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nostra:

--- Quote ---A custom field would be better, provided it can be exported by the export plugin.
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All fields can be exported


--- Quote ---Date viewed could also be made a custom field
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What for? There is already a native date viewed field in PVD.

blue334:
Indeed there is.. hadn't noticed since I'm using that field as a generic checkbox for other purposes. My movies are batch-added as seen by default, but that doesn't set a date value. Then I tick them as unseen when I'm done adding the media info.

rick.ca:

--- Quote ---The existing comment field would be impractical, since that is already used in a default imdb import.
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Not exactly. There's an option to save the IMDb description in Comments, rather than Description (in case one is getting their description from elsewhere). But that same option can be used to put the description in a custom field. So I think it's "fair" to assume Comments is being used for user comments of some sort. And it was probably it's original intended purpose.


--- Quote ---Date viewed...could be grouped in a separate section with user rating and comments.
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Yes. I think it would make good design sense to keep all the user data together and separate from the other movie information.

Please remember I'm just offering suggestions for what might be a reasonable generic template. I assume that's what you want to do. From there, you can advise users generally how to make their own modifications.

blue334:
You're right about comments. The reason I thought they were imported is that my database is full of imdb user comments in that field, but those entries (about 70% of my database) come from AMC import. I hadn't really noticed the difference.

blue334:
Added the suggested fields in a separate section, no custom fields had to be used fortunately. Further comments and suggestions welcome. Will tidy up code and readme file before I upload a new set of files.

http://blue334.awardspace.com/ as before. You will notice I don't use date viewed, user rating or personal comments myself (yet).

One question: is it possible (by some magic) to name poster images by movie id instead of number increment? This would make it easier to do smaller updates to the website, because image paths would be statically linked with an entry in PVD. If I now delete an entry in PVD I get new links to most or all images, meaning I have to upload all 3,000+ again.

EDIT: Notice the new "Sort by" options in the pulldown menu.

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