Template talk:Book Data
What's with the Amazon image link?
Why do you have an amazon image link that appears at the top of each book page?
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/057506403X.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
This doesn't seem to serve much purpose visually and I have noticed that some links take you to a blank page. I also noticed the Book Data template page says:
- The "photo=" attribute should now be deprecated – use "cover=" instead.
Does this have something to do with the issue I read about copyright concerns? If yes, then using the non-free fair use guidelines (as used on wikipedia) can be applicable using low-res images and applying the correct license.
Additionally, I have a template suggestion I would like to run through with admin that I believe will improve the book infoboxes. -- CelticWanderer talk contribs edits 23:17, 8 June 2013 (GMT)
- It used to work, summoning up a cover image from Amazon. I have no idea what changed. You seem to have some skill with templates; perhaps you could fix it. --Old Dickens (talk) 23:32, 8 June 2013 (GMT)
- I have a basic knowledge of creating templates, nothing as complicated as on Wikipedia or other extensive wikis. My suggestion was for a complete revamp that doesn't include the 'HiddenStructure' parameter. I was going to include a proposed template to my subpages to see what people thought but alas, I cannot create pages! -- CelticWanderer talk contribs edits 23:56, 8 June 2013 (GMT)
Removing HiddenStructure
I've been trying to fix the Book Data infobox template so it doesn't display data that doesn't exist - for example, an empty category link for books which aren't part of a series. This probably involves a deeper revamp, as CelticWanderer suggested a decade ago (!), so I'm going to try and build a new template from scratch and test it. -- Guybrush (talk) 06:27, 28 September 2022 (UTC)
- Hallelujah. Then if you could do the other infoboxes... I've spent a lot of time inserting spaces to get rid of the string of code, but the empty fields remain. (Today's oddity: I get only the 26 edits from today in the Recent changes, even logged in.) --Old Dickens (talk) 16:39, 28 September 2022 (UTC)