Website add-ins to connect users to the catalog and other resources

Vega Account Links
Encore Account Login Link
Vega Search Box
Encore Search Box
Syndetics Unbound Book Display Widget
Database Images

Vega Account Login Links

Creates a link to specific tabs in My Bookshelf:

Go to a patron’s Checkouts tab in My Bookshelf

Recommend if using a single link to the patron account.

Example

Check Your Checkouts or Check Your Library Account

Code

<a href="https://discover.midhudsonlibraries.org/?openAccount=checkouts">Check Your Library Account</a>

Go to a patron’s Holds tab in My Bookshelf

Example:

Check Your Holds

Code:

<a href="https://discover.midhudsonlibraries.org/?openAccount=holds">Check Your Holds</a>

Go to a patron’s Fines tab in My Bookshelf

Example

Check Your Fines

Code

<a href="https://discover.midhudsonlibraries.org/?openAccount=fines-and-fees">Check Your Fines</a>

Go to a patron’s Profile tab in My Bookshelf

Example

Check Your Profile

Code

<a href="https://discover.midhudsonlibraries.org/?openAccount=profile">Check Your Profile</a>

Encore Account Login Link

Link that directly logs patrons into their Library Catalog (Encore) Account

Example

Check Your Library Account

Code

<a href="https://search.midhudsonlibraries.org/iii/encore/myaccount?lang=eng&suite=cobalt">Check Your Library Account</a>

Vega Search Box

Embedded Vega search box allowing patrons to start searches from your website

Example

Code

<form action="https://discover.midhudsonlibraries.org/search">
  <input placeholder="What are you looking for?" name="query">
  <select name="searchType">
    <option value="everything">Everything</option>
    <option value="agent">Author</option>
    <option value="concept">Concept</option>
    <option value="title">Title</option>
  </select>
  <input type="hidden" name="pageSize" value="10">
  <input type="submit" value="Search">
</form>

Encore Search Box

Embedded Encore search box allowing patrons to start searches from your website.

Example:

Code:

<script type="text/javascript">
   function searchEncore(){
        var encoreBaseURLInput,encoreBaseURL, searchInput, scopeInput, searchString, scopeString, locationHref, charRegExString, base64Regex;
       /*base64_encoding_map includes special characters that need to be
        encoded using base64 - these chars are "=","/", "\", "?"
        character : base64 encoded */
        var base64_encoding_map = {"=":"PQ==", "/": "Lw==", "\\":"XA==", "?":"Pw=="};

        var escapeRegExp = function(string) {
            return string.replace(/([.*+?^=!:${}()|\[\]\/\\])/g, "\\$1");
        }
       encoreBaseURLInput = document.getElementById("encoreBase");
       searchInput = document.getElementById("encoreSearchInput2");

        if (searchInput && encoreBaseURLInput) {
            encoreBaseURL = encoreBaseURLInput.value;
            searchString = searchInput.value;
            for(var specialChar in base64_encoding_map) {
                charRegExString = escapeRegExp(specialChar);
                base64Regex = new RegExp(charRegExString, "g");
                searchString = searchString.replace(base64Regex, base64_encoding_map[specialChar])
            }
            searchString = encodeURIComponent(searchString);

            scopeInput = document.getElementById('encoreSearchLocation');


if (!searchString) {
  alert("Please input a search term and search again.");
		 return false;
}


            if (scopeInput) {
                scopeString = scopeInput.value;
            }

            if (scopeString) {
                scopeString = encodeURIComponent(scopeString);
                locationHref = encoreBaseURL + "C__S" + searchString + scopeString +  "__Orightresult__U";
            } else {
 locationHref = encoreBaseURL + "C__S" + searchString + "__Orightresult__U";
              
            }
			
			languageSetting = document.getElementById("encoreLanguage");
			
			if (languageSetting) {
				locationHref = locationHref + "?lang=" + languageSetting.value;
			}
			
            window.location.href = locationHref;
        }
        return false;
    }
</script>

<form action="?" onsubmit="return searchEncore()">
    
	<!-- REQUIRED with id="encoreSearchInput" -->
    <input id="encoreSearchInput2" type="text"/>

    <!-- REQUIRED INPUT with id="encoreBase": <ENCORE_FQDN> fully qualified domain name such as "encore.mylibrary.com" -->
    <input type="hidden" id="encoreBase" value="http://search.midhudsonlibraries.org/iii/encore/search/" />

    <!-- OPTIONAL search location hidden field to limit to a predefined scope -->
    <!-- <input type="hidden" id="encoreSearchLocation" value="__Lf:facetcollections:<Scope_#>:<Scope_#>:<Scope Label>::" /> -->
	
	<!-- OPTIONAL non-english language setting: <Language_Code> is code such as "spi" for spanish -->
	<!-- <input type="hidden" id="encoreLanguage" value="<Language_Code>" /> -->
    

    <input type="submit" value="SUBMIT" />
</form>

Syndetics Unbound Book Display Widget

A create scrolling list of book covers for your website using ISBN. Customs Widgets can be created for member libraries on-demand. Email techsupport@midhudson.org. Please include any customs settings you would like to include.

Example: New York Times Bestseller

Code:

<div class="ltfl_bookdisplay_widget" id="ltfl_widget_ult_3043371186"></div>

Include this only once – add if not already on page. Add to the website header to include on all pages.

<script type="text/javascript" src="https://unbound.syndetics.com/syndeticsunbound/connector/initiator.php?a_id=555"></script>

Custom Options

Select a Data source. What kinds of items do you want your widget to show off? Choose one, then fill out the additional input below.

List of ISBNs. Paste a list of ISBNs to select from.
List of ISSNs. Paste a list of ISSNs to select from.
List of UPCs. Paste a list of UPCs to select from.
Webpage. A URL from which we gather ISBNs.
RSS feed. An RSS URL from which we gather ISBNs.
Items tagged. Draws from LibraryThing for
Libraries’ 90+ million tags—tags like “chick lit,” “paranormal romance,”
“American history.” “Tagmashes,” the intersection of two tags, such as
“romance, zombies” are also possible.
Genre. Pre-determined subject categories.
Series. Items from one or more series, drawn from ProQuest’s series coverage.
Awards. Items from one or more awards, drawn from LibraryThing’s awards coverage.
Publication date. Items published within a specified date range.
Call numbers. Items within a given call-number range or ranges.
Popular. Items popular in your library and libraries like yours.
Uploaded holdings. Anything in your library’s holdings.

Options for each style

Select one of four display types: Dynamic Grid, Carousel, Scrolling, or
3-d Carousel. Each style defaults to an appealing group of settings.
Some options for customization appear immediately below the style
selector. More options are available under the “Advanced Options”
button.

Cover size Select from x-small to x-large cover sizes
Dynamic Grid
- Rows Number of rows in the widget.
- Covers per row How many covers in a given row.
Carousel
- Covers per row Select how many covers you want to show in every rotation through the shelf.
- Type This widget can be horizontal or vertical, and has a shelf option for horizontal orientation.
Scrolling
- Type Scrolls come in both horizontal and vertical orientations.
- Scrolling Speed Select how fast you want the scroll to flow across or up the page.

Advanced Options: General

Appearance

Widget size Widgets will automatically resize to
best fit the surrounding page whenever the page is loaded. Great for
libraries with mobile-responsive sites! Choose Manual to set your own
height and widths. Good if there’s extra white space at the bottom of
your widget.
Display Sorting Select in what order you want items
to show in the widget. Sorting randomly will show a different selection
of items every time the widget loads. Other options are alphabetical by
title or author, or date of publication (recent first).
Easy Share Icon Select On to let anyone take a
screenshot off your widget through the Easy Share button that will
appear on the bottom right corner of your widget. Turn off and make
screenshots yourself within widget creation.
Custom Cover URL Augment our existing cover service
with your own. URLs should look something like
http://www.yourcoverservicehere.com/UNBOUNDREPLACE, where UNBOUNDREPLACE
is replaced with the ISBN of the cover
Cover Sizing Select whether covers should have forced width, height, or be cropped squares.

Link to Catalog

Custom Link URL Add a different URL than your
regular ISBN linking URL if items in this widget should go a different
destination. Remember to use the “XXX” configuration. Example: a catalog
that requires a different search URL for ISSNs or UPCs rather than
ISBNs.
Opens Choose how you want covers to link into your catalog, by going directly to that page or launching in a new window.
Use Popup Box Choose to show a popup detail box
containing cover, title, author, and in many cases summary, as well as a
link to the item in the library. Turn this setting off if clicking a
book and going to the catalog directly is desired.

More Advanced Options

Custom HTML/CSS to output Add your own HTML or CSS
to the widget to help adapt it to your site. See sample CSS classes and
ids in the purple floating box.
Internal Notes These are internal notes about the widget, viewable from the main list of widgets.

Advanced Options: By Style Type

Carousel

Scroll count How many items to scroll forward when the widget advances through the items.
Maximum items How many items to load into the widget at a given time.
Automatic Scrolling If “on,” the widget will advance forward a few titles at a time without clicking the arrows.

3-D Carousel

Automatic Scrolling 3-D carousels can be still, or advance one item at a constant interval. Determine that with the drop down menu, here.
Number of Covers Most widgets will work well with auto covers. Adjust up or down in this setting.