[GUI Plugin] FanFicFare

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

Are you removing the '#' chars before browser_cache_path to uncomment it?

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

Both. A line beginning with a '#' is commented out and ignored.

The error indicates that you don't have a correct value for browser_cache_path set.

Originally Posted by novelas_

###browser_cache_path:C:\Users\myname\AppData\Loca l\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cache\Cache_Data
###browser_cache_path:C:\Users\myname\AppData\Loca l\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\Cache\Cache_Data
###browser_cache_path:C:\Users\myname\AppData\Loca l\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cache\Cache_Data

does this need to be also uncommented?

Yes. One of those lines--the one that leads to your browser's cache directory--needs to NOT have hash(#) characters in front of it.

[novelas_]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

Yes. One of those lines--the one that leads to your browser's cache directory--needs to NOT have hash(#) characters in front of it.

The thing that happens is that when I remove the # form browser cache I need to put use_browser_cache: false.

Secondly, do I need to remove the # to all of browser_cache_path or only to one?

[novelas_]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

Yes. One of those lines--the one that leads to your browser's cache directory--needs to NOT have hash(#) characters in front of it.

I have remove the ### of the first and second line
(###browser_cache_path:C:\Users\myname\AppData\Loc a l\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cache\Cache_Data
###browser_cache_path:C:\Users\myname\AppData\Loca l\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\Cache\Cache_Data
###browser_cache_path:C:\Users\myname\AppData\Loca l\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cache\Cache_Data)

but when I try to download it opens many tabs with the fiction and this message will come out



Status
Title
Author
Comment
URL
Error
Unknown
Unknown
HTTP Error in FFF 'Page not found or expired in Browser Cache (see FFF setting browser_cache_age_limit)'(428) URL:'https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11024296/1/Godling-Ascending'
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1102429...ling-Ascending

[novelas_]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

Yes. One of those lines--the one that leads to your browser's cache directory--needs to NOT have hash(#) characters in front of it.

I downloaded it, but for some reason it keeps opening tabs while the fic downloads. Do you have any ideas about what might be causing this?

[ownedbycats]

yes. If any line is commented, it isn't used. You also need to make sure it's the right path; unless your username is literally 'myname' fix that.

EDIT: Missed a page

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by novelas_

I downloaded it, but for some reason it keeps opening tabs while the fic downloads. Do you have any ideas about what might be causing this?

That's what the setting open_pages_in_browser:true does. It opens each page not already found in your cache in your default browser to try and get it in the cache. The alternative is to open each page yourself in the browser.

Still getting a "Page not found or expired in Browser Cache" error suggests that you may still not have browser_cache_path pointed at the correct cache directory.

Or some other random problem. It doesn't work 100% of the time.

Honestly, I don't really recommend FanFicFare for fanfiction.net for new users anymore. As you are finding, it has to be setup precisely and even then is rather inconvenient to use.

You might consider something like WebToEpub or fanfictiondownloader.net instead.

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

I somehow suspect this isn't a FFF issue specifically, but does anybody know why sometimes I get an email notification about a fanfic update on AO3 but then when I go to download it the last-updated date is several weeks (or even months) old?

A friend send me this link: the author was using an AO3 draft, and forgot to change the date before posting.

[JimmXinu]

New Test Version Posted

2023-10-22
- Retry Calibre metadata update when it fails due to conflicting program(Windows File Explorer)

Don't if anyone else has seen it lately, but I've continued to bump into the problem where Calibre's metadata update fails simply because Window File Explorer is also open. Not open in the library, just open to some random dir(s) else where on disk.

To the best of my knowledge, Kovid ruled this the correct behavior.

I've added a retry to FFF on metadata update failure that first warns you:
"FanFicFare will try to update metadata again once. Close any interfering programs (such as Windows File Explorer) before closing this dialog."

[starfishpaws]

Hello, sorry in advance for what I'm sure is a very obvious question: I'm new to this and very confused. I have set up the personal.ini to log me into AO3 and successfully download, however I don't want my Calibre tag field populated with the AO3 tags (which are often useless). Can someone help me turn that feature off?

Again, thanks so much

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by starfishpaws

Hello, sorry in advance for what I'm sure is a very obvious question: I'm new to this and very confused. I have set up the personal.ini to log me into AO3 and successfully download, however I don't want my Calibre tag field populated with the AO3 tags (which are often useless). Can someone help me turn that feature off?

Again, thanks so much

[archiveofourown.org]

## AO3 doesn't have anything it calls 'genre'.  The adapter used to be
## hardcoded to include the site specific metadata freeformtags &
## ao3categories in the standard metadata field genre.  By making it
## configurable, users can change it.
include_in_genre: freeformtags, ao3categories

Remove 'freeformtags' should do it.

[ownedbycats]

Plugin seems to work as expected in Calibre 6.99! I sucessfully opened the configuration and successfully updated a story.

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

Pretty easy:

add_to_replace_metadata:
 description=>^(.*)$=>Prefix \1

If you have keep_summary_html:true (which is the default), you might want to use HTML.

I added this on the MetadataManagement page. Admittedly mostly for my own future reference.

[JimmXinu]

FYI, it looks like ffnet's notification emails aren't going out.

There's a reddit thread about it but nothing useful from ffnet themselves.

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

FYI, it looks like ffnet's notification emails aren't going out.

There's a reddit thread about it but nothing useful from ffnet themselves.

This gave me a chuckle:

[ownedbycats]

Is there a way to block images from a specific domain? One fic I downloaded recently has a bunch of dead tinypic images, I manually removed then but it'd be nice to avoid that in the future.