Works not visible after import

Hey @gavman7 !

If I understood you correctly: your imported works do not display on the plugin’s ‘Manage Work’ page, but they DO show up on your web site pages?
I can’t seem to replicate the problem in my environment, so any additional information will be helpful.
Did you make any changes in settings of the plugin or WordPress?
I’ll do my best to try to solve the issue.

Thanks @frier for the quick reply!

I only changed the Custom DB prefix in the settings.

I tried importing a few articles by DOI and it seems to be working ok as it reports success, but the details are not displayed in the plugin’s “Manage Work” page OR the assigned Website page. I am using the catch all string [publications auth={author} subj={publication} prep={all/only/ex} {year=YYYY / tag=TTTT}] but I only see the message ‘There are no publications for this year.’

Your help is greatly appreciated!

Hey @gavman7 !

Thank you for the provided information! There were indeed some issues with db prefix change, which are fixed now in the newest update.
Also, the provided tag is not meant to be placed on your web page as is. It contains fields in these “{” “}” brackets that have to be filled by user. For example, if you want to display every publication use [publications auth=all subj=all prep=all].

Thanks @frier

All seems to be working, but I finally had to change the prefix back to the original “Books_n_Papers”. Now I am working on a structure for displaying the list and I can’t seem to get the url element to link properly to the doi source. They display correctly as hotlinks, but they do not function. My current test arrangement is [authors], <i>[title]</i>, <b>[journal]</b>, {{[url]}}

Sorry, a couple other questions.

Can you explain the purpose of merging an author?

Lastly, can you delete an author from the list once a paper is removed?

Thanks kindly.

Hey @gavman7 !
URL links should work the same as in HTML: perhaps there are some syntax errors in your pattern? Basically, the pattern should look like this:
<a href="[url]">Some Text</a>
Also, notice that if your url field does not contain protocol (http, https, etc.) it will try to create the link to your own site. For example:
if url = "www.ads-software.com" on your site page the link will look like "https://your-site/wordpress/your-page/www.ads-software.com"
if url = "https://www.ads-software.com", the link will be "https://www.ads-software.com".
I hope this information is helpful, and you will manage to make the links you want.

As for your questions:
1. Sometimes the same author can be written a bit differently in different bibliography files. For example, let’s say we have “John Doe” as an author and we have just imported his two works. One of them has his full name (John Doe) and the other one has shortened (J. Doe). Plugin will determine them as two separate authors, which may be a problem in case we have to display the works of one specific author. That’s why you may have to use merge option, so these two separate entities will be considered as one.

2. You can delete any author on “Manage Authors” page by clicking “Remove” button. If the author you want to remove is in the unlisted section it will be removed automatically when all related publications are removed.

Many thanks @frier

Sorry, I can’t seem to get the code correctly arranged so that I may provide a working hyperlink to the doi source, or a functioning link to the uploaded pdf file.

Since I am trying to replicate the arrangement displayed in the screenshot that is provided in the documentation, would you be able to share the code that was used to produce this example? It is the ideal arrangement for me as well.

Greatly appreciate the ability to connect. Thanks once again!

Hey @gavman7 !

Here’s the pattern similar to the one used on screenshots:
[authors]. <i>[title]</i>{{, [journal]}}{{ <b>[volume]</b>}}{{ P. [pages]}} ([year]) {{DOI: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/[doi]">[doi]</a>}}{{, arXiv:<a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/[arxiv]">[arxiv]</a>}}{{, <a href="https://__your_site__/supplementary/[supplementary]">Supplementary</a>}}{{, <a href="https://__your_site__/downloads/[filelink]">PDF</a>}}

It does contain working DOI and arxiv links by default, but you still need to change supplementary and file links to fit your site configuration.
Replace __your_site__ with your actual site downloads folder (for example https://www.ads-software.com/downloads/). If all your files are downloaded to that folder, type file name and extention in the filelink field of publication (filelink = file.pdf).
Another way is to copy the full link to the file (https://www.ads-software.com/downloads/file.pdf) to the filelink field. Then change pattern link to <a href="[filelink]">PDF</a>

Also, don’t be afraid to try different adjustments to the links by yourself and check the results!

Many thanks @frier for leading me through theses steps! All is working fine now. Cheers! G