PMGS Stamp Album Page Generator For Scribus V1.2

The PMGS Stamp Album Page Generator for Scribus v1.2.1 is now available. Download here (1MB Zip).

Changes from v1.2
1. Per apastuszak's request, added ability to set font spacing (single spaced, double spaced, etc.) within the text boxes

Postmaster,

Thank you very much! Great stuff.

Found a bug. Font spacing only works if you don't use global styles. I'm staring at the python now. You'll probably figure it out before I will, though.

Found the problem.

Replace Lines 401-413 with this:

'''Set global text box styles'''
    if strTitleStyle == 'Global':
        scribus.createCharStyle("styTitleC",strTitleFont,float(strTitleFontSize))
        scribus.createParagraphStyle("Title",0,float(strTitleFontSpacing),strTitleTextAlignN,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,"styTitleC")
    if strDateStyle == 'Global':
        scribus.createCharStyle("styDateC",strDateFont,float(strDateFontSize))
        scribus.createParagraphStyle("Date",0,float(strDateFontSpacing),strDateTextAlignN,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,"styDateC")
    if strKatalogStyle == 'Global':
        scribus.createCharStyle("styKatalogC",strKatalogFont,float(strKatalogFontSize))
        scribus.createParagraphStyle("Katalog",0,float(strKatalogFontSize)*float(strKatalogFontSpacing),strKatalogTextAlignN,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,"styKatalogC")
    if strCaptionStyle == 'Global':
        scribus.createCharStyle("styCaptionC",strCaptionFont,float(strCaptionFontSize))
        scribus.createParagraphStyle("Caption",0,float(strCaptionFontSize)*float(strCaptionFontSpacing),strCaptionTextAlignN,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,"styCaptionC")     

Also slipped this in at line 1534 to enable hyphenation:

scribus.hyphenateText(shpCaptionHot)

Probably needs to go at 1547 also for people that don't use global styles.

And one small request. How hard would be it for LibreOffice calc to only output the stamps on the current spreadsheet tab when you click on Export To Scribus?

Thanks, Andy. I'll incorporate those into the next push.

WRT outputting only the current tab, it's possible, but it raises a separate design question -- what data tabs do you output if the current tab isn't a data tab? For example, if you go in to tweak a setting and click Export while on the Settings tab.

Version 1.2.3 is now available for download here. (1MB ZIP)

Changes from v1.2.1.:

- Added ability to save/load preset settings
- Changed spreadsheet export from exporting all data sheets at once to exporting a single sheet, by selection
- Added ability to hyphenate at end-of-line in text boxes
- Fixed bug with font spacing in Global-style text boxes

Oh Man! This sounds like just what I have been looking for!

The only problem is that the links don't work anymore. Does anyone know what happened or can someone supply the materials mentioned?

Thanks,
Terry

Oh wow. you're right! I'll shoot the man a message.

The backup drive on the server was acting up, so the hosting company is migrating us to a new server. It may be a couple days until that's complete and the website is again accessible.

Terry, if you'll PM me your email address, I'll email you the latest version.

I'm nosy. Which hosting provider are you using?

I use HostingMatters. I have their unmetered plan -- unlimited disk space and bandwidth for $11/month.

I highly recommend them if you're looking for web hosting. They have excellent 24/7 tech support, and they've bailed me out more times than I can count when I dorked up one of my websites, SQL databases, etc.

The migration to a new server is going slowly, as I did a poor job of cleaning out the old stuff on a regular basis. Unlimited disk space will do that to you. As it turns out, I had over 145 GB of stuff on the server. So, the move is on hold while I delete a bunch of old backups of my sites.

I'm using Lunarpages now and debating whether I want to switch. The big thing I need is the ability to call a human being. A lot of sites only offer online trouble tickets.

AFAIK, HostingMatters doesn't have phone support. I've never tried calling them, as they've always answered my trouble tickets within about 15 minutes.

Version 1.2.7 uploaded here (1.5 MB ZIP).

This version adds one new feature -- the ability to bulk generate boxes across multiple pages. In previous versions, all boxes would generate on the page on which you wee sitting when you ran the script in Scribus. Now, you can generate them on multiple pages within a single run.

Demo video


And as always, the latest version is always available on my website.