New WebPac (2009b latest example set)

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WebPac progress
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1 Editable
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The files which are editable are called customizable forms and files. They fall into these categories:

Search screens (called search help files) and all have the file name schema of "srchhelp_someletter" e.g., srchhelp_t.html for a title search screen.
Definition files, e.g. wwwoptions, webpub.def
Style sheet (styles.css)
Search Results screens, e.g., briefcit.html, which is the results display for a keyword search.
Paton verification and display forms, e.g., pverify_web.html, the log in form to view patron information.
Record display forms,e.g., bib_display.html, the page that displays a bibliographic record.

1.1 Main page, i.e., Opac home page

1.1.1 opacmenu
1.1.2 mainmenu

1.2 Individual search pages (called search help pages in iii venacular; all named srchhelp_?.html with the index letter being the ? in the file name, e.g., srchhelp_a.html = Search for Author Note: case is important in the iii files)

1.2.1 Advanced Keyword (X) [basic keyword (Y)
1.2.2 Author (a)
1.2.3 Title (t)  [author and title (q)]
1.2.4 Subject

1.2.4.1 LC (d)
1.2.4.2 NLM (j)

1.2.5 Numbers (i)
1.2.5.1 LC/NLM call numbers (c)
1.2.5.2 Local Call numbers (m)
1.2.5.3 ISBN/ISSN (i)
1.2.6 Course Reserves [course (r), instructor (p)

1.3 Patron verification pages

1.3.1 View your account (pverify_web.html)
1.3.2 Request an item(s) (pverify3_web.html)
1.3.3 View reserves (pverify6_web.html)

1.4 Save and Export

1.4.1 viewsaves
1.4.2 request_results
1.4.3 item_select

1.5 Record display base

1.5.1 bib_display
1.5.2 course_display
1.5.3 resource_display
1.5.4 patronview

1.6 Search results display base

1.6.1 briefcit
1.6.2 briefcit_authority
1.6.3 briefcit_resource
1.6.4 authority redirect

1.7 css  (styles.css)

1.8 wwwoptions

This file has no extension and contains styling and other options about what happens and how it is displayed.  It also contains any vendor subscription information related to display.

Note: Anytime this file is changed the web server processes must be restarted before the change takes place.  ditto toplogo files 

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2 System-generated
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2.1 search results

2.1.1 browse screens (briefcit files)
2.1.2 record screen (bib_display, etc.)

2.2 patron information

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3 content
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3.1 definition files
3.1.1 styles [Style changes noted in comments on the file itself.]

3.1.2 toplogoNote: Anytime this file is changed the web server processes must be restarted before the change takes place.  ditto wwwoptions Changes:

• Changed div widths and substituted our banner for the iii banner. [div class="topLogoSmall"]

• Moved toplinks to nav bar and added icons

• created own or used public domain icons except the print icon

• Start Over (arrow-left-big.png)

• My LIbrary Record (ico_page_key.png)

• Help (ico_RedQmark.png)

• Chat (ico_chat_sm.png)

• Hours (clock2.png)

• Print (ico_printer.gif)

• In lieu of toplinks, added lslinks

• Login

• Accessible Catalog

• Espanol (green link as in current catalog)

• Removed the drop menu searchnav (More Search Options)

• Note: Have made this idea into a side option division for each search page. But the code isn't in the toplogo file

• Note: Will echo all of this on the toplogo-loggedin file.

3.1.3 toplogo-loggedin

3.1.3.1 Need to echo toplogo

3.1.4 botlogo

3.1.4.1 Need to create similar to current botlogo

3.2 web options (wwwoptions)

Changes:
Mostly needed to change the image names for icons place holders
Changed BROWSE50= to false

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4 Icons / Images
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4.1 material types
4.2 buttons

Mid-Year Improvements Suggested by LS Staff

Improvements Made to Library Home Page

Mid-year improvements were made to the LS home page using suggestions sent by LS staff to the Web Content Team. These can be see on two drafts listed below. The only difference in the drafts is the placment of the Chat icon. Because IE treats spacing differently, there is some difference in the placement which may be noticible to some. The Web Content Team should decide which draft seems best.

• http://library.austincc.edu/index-libhomeR2R.php
• http://library.austincc.edu/index-libhomeR2L.php

These were the changes made:

• Not seen on the home page: Changed wording in the Catalog from "My Library Account" to "My Library Record."
  Note: Also checked for wording on LS FAQs and other help pages for consistency.
• Wording "Staff Directory" on black navigation bar changed to "Contact Us."
• Left Sidebar:
• "Get Help!" link replaced by "Quick Tour of the Library Website."
• Read posters made clickable. Link goes to the new Posters image gallery.
• Middle Column:
• Need Help with Research header deleted.
• Chat link moved to the top of the list and a chat icons added.
• Wording changes to Library & Subject Guides
• "Try us on your SmartPhone!" link added to Go Green separator line.
• Right Sidebar:
• Link to ACC Home Page moved to ACC Online Services section.
• Quicklinks rearranges a little.
• A-Z List link added to Quicklinks
• Hours & Locations chart added to Quicklinks.

THINGS WHICH WILL NEED TO BE DONE:

• topmenu bar both for home and subsequent pages will need to be changed to Contact Us since I created a draft bar for the home page only.

Changes to Email Address and images in LivePerson Chat

Now that we have a real library@ email account again, I went into the Admin Console in LivePerson to change the email address for those wishing to send an email if our chat is not active.  That is, students are given the option to go to Ask Academic or to email if it is outside of our normal chat hours or if no one answers a chat request.

ALSO ...
We received an email today from LivePerson Chat in regards to their commitment to secure connections.

As part of our ongoing commitment to maintain a highly secure platform, we will soon implement a configuration change that will no longer allow a non secure HTTP connection between your visitors, agents, and the LivePerson Platform.  You are receiving this email because we have detected that your account may be affected by this change. ... If you are using custom images in your chat windows that are not hosted on HTTPS, your visitors may receive a mixed content warning on their browsers ...

We did have our own "branding" kind of images which were there from long ago and had no link to anything we are currently doing.  These are not on a secure server and we have no available LS secure servers upon which to place them.

Steve and I discussed this and looked at the standard images offered by LivePerson that most closely matched "our look."  We changed all instances of branding to innocuous images on these windows:

• Pre-Chat survey
• Chat Window
• Exit Window
• When we are offline (email) windo

QR Codes in the Library Catalog

After a little investigation, I learned that the Library Anywhere QR codes function is available without charge to Library Anywhere subscribers and one does not need a Library Thing account to embed the code in the bibliographic record display.

This is done by a widget so does not reside in the record itself but is generated on the fly when the bib record is displayed. It involves adding some simple code to the bib_display.html file and enabling the QR code function in our Library Anywhere settings.

I've done this successfully in the Staging (test) directory of the catalog. I have discovered one quirk that I don't see a reason for and will continue to try to determine why the instructions below the QR code disappear if the item does not have a book cover.

You see see what it looks like by searching the staging catalog on campus only. The staging url is http://alicat.austincc.edu:2082/

One of the other iii libraries included a link to information about QR codes and I thought that was a good idea so I created a new FAQ about QR codes and linked to it from the bibliographic record.

Simmons mobile stylesheet

In this morning's IUG list, Simmons shared their mobile style sheet and some hints. Since it looked fairly straight-forward, I played around with it for about 30 minutes in the staging directory. However, since it is in staging, I am unable to see the results on my cell phone because the student wireless network cannot get past that firewall.

I did test with the Opera mobile launcher software I have loaded and it did sort of work in that it took all the content and put it in a narrow column. However, it didn't get rid of the sidebar and what I was seeing was the full-catalog looking really tiny and in a narrow column.

Part of this is probably that Simmons is on rel 2009b and thus does not have the advance search toolbar token that we have in the skyline version.

Nonetheless, it may be worth pursuing at some point if we can get a mobile device that can VPN into ACCNet to test with. I will keep all the files (actually, there are only 2 stylesheets and one javascript file) and information in a folder with my backups of the live and staging catalogs.