covers/images-- uploading, deleting, etc.

[Ted L. Nancy]

I don't want any pictures, images, covers, etc. in my Bookpedia library, nor do I want them uploaded to my MobileMe site. I decided this after I had already uploaded some book cover to MobileMe.

In any event, I tried deleting each picture from within Bookpedia, but my library has at least 1000 books, and I was growing impatient with this arduous process. My impatience was complimented by my zealousness, which led me to attempt to get rid of all the images in one big swipe by deleting my entire "Covers" folder from within my Bookpedia Application Support folder.

Now I've got an annoying problem. When I update my library at MobileMe, the systems still seems to check or upload pictures. I believe this is because although I deleted all my image files, my Bookpedia library still thinks that there's a picture for most of my books.

Not sure how to proceed at this point. Any suggestions are much appreciated. Thanks. -Ted.

[Conor]

Hi Ted,

You should create the "Covers" folder again in the data folder as the program assumes this exists (you can leave it empty to have no images). What happens is that the export creates an empty replacement image if a book has no image. What you need to do is change the export template to include no images. Select your prefered template and use the edit button to create a copy in your data folder that you can modify and at the top of the HTML add the following tag:

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<meta name="image-export" content="no" />

You can find out more about export settings for templates at this page. When you export use the new template that should appear at the end of the pop-up list with the "My" prefix.

[Ted L. Nancy]

Great. I'll try it and let you know the results. Thanks.

Another question I've been wondering about is this:

Is it possible to bypass the preview when uploading my libraries to MobileMe in Bookpedia and DVDpedia?

[Nora]

If you don't want to see a preview of the export open automatically in Safari, hold down the Option key while pressing 'Preview'. That'll suppress the preview action and simply upload the information to MobileMe in the background.

[Ted L. Nancy]

Got it all working great now, thanks!