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

["Welch, Andrew" <AWelch at auroragov dot org>]

While creating a link within each item row requires Javascript, it might
be overkill for what you're after. If you just want to provide a link to
a list of Status descriptions, you can do that fairly easily within your
webpub.def file. Just insert the link next to your Availability label in
the appropriate line. Something like:

i|%|||Availability&nbsp;(<a
href="/screens/status_descriptions.html">What's this?</a>)|40|



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 Eeva Stierwalt
>Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 7:02 AM
>To: IUG INNOPAC List
>Subject: Re: [IUG] Link from item status label in webpac
>
>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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