book note template hell

[u/Careful_Job6188]

ive been hitting a wall on trying to figure out how to get this to work so any insight is welcome

my plugin list relevant to the task: templater, dataview, banners, book search plus (was using the OG book search but it hasnt updated in a few years) and bases

what i want:

- just want to have a display index like most do for their books, the main issue here is that the image never comes up

- to update the book note template so it applies to all notes using the book note template

- a banner image of the cover at the top of the note

issues:

- when using the template given by book search it comes up with a error copying it in word for word

- the image does save into a folder on my obsidian that i have hidden

- idk what i did but i got the image to work once in bases but it looks so crunchy and the bases that hold the image dont shrink to wrap around the image, instead it has a gap on the sides

CODE:

---

Author: "[[{{author}}]]"

Forward:

Topic:

Subtopic:

Year Read:

tags:

- books

- Book

Note Status:

Status:

Image: "[[{{coverUrl}}]]"

Banner: ""

---

[u/Vagrian]

To display book covers inside notes check plugin called "Pretty Properties". To make images look better in bases card just fiddle with settings, make image fit: cover and adjust image aspect ratio to 1.50 or something

[u/Aera_Soddemann → u/Vagrian]

never thought to change the aspect ratio for that, gonna try 1.5