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Originally Posted by mmmmmmmm
should i just change everything back to the default and go from there?
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Honestly, it would probably be easier. From what I see, this is all you have for real setting changes:
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Originally Posted by mmmmmmmm
you mentioned FFF usually calls AO3's Free Form Tags and Categories in genre and Fandoms in category. does that mean i should change the names of my columns?
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You can name your custom columns whatever you want. FanFicFare doesn't populate custom columns based on names, only what you configure.
There's two ways to configure FFF to populate a custom column, the Custom Columns tab in FFF Config lists your custom columns and will let you select an FFF standard metadata entry to put in each.
Standard metadata entries are the ones used by all sites/stories.
Site specific metadata entries can only be set to custom columns using
custom_columns_settings and you must have the 'Allow custom_columns_settings from personal.ini to override' checkbox enabled (toward bottom of Custom Columns tab).
Unless AO3 is the only site you read, you're probably better served filling your 'Fandoms' column with Category for all sites instead of just site specific
fandoms for AO3.
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Originally Posted by mmmmmmmm
here is a story ive tried downloading:
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24280306
problems:
- nothing shows up in my fandoms colomn.
- all the tags from all the categories are showing up in my tags column
- nothing shows up in content rating (mature, teen and up, etc. )
- the relationships column sort of works. 'characterA/characterB' tags show up fine, but 'characterA & characterB' tag doesnt really work? like it shows up, but as separate tags? like 'characterA' & 'characterB', so i cant filter by those tags. is there a way to fix that?
- nothing shows up in my category column (M/M, F/F, etc.) but you mentioned FFF calls them genre? should i rename the coulumn? im happy to do that, if it will help |
Taken in order:
Fandoms column: Your
custom_columns_settings is still broken--need remove the extra colon. It's just
=> not
:=>. Also make sure the 'Allow override' checkbox is checked.
Tags: Unless you change what FFF puts in Tags using the
extra_subject_tags setting, that's the default.
Content rating: Not going to be put in any column unless you configure it. FFF labels it just Rating in GUI or lowercase
rating for
custom_columns_settings. (Calibre's built-in Rating column is completely different--that's a 1-5 stars rating.)
Relationships '/' vs '&' -- As part of each "Comma separated text" custom column definition there's a checkbox for "Contains names". If checked, Calibre automagically splits on '&'.
Category column (M/M, F/F, etc): FFF records that as site specific
ao3categories and includes it (and
freeformtags) in the standard entry
genre.
Saved Metadata Column
FYI, since you are apparently just starting out, I also recommend creating a Long Text type custom column for FanFicFare Metadata and setting FFF to use it (toward bottom of Custom Columns tab).
Then whenever you download or update a story with FFF, it's raw metadata will be saved there and you can use FFF's "Update Calibre Metadata from Saved Metadata Column" mode to update existing books as your library configuration evolves without hitting the servers again.