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ownedbycats · 04-02-2023, 01:41 AM

Question:

short version: How to avoid overwriting the author/series Calibre link when updating a story?

Long version:

I have one author who primarily posted on FanFiction.net before moving to AO3. The bulk of their stories are still on ffnet, so I'd like to keep that URL in the links table. However, updating their AO3 stories (which are still semi-active) updates the link in the table.

I thought of requesting a 'new only' option for the author/series URL but with the structure of AO3's author links and the tendency of some AO3 authors to change usernames on a whim this would break something later. (Unsure whether adding this would be of other general use.)

Then I thought of using a replace_metadata on AuthorURL but that would also replace the link on the titlepage of the AO3 stories. Plus I'm not sure if it'd insert back into the table.

The third option I thought of is replace_metadata the url and use ini tweaks to keep the original link on the titlepage but it seems a bit of a hassle unless I find other edge cases (subtitles at least is a bit more applicable for other fics).

Do you have any other suggestions? Depending on complexity I might just leave it.

04-02-2023, 01:41 AM	#8271
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 11,069 Karma: 76037135 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	Question: short version: How to avoid overwriting the author/series Calibre link when updating a story? Long version: I have one author who primarily posted on FanFiction.net before moving to AO3. The bulk of their stories are still on ffnet, so I'd like to keep that URL in the links table. However, updating their AO3 stories (which are still semi-active) updates the link in the table. I thought of requesting a 'new only' option for the author/series URL but with the structure of AO3's author links and the tendency of some AO3 authors to change usernames on a whim this would break something later. (Unsure whether adding this would be of other general use.) Then I thought of using a replace_metadata on AuthorURL but that would also replace the link on the titlepage of the AO3 stories. Plus I'm not sure if it'd insert back into the table. The third option I thought of is replace_metadata the url and use ini tweaks to keep the original link on the titlepage but it seems a bit of a hassle unless I find other edge cases (subtitles at least is a bit more applicable for other fics). Do you have any other suggestions? Depending on complexity I might just leave it. Last edited by ownedbycats; 04-02-2023 at 02:36 AM.