[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by MerlinMama

Is there a way, when the title page is generated when UPDATING a fic, that the packaged date remains unchanged? I would like to have the date I originally added the fic, and at the moment, it changes whenever I update.

There are a couple, but both a bit clunky.

First way:

First, add a Calibre custom date column. I'll assume it's called #dateadded.

Second, go into FanFicFare configuration on the Custom Columns tab. Find your new Date Added column and set it to be populated with 'Created' and check 'New Only'.

Third, to get it to appear on the titlepage, switch to the personal.ini FanFicFare config tab and enable 'Pass Calibre Columns into FanFicFare...'. Then go into personal.ini and add/change titlepage_entries to include calibre_cust_dateadded.

The default titlepage_entries value is:

titlepage_entries: seriesHTML,category,genre,language,characters,ships,status,datePublished,dateUpdated,dateCreated,rating,warnings,numChapters,numWords,site,description

You can just calibre_cust_dateadded to the end of titlepage more easily with:

extra_titlepage_entries:calibre_cust_dateadded

The clunky parts are:

1. #dateadded is empty for previousy existing books, unless you go in and fill it with something.
2. Date Added will only appear on the titlepage for books that have been updated, not when they are first created.
3. FanFicFare doesn't currently have a way to control the formatting of Calibre column dates on the titlepage. So they come out in the default format: "Date added: 2015-08-22 13:51:08+00:00"

Second way:

Go into FanFicFare configuration on the Standard Columns tab. Find the Date column and check 'New Only'.

Switch to the personal.ini FanFicFare config tab and enable 'Pass Calibre Columns into FanFicFare...'. Then go into personal.ini and add/change titlepage_entries to include calibre_std_timestamp. (You can adjust the label with something like calibre_std_timestamp_label: Date Added to calibre)

The clunky parts are:

1. By default, FanFicFare updates calibre's Date each time it's updated. So existing books will have the date you last updated them.
2. Date will only appear on the titlepage for books that have been updated, not when they are first created.
3. FanFicFare doesn't currently have a way to control the formatting of Calibre standard dates on the titlepage. So they come out in the same format as appears on your screen.