[GUI Plugin] FanFicFare

[ownedbycats]

Question: Without setting up a custom column to test, is there any obvious mistakes with the personal.ini tweaks I posted in the metadata management thread?

Intention is to edit freeformtags for the Calibre column and leave the original on the titlepage of the story.

[defaults]

custom_columns_settings: 
 editedfreeform=>#yourtagcolumn

# 'add_to_' concats on to existing param, thus the leading comma
add_to_extra_valid_entries:,editedfreeform

include_in_editedfreeform:freeformtags

replace_metadata: 
 editedfreeform=>SomeTag=>SomeEditedTag

exclude_metadata_pre:
 editedfreeform=~SomeConversationalTagThatMakesNoSenseWhenSorted

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Question: Without setting up a custom column to test, is there any obvious mistakes with the personal.ini tweaks I posted in the metadata management thread? It's to leave titlepage freeform tags intact and edit those mapped to the Calibre column.

I don't see any obvious issues, what's not working with it?

[ownedbycats]

Nothing, just wanted to be sure that I wasn't leaving something out without setting up a column for testing. Thanks

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Nothing, just wanted to be sure that I wasn't leaving something out without setting up a column for testing. Thanks

I don't mind helping when there are problems you can't find, but I'd prefer you take a 'try it and see' approach more often instead of asking me.

[ownedbycats]

I will set up (another) test library for future use. Thanks

[applegaa]

ScribbleHub has turned up their CloudFlare level due to a wave of bot attacks. I'm hoping Tony will be able to turn it back down soon, but while I'm waiting for that, I went looking on RoyalRoad to see which stories I could get from there instead. When I tried to download ones that have an identical title and author, they tried to update the ScribbleHub version instead of creating a new one.

So, my question is, is there any way to get FFF to consider the site when looking for a matching story to update?

- Andrew

[JimmXinu]

Not really. There's no way for FFF to associate the same story on different sites.

You can change the Calibre identifiers:url to the other site, but then an update will replace all existing chapters (due to chapter URLs not matching).

Or initiate a download with the new site story URL and if you have the 'Search Title/Author' option on.

[applegaa]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

Not really. There's no way for FFF to associate the same story on different sites.

You can change the Calibre identifiers:url to the other site, but then an update will replace all existing chapters (due to chapter URLs not matching).

Or initiate a download with the new site story URL and if you have the 'Search Title/Author' option on.

I think you misunderstood. The problem is that FFF does match a story within calibre from one site with a fresh download attempt of the story from another site. I don't want my ScribbleHub stories being updated with RoyalRoad chapters, even though they are theoretically identical. I want it to ignore the ScribbleHub story already downloaded as not being a match and download the RoyalRoad version as a new story.

Currently, I've been adding a "-s" to the end of the ScribbleHub stories to prevent title matches, but was hoping for a more programmatic approach.

- Andrew

[JimmXinu]

Uncheck the 'Search Title/Author' option. FFF Config, General tab, right hand side towards the middle in Misc Options.

However, you will potentially have problems sending books to devices if you have multiple with the same title and author.

Honestly, adding something to titles (or authors) for the newer site with a replace_metadata setting is likely the best bet.

[riothamus]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

New Test Version Posted

2023-02-24
- adapter_royalroadcom: Fixes for site changes. #923

Needed changes for title, description and genre.

Working for me with the one royalroad story I currently follow. Thanks!

[applegaa]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

Uncheck the 'Search Title/Author' option. FFF Config, General tab, right hand side towards the middle in Misc Options.

However, you will potentially have problems sending books to devices if you have multiple with the same title and author.

Honestly, adding something to titles (or authors) for the newer site with a replace_metadata setting is likely the best bet.

I hadn't thought about changing the titles that way instead of by hand. Thanks! Also, thanks for the RoyalRoad fix. It was frustrating having both ScribbleHub and RoyalRoad failing!

- Andrew

[ownedbycats]

ffnet: When both check_next_chapter and open_pages_in_browser are active, it opens a 404 page for the nonexistent next chapter something like 4-6 times. The "chapter not found" page seems to be no-cache so opening it in advance failed. Is there anything else I can do or should I consider them mutually exclusive?

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

ffnet: When both check_next_chapter and open_pages_in_browser are active, it opens a 404 page for the nonexistent next chapter something like 4-6 times. The "chapter not found" page seems to be no-cache so opening it in advance failed. Is there anything else I can do or should I consider them mutually exclusive?

Actually, I did remember to document that one; from: https://github.com/JimmXinu/FanFicFa...eFeature#notes

If you are a fan of the check_next_chapter feature, you can view a chapter one number higher by manually editing the address in the address bar. But if it isn't found and you have open_pages_in_browser:true, FFF may pop open that page several times as ffnet doesn't allow Not Found pages to cache.

And searching the thread for check_next_chapter finds these from last month:

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Question: On an ffnet fic with 58 chapters (1-57 previously downloaded), is it expected behaviour for open_pages_in_browser to open a nonexistent chapter 59 several times? (The download worked.)

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

If you have check_next_chapter:true, yes. 'Not found' chapters return a no-cache response, so there's nothing in the cache to find.

[ownedbycats]

Augh! Sorry for asking basically the same question a second time.

[ThatLibraryRat]

Hello,

I would like to know if there is a way to use your plugging to basically save all my Ao3 account bookmarks offline on Calibre please?

I know it's not made to copy a lot of links at once but I was thinking of archiving the lot once then only checking on updates on the two most recent pages of bookmarks (once sorted by date updated).
Sorry if it's a crazy idea or if the question has already been asked, the search in thread option didn't have super conclusive returns.

Also, lots of appreciation for your work!