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1jcbrunner
On the work page under quick links where goodreads.com was listed it says now: "ERROR: Name Missing". I hope this will be restored soon, as I have my wishlist on goodreads (for ease of adding books).
(Goodreads still has the/my backlink to LT on its book page.)
BTW The error message, I emailed Tim on Monday and FicusFan reported yesterday is still showing:
Warning: array_merge(): Argument #1 is not an array in /var/www/html/inc_bookservices2.php on line 700
(Goodreads still has the/my backlink to LT on its book page.)
BTW The error message, I emailed Tim on Monday and FicusFan reported yesterday is still showing:
Warning: array_merge(): Argument #1 is not an array in /var/www/html/inc_bookservices2.php on line 700
2GirlFromIpanema
There is more to it (more that is wrong):
My list of links on the "editquicklinks" page show seven link, but the work page has only five. Missing are booklooker.de and play.com (a UK-based internet bookshop). Whatever I do, I cannot get them to show on the work page (deleting, re-inserting, reordering...).
This pertains to the German domain, BTW. Haven't checked LT.com yet.
My list of links on the "editquicklinks" page show seven link, but the work page has only five. Missing are booklooker.de and play.com (a UK-based internet bookshop). Whatever I do, I cannot get them to show on the work page (deleting, re-inserting, reordering...).
This pertains to the German domain, BTW. Haven't checked LT.com yet.
3rsterling
I'm not sure exactly which page you're looking at, but the recent changes to the work pages, with "get this books" etc. moved many of the external links off the main work page to a second page. This had to be done to comply with Amazon's new TOC about use of their data. Amazon won't allow links to competitors on the main work page.
You will only get certain quick links on the main work page, but you'll get your full customized list only on the secondary pages - on the "Get this book" page and the Local Book Search page. I may be telling you something you already know; if so, sorry.
As for GoodReads specifically, I'm not sure what the problem might be, but you can go to "edit quick links"
http://www.librarything.com/editquicklinks
click on "online" then click on "edit" next to GoodReads, and you can correct any information that is there. It looks like someone has entered their personal profile URL at GoodReads as the main GoodReads address - this should be the main address. You might also want to check the URL format for the ISBN search, and make sure it's going to the right place on GoodReads.
I just added GoodReads to my "quick links" and it's working fine, apart from the main GoodReads link going to someone's personal profile at GR.
You will only get certain quick links on the main work page, but you'll get your full customized list only on the secondary pages - on the "Get this book" page and the Local Book Search page. I may be telling you something you already know; if so, sorry.
As for GoodReads specifically, I'm not sure what the problem might be, but you can go to "edit quick links"
http://www.librarything.com/editquicklinks
click on "online" then click on "edit" next to GoodReads, and you can correct any information that is there. It looks like someone has entered their personal profile URL at GoodReads as the main GoodReads address - this should be the main address. You might also want to check the URL format for the ISBN search, and make sure it's going to the right place on GoodReads.
I just added GoodReads to my "quick links" and it's working fine, apart from the main GoodReads link going to someone's personal profile at GR.
4jcbrunner
Thanks, rsterling. Your diagnosis hit the mark. An unfortunate member edit nuked the goodreads link for all others. I restored the link. Hopefully, it will stay that way.
@Tim: There should be a way to merge entries without destroying links. Currently there are duplicate links to Buch.de/buch.de and also to an enterprising Buchhandlung Gerber. If I were to simply delete one, this would break those users' quick links.
@Tim: There should be a way to merge entries without destroying links. Currently there are duplicate links to Buch.de/buch.de and also to an enterprising Buchhandlung Gerber. If I were to simply delete one, this would break those users' quick links.
5rsterling
Huh. Now I'm seeing what the OP described, though I didn't yesterday.
Did anyone change the actual name of the link? Like from GoodReads to Goodreads? Or was it only the URL that was changed?
My suggestion would be to delete the now-blank quick link off your list and then re-add GoodReads.
The question is whether any edit is breaking the quick link or whether there was some specific part of the edit that broke it (like the name, or something else).
Did anyone change the actual name of the link? Like from GoodReads to Goodreads? Or was it only the URL that was changed?
My suggestion would be to delete the now-blank quick link off your list and then re-add GoodReads.
The question is whether any edit is breaking the quick link or whether there was some specific part of the edit that broke it (like the name, or something else).
6jcbrunner
>5 rsterling: Yesterday, I removed my broken Goodreads link and reedited the other Goodreads link (by removing the personal account part in the link, I also changed the category back from online bookseller to database).
However: There is a risk of edit wars. It would be great if one could merge existing links. Otherwise all cleaning up activities will break member links (buch.de vs. Buch.de).
However: There is a risk of edit wars. It would be great if one could merge existing links. Otherwise all cleaning up activities will break member links (buch.de vs. Buch.de).
