[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] RSS to display OPAC lists on wordpress sites?

[Ruth Frasur]

This isn't perfect, but this is something we've done.

http://hagerstownlibrary.org/julian-healthcare-booklist/

On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 12:38 PM, Terran McCanna <
tmccanna at georgialibraries.org> wrote:

> The default Evergreen bookbag RSS feeds don't contain image links, so I
> assume yours are created some other way or at least customized, is that
> correct? If so, in whatever code you have that creates image link, you
> should theoretically just be able to change the path so that this:
>
> /opac/extras/ac/jacket/small/r/#####
>
> becomes this:
>
> /opac/extras/ac/jacket/medium/r/#####
>
> or this:
>
> /opac/extras/ac/jacket/large/r/#####
>
>
> (In the SuperCat code that produces the new books lists, I had to change MARC21slim2ATOM.xsl
> so that it put the TCN in the link instead of the ISBN.)
>
> I know this doesn't help with your original request for a WordPress widget
> - sorry!
>
>
> Terran McCanna
> PINES Program Manager
> Georgia Public Library Service
> 1800 Century Place, Suite 150
> <https://maps.google.com/?q=1800+Century+Place,+Suite+150+Atlanta,+GA+30345&entry=gmail&source=g>
> Atlanta, GA 30345
> <https://maps.google.com/?q=1800+Century+Place,+Suite+150+Atlanta,+GA+30345&entry=gmail&source=g>
> 404-235-7138 <(404)%20235-7138>
> tmccanna at georgialibraries.org
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 10:47 AM, Katie Greenleaf Martin <
> bcl at blaircountylibraries.org> wrote:
>
>> Thanks everyone for your responses!
>> A couple of clarifications:
>> 1. the images are already coded into the RSS feed--they are the
>> 'thumbnail' size which isn't ideal but if you put the feed url into Feedly
>> or another RSS reader you do get the images. Terran if you figured out how
>> to extract the larger images, that would be useful info!
>> 2. we already use the automatically generated feeds to make our carousels
>> on our OPACs (and some libraries prefer to create their own lists manually
>> to feature certain items)--SPARK has had it for a while now, it went
>> haywire for a bit after our upgrade to 3.0 but it's working again :)
>>
>> What we're trying go figure out how to do elegantly (& easily!) is to use
>> those RSS feeds on our external, wordpress-based webpages.
>>
>> Katie
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 10:01 AM, Terran McCanna <
>> tmccanna at georgialibraries.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hmm - I did some tweaks on the code to get the images to appear right on
>>> the new books lists (which I keep meaning to go back to work on more) for
>>> the web site, but I haven't played with the RSS feeds from the list
>>> bookbags to try to add images.
>>>
>>>
>>> Terran McCanna
>>> PINES Program Manager
>>> Georgia Public Library Service
>>> 1800 Century Place, Suite 150
>>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=1800+Century+Place,+Suite+150+Atlanta,+GA+30345&entry=gmail&source=g>
>>> Atlanta, GA 30345
>>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=1800+Century+Place,+Suite+150+Atlanta,+GA+30345&entry=gmail&source=g>
>>> 404-235-7138 <(404)%20235-7138>
>>> tmccanna at georgialibraries.org
>>>
>>> On Jan 31, 2018 6:33 PM, "Josh Stompro" <stomproj at exchange.larl.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello Katie, was trying to do this a while back but never got it
>>>> working.  Here is the bug report I opened on it
>>>>
>>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1674364
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> According to that bug, PINES did get it working, and includes their
>>>> code changes.
>>>>
>>>> Josh Stompro - LARL IT Director
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *From:* Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-bounc
>>>> es at list.georgialibraries.org] *On Behalf Of *Katie Greenleaf Martin
>>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 31, 2018 10:49 AM
>>>> *To:* Evergreen Discussion Group <open-ils-general at list.georgia
>>>> libraries.org>
>>>> *Subject:* [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] RSS to display OPAC lists on wordpress
>>>> sites?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hello Evergreen Community :)
>>>>
>>>> I have several libraries who want to use RSS to display their bookbags
>>>> (either manually or automatically created) on their website. Does anyone
>>>> know of a reliable Wordpress widget that would display the feed with the
>>>> cover images?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Looking forward to seeing some of you at ALA MW in a few weeks!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> Katie Greenleaf Martin, MLIS
>>>> bcl at blaircountylibraries.org
>>>> 814.946.0417x132 <(814)%20946-0417>
>>>> County Coordinator
>>>> Blair County Library System
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Katie Greenleaf Martin, MLIS
>> bcl at blaircountylibraries.org
>> 814.946.0417x132 <(814)%20946-0417>
>> County Coordinator
>> Blair County Library System
>>
>
>


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