Add-from-post no longer appends straight into the run — it STAGES the post's
pages as pending (per-page status; page_number NULL), grouped by source post,
so the operator drops junk (text-free alts, bumpers) and places the keepers
into the sequence with clean series-global numbering.
- migration 0048: series_page.status ('placed' default | 'pending') + nullable
page_number.
- series_service: placed/pending split everywhere (list_pages returns the
placed run + a `pending` section grouped by source post; reorder/cover/
list_series operate on placed only); add_post stages pending; new
place_pending(image_ids, before_image_id=None) flips pending→placed spliced
before a page (or appended) and renumbers; junk removal reuses remove_images.
- api/tags: /add-post now returns staged count; new POST /series/<id>/pending/
place.
- frontend: PostSeriesMenu navigates to the series after staging; seriesManage
store surfaces `pending` + placePending; SeriesManageView gains a pending
tray (per-post groups, place-all / place-one / drop-junk).
- tests: pending staging, place (append + insert-before), ignore-already-
placed, drop-junk, route guard; updated add_post + match-accept expectations.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Reframe a series from "ordered chapters that own pages" to ONE flat,
series-global ordered run of pages with optional cosmetic chapter DIVIDERS
over it. A chapter no longer wraps content — it's a labeled divider anchored
to the page that begins it; a page's chapter is derived as the nearest
preceding divider. This is what lets installments assembled from multiple
sources sit in one continuous, correctly-numbered sequence (operator's
Goblin Juice case).
- migration 0047: flatten each series to a series-global page_number
(preserving today's reading order); convert each existing chapter to a
divider anchored at its first page (keeping title/stated_part); drop
series_page.chapter_id; reshape series_chapter (anchor_page_id UNIQUE FK,
drop chapter_number/is_placeholder/stated_page_start/end). Loss-safe for
content; drops empty placeholder chapters + a redundant page-1 divider.
- series_page: page_number is now the series-global order; no chapter_id.
- series_chapter: anchored divider (anchor_page_id, title, stated_part).
- series_service: flat list_pages (one run + derived dividers + per-page
source_post + part_gaps), series-wide reorder/renumber, divider CRUD
(create/update/move/delete); retired per-chapter reorder/merge/placement.
- api/tags: drop chapter_id from add; /chapters endpoints are divider
create/update/delete (removed chapter reorder/merge/page-reorder).
- series_match_service: series "end" reads max(series_page.stated_page);
accept appends via add_post. tag_service series-merge appends src's pages
after tgt's max so the merged series stays one clean run.
- frontend: seriesManage store + SeriesManageView → one continuous
drag-reorder grid with inline divider bars + series-global page numbers;
reader walks the flat run, headings from dividers; PostSeriesMenu copy.
- tests reworked across the series suite for the divider model.
Phase 2 (pending staging for add-from-post) is separate.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Operator feedback: thumbnails too small to judge order, no obvious way to mark
'this installment is Part 2', and the permanent two-pane picker was busy and
competed with the ordering work.
- Full-width parts, each a card with a big page grid (150px, contain so whole
pages are visible) and drag-to-reorder; positional page number as a badge.
- Editable Part # (hero field) backed by new series_chapter.stated_part —
separate from the auto-managed chapter_number, mirroring the page_number vs
stated_page split so reorder/delete renumbering can't wipe a hand-set part.
Missing-Part hints when consecutive parts' stated_part jump >1.
- Each part labels its source post (derived from pages' primary_post_id) and
shows the printed-page range with clear labels.
- Picker demoted to an on-demand right slide-over ('Add pages') with a target-
part selector; part actions (move/merge/delete) collapsed into an overflow ⋮.
alembic 0042 adds series_chapter.stated_part (nullable int).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
The post-aware on-ramp + the data behind the missing Series browse view.
- page_number_parser: conservative stated-page parser (pages 9-12 / page 5 /
[3/8] / 3 of 8), keyword-gated to avoid false positives. Pure + unit-tested.
- SeriesService.promote_post_to_series: a self-contained post becomes its own
series — series tag named after the post, one chapter, the post's images as
pages (ordered by capture order; stated pages parsed from title/description).
- SeriesService.add_post_as_chapter: append a post as the next chapter of an
existing series, titled after the post and slotted by parsed page number
(a "pages 1-4" post lands ahead of the "pages 9-12" chapter).
- SeriesService.list_series: browse cards — cover thumb, artist, chapter/page
counts, gap flag, last-updated; sort recent|name|size + filter by artist.
- API: GET /api/series, POST /api/series/from-post, POST /api/series/<id>/add-post.
- Resolver uses ImageRecord.primary_post_id (same linkage the posts feed renders).
Frontend (Add-to-series control + Series view + nav) lands next.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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