done. Still needs some work but itâs there now
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So I just updated a few more books to the proposed layout and it even works with slight deviations. These now need a lot more TLC, starting with better covers, proper âabout the bookâ texts and much more. Maybe some folks here in the forum can help fill some gaps, or add âmini reviewsâ also (small âreader quotesâ about the book) or even long form reviews. We should also check if we can link more titles, names and other items, whether we have further ârelated contentâ to link to, and so on.
These are the ones updated:
I also made a template as Testpage-books for those wanting to help upgrade the rest of the books pages.
Bumping this seeking for more helping hands.
@Phil_H @Carlos @Companero_M @Mickey13 maybe you have some feedback looking at these?
Looks fine to me.
Yes, the book pages look fine. Iâve already worked on three of them, I believe.
I updated a few more, but thereâs still some way to go. Aside from updating the layouts, here are some things that many pages are missing:
- author info
- hi res cover
- reviews or just short comments
- some facts/figures like page count, ISBN, etcâŠ
- description texts with some books
- info about editions (1st, second, etc), and format!
So hereâs an update. I am through with all books we have listed and updated all of them who needed it to the new layout. I changed some pictures, fixed some things, etc, but for the most part, these are still not done. In a nutshell: Step one was really just some basic cleanup and transforming all the layouts. Thatâs done. Step two is really to fill a lot of gaps, fix information and add more value to these pages, thatâs still ongoing and help would be appreciated. This involves:
- Most pages need âabout the authorâ info
- on some occasions we need better cover images
- hardly any book entrys have short quotes about the book, or even reviews
- many lack description texts, especially the non-English/German/Spanish books sometimes it is unclear what they are, it gets more confusing with books that are actually event documentations (festivals etc)
- often info is missing like format, release date, edition and so on.
- I still have to add lots more Amazon links
- Major to do: link to existing forum topics, and link to the book pages back from the forum topics.
So maybe those of you very familiar with some of these books can take a look and make some improvements. I have to rest my wrists for a while, this was quite the marathonâŠ
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I keep saying Iâm going to work on these but talk is cheap and action seems to keep alluding me.
Well, itâs a new year so Iâll make a new start. Short descriptions and authors first, reviews to follow.
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OK @admins Iâve added a bunch of descriptions and author profiles on books I have. Will make a start at adding some reviews but that will take a little longer
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Fantastico, Signore Castello Duro (if that is the official Italian translation of your name?), I will also start going through them all once more, soon, to add more Amazon links and fix some gapsâŠ
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Sounds close enough
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To all those who care:
We are making great strides fixing up the books section, and we will continue to do so over the next few days and weeks.
However: we are still adding books! We could need some help identifying books we havent listed yet, especially in languages other than English. So if you know of a SW-related book and you canât find it in the SWDb books section, let me know!
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Books about directors
And this film yearbook has a special about SW from page 74 through to the last page 132. The special consists of a text about the genre, some pictures, and a list of âall SWâ (up to 1969), including some titles that arenât westerns and some that were never actually made, if I remember correctly.
Right before the SW there is a 13 pages section called âWestern der Nachtâ (Westerns of the Night) which is about the gangster films by Melville featuring Lino Ventura, so thatâs not too shabby either.
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Excellent help, amigo. Youâre giving me tons of homework but these are great additions!
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Here we go (for all of them some facts and info are missing, so additions, corrections and contributions are very welcome):
Gotta work on the last two still, will do those later. On that note I need to sort out all the various Fornari books, editions and translations. Rather confusing, some have the same covers but different titles, etcâŠ
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Almost done with all the Fornaris⊠
Can you give me info on page count and format for that one? Maybe also thereâs an info who did the translation.
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And thatâs enough for today
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