AniList Special Tactics School – Expert's Guide

Korakys
Welcome to the AniList Special Tactics School a place to learn about and share techniques and tools that help you get more out of using AniList. This will be a rough and ready area with a lot less handholding than the Welcome Guidehttps://anilist.co/forum/thread/9281/ there is some expectation of figuring out things yourself although of course you can ask questions in the comments. Please also share your own tips and tricks in the comments and they might be incorporated into this post. The Basics Anything that is on the Apps pagehttps://anilist.co/apps wont be covered here. A userstyle is a basic modification that can change the layout and appearance the Cascading Style Sheets of a websites page. It requires a userstyle manager browser addon Stylus is recommended Firefoxhttps://addons.mozilla.org/enUS/firefox/addon/stylus/ Chromehttps://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stylus/clngdbkpkpeebahjckkjfobafhncgmne?hl=en. Old versionhttps://addons.mozilla.org/enUS/firefox/addon/stylus/versions/ that works for Firefox mobile. Edit: As of July 2020 Firefox no longer supports addons so you will have to use an old version which you can find on a site like apkmirrorhttps://www.apkmirror.com/apk/mozilla/firefox/firefox68110release/ until addon support is readded in the future. A userscript is a more advanced program that usually uses JavaScript to change things around on a specified website. It also requires a browser addon to use them here Tampermonkey is recommended Firefoxhttps://addons.mozilla.org/enUS/firefox/addon/tampermonkey/ Chromehttps://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tampermonkey/dhdgffkkebhmkfjojejmpbldmpobfkfo?hl=en. Guidehttps://greasyfork.org/en/help/installinguserscripts to installing userscripts. When it comes to mobile Chrome does not have the best support for extensions/addons however there are other browsers that do for example Firefox. If you are using iOS well then good luck. Extensions and Tools nbsp section removed by anilist staff nbsp Douki by NekoMimiMode If you have a MAL account that you want to use as a backup or for some other reason this userscript is an invaluable time saver. It allows one click backups of your AniList anime and manga lists to MyAnimeList. Thread: https://anilist.co/forum/thread/2654 AniListify by bela333 Google only giving you search results that point to MAL? People still linking you to MAL anime listings when youd prefer good old AL? This bookmarklet a tiny piece of code that looks exactly like a bookmark and sits alongside your other bookmarks when clicked and when you are on a MAL anime or manga page will take you to AniLists equivalent page. Thread: https://anilist.co/forum/thread/3959 Timeline by linkviii Generate an image of a timeline laying out when you have watched anime or read manga here: https://linkviii.github.io/jsanimelisttimeline/. Note that it relies on you having your start and/or finishing dates for each title filled out. Thread: https://anilist.co/forum/thread/18603 Tips and Tricks Improve ALs browser performance: 480https://i.ur.com/Vc0JhUs.png If you are having performance issues with your browsers handling of AniList it is highly recommended to disable the data cache heck it is highly recommended you disable it anyway as it can cause all sorts of small problems throughout AniList. You will find the setting at https://anilist.co/settings/ Profile bottom of the page. Make links that dont open a new page: Normally when you make a link on AniList it will open that link in a new page/tab with this html trick you can instead force the link to open in the same page/tab. Normal: Welcome Guidehttps://anilist.co/forum/thread/9281/ Welcome Guidehttps://anilist.co/forum/thread/9281/ Altered: Welcome Guide Welcome Guide Get a permanent link to a users page: If an AniLister isnt using the default avatar you can find their account number by right clicking on their profile image and going to view image. This loads that image in its own page you can then look at the url and spot their number here is mine: 480https://i.ur.com/m9pga4Z.png This is useful for creating a permanent link to an AniListers page e.g.: https://anilist.co/user/140472 that will still work even if they change their account name. Request an abandoned user name: If someone has taken the user name that you want and it hasnt been used in 3 years then you can request that it be freed up here: https://anilist.co/settings/nameclear Grouping custom lists: If you are someone who splits your planning lists into several tiers using the custom lists feature then as long as the word Planning appears in the name of your custom list you can search or scroll through all of them at once by going to the default Planning list or entering it into the url e.g. https://anilist.co/user/Korakys/mangalist/Planning. Further details here: https://anilist.co/activity/99197554 Interesting Links Difference between mean and average scores: https://anilist.co/forum/thread/2845 Exporter tool to MAL format: https://malscraper.azurewebsites.net/ This is an evolving document it is unfinished and Ill be adding to it as I come across new tricks or remember old ones. Please suggest your own special tactics in the comments too. The aforementioned Welcome Guidehttps://anilist.co/forum/thread/9281/ has some more basic advice as well as links to other resources like GoBustos AniList Markdown Guidehttps://anilist.co/forum/thread/6125.
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