When loading the HTML page, a blank entry is available. Under "Series", enter a "Title", then click on "Save to Browser" or "Save to File" (depending on where you wish to save the entry).
Entries saved to the browser appear in the dropdown at the top of the page. Select one to load it.
Entries saved to a file can be loaded by dragging the file onto the HTML page loaded in a browser window.
All fields are optional unless specified as required.
Series fields define information about a series.
Title: This is the name of the book or manga series. Required.
Emoji: The emoji to show after the title at the end of the post title.
Club: The club the book/manga is being read in.
Home thread: The WaniKani forum thread ID of the home thread. This may be used in a weekly thread template to link back to the home thread.
Short date format: The format to use for dates where a shorter date is preferred.
Long date format: The format to use for dates where a longer date is preferred.
Chapter # prefix: The prefix to show before a chapter number.
Chapter # suffix: The suffix to show after a chapter number.
Volume fields define information about a volume in a series.
Volume number: The volume number of the volume. Required.
Thread: The WaniKani forum thread ID of the volume thread.
Volume template: The name of the template to use for the volume thread.
Weekly template: The name of the template to use for the weekly thread/reply.
Cover image: The Markdown tag for the volume's cover image after it has been uploaded to the WaniKani forum.
Vocabulary list: The full URL to the vocabulary list.
Chapter fields define information about an individual chapter within a volume.
Number: The chapter number. Required.
Title: The chapter's title.
Remove: Removes the chapter.
Currently chapters are required for generating a per-chapter vocabulary sheet. In the future, a per-week vocabulary sheet option should be implemented at which time adding chapters will be completely optional.
Week fields define the weeks a book club is split across.
Week: The week number. Required.
Thread: The WaniKani forum thread ID of the week's thread.
Start date: The start date for the week's reading. Required.
Chapters: The chapter or chapters included in the week's reading.
Start page: The page number of the first page for the week's reading.
End page: The page number of the last page for the week's reading.
Remove: Removes the week.
Weeks are required, as the first week's start date is used as the volume's start date.
Templates are required if you wish to use the Copy Volume Thread and Copy Week Thread buttons.
Template name: Name of the template. Required.
Template markdown: Markdown with placeholders for club and weekly thread/replies. Required.
These fields are used for the Copy Sheets Macro button.
Show title row: When checked, if chapters and titles are set, they will appear as the first row of the vocabulary spreadsheet.
Alternate row colors: When checked, banding will be used for alternating row colurs on the vocabulary spreadsheet.
Color unsure and unknown: When checked, allows users to enter "unsure" in the note field to color a row yellow, or leave the English translation of a word blank to color a row red.
Color page numbers: When checked, page numbers are colored in pastel colors, with repeated page numbers sharing a color. This allows a subtle visual grouping of vocabulary words from the same page.
These fields are only applicable for generating a new vocabulary spreadsheet. Once the spreadsheet has been generated, adjusting these values will not impact the existing spreadsheet.
Templates use placeholders to insert text from a book/volume into a template's output.
These placeholders can be used in a volume thread template.
{Book Title}: Title of the book. Note: For a series, this currently only supports one title for the whole series (such as manga volumes).
{Cover Image}: Markdown for the book cover.
{Volume Number}: Sequential number of the book volume.
{Volume Start Date}: Start date for reading the book. Currently uses the format set in "Short Date Format".
{Volume Start Timestamp}: Start date for reading the book as a Markdown [date].
{Club Level}: Book club level. One of: abbc, bbc, ibc, abc
{Club Link}: Address of the main book club thread.
{Vocabulary List}: Address of the vocabulary list.
{Series Home Link}: Address of the series book club home thread. This is typically used for an offshoot club, and this may point either to the volume one home thread or a separate thread acting as the home thread for the series.
To repeat HTML/Markdown for a weekly schedule, enclose a single week's HTML/Markdown between {Week} and {/Week}.
Within these tags, a weekly schedule may additionally include these following placeholders.
{Week Number}: Week number of the week.
{Week Start Date}: Start date for the week's reading. Currently uses the format set in "Short Date Format".
{Week Start Timestamp}: Start date for the week's reading as a Markdown [date].
{Start Page}: Week's reading's starting page number.
{End Page}: Week's reading's ending page number.
{Week Chapters}: Chapter or chapters being read during the week.
{Page Count}: Number of pages included in week's reading.
The following placeholders can be used in a weekly thread template.
{Chapters}: Chapter or chapters being read during the week.
{Week Start Date}: Start date for the week's reading. Currently uses the format set in "Short Date Format".