Re: [IUG] Link from item status label in webpac

["Eeva Stierwalt" <eeva dot stierwalt at lpl dot london dot on dot ca>]

Mia:  Great to see your name here! I searched through my Helpful Hints
folder and came up with the following.  I hope it is what you're looking
for!  Kind regards and have a SUPER day!  Eeva
 
"Welch, Andrew" <AWelch at auroragov dot org> 
We haven't replaced the status, but we do add a "Request it" link next
to the status using javascript. The js suppresses the link next to
each
item if that item is not requestable or if it has a status of MISSING.
 
Here's an example:
http://www.auroralibrary.org/record=b1517521 
 
I haven't looked at the script in awhile; let me know if you're
interested and I can send the info you'll need.
 
Andrew Welch
Sr. Library Systems Technician
Aurora Public Library
Aurora, CO 80012
http://auroralibrary.org 
 
 
>-----Original Message-----
>From: innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org 
>[mailto:innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org] On Behalf Of Bob Thomas
>Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 10:15 AM
>To: innopac at innopacusers dot org 
>Subject: [IUG] Turning a Status Label into a Link
>
>Like most III installations, our bib display includes the call 
>number, location, and status from the item records. I would 
>like to replace the text label for one particular status (in 
>process) with some functionality that would allow users to 
>request the item (the request button is at the top of the 
>screen, but many users don't see it). I would have like to 
>just created a label that said 'To request this item use the 
>Request button above', but manual page #103168 says this label 
>is limited to 14 characters!
> 
>Has anyone replaced the label for a status with a graphic or 
>button that could be used to trigger the request function? Or 
>made the label text a hot link?
> 
>Thanks,
>Bob Thomas
>Integrated Systems Librarian & Principal Cataloger Western 
>Washington University Bellingham, WA
>++++++++++
>"Information that is hard to find is information that will 
>remain hardly found.
 
Eeva Stierwalt
Integrated Library System
Solutions Specialist
Information Technology
London Public Library
251 Dundas St.
London, ON  Canada  N6A 6H9
t 519.661.5100 ex 5156
f 519.663.9013
e eeva dot stierwalt at lpl dot london dot on dot ca" 
>>> Mia Massicotte <Mia dot Massicotte at concordia dot ca> 5/8/2008 8:47 AM >>>
Frustratingly, I can't find this in the list archives, though I'm sure
it was discussed fairly recently!

I'm looking for ways and means/examples of WebPacs that have made their
item STATUS field clickable from the WebPAC, in order to show the user
an explanation of the status code.  Either the link brings user to a
static page explaining status code meanings; or it could be something
more interactive.

i.e., when displaying a record user clicks on the item record's STATUS
label (e.g., "MISSING"; or "IN LIBRARY") to get to an explanatory page.


Thanks muchly.

Mia Massicotte, Systems Librarian
Concordia University Library
Montreal, Quebec   CANADA




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