unsure whether interface should look like this

library/csvparser/csvparser.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import csv
 import os
 
 script_dir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+image_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(script_dir, "../static/images"))
 
 
 def parsecsv():
@@ -23,17 +24,27 @@ def getpublications():
             year = row["Year"]
             if not year:
                 year = "Unknown"
+
             pubinfo = {
                 "Title": row["Publication"],
                 "Author": row["Author"],
                 "Type": row["Type"].lower().title(),
                 "Year": year,
                 "License": row["LicenseShort"].lower().title(),
+                "Image": hasimage(row["Id"])
             }
             publications[row["Id"]] = pubinfo
     return publications
 
 
+def hasimage(id):
+    image_file = os.path.join(image_dir, "image-{0}.jpg".format(id))
+    if os.path.exists(image_file):
+        return True
+    else:
+        return False
+
+
 def gettypes():
     libcsv = open(os.path.join(script_dir, "varlib.csv"), "r")
     with libcsv:

library/static/css/dropdown.css

@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
 	background-color: #62b264;
 }
 
+#leftmostbtn{
+  margin-left: 1em;
+}
+
 .show {
   display: block;
 }

library/static/css/style.css

@@ -6,10 +6,8 @@ html, body {
 body:after {
   font-size: .8em;
   background-color: #EB4377;
-  /*color: rgba(223, 183, 180, .3);*/
   position: fixed;
   width: 100%;
-  bottom: 1em;
   text-align: center;
 }
 
@@ -30,7 +28,7 @@ body:after {
 
 #varia {
   line-height: 1.03em;
-  position: absolute;
+  position: relative;
   top: 10%;
   left: 50%;
   transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
@@ -40,19 +38,37 @@ body:after {
   text-align: center;
   font-family: alphaClouds;
   mix-blend-mode: exclusion;
+  margin: 30px 0;
 }
+
 @supports (-webkit-text-stroke: 1px lightpink) {
   #varia {
     -webkit-text-stroke: 1px lightpink;
   }
 }
+
 .container {
   margin 0 auto;
 }
 
-#leftmostbtn{
+#bookshelf {
-  margin-left: 1em;
+  max-width: 90%;
+  margin-top: 3em;
+  display: block;
+  columns: 30rem;
+  gap: 1rem;
 }
+
+#bookshelf > div {
+  width: 100%;
+  break-inside: avoid;
+  margin: 10px auto;
+}
+
+#bookshelf > div > a {
+  color: black;
+}
+
 button {
   z-index: 10;
   border: 3px solid black;
@@ -70,9 +86,11 @@ table {
   border-spacing: 0;
   border-collapse: collapse;
 }
+
 tr {
   margin: 0;
 }
+
 td {
   margin:0;
   padding: 0.5em;
@@ -81,3 +99,10 @@ td {
   border: 1px solid black;
   background-color: #f1f1f1;
 }
+.tdimage {
+  padding: 0
+}
+.tdimage > img {
+  width: 100%;
+  height: 100%;
+}

library/templates/index.html

@@ -4,12 +4,32 @@
 <div id="nav" class="container">
 {% include 'menu.html' %}
 </div>
-<div id="main">
+<div id="bookshelf">
-<ul>
 {% for id, pubinfo in publications.items() %}
-	<li class='filter {{ pubinfo["Type"] }} {{ pubinfo["Year"] }} {{ pubinfo["License"] }}'><a href='{{ id }}'>{{ pubinfo["Author"] }} - {{ pubinfo["Title"] }}</a></li>
+	<div class='book filter {{ pubinfo["Type"] }} {{ pubinfo["Year"] }} {{ pubinfo["License"] }}'>
+		<a href='{{ id }}'>
+		<table>
+			<tbody>
+				{%if pubinfo["Image"]%}
+				<tr>
+					<td colspan="2" class="tdimage">
+						<img src="{{ url_for('static', filename='images/image-{0}.jpg'.format(id))}}" alt="">
+					</td>
+				</tr>
+				{% endif %}
+		    <tr>
+					<td>Author/Editor</td>
+					<td>{{ pubinfo["Author"] }}</td>
+		    </tr>
+				<tr>
+					<td>Title</td>
+					<td>{{ pubinfo["Title"] }}</td>
+				</tr>
+			</tbody>
+		</table>
+		</a>
+	</div>
 {% endfor%}
-</ul>
 </div>
 <script src="{{ url_for('static', filename='js/dropdown.js')}}"></script>
 {% endblock %}