Thanks Ian! If you like, I can provide an updated version (running on 3.4.2 rather than 3.2) next week when I get back to the server...
Nick On 8/12/11, Ian Walls <[email protected]> wrote: > Nick, > > > Very interesting! I look forward to poking around in it, and seeing what > could be integrated into Koha. Thanks for sharing! > > > -Ian > > 2011/7/25 Nicholas van Rheede van Oudtshoorn <[email protected]> > >> Hi all, >> >> We've been avid users of Koha here at Perth Bible College for quite a few >> years now. Recently, I've done some work to improve the book cover system >> here at PBC. A lot of our records lack ISBN records (BAD library practices >> in the old library system!), and I really wanted something nicer than a >> "cover not found" image. The result (attached) is an html/css book cover >> generating system - which also locally stores covers attained from >> librarything and openlibrary, redirecting to an amazon image if no cover >> is >> found. Unfortunately, it's in php - since I'm more familiar with that. :( >> The kernel for the system (though it's been *heavily* modified is courtesy >> a >> script by Art Zemon from 2008. >> >> We also put together a newbooks display. The results can be seen on the >> landing page: http://library.pbc.wa.edu.au/ - (and there you'll see that >> even some of our "new" books don't have ISBNs! <groan>) >> >> Hoping this might be of use to someone else. Something like the html/css >> book cover system could, in my opinion, be very useful... >> >> Nick van Oudtshoorn >> Perth Bible College >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Koha-devel mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel >> website : http://www.koha-community.org/ >> git : http://git.koha-community.org/ >> bugs : http://bugs.koha-community.org/ >> > > > > -- > Ian Walls > Lead Development Specialist > ByWater Solutions > Phone # (888) 900-8944 > http://bywatersolutions.com > [email protected] > Twitter: @sekjal > -- Sent from my mobile device _______________________________________________ Koha-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel website : http://www.koha-community.org/ git : http://git.koha-community.org/ bugs : http://bugs.koha-community.org/
