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ParadiseLost · 04-11-2013, 07:14 PM

A little assistance please. Currently I use:

{series:|[|}{series_index:0>2s| |] - }{title}

to get

[A Song of Ice and Fire 01] - A Game of Thrones

This also works great for titles with no series. Where i seem to have found a problem is in magazines. Perhaps its not a template issue but an organizational detail i haven't worked out. Dragon magazine is my example. For the Title I use "Dragon 400" and for the Series I use "Dragon Magazine [400]". So what I get with my template is:

[Dragon Magazine 400] - Dragon 400

Any ideas on how to structure my library or alter the template somehow as to not add the {title} if the Series already establishes all the information i need for magazines or vice versa? I've read how others use the date and or volume number. For my purposes I just include the date in the published date field and I'm happy and no other relevant information is needed to distinguish since its only a monthly magazine. Thanks in advance for any assistance.

04-11-2013, 07:14 PM	#8
ParadiseLost Enthusiast Posts: 49 Karma: 20364 Join Date: Mar 2013 Device: None	A little assistance please. Currently I use: {series:\|[\|}{series_index:0>2s\| \|] - }{title} to get [A Song of Ice and Fire 01] - A Game of Thrones This also works great for titles with no series. Where i seem to have found a problem is in magazines. Perhaps its not a template issue but an organizational detail i haven't worked out. Dragon magazine is my example. For the Title I use "Dragon 400" and for the Series I use "Dragon Magazine [400]". So what I get with my template is: [Dragon Magazine 400] - Dragon 400 Any ideas on how to structure my library or alter the template somehow as to not add the {title} if the Series already establishes all the information i need for magazines or vice versa? I've read how others use the date and or volume number. For my purposes I just include the date in the published date field and I'm happy and no other relevant information is needed to distinguish since its only a monthly magazine. Thanks in advance for any assistance.