From: Andrew N. <and...@vi...> - 2007-10-26 19:09:13
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Matt, could you please explain how the syndetics system works in a bit more= detail. I am unsure why you need to load 10 different URLs for a review o= f 1 record? Thanks Andrew > -----Original Message----- > From: vuf...@li... [mailto:vufind- > gen...@li...] On Behalf Of Matt Mackey > Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 2:06 PM > To: vuf...@li... > Subject: Re: [VuFind-General] Reviews using Syndetics instead of Amazon > > Hi All, > > I was working on this a little yesterday and today. I have edited > /web/services/Record/Reviews.php and /web/services/Record/xsl/record- > reviews.xsl and I am able to create links to the different Syndetics > reviews. The problem that I see is that when there is no review for a > certain isbn they give you a web page with text in it saying that there > was an error in query selection. Here is an example of it, > Syndetics_Error > <http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=3D9780061227325/FCHAPTER.html&clien > t=3Dlehip> > . I was able to use substring and find the exact words in the html and > not list the review if that is what is found. I am afraid that there > is going to be some slowness due to the fact that it has to search 10 > different reviews before it displays the links or not. Do you know how > I could change my code to speed this up? I am attaching Reviews.php and > record-reviews.xsl to this email if you want to see what I have done. > > Thanks for taking the time to look at this, > Matt > > Andrew Nagy wrote: > > Matt, this should be a fairly easy change. All you would need to do > is modify web/services/Record/Reviews.php file to load the data from > syndetics instead of amazon. Take a stab at it and if you still need > some help, post your specific questions to the list and I will try to > help you out. > > > > Andrew > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: vuf...@li... [mailto:vufind- > >> gen...@li...] On Behalf Of Matt Mackey > >> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 1:27 PM > >> To: vuf...@li... > >> Subject: [VuFind-General] Reviews using Syndetics instead of Amazon > >> > >> Hi All, > >> > >> Is it possible to use Syndetics reviews instead of Amazon's? We > >> are paying for them with our current ILS. > >> > >> I have the URL links to the specific reviews all I would need to > >> do is add in the bib#. I was thinking of listing the type of review > >> in the "Reviews" window and have them linked to Syndetics. Could you > >> give me some tips as to where and what I would need to change? > >> > >> Thanks for your time, > >> Matt > >> > >> -- > >> Matthew Mackey > >> Consortium Manager > >> Lehigh Valley Library System > >> > >> Email: mm...@ba... > >> Tel: 610.867.3761 x261 > >> Fax: 610.867.2767 > >> > >> > >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > >> -- > >> -- > >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > >> Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > >> Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a > browser. > >> Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > >> _______________________________________________ > >> VuFind-General mailing list > >> VuF...@li... > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vufind-general > >> > > > > > > > > -- > Matthew Mackey > Consortium Manager > Lehigh Valley Library System > > Email: mm...@ba... > Tel: 610.867.3761 x261 > Fax: 610.867.2767 |