Thread: [GUI Plugin] Goodreads Sync
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Old 12-18-2018, 09:15 PM   #1171
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Originally Posted by takkun324 View Post
I try to avoid long drawn out posts and avoid explaining why other peoples hard work sounds confusing.
Sorry, but that is bit self-defeating. If you have a problem and want help, you need to explain what the problem is clearly enough for the readers to understand what the problem is and then help.

And if you read the help and it is confusing, then say so. And why. That's the only way someone can know there is a problem. Most developers know they are rubbish at writing user documentation. It is partly because we just don't think that way, but a lot is because we forget what needs to be explained.
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4. I assume I'm clicking Edit 'Shelf Add' actions? Doing so for my 'read' shelf, I then assume I want "Add value to column" Selecting the column this represents and tell it to add the word "Read" So I telling the plugin that if the book is in the Read shelf I should add a tag called "Read".

* Why did I assign columns in "Synchronisable Custom Columns"?
* What does "At least one action" mean? Might one need more actions?
* When would one need to setup a rule to "Remove value"?
* Does this need to be done with every single shelf?
* What about all other data? (dates, reviews, etc...)?

5. Ah, this isn't really a step of installation but explaining what step 4 does in different phrasing. Ok?

6. Yes the help file. It kinda helps me but then I run into phrases like this: "Only shelves that have some kind of sync action specified can be synchronised from" and I think, "what is a sync action again?" "Where do I find my shelves Sync Actions? The text assumes familiarity the the plugin and lingo used. Looking into new lingo causes me to forget why I found it in the first place.
I'm a little stuck in how to answer this. Nearly everything is answered in the help. And most of the rest follows reasonably logically from that. Just about anything else I could say would be rewording what is in the help. At the moment, it doesn't look like you have done the configuration needed for the function you want to use. I would suggest picking one function, following the help and examples to configure that. If there are problems, you can ask questions that are more specific to the function.

And steps 4 and 5 are separate. There is some overlap, but the steps state what they are for and these are different. And the help does give examples.
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