Re: [CODE4LIB] Hours on Library Websites?

2016-07-11 Thread Mark Vega
Here at UC Irvine Libraries, we use a home-grown Hours system built on MSSQL/PHP. Each year, we load a new calendar year into our Hours database using data from three sources: a perpetual calendar database, a database of local academic calendar dates obtained from the Registrar, and a database

Re: [CODE4LIB] Hours on Library Websites?

2016-07-11 Thread Mark Vega
Here at UC Irvine Libraries, we use a home-grown Hours system built on MS SQL/PHP. Each year, we load a new calendar year into our Hours database using data from three sources: a perpetual calendar database, a database of local academic calendar dates obtained from the Registrar, and a

Re: [CODE4LIB] Chat bot

2016-06-08 Thread Mark Vega
). You can find more information about our efforts here on our eScholarship page (http://escholarship.org/uc/uci_libs_antswers), where you'll also find contact information if you have any additional questions about our implementation. -- Mark Vega Programmer/Analyst University of California

Re: [CODE4LIB] free html editors

2015-05-18 Thread Mark Vega
them to code editors in general. -- Mark Vega Programmer/Analyst University of California, Irvine Libraries - Web Services --

Re: [CODE4LIB] oops (was: [CODE4LIB] Any Apache mod_rewrite experts out there?)

2015-05-18 Thread Mark Vega
), you'll need to show us some example urls and note whether all are in the same format (e.g., can we expect the same number of dashes prefixing every url? or that all prefixes are numeric?). -- Mark Vega Programmer/Analyst University of California, Irvine Libraries - Web Services --

Re: [CODE4LIB] separate list for jobs

2014-05-07 Thread Mark Vega
I'm a 'big picture' kind of guy and I personally think that knowing what's going on in the world of libraries (including employment needs and requirements) is an essential part of coding for libraries. I also echo the sentiment that I don't need yet another list-serv subscription - I can

Re: [CODE4LIB] distributed responsibility for web content

2014-04-18 Thread Mark Vega
far from our defined style specs. Most CMSes also offer workflow functionality and, in some cases, we do use that to assign a reviewer for certain departments who is the only person allowed to publish for that department, although many departmental staff may have permission to edit. -- Mark

Re: [CODE4LIB] web spam block less awful than Captcha?

2011-10-26 Thread Mark Vega
, but be advised that some mobile devices (in particular, some older Blackberry devices) will display the hidden form field. I circumvented that issue by adding an exception for mobile submissions, as I've yet to encounter any spam originating from mobile devices. -- Mark Vega University of California