[GUI Plugin] FanFicFare

[JimmXinu]

custom_columns_settings:
 "false"=>#read

Assuming you're using Update EPUB if New Chapters. Nothing comes to mind for what you literally asked for: "only enabled when the epub gets new chapters".

[botmtl]

[QUOTE=JimmXinu;3545886]

custom_columns_settings:
 "false"=>#read

Thank you. It actually works out really good, better than I thought. There is no reason to ever update a book that has not changed, so my #read column keeps it's value. If the book does change, than so does my column. #shouldhavetrieditoutbeforeaskingforhelp

[dennocoil]

I'm trying to make custom columns from the FimFiction metadata. I think the plugin does download the data, but I don't know what I have to do in order for the downloaded metadata to show up. (Also dramione.org doesn't exist anymore.)

For example, I can't find how to make the Like or Dislike data appear in the custom columns.

[Tanjamuse]

Since http://www.storiesofarda.com/index.asp doesn't automatically add characters as metadata I've decided to do it myself, since I can search the site for stories based on specific characters. Unfortunately I hadn't calculated on the fact that when I add a new character to a handful of stories which already have existing information in my Character column, the existing information gets deleted. Is there any way to get around this or do I have to add them individually to each story?

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by dennocoil

I'm trying to make custom columns from the FimFiction metadata. I think the plugin does download the data, but I don't know what I have to do in order for the downloaded metadata to show up. (Also dramione.org doesn't exist anymore.)

For example, I can't find how to make the Like or Dislike data appear in the custom columns.

At the bottom of the FFF Custom Columns config tab, there's a checkbox for "Allow custom_columns_settings from personal.ini to override" that you need to check. Then you can use custom_columns_settings to populate Fimf site specific metadata into custom columns.

dramione.org is already on my list of sites to remove in the next version, thanks.

Originally Posted by Tanjamuse

Since http://www.storiesofarda.com/index.asp doesn't automatically add characters as metadata I've decided to do it myself, since I can search the site for stories based on specific characters. Unfortunately I hadn't calculated on the fact that when I add a new character to a handful of stories which already have existing information in my Character column, the existing information gets deleted. Is there any way to get around this or do I have to add them individually to each story?

Use custom_columns_settings with the ',a' flag after that column.

[Tanjamuse]

Do I add it in my personal.ini? Because I can't see it anywhere in the custom column settings in the plugin.

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by Tanjamuse

Do I add it in my personal.ini? Because I can't see it anywhere in the custom column settings in the plugin.

Yes. See custom_columns_settings

[Tanjamuse]

I have a feeling I might have done this wrong:

[www.storiesofarda.com]
is_adult:true
replace_metadata:
    rating=>^R$=>Mature
    rating=>^G$=>Kids
    rating=>^PG$=>Older Kids
    rating=>^PG-13=>Teen

#custom_columns_settings:
 #characters => ',a'

[JimmXinu]

@Tanjamuse, try this--changing #your_custom_column of course:

custom_columns_settings:
 characters=>#your_custom_column,a

[Chrystalline]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

FYI, the following sites all appear to have gone away:

Deandamage.com is still there. That's the site that worked for everyone but you for some bizarre, unknowable reason. Still dormant, but still there.

[Tanjamuse]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

@Tanjamuse, try this--changing #your_custom_column of course:

custom_columns_settings:
 characters=>#your_custom_column,a

I still can't get it to work.

Here's what I have:

[www.storiesofarda.com]
is_adult:true
replace_metadata:
    rating=>^R$=>Mature
    rating=>^G$=>Kids
    rating=>^PG$=>Older Kids
    rating=>^PG-13=>Teen

custom_columns_settings:
 characters=>#characters,a

Whenever I add a new character to a story with existing characters it deletes the original ones.

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by Chrystalline

Deandamage.com is still there. That's the site that worked for everyone but you for some bizarre, unknowable reason. Still dormant, but still there.

Huh. I recall that incident, but I confess I didn't remember which site it was. And at the time, I thought it worked for me when I used my mobile as a hotspot, but not anymore.

It does, however, still work from the web service. That's two points of function, so I'll leave it in.

Originally Posted by Tanjamuse

I still can't get it to work.
...
Whenever I add a new character to a story with existing characters it deletes the original ones.

Ugh. Some days I really feel like I should have said 'No!' more often when asked for different metadata options.

I assume you left the custom columns setting in the GUI tab for your #characters column to be filled with 'Characters'.

If so, that is applied first, then custom_columns_settings in personal.ini is applied (if the checkbox is checked).

Which works fine for the default (r=replacement) but not the a flag you're trying to use. Because the GUI setting has already replaced the old settings.

So instead, you need to remove that setting from the GUI settings (set it to blank) and use only custom_columns_settings for that column. Instead of a [www.storiesofarda.com] specific setting, I assume you'll want something like:

[defaults]
add_to_custom_columns_settings:
 characters=>#characters,a

...but the exact details will depend on your exact setup.

Alternatively, you could check the 'New Only' checkbox in the GUI for your #characters column, keep the [www.storiesofarda.com] specific setting and get nearly the same effect.

[Tanjamuse]

The site doesn't add the characters to any metadata column, as far as I can see. The only reason I stumbled across this was because of my desire to add the characters I can use in a search for stories on the site to the stories in Calibre so that I can use them there as well.

I will try your new suggestion and let you know how it goes.

[Tanjamuse]

I have now tried:

1. Removing the characters column in the custom columns settings, and added the part to the default section.

[defaults]
add_to_custom_columns_settings:
 characters=>#characters,a

- That didn't work, it still removes the existing characters when I add new ones.

2. Added the column for characters in the custom column settings and a checkmark in "New Only" and the site specific metadata.

[www.storiesofarda.com]
custom_columns_settings:
 characters=>#characters,a

- That didn't work neither.

I've restarted calibre in-between each try in case the plugin needed that. This problem only exists when I try to add new characters to multiple stories at once.

[JimmXinu]

Tanjamuse - Both of those solutions worked when I tried them. Which suggests that we may be operating under different assumptions.

When you said "...it still removes the existing characters when I add new ones." What do you mean? Please describe in detail what you are doing--Because I assumed you had added code to the site adapter to add additional characters to the metadata.