[calibricious]

First and foremost, THANK YOU for taking the time to help me.

Originally Posted by chaley

I strongly recommend you look at the template language manual.

You are breaking a major rule for Single Function Mode:

Believe it or not, I DID look at the manual a bunch of times.
The problem is: I didn't really understand that rule, specifically on how I could avoid doing that, until you showed me the alternative.

Originally Posted by chaley

My suspicion is that in your situation using Template Program Mode is easiest. Something like

{title:'maketitle($, $author, $series, $series_index, $#category, $#pairing)'}

Your suggestion has worked like a charm! Once again, thank you so much!



I also must admit that, although I understand there are 3 different modes, I don't fully understand:

1. How to specify which mode I'm using (is it just syntax?)
2. General Programming Mode. Honestly, I just didn't understand the grammar code block in the man page at all
3. What use cases are adequate for Template Program Mode and which ones are for General Programming Mode
4. When I can and can't use which of them (and whether I can mix them)