How to do a Year Category? - Page 2

ownedbycats · 10-07-2020, 09:09 PM

I tried yearpublished:false and it didn't show any results. It didn't turn the search box red though. Is Unknown some sort of invalid word for this?

capink · 10-07-2020, 09:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

I tried yearpublished:false and it didn't show any results. It didn't turn the search box red though. Is Unknown some sort of invalid word for this?

I think it might have something to do with you choosing sort by number. Try with sort set to text (since it is always a 4 digits this should not affect the sort)

ownedbycats · 10-07-2020, 10:25 PM

Setting it to text worked! Thank you.

ownedbycats · 10-15-2020, 04:59 PM

I took the template that chaley helped me with in this thread and made a few small modifications:

Code:

program:
	p = format_date(raw_field('pubdate'), 'yyyy');
	if p then
		strcat(re(p, '^(...).*', '\1'), '0s.', p)
		else 'Unknown'
	fi

Make sure the column is set to sort by text or searching for unknown won't work.

In Preferences > Look and Feel > Tag Browser, put the column into the "categories with hierarchical items" field. This is the result in the tag browser of my fanfiction VL:

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dunhill · 10-15-2020, 07:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

I took the template that chaley helped me with in this thread and made a few small modifications:

Code:

program:
	p = format_date(raw_field('pubdate'), 'yyyy');
	if p then
		strcat(re(p, '^(...).*', '\1'), '0s.', p)
		else 'Unknown'
	fi

Make sure the column is set to sort by text or searching for unknown won't work.

In Preferences > Look and Feel > Tag Browser, put the column into the "categories with hierarchical items" field. This is the result in the tag browser of my fanfiction VL:

Attachment 182759

Excellent the calendar icon

ownedbycats · 10-15-2020, 07:18 PM

I grabbed it from this site

It's free for personal use.

10-15-2020, 04:59 PM	#19
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 11,365 Karma: 79528341 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	I took the template that chaley helped me with in this thread and made a few small modifications: Code: program: p = format_date(raw_field('pubdate'), 'yyyy'); if p then strcat(re(p, '^(...).', '\1'), '0s.', p) else 'Unknown' fi Make sure the column is set to sort by text or searching for unknown won't work. In Preferences > Look and Feel > Tag Browser, put the column into the "categories with hierarchical items" field. This is the result in the tag browser of my fanfiction VL: Last edited by ownedbycats; 10-15-2020 at 05:01 PM.*

10-15-2020, 07:18 PM	#21
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 11,365 Karma: 79528341 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	I grabbed it from this site It's free for personal use. Last edited by ownedbycats; 10-15-2020 at 08:05 PM.

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10-07-2020, 09:09 PM	#16
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 11,365 Karma: 79528341 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	I tried yearpublished:false and it didn't show any results. It didn't turn the search box red though. Is Unknown some sort of invalid word for this?

10-07-2020, 10:25 PM	#18
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 11,365 Karma: 79528341 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	Setting it to text worked! Thank you.