[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Academic PAC flavor

[Donald Butterworth]

Colleagues,

Because there seems to be support for a "read more" OPAC feature, I have
added the following Wishlist bug.

Add a “read more” feature to the OPAC bib record view for fields with lots
of text.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1424815

In order to preserve a more compact, uniform display on the OPAC Record
Detail screen, create a feature that limits the amount of text displayed in
some fields; particularly in note fields such as Content Notes, and Summary
Notes. When text exceeds the designated limit, hot text such as “read more”
or "View complete summary” or “View full contents” will appear which can be
clicked on in order to expand and display the full text.

Please feel free to add comments and suggestions

Don

On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 12:51 PM, James Keenan <jkeenan at cwmars.org> wrote:

>  Thanks for sharing that, Michael.
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> *From:* open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:
> open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] *On Behalf Of *Michael
> Schell
> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 03, 2014 11:22 AM
> *To:* Evergreen Discussion Group
> *Subject:* Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Academic PAC flavor
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> We have implemented a "Read More" feature in our test catalogue.  Here is
> a link
> <http://www.forterie.testenv.niagaraevergreen.ca/eg/opac/record/274558> to
> an example.  It uses the lightweight jQuery plugin readmore.js from here
> <https://github.com/jedfoster/Readmore.js>, and is super easy to setup
> and has some great options.  All it requires is that the [%- INCLUDE
> "opac/parts/record/contents.tt2" %] from the summary.tt2 be inside article
> tags like this:
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> <article>
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>       [%- INCLUDE "opac/parts/record/contents.tt2" %]
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> </article>
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>  I'm sure there are a lot of ways that this could be done but it works for
> us.
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> Michael Schell
> Systems Administrator
> Fort Erie Public Library
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> www.fepl.ca
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> To: Evergreen Discussion Group <open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org
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> From: "Lazar, Alexey Vladimirovich"
> Sent by: open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org
> Date: 12/02/2014 04:59PM
> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Academic PAC flavor
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> On 2014-12-02, at 05:25 , Donald Butterworth <
> don.butterworth at asburyseminary.edu> wrote:
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> > What would you think of taking the "... Read more" approach that Amazon
> uses for reviews and long text, for long notes and text? This eliminates
> the problem of clicking on a bar and finding it empty of content. It also
> would make it possible to keep the copy/item record data always visible on
> the screen without the need to scroll.
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> The feature sounds like a good idea. If implemented, consider using
> specific descriptive phrases like "View complete summary” or “View full
> contents” instead of repeating the same link text multiple times on one
> page.
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> Aleksey Lazar
> IS Developer and Integrator - PALS
> http://www.mnpals.org/
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Don Butterworth
Faculty Associate / Librarian III
B.L. Fisher Library
Asbury Theological Seminary
don.butterworth at asburyseminary.edu
(859) 858-2227
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