[GUI Plugin] FanFicFare

[WinterPhoenix]

I'm trying to figure out whether there's a way to display the number of new chapters a fic has received since I last marked it as read.

I already know how to display the total number of chapters using a custom column, but what I'd really like is something like “chapters updated since last read.” I've got something working with a custom column built from the chapters column and one that stores the number of chapters that a book had when I marked it as read, but that takes some manual input.

Is there a built-in way to do this?

[JimmXinu]

Not currently.

I wonder if you could use Action Chains to make a one-step 'Mark Read' action that copied 'current chapter count' to your 'read chapter count' column (and call FFF's Mark Read, etc).

If you're talking about FFF's mark_new_chapters:true feature, I might be able to add a metadate entry for the number of chapters marked '(new)'.

But words_added is the closest existing FFF feature. If you have log page turned on, and it includes numWords, words_added will contain the difference between numWords now and last recorded in numWords before update. But that won't be 'unread' words, just added in last update.

[WinterPhoenix]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

Not currently.

I wonder if you could use Action Chains to make a one-step 'Mark Read' action that copied 'current chapter count' to your 'read chapter count' column (and call FFF's Mark Read, etc).

If you're talking about FFF's mark_new_chapters:true feature, I might be able to add a metadate entry for the number of chapters marked '(new)'.

The mark_new_chapters feature is how I'm currently tracking new chapters, so that would be helpful, save for the fact that it would count any chapters in the first download as not new when I haven't read them. I'm currently using action chains to bookmark (record the current number of chapters) books when I finish them, but changing that to also mark things read through Fanficfare isn't something I had thought to do.

[JimmXinu]

New Test Version Posted

2025-11-28
- Add metadata entry marked_new_chapters for epub updated '(new)' chapters count
- adapter_literotica: Get chapters from JSON fetch for #1283 (no current examples)

As discussed above, adds metadata entry marked_new_chapters. Only appears on updated epubs when using mark_new_chapters. Can be used in titlepage_entries, logpage_entries, etc and custom_columns_settings.

A new download does not have marked_new_chapters because none of the chapters are marked 'new'. (New stories' chapters added to anthologies *are* marked (new).)

If you want your 'unread chapters' column to be populated with numChapters for new download, use 'n' flag for new download.

This example (for words instead of chapters) is one I used to use:

add_to_custom_columns_settings:
 words_added=>#words_added,r
 numWords=>#words_added,n