[GUI Plugin] FanFicFare

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by Amalthia

I'd like the cover image to only be used once as the cover, and embedded art to display in the fic.

For FFF I made the deliberate design decision to save two copies of the image when an embedded image is also used for the cover.

This is because if the cover and embedded image share the same file inside the epub, when a user injects a new cover, both the cover and embedded image are replaced. Most users don't want that.

[Amalthia]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

For FFF I made the deliberate design decision to save two copies of the image when an embedded image is also used for the cover.

This is because if the cover and embedded image share the same file inside the epub, when a user injects a new cover, both the cover and embedded image are replaced. Most users don't want that.

Hi, I'm not using the artwork within the fic as the cover art. I have my own set of fandom cover art from the "generate cover" plugin.

To be clear, it sounds like if you use "generate cover" plugin then the cover image there will replace all images in the fan fiction as the fic is downloaded?

Thanks,
Amalthia

[JimmXinu]

It's complicated. Have you read the wiki page Cover Settings Calibre Plugin?

[applegaa]

Originally Posted by TheOne320

I am trying to download stuff from Scribblehub, but everything is giving me error 403. One example:



Is that all because of CloudFlare? I tried once to get FlareSolverr working for ff.net but could not manage and gave up. If it is CloudFlare, is there an in depth guide for solving that?

I never could get flaresolverr proxy to work, but I found that adding the following to my ScribbleHub section works:

use_cloudscraper:true

It does fail on a story randomly roughly 1 in 30 tries, but I just try it again and it works.

- Andrew

[Amalthia]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

It's complicated. Have you read the wiki page Cover Settings Calibre Plugin?

I didn't realize there was a wiki for this topic. Checking it out now! Thanks.

[Amalthia]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

It's complicated. Have you read the wiki page Cover Settings Calibre Plugin?

I read through the wiki and it seems mostly focused on cover art, it doesn't discuss what happens if you have cover art and images in the story and how to keep both. Or if it did, I didn't understand what I was reading and missed the solution.

I did try one setting change and it used the image in the story as the cover art, but once I replaced the cover with a cover of my own choosing, it also updated the author's artwork to use cover.jpg.

P.S. to be clear I used the plugin "Generate Cover" to update the Cover of the story. It replaced the cover and the embedded artwork with the "cover" image. that did not used to happen. It used to be "Generate Cover" only updated the cover, not any other images.

p.s. part 2 - I found a story with multiple pieces of artwork and it seems like only the 1st image was replaced with "cover.jpg" the rest of the images were not updated. For now, I'll just edit the epub to use the correct image file. I'll have to do a lot more testing.

Again, I'd appreciate any and all help in figuring this out.

Thanks,
Amalthia

[Amalthia]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

It's complicated. Have you read the wiki page Cover Settings Calibre Plugin?

I believe I found the solution. I updated my personal.ini to use the following code:

make_firstimage_cover: false

I also updated my settings to use "update calibre cover (from epub):" to Yes, Always and "set Calibre cover only for new books."

In the "Generate Calibre Cover:" settings I'm now using "Yes, unless FanFicFare found a cover image."

I attached a new screenshot.

Thanks for pointing me towards the wiki.

Amalthia

EDITED: I think ultimately the solution was using this code in personal.ini

make_firstimage_cover: false

I changed my settings back and re-downloaded the fic and cover art stayed the same and the author's artwork wasn't overwritten with my fandom cover.

[JimmXinu]

New Test Version Posted

2023-06-26
- Fix for make_firstimage_cover causing embedded image to also use cover.jpg.

Originally Posted by Amalthia

IP.S. to be clear I used the plugin "Generate Cover" to update the Cover of the story. It replaced the cover and the embedded artwork with the "cover" image. that did not used to happen. It used to be "Generate Cover" only updated the cover, not any other images.

p.s. part 2 - I found a story with multiple pieces of artwork and it seems like only the 1st image was replaced with "cover.jpg" the rest of the images were not updated. For now, I'll just edit the epub to use the correct image file. I'll have to do a lot more testing.

FFF is deliberately coded to not do what you just said.

Or rather, it was supposed to be. Apparently I broke that last month while fixing a different cover issue.

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by Amalthia

I believe I found the solution. I updated my personal.ini to use the following code:

make_firstimage_cover: false

That does bypass the bug in question.

I'd appreciate it if you'd try the posted test version with your prior settings and report back whether it works for you.

Thanks.

[Amalthia]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

New Test Version Posted

2023-06-26
- Fix for make_firstimage_cover causing embedded image to also use cover.jpg.



FFF is deliberately coded to not do what you just said.

Or rather, it was supposed to be. Apparently I broke that last month while fixing a different cover issue.

I downloaded the test fanficfare and loaded the plugin into Calibre. I commented out "make_firstimage_cover: false" and re-downloaded the story where I originally discovered the problem. The cover art came through and the author's artwork wasn't replaced. I think you fixed it.

Thanks,
Amalthia

[FandomWitch]

While doing some metadata tweaking and some forum reading I noticed that the idea of being able to set a specific column to update was mentioned. I am throwing another vote on that. It would make it a lot easier to make a change to my metadata setup. Especially because occasionally I have to go in and tweak the data individually, which an Update from Column can mess up. (and I don't want to mess around with the Saved Metadata column too much)

(Throwing another for this amazing plugin as I make inroads on archiving all my favorites. Wouldn't know where to start organizing without it.)

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by FandomWitch

While doing some metadata tweaking and some forum reading I noticed that the idea of being able to set a specific column to update was mentioned. I am throwing another vote on that.
...

Can you link or quote that post? I don't remember it.

[FandomWitch]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

At current, populating a single column without running over the rest requires checking 'new only' on pretty much everything and commenting out custom_column_settings.

I've used search & replace from the longtext column, but this provides only the original value without any replace_metadatas.

Would there be much general use for a "update specific column(s) from stored column/website"?

You mentioned a lot of interest would be needed, so I was throwing my vote out there just in case. Personally, as I am still getting my library set up the way I would like, I would use this feature a decent amount.

[ownedbycats]

The forum search is terrible, but I think I suggested it.

My thought was selecting specific columns (with a dropdown list or a dialog full of checkboxes) to update specifically. This would be in place of constantly toggling 'new only' in the settings.

[theducks]

Add books:adding actions has the ability to 'Tag' (I assume a normal tag) the action. Does a plugin have access to that option?