Ivo Oskamp b0cb365f98 Add Changelog page, shared JS/CSS, branding, volume-aware duplicates, and CBR improvements

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

2026-03-31 20:03:18 +02:00

Changelog

v0.1.1 — 2026-03-31

Bug fixes, volume-aware duplicate detection, shared code cleanup, and a new Changelog page.

Duplicates view crashed on load due to a TypeError (g.books.length was undefined); counter was stale and the view never rendered
Duplicate detection was too aggressive: different volumes of the same series (same title + author, different volume) were incorrectly grouped as duplicates — now keyed on title + author + volume
Grabber preload: same volume-aware fix — only flags a duplicate when title, author, and volume all match; falls back to title + author when no volume is known
Bulk Import duplicate check: different volumes of the same series are no longer flagged as duplicates

Search changed from search-as-you-type (250 ms debounce) to Enter-to-search — prevents the iPad keyboard from locking up on large collections
CBR reader: archive format now detected via magic bytes instead of file extension — .cbr files that are actually ZIP or 7-zip archives open correctly; added 7-zip support via py7zr
Docker: replaced unrar-free with proprietary unrar (RARLAB v6.2.6) — fixes failures on RAR archives using newer compression methods

Changelog page (/changelog): structured release history with version, date, and categorised change lists

Shared CSS (theme.css): single :root block with all global CSS custom properties; loaded on every page — no more duplicate inline :root blocks across templates
Shared JS (books.js): book helpers (bookTitle, bookAuthor, bookGenres, bookSubgenres, bookPlainTags, filterBooks) and search input wiring extracted into one shared file
Shared JS (conversion.js): SSE/EventSource logic (connectConversionStream, addLog) extracted from Convert and Grabber pages into one shared file

First release of Novela: a self-hosted personal library for EPUB, PDF, CBR, and CBZ files.

Grid and List view for all books and New books, with column visibility filter and persistent view mode
Sidebar navigation: All books, Want to Read, New, Incomplete, Series, Authors, Publishers, Archived, Bookmarks, Rated, Duplicates, Statistics
Sidebar counters for all sections, live-updated without page reload
1–5 star ratings stored in DB and written back to EPUB OPF / CBZ ComicInfo.xml
Publication status: Complete, Ongoing, Temporary Hold, Long-Term Hold
Status and want-to-read badges on grid covers, always readable regardless of cover colour
Duplicate detection: groups books by title+author; counter in sidebar
Incomplete view: all non-archived books where publication status is not Complete
Rated view: non-archived books with a star rating, sorted by rating
Bulk delete in All books List view with multi-select and Shift+click range selection
Disk usage warning in sidebar (amber ≥ 85%, red ≥ 95% or low free space)
Autocomplete for Author, Publisher, and Series in the book edit panel
Series volume suffix support (e.g. "21a", "21b") and volume 0 for prequels/specials
Cover upload for EPUB books; cover cache for fast subsequent loads

EPUB reader with chapter navigation, scroll progress, and bookmarks
PDF reader with page-image rendering and page navigation
CBR/CBZ reader with page-image rendering; format detection via magic bytes (supports ZIP, RAR, 7-zip archives)
Reader text colour: 5 warm-tone presets, persisted per browser
Content width slider (30–100 vw), persisted per browser
Bookmarks: save position with optional note; navigate back via sidebar or bookmark list

Single-file import: drag-and-drop or file picker for EPUB, PDF, CBR, CBZ
Bulk Import (/bulk-import): batch import with %placeholder% filename pattern parsing, shared metadata, live preview table, and duplicate detection
Convert (/convert): scrape web fiction and convert to EPUB; warns if title+author already exists in library
Grabber with credentials manager for site-specific login

Create EPUB books from scratch via a WYSIWYG editor (/builder)
Chapters with contenteditable editing; toolbar: bold, italic, underline, blockquote, author note, scene break, normalize
Autosave every 30 s and Ctrl+S; publish produces a standards-compliant EPUB 2.0 added directly to the library

Dropbox backup with versioned snapshots and object-store deduplication
OAuth2 refresh token flow (does not expire); legacy access token supported as fallback
Configurable backup root, snapshot retention, and scheduled interval
Live backup progress in sidebar (file count + phase); backup status dot with time-ago
PostgreSQL dump included in each backup run

Library loads instantly for large collections: ETag 304 Not Modified, IntersectionObserver lazy covers, single DOM pass rendering, json_agg SQL tag aggregation
Fast-path /api/library (DB-only); full rescan only on demand