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Originally Posted by capink
I was looking for a solution to this recently and this is exactly how I'm dealing with pen names now. However, I don't understand why would you need a template function for this.
Anyway, to help anyone who is interested in the same solution I attached a picture with an example below for author Nora Roberts who uses two pen names: Nora Roberts and J.D. Robb. You just need to put the appropriate alias in the author field of each book (No need to use multiple aliases per book).
After that I created a user category called alias. Under the alias user category, I created sub-category called NoraRoberts to which I added all the pen names (Nora Roberts and J.D Robb).
Now whenever I click on the sub-category alias.NoraRoberts it returns all the books created by the author no matter what alias was used. If you prefer using the search box, just type "@alias.NoraRoberts:true" in the search box and it will return the same result. You can proceed to do the same steps for other authors.
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I use this solution, but have also created a custom column that shows me if an alias is available.
Since I don't always know the alias name, I first have to search the author name for it in the keyword browser.
I would now like to see the alias name displayed as a clickable link instead of yes/no.
(as above in the search bar)
Another point is also the case when a book has multiple authors. An alias search link should then appear for each author.
If there is no alias, then nothing.
Is something like this possible and if so, how? Sorry for my bad English (Google) and thanks in advance for an answer.
P.S.: I've read the forum a lot but couldn't find it and I'm not a programmer.