[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] OPAC start page

[Sharp, Chris]

Vicki,

You can also add the IP range of each library to a file on the server in /openils/conf (assuming you added the "--sysconfdir=/openils/conf" parameter in the "./configure" step during installation) called "lib_ips.txt".  There is a "lib_ips.txt.example" file in a default installation that you can rename to "lib_ips.txt" and add your libraries' IP ranges in the format <shortname> <start IP> <end IP>.  The example setting in "lib_ips.txt.example" is

MY-LIB 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.254

Where MY-LIB is the value in actor.org_unit.shortname for the library with that IP range.

Then, in /etc/apache2/startup.pl, you'll see this:

# - Uncoment the following 2 lines to make use of the IP redirection code
# - The IP file should to contain a map with the following format:
# - actor.org_unit.shortname <start_ip> <end_ip>
# - e.g.  LIB123 10.0.0.1 10.0.0.254

#use OpenILS::WWW::Redirect qw(/openils/conf/opensrf_core.xml);
#OpenILS::WWW::Redirect->parse_ips_file('/openils/conf/lib_ips.txt');

If you uncomment the two lines and restart apache, your OPACs should automagically redirect to their default location.  Hope that helps too!

Chris Sharp
PINES Program Manager
Georgia Public Library Service
1800 Century Place, Suite 150
Atlanta, Georgia 30345
(404) 235-7147
csharp at georgialibraries.org
http://pines.georgialibraries.org/

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Vicki Reeves" <vickir at beau.org>
> To: "Dan Scott" <dan at coffeecode.net>
> Cc: "Evergreen Discussion Group" <open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org>
> Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 10:57:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] OPAC start page
> Thank you. This sounds like exactly what we needed.
> 
> On Mon, 2011-01-24 at 22:26 -0500, Dan Scott wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 04:35:01PM -0600, Vicki Reeves wrote:
> > > We have gotten some bib and holdings records to load. We
> > > celebrated by
> > > playing in the OPAC. But that gave us a new issue ...
> >
> > Yay!
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > > Our problem is that we don't know how to 'point' the OPAC so that
> > > it
> > > starts searching at our library (2nd level) instead of the
> > > regional
> > > library (top level).
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > > If I pick Beauregard Parish Library, I see 'Now searching
> > > Beauregard
> > > Parish Library' which is where I want our patrons to start, but
> > > the URL
> > > is still this:
> > > http://evergreen.library.beau.org/opac/en-US/skin/craftsman/xml/index.xml
> >
> > Once you've picked your library, run a search. The URL will change
> > to
> > something like
> > http://evergreen.library.beau.org/opac/en-US/skin/lul/xml/rresult.xml?rt=keyword&tp=keyword&t=jazz&l=103&d=2&f=
> >
> > The key GET param you're interested in is the "l" parameter - which
> > stands for "library". This specifies the ID of the library found in
> > the
> > actor.org_unit table to which you want to scope your search.
> > However,
> > you can see that value in the URL so you don't need to look in the
> > database for this one.
> >
> > Assuming that the value in your case is "l=102", you can provide
> > links
> > to
> > http://evergreen.library.beau.org/opac/en-US/skin/craftsman/xml/index.xml?l=102
> > to start patrons at the right search scope. In our case, we redirect
> > patrons from various subdomains (like "laurentian.concat.ca" and
> > "windsor.concat.ca") to the full URL including the "l" parameter
> > appropriate for the scope of each library.
> >
> > Hopefully this helps.