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Originally Posted by BetterRed
Back to the OPs issue - how I deal with anthologies and journals.
I have a 'related/Related" long text column, with HTML, Header on the side attributes, this is where I put the inter-book links.
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Riffing a bit on BetterRed's method, what I would do: Create a custom series column (example: #related) to relate the anthologies. Make the anthology have index 0. The rest are in book order.
I now have three choices:
- Use Quickview to browse the books in the anthology. Show Quickview then click in the Related Books column in the booklist. You can now navigate between the related books in the Quickview pane/window. Double-clicking in a related books cell will select that book in the booklist.
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- Compute "show" links and put them in a custom "column made from other columns" that shows in book details. Example: #related_links. Clicking on the link will select that book in the booklist.
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- Use Action chains to create an action that displays the list of links in a popup dialog. Give it a keyboard shortcut if desired (I usually don't). As above, clicking a link will select that book in the booklist.
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The second and third methods use a stored template to compute the HTML links. In my case the template is named "list_related_books()". The template is attached.
The template in the #related_links column (choice 2) is
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program: list_related_books('#related')
This calls the stored template, telling it to process the custom series column '#related#.
The action chain in choice 3 is a "Formula" action that uses the same template as choice 2. The chain is attached.