[bksvol-discuss] Re: submitted The Doctor's House

  • From: "Sarah Van Oosterwijck" <curiousentity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 14:05:42 -0500

Yes, I'm sure that was it. If you want to make sure you don't have problems in the future just name the file something short and without any punctuation except the period before the file extension.

People are repeatedly having this problem, and although long Windows type file names should be fine, it should now become an automatic thing to try a short punctuation-free file name at the first sign of trouble. The bookshare system couldn't care less what the name of the file you upload is, so if you can remember what the name of the book in the file is, don't hesitate to change the file name.

It would also be nice if people would clearly state their problems with the upload process by using the caption, or name of the form field with the problem. The confusion about book title and file name is the most common among these ambiguous statements.

I understand that new volunteers are confused, but using imprecise statements doesn't help either the person having the problem or the people trying to provide a solution, or barring that, moral support. :-)

Sarah Van Oosterwijck
Assistive Technology Trainer
http://home.earthlink.net/~netentity
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From: "Bud Schwab" <budschwab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 12:37 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: submitted The Doctor's House


No, it wasn't the first blank where you fill in the title, it was the c:\books\The Doctor's House that dissapeared each time until I removed the comma. Don't know if that's what did it or not. Anyway I finally got it.

Bud
At 10:25 AM 7/19/2005, you wrote:
Do you mean that the file name which encluded the book title went blank after every attempt? That is normal and commas in the file name sometimes do cause problems.

If you really mean that the first field of the form which contains the book's title was blanked each time, I am really surprised and discusted, because that should not happen. We need to be able to enter punctuation in the titles of books, or the titles just won't be accurate. Then we will have to throw fits. ;-)

Sarah Van Oosterwijck
Assistive Technology Trainer
http://home.earthlink.net/~netentity

----- Original Message ----- From: "Bud Schwab" <budschwab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 11:48 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] submitted The Doctor's House


Hi gang and Jill I believe it was who was looking for another Ann Beattie book.

I just submitted The Doctor's House by Ann Beattie. It scanned well other than a number of extra letters at the top and bottom of many pages which I erased. Can't figure out what causes them but I hear k1000 version 10 is going to deal with that.

One other question, I had to submit it three times before it would take it. Every time it didn't accept it I noticed the place for the book title was blank. Finally I took the comma out of Doctor's and then it went through. Would a comma keep it from going through? I thought I had run books through before with punctuation and it was ok.

Anyway, happy validating.  Hope Jill sees this.


Bud Schwab W 6 Z Y P Malibu, California




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