Yet Another change to the ffnet site. Fix coming shortly.

JimmXinu · 07-06-2012, 10:19 PM

Version 1.5.42 - 06 Jul 2012
Fix for latest fanfiction.net change to prevent id:12345 appearing as a character.

Jade Aislin · 07-07-2012, 01:29 AM

You certainly are fast. And that fixed the id problem. Thanks.

Now though, I seem to be having trouble with generating a cover with all the data I want in it. For some reason, new stories do not put the characters into the cover while an updated story does.

I'm not sure which plugin I should refer to (FFDL or GC) for this problem.

A shortened list of the custom text from GC includes:

Fandom: {#fandom}
{#character:|Characters: |}
Complete: {#done}
{#genre:|Genre: |}

Genre still shows on the cover so it is not because of the different phrasing.

I have included a picture of the cover of a story that was already in my booklist that I updated a few minutes ago. There is also a picture of a story I just added, missing the Characters from the cover.

anesthezea · 07-07-2012, 04:29 AM

How are you making your covers like that?

Jade Aislin · 07-07-2012, 06:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anesthezea

How are you making your covers like that?

I'm using the Generate Custom Cover plugin. I use very generic settings.

1) In the Contents section I select everything but the image. (Although, I'm thinking of adding a small picture in the blank space).
2) In the custom text I fill in what metadata I want on the cover. (I use the format {#columnname:|Columnname: |} to ensure that a line does not get added when there is no metadata.
3) In the Dimensions, I set the border to 3 to give a nice black outline
4) On the fonts tab, I adjusted the font sizes.
5) I chose a background color and then chose a fill color so my text went well with the background color.

All my epubs are fanfics from various sites and unless the site hade a cover, I've decided to color code according to site.

JimmXinu · 07-07-2012, 11:13 AM

@Jade Aislin - I can't duplicate your problem with characters metadata.

I'm able to set characters to a custom column in FFDL and have it appear correctly in the GC'ed cover on both new stories and updates.

GC has a feature now to export a settings set. Maybe if you post your settings I can spot the problem.

Jade Aislin · 07-07-2012, 02:58 PM

Strangely enough, the problem only occurs when I have FFDL automactically add a cover to a new book. If I use the GC plugin after I have the book, I have no problem.

JimmXinu · 07-07-2012, 05:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jade Aislin

Strangely enough, the problem only occurs when I have FFDL automactically add a cover to a new book. If I use the GC plugin after I have the book, I have no problem.

I had to change it a bit since I don't have the same custom columns you do, but it continues to work fine for me on new stories.

If it were something to do with saving the custom columns, I would expect it to effect the other columns, too.

If you manually change the contents of the #characters column for a story and then Update Always, does the cover show the characters you changed it to, or the ones collected from the site?

What is the type of your #character column?

Jade Aislin · 07-07-2012, 11:50 PM

Whenever I updated a story, there didn't seem to be a problem.

However, I think I may have found part of my problem. I actually have two character columns because I was going to group the characters based on fandoms and then use a composite column to view the characters.

#character is the composite column that behaves like tags. my code: {#character1:subitems(-1,0)}
#character1 is a 'comma seperated text, like tags, shown in browser column'

I have the FFDL set to send characters to the #character1 and that was the one I meant to use for GC. I switched that over and grabbed a new story and it seemed to work.

However, I would like to use the composite column at a later date. Once I consolidate my libraries so that I don't have random columns that I forget about.

I'm wondering if GC had trouble with the composite column. Did calibre need to read the #character1 column before populating the #character one? That's the only reason I could think that I would have trouble with new books, but not ones already in my library.

07-07-2012, 01:29 AM	#519
Jade Aislin Groupie Posts: 164 Karma: 3100 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: Kobo Auro H2O, PRS-T1	You certainly are fast. And that fixed the id problem. Thanks. Now though, I seem to be having trouble with generating a cover with all the data I want in it. For some reason, new stories do not put the characters into the cover while an updated story does. I'm not sure which plugin I should refer to (FFDL or GC) for this problem. A shortened list of the custom text from GC includes: Fandom: {#fandom} {#character:\|Characters: \|} Complete: {#done} {#genre:\|Genre: \|} Genre still shows on the cover so it is not because of the different phrasing. I have included a picture of the cover of a story that was already in my booklist that I updated a few minutes ago. There is also a picture of a story I just added, missing the Characters from the cover. Attached Thumbnails

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07-05-2012, 08:54 PM	#511
Amalthia Wizard Posts: 1,158 Karma: 32196 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Anchorage, AK Device: Sony Reader PRS-505, PRS-650, PRS-T3, Pocketbook HD2	Hi, I use this plugin just about every day. I really love it. I just had a question in regards to the A03 (archive of our own) archive. There is a field for relationships but I can't figure out how to get that relationship field from the archive into my relationship custom column in Calibre. I was hoping maybe someone found a work around?

07-05-2012, 09:22 PM	#512
JimmXinu Plugin Developer Posts: 6,305 Karma: 3966249 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Midwest USA Device: Kindle Paperwhite(10th)	FFDL collects a list of characters, but not a separate one for 'ships. The AO3 adapter adds the relation tags to the characters list.

07-06-2012, 12:04 AM	#514
JimmXinu Plugin Developer Posts: 6,305 Karma: 3966249 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Midwest USA Device: Kindle Paperwhite(10th)	@Amalthia - FFDL can't put relationships in a custom column for you, no. It knows about categories, genres and characters, but not relationships. There is a different piece of code called an 'adapter' that reads each of the 50+ web sites FFDL supports. Some of those 50 sites put 'ship in category or genre, but AO3 is the only one I know of that has 'ship as a specific, separate metadatum. As a compromise, the FFDL adapter for AO3 puts the 'ships listed in the characters list.

07-06-2012, 09:12 PM	#516
Jade Aislin Groupie Posts: 164 Karma: 3100 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: Kobo Auro H2O, PRS-T1	I'm not sure anyone else has had this problem. But ever since this morning, the story id for any story I download or update has been showing up in the Character column. It only seems to occur with fanfiction.net. Although, I only tried it with ksarchive.com as well. It is slightly annoying because it then shows up in the generated cover. This means I have to delete the unwanted id and then re-generate the cover. I'm not sure what I did to cause this. I just started using the generate cover feature on this plugin. I also updated calibre. But if no one else is having this problem, I'm not sure those are the reason.

07-06-2012, 10:10 PM	#517
JimmXinu Plugin Developer Posts: 6,305 Karma: 3966249 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Midwest USA Device: Kindle Paperwhite(10th)	I didn't notice it, but that is a new bug from Yet Another change to the ffnet site. Fix coming shortly.

07-06-2012, 10:19 PM	#518
JimmXinu Plugin Developer Posts: 6,305 Karma: 3966249 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Midwest USA Device: Kindle Paperwhite(10th)	Version 1.5.42 - 06 Jul 2012 Fix for latest fanfiction.net change to prevent id:12345 appearing as a character.

07-07-2012, 04:29 AM	#520
anesthezea Groupie Posts: 167 Karma: 2627964 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Alabama, USA Device: Kobo Aura One, Kobo Libra 2	How are you making your covers like that?

07-07-2012, 11:13 AM	#522
JimmXinu Plugin Developer Posts: 6,305 Karma: 3966249 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Midwest USA Device: Kindle Paperwhite(10th)	@Jade Aislin - I can't duplicate your problem with characters metadata. I'm able to set characters to a custom column in FFDL and have it appear correctly in the GC'ed cover on both new stories and updates. GC has a feature now to export a settings set. Maybe if you post your settings I can spot the problem.

07-07-2012, 11:50 PM	#525
Jade Aislin Groupie Posts: 164 Karma: 3100 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: Kobo Auro H2O, PRS-T1	Whenever I updated a story, there didn't seem to be a problem. However, I think I may have found part of my problem. I actually have two character columns because I was going to group the characters based on fandoms and then use a composite column to view the characters. #character is the composite column that behaves like tags. my code: {#character1:subitems(-1,0)} #character1 is a 'comma seperated text, like tags, shown in browser column' I have the FFDL set to send characters to the #character1 and that was the one I meant to use for GC. I switched that over and grabbed a new story and it seemed to work. However, I would like to use the composite column at a later date. Once I consolidate my libraries so that I don't have random columns that I forget about. I'm wondering if GC had trouble with the composite column. Did calibre need to read the #character1 column before populating the #character one? That's the only reason I could think that I would have trouble with new books, but not ones already in my library.