[GUI Plugin] FanFicFare

[JimmXinu]

New test version posted (direct link)

2017-01-12
- Make base_efiction_adapter honor keep_summary_html:true option.
- Bump test version

keep_summary_html:true now allows cover images to work on starslibrary.net.

(I didn't include this in today's new release because it effects all the base_efiction adapters and I wanted it to have some time in testing first.)

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

When switched to starslibrary.net, it became a base_efiction adapter. The base_efiction code doesn't handle images (or even HTML) in summary/description. I will investigate if it's possible.

[cawilliams1]

I downloaded 4 stories from starlibrary.net to test. All are again pulling in images. Thanks for checking into this.

[readerboy7]

For stories posted to SB/SV, is it possible to have the OP's* avatar be the cover image? This probably ought not to be a default option, but could it be a personal.ini option? Also, if the option already exists, how do I add it?

* I'm saying OP, not author, since a story on SB/SV can have multiple authors (or threadmarked posters, in the case of omakes etc.), but obviously only one OP.

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by readerboy7

For stories posted to SB/SV, is it possible to have the OP's* avatar be the cover image? ...

It could be added, but isn't a current option. Using author avatars/images for covers isn't something we've done before. Exactly the opposite really, we have special code to detect and not use ffnet author images.

Is there interest (other than readerboy7, obviously) in using avatars for book covers?

(The 96x96 images shown in the thread are rather small. So it would take additional hits to fetch the author page and then the full size avatar image from there.)

[readerboy7]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

It could be added, but isn't a current option. Using author avatars/images for covers isn't something we've done before. Exactly the opposite really, we have special code to detect and not use ffnet author images.

If it isn't available (yet and/or ever), it's still possible for me to manually go to the author page and manually put the cover onto calibre, so it isn't really a priority even for me.

Of course, I'm fairly certain the covers will get removed with the next update, so how do I get FFF not to update the cover for the stories in question (I assume something to do with personal.ini)?

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by readerboy7

Of course, I'm fairly certain the covers will get removed with the next update, so how do I get FFF not to update the cover for the stories in question (I assume something to do with personal.ini)?

You can specify in personal.ini for individual stories that they shouldn't use the first image found and instead use the author avatar image (that you've found the URL for yourself). Example:

[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/32119/]
make_firstimage_cover: false
default_cover_image:https://forums.spacebattles.com/data/avatars/l/322/322925.jpg?1471421076

Cover updates aren't control in personal.ini. Image and cover support has evolved over time and it's rather overly complicated.

You can control whether the cover in the epub is updated on each download/update, and set a default (see attached). Then your injected covers will be protected.

[JimmXinu]

New test version posted (direct link)

2017-01-14
- Edge case fixes for errorcol and lastcheckedcol.
- Add author_avatar_cover option for base_xenforoforum. (Defaults to false)
- Bump test version

[readerboy7]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

You can specify in personal.ini for individual stories that they shouldn't use the first image found and instead use the author avatar image (that you've found the URL for yourself).

Right, I tested it on a short fic, and your solution seems to work fine. Thanks.

[jennifer_voorhee]

Hi, I just noticed that stories marked as restricted (with the padlock) on AO3 don't download the tags. In the personal.ini, I have the following:

[www.archiveofourown.org]
username:**MyUsername**
password:**MyPassword**
is_adult:true

Is there anything else I should have in there to have Fanficfare collect the tags from the stories? Right now I'm going through each story, checking the tags, then adding them into Calibre manually, but since the tags download just fine for the fics that aren't marked "restricted" I'm hoping there's a way to fix this so they'll be added to Calibre automatically when downloaded.

[ILB]

@jennifer_voorhee

Try it with
[archiveofourown.org] not [www.archiveofourown.org]

[Tanjamuse]

Or add an example link

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by jennifer_voorhee

Hi, I just noticed that stories marked as restricted (with the padlock) on AO3 don't download the tags. ...

Stories restricted to registered users work fine for me.

You can use either [archiveofourown.org] or [www.archiveofourown.org], but I don't recommend using both because that will cause confusion.

If you get the story, just not the tags, then your user/pass must be correct.

I'm going to need to see some examples story URLs that give you the problem to help any further.

[jklly12]

is this a plugin error or calibre error? I just deleted the file and redownloaded it only happend with one other fic.

[Tanjamuse]

Can you post a link?

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by jklly12

is this a plugin error or calibre error? I just deleted the file and redownloaded it only happend with one other fic.

"File is not a zip file" suggests that there's some problem with your filesystem, not the downloader. Is your disk full?

To help you any further, we need more information. Run calibre in debug (calibre prefs->restart in debug), try again, then post the error log.