[CODE4LIB] New books RSS feed / "badge" with cover images?
Hi, all - I suspect something like this is being done already, so I thought I would check in and ask. Essentially, what I would like to do is display the library's new books on a web page in a graphic format - I'd like it to look very similar to the sorts of widgets that GoodReads or LibraryThing users can create. I threw up a few quick examples here: http://gvsu.edu/library/zzwidget-test-171.htm Now, we have an RSS feed for our new books (Millennium is our ILS if it matters), and as I understand it, the images we get from Syndetic Solutions are parsed as enclosures to that RSS feed. Is there a way to take the RSS feed, and only show those enclosures (if they exist, and are not the default "grey box" we see if the book doesn't have a cover image) somehow? Or perhaps there's a really easy way to do this that I'm overlooking. Would appreciate your insight! Thanks,
Re: [CODE4LIB] newbie
>>> On 3/24/2010 at 4:08 PM, wrote: [snip] > Just as important as the actual language may be the programming techniques > you will have to learn. Now-a-day knowing how to read and write XML is almost > imperative. Knowing how to do I/O against a database is all but necessary. > Understanding how to send URL's to remote resources and parsing the results > is common place. Learning how to output your content as an HTTP response is > all too common. All of the languages incorporate extensions for doing such > things. [/snip] As a relative newbie myself, any advice on how/where to pick up these particular things? (Especially everything after the XML.) Thanks, Laura Harris Web Services Librarian Grand Valley State University
Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Midwest?
Here's another vote for west Michigan. :) Laura Harris Web Services Librarian Grand Valley State University Allendale, MI >>> On 3/4/2010 at 8:07 AM, wrote: > I'd like to see this happen in (preferably west) Michigan. Are you thinking > Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, and maybe Minnesota and Iowa? > > jbrinley++ # keep in touch about this > > --SG > > Scott Garrison > Associate Dean for Public Services and Technology > Western Michigan University Libraries > 1903 W. Michigan Avenue > Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5353 USA > v: 269.387.5239 * f: 269.387.5077 > e: scott garrison wmich edu > > WMU Libraries: Shaping Lives to Transform the Global Future > > - Original Message - > From: "Jonathan Brinley" > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Sent: Wednesday, March 3, 2010 2:46:31 PM > Subject: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib Midwest? > > The was a bit of chatter in #code4lib last week about a Code4Lib > Midwest gathering. So, who's interested? Where/when do you want to > meet? We can do a bonfire in my back yard once it gets warmer... > > Have a nice day, > Jonathan > > > -- > Jonathan M. Brinley > > jonathanbrin...@gmail.com > http://xplus3.net/
Re: [CODE4LIB] Javascript question - works in FF, but not in IE
Dan,
Thank you so much for your help and your code rewrite! I have been struggling
with javascript for months in order to try to do this task, and given the
prevalence of collapsible menus, I suspected that I was making things rather
harder than they needed to be. I had heard about jQuery and other libraries,
but it had never occurred to me to look at them for a way to do this.
As you might have been able to tell by the link at the end of the code, I plan
to use this code within our LibGuides home page in order to list the subject
categories and individual guides within those categories. This is roughly what
I would like it to resemble (I need to make a few changes unrelated to the code
you provided):
http://libguides.gvsu.edu/content.php?pid=63144
Our current LibGuides home page is simply an A-Z list of guides, but a few
librarians from other institutions have asked me how I did that. I imagine that
others may ask me how I did this, as well. Would it be acceptable to you if I
posted this code on my blog (http://llyfrgellydd.info)? I only have about 60
subscribers, so it is not a huge audience, but I think that others might find
your code very useful. It goes without saying that I would attribute authorship
to you (and add a line to the code attributing authorship).
Again, thank you for your help with this - it is a relief to have an elegant,
cross-platform compatible solution after all this time!
-Laura
>>> On 11/5/2009 at 9:23 AM, wrote:
> Laura,
>
> I don't have a solution for the problem at hand but I would like to suggest
> an alternate course of development.
>
> When JavaScript is used to manipulate the DOM tree or add behaviours to a
> webpage it is almost always better to use a cross-browser library then to
> code
> it by hand.
> The problems you are encountering between IE and Firefox are only amplified
> when a broader selection of browser and browser versions are taken into
> consideration.
> Relying on a third party to do browser compatiblity and performance
> optomiztions frees up your time as a developer to focus on implementing the
> desired behaviour.
> There are many options out there -- Prototype, Dojo, MooTools, etc. -- but
> jQuery is my library of choice.
>
> I took the liberty of rewriting the webpage in question to create the
> behaviour you desired with a few lines of jQuery.
> http://gist.github.com/227059
> I commented the code thoroughly so you or anyone else new to jQuery should
> be able to follow what's going on and why.
>
> For further reading on the nature and use of jQuery see:
> http://docs.jquery.com/
> http://api.jquery.com/
>
> best of luck,
> -dan
> --
> Dan Brubaker Horst
> Project / Application Developer - Hesburgh Library of Notre Dame
> ____
> From: Code for Libraries [code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Laura
> Harris [harla...@gvsu.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 1:37 PM
> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: [CODE4LIB] Javascript question - works in FF, but not in IE
>
> Hello, new subscriber here...I'm trying to fix some javascript. It works as
> expected in Firefox, but not in Internet Explorer. FWIW, am using FF 3.0.14
> and IE 7.0.6.
>
> The code is up on pastebin here: http://pastebin.com/m20949cd1
>
> I'm aware that setAttribute & getAttribute are buggy in Internet Explorer, so
> (in an alternate version of the code) I replaced the toggle bit in function
> createToggleFunction with the following:
>
>
> if (toggleElement.className == 'collapsibleClosed') {
> toggleElement.className = 'collapsibleOpen';
> toggleElement.src = OPEN_IMAGE;
> } else {
> toggleElement.className = 'collapsibleClosed';
> toggleElement.src = CLOSED_IMAGE;
> }
>
>
> However, I must assume I did something wrong in the code above, because it
> doesn't work in Firefox.
>
> Any thoughts? Let me know if I need to provide more information.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Laura Harris
> Web Services Librarian
> Grand Valley State University
> Allendale, MI 49401
[CODE4LIB] Javascript question - works in FF, but not in IE
Hello, new subscriber here...I'm trying to fix some javascript. It works as
expected in Firefox, but not in Internet Explorer. FWIW, am using FF 3.0.14 and
IE 7.0.6.
The code is up on pastebin here: http://pastebin.com/m20949cd1
I'm aware that setAttribute & getAttribute are buggy in Internet Explorer, so
(in an alternate version of the code) I replaced the toggle bit in function
createToggleFunction with the following:
if (toggleElement.className == 'collapsibleClosed') {
toggleElement.className = 'collapsibleOpen';
toggleElement.src = OPEN_IMAGE;
} else {
toggleElement.className = 'collapsibleClosed';
toggleElement.src = CLOSED_IMAGE;
}
However, I must assume I did something wrong in the code above, because it
doesn't work in Firefox.
Any thoughts? Let me know if I need to provide more information.
Thanks,
Laura Harris
Web Services Librarian
Grand Valley State University
Allendale, MI 49401
