[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Information requests- websites

[Benjamin Kalish]

Holly, I'd love to know how the widgets in your last link work. Are there
instructions on how to do this somewhere?

Benjamin Kalish
Forbes Library / 413-587-1012 / bkalish at forbeslibrary.org

Currently reading: *Our Mutual Friend* by Charles Dickens
Just Finished: *Mind of the Raven: Investigations and Adventures With
Wolf-birds by Bernd Heinrich.*

On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 4:15 PM, Holly Brennan <haderhold at ci.homer.ak.us>
wrote:

> Our library (and City) uses a Drupal site – which is currently being
> revamped, though not yet publically visible.
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> Our page has a search box and link to My Account and Advanced search:
> http://www.cityofhomer-ak.gov/library. These will be much more visible in
> the new version – bigger, better. We moved to Evergreen after this website
> was created, so it’s not very pretty.
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> We use the catalog to create many widgets embedded within our site:
> http://www.cityofhomer-ak.gov/library/recommended-reads-summerhpl-2015
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> -Holly
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> *From:* Open-ils-general [mailto:
> open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] *On Behalf Of *Benjamin
> Kalish
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 29, 2015 11:33 AM
> *To:* Evergreen Discussion Group
> *Subject:* Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Information requests- websites
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> It's very easy to make a search widget that allows you to start an
> Evergreen search from your library's website. We've done it at our library
> with Wordpress, but it should be equally easy in any system that will let
> you write HTML.
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> Our search form is slightly more complicated in that it allows you to
> choose whether to search our website or the catalog. This requires some
> Javascript and some some server-side scripting (in case someone has
> Javascript disabled) but is still pretty easy. You can see our website at
> http://forbeslibrary.org/. I've also included a screenshot of the
> "widget".
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> [image: Inline image 1]
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> Benjamin Kalish
> Forbes Library / 413-587-1012 / bkalish at forbeslibrary.org
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> Currently reading: *Our Mutual Friend* by Charles Dickens
>
> Just Finished: *Mind of the Raven: Investigations and Adventures With
> Wolf-birds by Bernd Heinrich.*
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> On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 2:58 PM, Mina Edmondson <
> medmondson at yorklibraries.org> wrote:
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> York County Library System is considering changes to our website. Our
> current vendor will not be doing websites in the future. Can you let me
> know if you are using WordPress or Drupal along with Evergreen. How does
> the website interact with the catalog? Are you using any special widgits to
> make the integration easier?
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> Have you built the website in house or use a vendor? What vendors can you
> recommend?
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> Please forward examples of your websites so we can get a better idea of
> what is being done by libraries with these platforms.
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> Mina C. Edmondson
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> District Consultant
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> York/Adams District
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> medmondson at yorklibraries.org
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> 717-916-0490- Cell
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