[GUI Plugin] FanFictionDownLoader - Page 116

Firedancer885 · 09-02-2013, 03:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FaceDeer

That image downloaded fine for me in plain old Firefox, so if it's just that one story that's gone wrong the best bet might be to simply crack open the epub in Sigil and manually insert the image. The fanfic is completed so you shouldn't have to worry about updates un-fixing it, I imagine.

The image displayed in Opera without problems. The epub was the only problem.

seabream · 09-02-2013, 03:18 AM

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Originally Posted by JimmXinu

Actually, [epub] wins over [<site>] when both are specified. Move it from [epub] to [defaults], or from [<site>] ot [<site>:epub].

Oh. I was going from: "## Each site has a section that overrides [defaults] *and* the format."
at the beginning of the sites section, and
"## extra_titlepage_entries (and extra_logpage_entries) *add* to
## titlepage_entries (and logpage_entries) so you can add site
## specific entries to titlepage/logpage without having to copy the
## entire titlepage_entries line. (But if you want them higher than
## the end, you will need to copy titlepage_entries.)"
in the [dramione.org] section, both from the default personal.ini, as well as the implied override order going from top to bottom in the file (defaults at the top, override at the bottom). Did you change your mind about order of precedence at some point, or is the order of precedence different depending on the data type? Perhaps when you have more time you could make the precedence order clearer in the documentation?

The other part of what was causing confusion was that the template personal.ini has a titlepage_entries line in [defaults] and not [epub], and a logpage_entries line in [epub] and not [defaults], so when the titlepage_entries line in [sites] worked and logpage_entries didn't, my first thought, seemingly supported by the documentation, was that it was supposed to work.

Anyway, I've moved [epub] logpage_entries to [defaults]. Thanks!

seabream · 09-02-2013, 05:22 AM

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Originally Posted by JimmXinu

As I recall, there are a few sites that allow a story to be in multiple series. But what would FFDL do with them?

Calibre defines one standard series column. You can add custom series columns, the issue is populating them. Even if FFDL had a feature for an extra series, can one story have three series? Four?

And even if the 'second' series for a story is put in a custom series column, if the next story in the same two series list them in the opposite order, it's still not useful. You could end up with:

Code:

Series     Custom Series
A[1]        A[2]
B[2]        B[1]

You couldn't sort correctly on either column.

That said, I am willing to add some AO3 specific extra_valid_entries for additional series. But you'd have to use custom_columns_settings to get them into your secondary custom series column(s). (Another alternative would be to include them in tags or tags-like custom column.)

Does that sound useful to anyone?

I just ran into this issue again (sorry I didn't comment the first time), and yes, I would find it useful to at least have the series information collected in a tag like custom column so that the information is somewhere on my computer for easier adding to custom columns. And yes, you could end up with the series in the wrong column if you did it by order, but at least you'd know the other series name and number in it even if you couldn't initially sort by it.

You know, what would work would be if you had virtual copies of the fic, one for each series it is a part of – so if you sorted by the standard series column, you'd have it show up in the right place in each series list. That's beyond the scope of FFDL I think, (Do you think that it might be something someone would be interested in putting in Calibre? I've looked through the Manage Series Plugin thread and no-one seems to have suggested the idea, but Manage Series seems to assume the custom column approach to works with multiple series. Actually, never mind, I found a thread it's in [not the most helpfully titled https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=127774 Idea for Consideration in Future Builds of Calibre]. It seems to affect too many other things to be simple.), but if I could set FFDL to make more than one copy of it, differing only in which series it has, that could work. Of course I'd need to change metadata for each separately, but I can handle that.

Speaking of extra_valid_entries. AO3's Archive Warnings tags (Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Rape/Non-Con, Underage) don't seem to come in under the standard "warnings" when I have it set up to appear on the title page. Are they supposed to? If not, would you mind adding an AO3 specific extra_valid_entry for it? No rush, I know you're tight for time.

seabream · 09-02-2013, 05:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glos

Most of my 1 chapter fic are like that, while I keep the copy I get from FFDL for the multi-chaptered ones because those epub downloaded from AO3 are always missing chapter notes (HUGE bug and they know it °_° ) while with FFDL I get all the notes

(Why am I keeping those with 1 chapter as they are from ao3? because I like their "first page" formatting *see pic* and I try to keep it in as many fics as I can, not because I don't like what your plugin does!)

I know that this is late, but I'm behind. If you like the first page formatting and you want to get the notes in the same fic, you may be able to approximate it with the custom css function. See EPUB Title Page at http://code.google.com/p/fanficdownl...erCustomOutput

It apparently supports tables and putting individual metadata entry values where you want them, so it looks doable. I'm not volunteering to actually do it because my CSS skills are practically non-existent and I have more urgent things I want to teach myself, but if someone else does it and posts it here, I would love to use it.

glos · 09-02-2013, 05:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by seabream

I know that this is late, but I'm behind. If you like the first page formatting and you want to get the notes in the same fic, you may be able to approximate it with the custom css function. See EPUB Title Page at http://code.google.com/p/fanficdownl...erCustomOutput

It apparently supports tables and putting individual metadata entry values where you want them, so it looks doable. I'm not volunteering to actually do it because my CSS skills are practically non-existent and I have more urgent things I want to teach myself, but if someone else does it and posts it here, I would love to use it.

that makes 2 of us

You know, though, the more I read the more I don't mind the stripped first page FFDL gets, in the end

But, yeah, I'd like to know how to do that too

seabream · 09-02-2013, 11:04 AM

Actually, allow me to amend my earlier statement. If when you say you like the formatting you mean the look, then you can approximate that with the custom CSS function. If you also mean the function, I don't think that you can do that, since each listing of each piece of data is a live link to the corresponding page on AO3, and the title page CSS only has access to the downloaded metadata entry values. FFDL does, or could, get that information presumably, but it would require new code probably.

I'd still use it if someone put together code for the formatting, but it wouldn't be the same.

To devs: A live link title page would be really neat, but is in no way urgent, especially since the current first page has a link for the fic and the author already, which takes one to an equivalent set of links.

P.S.: You replied pretty quickly glos. Is there some means to get a notification when someone quotes one of one's posts (because if so I want to use it) or was it just luck that it was the first post since the last time you visited the thread?

glos · 09-02-2013, 11:15 AM

It was luck and I'm at home bored today, reading

I don't think there's that kind of notifications for quotes (yet), I remember reading of a user asking about it, though.
No no I meant just the look

El_Pirato · 09-02-2013, 11:17 AM

is there a way for FFDL to automatically update books

JimmXinu · 09-02-2013, 12:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by seabream

I just ran into this issue again (sorry I didn't comment the first time), and yes, I would find it useful to at least have the series information collected in a tag like custom column so that the information is somewhere on my computer for easier adding to custom columns. And yes, you could end up with the series in the wrong column if you did it by order, but at least you'd know the other series name and number in it even if you couldn't initially sort by it.

I've added that my list of things to look at later.

Quote:

Originally Posted by seabream

Speaking of extra_valid_entries. AO3's Archive Warnings tags (Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death, Rape/Non-Con, Underage) don't seem to come in under the standard "warnings" when I have it set up to appear on the title page. Are they supposed to? If not, would you mind adding an AO3 specific extra_valid_entry for it? No rush, I know you're tight for time.

Example URL? Warnings from AO3 are working for me.

JimmXinu · 09-02-2013, 12:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by seabream

To devs: A live link title page would be really neat, but is in no way urgent, especially since the current first page has a link for the fic and the author already, which takes one to an equivalent set of links.

Links for all the categories, genres, etc? It's rather unlikely I'll ever add them. If somebody else wanted to, however, I'd be open to that.

JimmXinu · 09-02-2013, 12:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by El_Pirato

is there a way for FFDL to automatically update books

No, for various complicated reasons.

Amalthia · 09-02-2013, 07:07 PM

Hi,

For the last two weeks I've noticed that my metadata isn't updating properly on all the stories I'm updating in Calibre or adding to Calibre for the first time.

I'm not sure what to do to have the metadata update like it used to? This error message happens on a wide assortment of stories.

Here is an error message I received for an Anthology I tried to download tonight using the FFDL plugin.

Spoiler:

JimmXinu · 09-02-2013, 08:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Amalthia

For the last two weeks I've noticed that my metadata isn't updating properly on all the stories I'm updating in Calibre or adding to Calibre for the first time.
...

Code:

Traceback (most recent call last):
...
  File "site-packages\calibre\db\legacy.py", line 458, in set_metadata
...
  File "site-packages\calibre\db\backend.py", line 1335, in windows_check_if_files_in_use
  File "site-packages\calibre\utils\filenames.py", line 340, in __init__
IOError: [Errno 13] File is open in another process: u'r:\\dropbox\\calibre libraries\\fanfiction calibre library\\versaphile\\falconry anthology (10088)\\falconry anthology - versaphile.epub'

Since I see that you're keeping your library under dropbox (which is going to be opening files automatically) and calibre starting with 1.0 has been doing a 'windows_check_if_files_in_use' and failing if another process has any of the book's files open, I'm going to blame dropbox vs calibre conflict. (FFDL only updates the epub through the calibre interfaces.)

richreads · 09-02-2013, 08:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidfor

As you are talking Kobo and shelves, you might want to have a look at https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=193184. There are some suggestions of other ways to handle this. The idea is to create a custom column that returns the shelf names you want by looking at values in other columns. If there is already a value in the metadata that can be used, this is fairly easy to do.

I actually used this page to set up my custom column so I could create the Kobo shelf.
With three Kobos in the house now I've actually bookmarked that page I've referred to it so many times

.
Thanx

for the great reference.

FaceDeer · 09-02-2013, 09:21 PM

Found another tricksy author name.

http://www.fimfiction.net/story/40187/ has an author named "Rainbow|Dash". When FFDL tried downloading it I hit the same "metadata wasn't updated" error window I got earlier for the "&" names, and it turned the author's name into "Rainbow,Dash" instead. The author's name is correctly linked back to the author page, though.

09-02-2013, 11:04 AM	#1731
seabream Enthusiast Posts: 48 Karma: 1056 Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Central Canada Device: Sony PRS-T1, RIM Playbook & Z10, Samsung Note, MacOSX	AO3 first page Actually, allow me to amend my earlier statement. If when you say you like the formatting you mean the look, then you can approximate that with the custom CSS function. If you also mean the function, I don't think that you can do that, since each listing of each piece of data is a live link to the corresponding page on AO3, and the title page CSS only has access to the downloaded metadata entry values. FFDL does, or could, get that information presumably, but it would require new code probably. I'd still use it if someone put together code for the formatting, but it wouldn't be the same. To devs: A live link title page would be really neat, but is in no way urgent, especially since the current first page has a link for the fic and the author already, which takes one to an equivalent set of links. P.S.: You replied pretty quickly glos. Is there some means to get a notification when someone quotes one of one's posts (because if so I want to use it) or was it just luck that it was the first post since the last time you visited the thread?

09-02-2013, 11:17 AM	#1733
El_Pirato FanFic Hunter Posts: 19 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Newport News, VA Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab S6	is there a way for FFDL to automatically update books Last edited by El_Pirato; 09-02-2013 at 11:18 AM. Reason: typo

09-02-2013, 07:07 PM	#1737
Amalthia Wizard Posts: 1,188 Karma: 32196 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Anchorage, AK Device: Sony Reader PRS-505, PRS-650, PRS-T3, Pocketbook HD2	Hi, For the last two weeks I've noticed that my metadata isn't updating properly on all the stories I'm updating in Calibre or adding to Calibre for the first time. I'm not sure what to do to have the metadata update like it used to? This error message happens on a wide assortment of stories. Here is an error message I received for an Anthology I tried to download tonight using the FFDL plugin. Spoiler: calibre, version 1.1.0 ERROR: Error Updating Metadata: <p>An error has occurred while FFDL was updating calibre's metadata for <a href='http://archiveofourown.org/series/40210'>Falconry Anthology</a>.</p>The ebook has been updated, but the metadata has not. Traceback (most recent call last): File "calibre_plugins.fanfictiondownloader_plugin.ffdl_ plugin", line 1113, in update_books_loop File "calibre_plugins.fanfictiondownloader_plugin.ffdl_ plugin", line 1442, in update_metadata File "site-packages\calibre\db\legacy.py", line 458, in set_metadata File "site-packages\calibre\db\cache.py", line 56, in ans File "site-packages\calibre\db\cache.py", line 1123, in set_metadata File "site-packages\calibre\db\cache.py", line 1118, in set_field File "site-packages\calibre\db\cache.py", line 922, in set_field File "site-packages\calibre\db\backend.py", line 1335, in windows_check_if_files_in_use File "site-packages\calibre\utils\filenames.py", line 340, in __init__ IOError: [Errno 13] File is open in another process: u'r:\\dropbox\\calibre libraries\\fanfiction calibre library\\versaphile\\falconry anthology (10088)\\falconry anthology - versaphile.epub' Story Details: comment: publisher: archiveofourown.org begin: None good: True end: None pubdate: 2013-03-17 00:00:00-08:00 author: [u'versaphile'] url: http://archiveofourown.org/series/40210 series: None author_sort: [u'versaphile'] all_metadata: rating: Explicit, Explicit, Explicit langcode: None site: archiveofourown.org, archiveofourown.org, archiveofourown.org datePublished: 2013-03-17 authorHTML: <a class='authorlink' href='http://archiveofourown.org/users/versaphile/pseuds/versaphile'>versaphile</a>, <a class='authorlink' href='http://archiveofourown.org/users/versaphile/pseuds/versaphile'>versaphile</a>, <a class='authorlink' href='http://archiveofourown.org/users/versaphile/pseuds/versaphile'>versaphile</a> storyUrl: http://archiveofourown.org/works/725176, http://archiveofourown.org/works/739676, http://archiveofourown.org/works/839147 storyId: 725176, 739676, 839147 category: Merlin (TV), Merlin (TV), Merlin (TV) lastupdate: Last Update Year/Month: 2013/03, Last Update: 2013/03/17, Last Update Year/Month: 2013/03, Last Update: 2013/03/29, Last Update Year/Month: 2013/06, Last Update Year/Month: 2013/09, Last Update: 2013/06/11, Last Update: 2013/09/01 formatext: None anthology: true author: versaphile ships: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin) formatname: None comments: 35, 55, 438 fandoms: Merlin (TV), Merlin (TV), Merlin (TV) seriesHTML: <a class='serieslink' href='http://archiveofourown.org/series/40210'>Falconry [1]</a>, <a class='serieslink' href='http://archiveofourown.org/series/40210'>Falconry [2]</a>, <a class='serieslink' href='http://archiveofourown.org/series/40210'>Falconry [3]</a> version: FanFictionDownLoader v1.7.39, FanFictionDownLoader v1.7.39, FanFictionDownLoader v1.7.39 collections: None dateUpdated: 2013-09-01 numChapters: 29 numWords: 213564 description: <blockquote class="userstuff"><p>Set a few weeks after the events of "The Curse of Cornelius Sigan". If only Merlin had never slipped on the stairs. He would have gone to Mercia with Arthur and never realized he was in love. Desperate, hopeless love.</p></blockquote> <blockquote class="userstuff"><p>Merlin was a sincere little puzzle-box, and Arthur wanted nothing more than to take him apart, and perhaps even see how best to put him back together. He didn't realize that Merlin might be the key to his own heart.</p><p>An anti-reveal/pre-reveal fic. There is also fun with an enchanted boar, pre-Round Table Knights, and more fallout from The Curse of Cornelius Sigan. Oh, and smut. Lots of smut.</p></blockquote> <blockquote class="userstuff"><p>It's hard enough being a powerful sorcerer in Camelot, but being in love with the Crown Prince has its downsides. More than anything else, Merlin wants to earn Arthur's respect, yet without his magic he is nothing. But if he can learn to fight with a sword, if Arthur will teach him to be a knight, Merlin is certain that he can have it all. He can keep Arthur safe and earn his respect and his love. He won't have to lie to Arthur about his magic if he doesn't have to use it.</p><p>But life in Camelot is a long gauntlet to run, with new threats at every turn. War looms on the horizon. And in the balance between love and duty, Merlin may have to make the hardest choice of all.</p></blockquote> warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence dateCreated: 2013-09-02 15:02:07 output_css: None authorId: versaphile, versaphile, versaphile authorUrl: http://archiveofourown.org/users/ver...uds/versaphile, http://archiveofourown.org/users/ver...uds/versaphile, http://archiveofourown.org/users/ver...uds/versaphile characters: Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Gaius (Merlin), Gwen (Merlin), Merlin (Merlin), Morgana (Merlin), Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Gaius (Merlin), Knights (Merlin), Merlin (Merlin), Morgana (Merlin), Uther Pendragon (Merlin), Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Gaius (Merlin), Geraint (Merlin), Gwen (Merlin), Knights (Merlin), Leon (Merlin), Merlin (Merlin), Morgana (Merlin), Uther Pendragon (Merlin) genre: Angst, Episode Related, Episode: s02e01 The Curse of Cornelius Sigan, First Time, Fluff and Angst, Humor, Hurt Merlin, Hurt/Comfort, Loss of Virginity, M/M, Masturbation, Pining, Romance, Season/Series 02, Sex Magic, Smut, Action/Adventure, Angst, Bottom Merlin, Character Study, Comeplay, Episode Related, Episode: s02e01 The Curse of Cornelius Sigan, Gloves, Humor, Hurt/Comfort, Loss of Virginity, M/M, Mild D/s, Possessive Behavior, Protective Arthur, Romance, Scent Kink, Season/Series 02, Smut, Action/Adventure, Angst, BAMF Arthur, BAMF Merlin, Battle, Bondage, Bottom Arthur, Bottom Merlin, Canon-Typical Violence, Comeplay, Dom/sub, Fisting, Gloves, Hurt/Comfort, Knifeplay, M/M, Magic Revealed, Military Training, Object Insertion, Orgasm Delay/Denial, Possessive Behavior, Protective Arthur, Protective Merlin, Romance, Season/Series 02, Slow Burn, Smut, Somnophilia, Swordplay kudos: 212, 190, 217 language: None seriesUrl: http://archiveofourown.org/series/40210, http://archiveofourown.org/series/40210, http://archiveofourown.org/series/40210 siteabbrev: ao3, ao3, ao3 title: Falconry Anthology extratags: FanFiction, FanFiction, FanFiction comments: Anthology containing: Bird With A Broken Wing by versaphile A Bird In Hand by versaphile Bird of the Gauntlet by versaphile anthology_meta_list: category: True rating: True kudos: True version: True lastupdate: True authorId: True seriesUrl: True author: True ships: True site: True comments: True fandoms: True authorHTML: True storyUrl: True seriesHTML: True authorUrl: True characters: True storyId: True genre: True extratags: True siteabbrev: True calibre_id: 10088 outfile: C:\Users\Amalthia\AppData\Local\Temp\calibre_uegh1 5\fanfictiondownloader_waf2_u\6n7vol.epub added: True updatedate: 2013-09-01 00:00:00-08:00 timestamp: 2013-09-02 15:02:07.640000-08:00 title: Falconry Anthology tags: [u'Fluff and Angst', u'Humor', u'Hurt Merlin', u'Angst', u'Romance', u'Season/Series 02', u'M/M', u'Merlin (TV)', u'Loss of Virginity', u'Merlin (Merlin)', u'FanFiction', u'Episode Related', u'Hurt/Comfort', u'Masturbation', u'Gaius (Merlin)', u'Episode: s02e01 The Curse of Cornelius Sigan', u'Morgana (Merlin)', u'Smut', u'Gwen (Merlin)', u'Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)', u'First Time', u'Sex Magic', u'Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)', u'Pining', u'Mild D/s', u'Bottom Merlin', u'Protective Arthur', u'Gloves', u'Comeplay', u'Action/Adventure', u'Uther Pendragon (Merlin)', u'Scent Kink', u'Possessive Behavior', u'Knights (Merlin)', u'Character Study', u'Dom/sub', u'Fisting', u'Slow Burn', u'Somnophilia', u'Magic Revealed', u'Bondage', u'Military Training', u'BAMF Arthur', u'Bottom Arthur', u'Leon (Merlin)', u'BAMF Merlin', u'Protective Merlin', u'Geraint (Merlin)', u'Orgasm Delay/Denial', u'Battle', u'Knifeplay', u'Object Insertion', u'Canon-Typical Violence', u'Swordplay', u'Anthology'] Last edited by theducks; 09-02-2013 at 08:21 PM. Reason: Wrapped long paste in Spoiler

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09-02-2013, 11:15 AM	#1732
glos Zealot Posts: 132 Karma: 1070185 Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Italy Device: Kobo Aura HD	It was luck and I'm at home bored today, reading I don't think there's that kind of notifications for quotes (yet), I remember reading of a user asking about it, though. No no I meant just the look

09-02-2013, 09:21 PM	#1740
FaceDeer Connoisseur Posts: 89 Karma: 706 Join Date: Nov 2012 Device: Kobo Touch	Found another tricksy author name. http://www.fimfiction.net/story/40187/ has an author named "Rainbow\|Dash". When FFDL tried downloading it I hit the same "metadata wasn't updated" error window I got earlier for the "&" names, and it turned the author's name into "Rainbow,Dash" instead. The author's name is correctly linked back to the author page, though.