feedback on removal of author links from author page

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feedback on removal of author links from author page

1elahrairah
May 24, 1:04 pm

i hate it :( is there a way i can put it back in the right sidebar as it was before?

i am working my way through my collection seperating and adding links for authors where possible and that extra click and reload is annoying and challenging to my muscle memory! (sorry i know this is incredibly minor)

all the other new stuff is great btw. its just that feature that doesnt work for me!

2eclbates
May 24, 1:30 pm

Where did it move to? I'm looking at an author that I'm SURE I added a link to his wikipedia article, and I don't see it.

3DuncanHill
May 24, 1:32 pm

>2 eclbates: You have to click on "Helper hub" at left. I think it's a bug, and have reported it as such.

4keristars
May 24, 1:32 pm

>2 eclbates: it looks like most of the right sidebar is currently hidden (probably not intentionally)

i use the narrow 1-column layout, and the typical stuff after "favorite" is missing, but if i go to one of the author subpages, like charts and graphs, it reappears.

5anglemark
May 24, 1:33 pm

Yes, surely a bug.

6keristars
May 24, 1:42 pm

https://www.librarything.com/topic/384566

couldn't find a bug report per >3 DuncanHill: so started a new one with screen grabs (please link me to the original if I'm looking right past it!)

7elahrairah
May 24, 1:43 pm

now i am confused. i opened some author pages:

https://www.librarything.com/a/38540/Robert-J-Schwalb
https://www.librarything.com/a/21036/Jim-Bambra
https://www.librarything.com/a/5181395

i was impressed that this change had happened so soon after me posting.

then i opened another author page:

https://www.librarything.com/a/65224/Phil-Gallagher

oh, its back as it was.

is it me, is it you? is it a bug, or a setting i need to change?

8elahrairah
May 24, 1:44 pm

oh wait, ignore that last post, its all been covered whilst i was feeding the dog :D

9DuncanHill
May 24, 1:53 pm

>6 keristars: I reported it https://www.librarything.com/topic/384495#9201994 in an existing bug report about author pages.

10keristars
May 24, 1:55 pm

>9 DuncanHill: thanks! I'll link to that in the fresh one, so it can be tracked.

11paradoxosalpha
May 24, 2:18 pm

>1 elahrairah: This group was never the right place to start this thread. See the group description.