# Anime Tracker 1.1.42
**Release date:** 2026-09-16
No schema change. One piece of work: the help did not describe what the
last three releases added — now it does. No behaviour changes; only the
help pages and the language files changed.
## 1. Help coverage, second round
1.1.33 had extended the help with four new groups. The releases after it
added three big features, and the help did not follow:
| Release | Feature | State in the help |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1.1.38 | Typed relations ("Alternative Version", "Side Story"...) | **Absent** |
| 1.1.38 | The add / edit form was split into five tabs | The word "tab" never appeared |
| 1.1.40 | Order is a relation ("Sequel" / "Prequel"; the "Next Anime" box went away) | One sentence |
| 1.1.41 | Shared MAL / AniDB record (part number) | **Absent** |
| 1.1.15 | How chronology notes are added / edited / deleted | "What" was there, "how" was not |
| 1.1.19 / 1.1.26 | The `[[anime:...]]` link code in a synopsis and the link picker | **Absent** |
| 1.1.35 | The import blacklist | **Absent** |
This release closes those seven gaps.
### Series and Episode Info page
- **The introduction was rewritten:** anime that belong together are
described on three layers — series name ("which family?"), relations
("what is one record to the other?") and chronology notes ("after which
episode comes which film?").
- **Series Info:** where the series name is entered, what it feeds (the
target list of the note form, the "Air Date" tab of the Series
Chronology) and that it says nothing about order. The section name was
corrected: the detail-page section is "Related Anime".
- **Watch Order:** the link is only followed when both ends carry the same
chain name.
- **Chronology Notes:** what a note is attached to (the series' record; the
target is a separate record), the three places it shows (list, active
alert, the "Chronology" page). **New:** *Adding, Editing and Deleting a
Chronology Note* — who may, when the form appears, what the four fields
mean, which point in-place editing changes, deletion. **New:** *Are
"Chronology" and "Series Chronology" the same thing?* — one looks inside
a single series, the other at the whole franchise.
- **New section: Relations.** The six types and their definitions
(Sequel / Prequel as the only ordering type; Alternative Version;
Alternative Setting; Side Story / Parent Story; Summary / Full Story;
Other). Direction: the form's single question ("the anime you picked is
the ___ of the anime you are editing"), why the three directional types
appear twice, why the other three have no direction. Rules: at most one
relation per pair, no self-relation, the chain-name rule, relations
staying on this installation and going into the backup. *Link or
relation? — How a chain is built:* three steps and the test ("a link
means: when you finish this, watch that"), with the Sailor Moon Crystal
example. Box: where the "Next Anime" box went.
- **Series Chronology:** the chain tab is now described as built from
"Sequel / Prequel" links and points at the new section.
### Fields and Personal Data page
- **New section: The Add / Edit Form — Tabs.** What each of the five tabs
holds; that it is one form saved by one click; that a required field
left empty on another tab makes the form jump there; that the last tab
is remembered; why the Relations panel exists only on the edit form (it
links two *existing* records); who sees which form.
- **New section: Shared MAL / AniDB Record.** Why it exists (the source
and the catalog may disagree on what "one anime" is), how to use it (the
checkbox, the part number arriving by itself, an unticked duplicate
being refused, the box deriving from the data when editing and not being
untickable), where it shows (the "MyAnimeList · 2/3" badge, the "Same
Source Record" section) and what it affects (the MAL / AniList import
rule, Auto-fill, the `[[anime:2994/2]]` synopsis link, deletion and the
blacklist, backup and catalog).
- **New section: Linking Another Anime in a Synopsis.** What the
`[[anime:2994|Death Note]]` code is, why it is a code and not a plain
link (the text travels to every installation, a MAL id is the same
everywhere; a target missing from the catalog falls back to plain text),
the "Add anime link" button (searches the local catalog, writes the code
at the cursor, carries the part for a shared record) and the rules when
typing by hand.
- "Next in series" left the catalog-field list (retired in 1.1.40); the
MAL / AniDB line links to the shared-record checkbox. New note: the chain
name, relations and the chronology notes you added yourself are neither
catalog fields nor personal — they are this installation's curation
data; sync leaves them alone and they go into the backup.
### Import / Export page
- **New section: Import Blacklist.** Multi-user site only; the problem it
solves (a deleted anime came back through imports), how it works
(automatic on deletion, id-only matching, cuts only unmatched records,
never blocks an anime that is in the catalog, the last-part rule for
shared records), the admin page, and that it is not part of the backup.
### Table of contents
Five new entries: *The Add / Edit Form — Tabs*, *Linking Another Anime in
a Synopsis*, *Shared MAL / AniDB Record*, *Relations*, *Import
Blacklist*.
## 2. Corrected misinformation
The warning box in the help said **"If you added markers yourself, they
are lost after the next sync."** That was not true: importing from the
catalog only refreshes the notes that came from the catalog; **notes you
added yourself are not deleted**, and List Settings reminds you of them
with the "not in sync with the catalog" warning. The help was describing
an older version of the code. The text was replaced with the correct one.
## Files
**New:**
```
files/migration/1.1.42/upgrade.sql (no schema change; version stamp + rationale)
```
**Changed:**
```
files/help.php table of contents (+5 entries)
files/help/help_series.php +2 subsections, new "Relations" section
files/help/help_fields.php new "Tabs", "Synopsis Link" and "Shared Record" sections
files/help/help_transfer.php new "Blacklist" section
files/lang/tr.php 47 new + 10 changed keys
files/lang/en.php same
files/version.txt
```
Language-file parity: 1098 = 1098. No new CSS/JS.
## Deployment note
- The help pages print keys from the language files. If the pages go up
and the language files stay old, nothing crashes but key names show
instead of text. **Upload `lang/tr.php` and `lang/en.php` first or
together;** the other direction is harmless (extra keys bother nobody).
- The migration changes no schema; it only moves the version stamp and
runs on its own.
- **Nothing to do on the central catalog server.**
- **On the distribution server**, the usual two steps: set the published
`version.txt` to 1.1.42 and publish
`updates/1.1.42/anime-tracker-1.1.42.zip`.
- Self-hosted and online installations see the same text; the role
sentences describe both modes.