Holly, I'd love to know how the widgets in your last link work. Are there instructions on how to do this somewhere?
Benjamin Kalish Forbes Library / 413-587-1012 / bkal...@forbeslibrary.org Currently reading: *Our Mutual Friend* by Charles Dickens Just Finished: *Mind of the Raven: Investigations and Adventures With Wolf-birds by Bernd Heinrich.* On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 4:15 PM, Holly Brennan <haderh...@ci.homer.ak.us> wrote: > Our library (and City) uses a Drupal site – which is currently being > revamped, though not yet publically visible. > > > > Our page has a search box and link to My Account and Advanced search: > http://www.cityofhomer-ak.gov/library. These will be much more visible in > the new version – bigger, better. We moved to Evergreen after this website > was created, so it’s not very pretty. > > > > We use the catalog to create many widgets embedded within our site: > http://www.cityofhomer-ak.gov/library/recommended-reads-summerhpl-2015 > > > > -Holly > > > > > > > > *From:* Open-ils-general [mailto: > open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] *On Behalf Of *Benjamin > Kalish > *Sent:* Thursday, October 29, 2015 11:33 AM > *To:* Evergreen Discussion Group > *Subject:* Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Information requests- websites > > > > It's very easy to make a search widget that allows you to start an > Evergreen search from your library's website. We've done it at our library > with Wordpress, but it should be equally easy in any system that will let > you write HTML. > > > > Our search form is slightly more complicated in that it allows you to > choose whether to search our website or the catalog. This requires some > Javascript and some some server-side scripting (in case someone has > Javascript disabled) but is still pretty easy. You can see our website at > http://forbeslibrary.org/. I've also included a screenshot of the > "widget". > > > > [image: Inline image 1] > > > Benjamin Kalish > Forbes Library / 413-587-1012 / bkal...@forbeslibrary.org > > > > Currently reading: *Our Mutual Friend* by Charles Dickens > > Just Finished: *Mind of the Raven: Investigations and Adventures With > Wolf-birds by Bernd Heinrich.* > > > > On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 2:58 PM, Mina Edmondson < > medmond...@yorklibraries.org> wrote: > > York County Library System is considering changes to our website. Our > current vendor will not be doing websites in the future. Can you let me > know if you are using WordPress or Drupal along with Evergreen. How does > the website interact with the catalog? Are you using any special widgits to > make the integration easier? > > > > Have you built the website in house or use a vendor? What vendors can you > recommend? > > > > Please forward examples of your websites so we can get a better idea of > what is being done by libraries with these platforms. > > > > Mina C. Edmondson > > District Consultant > > York/Adams District > > medmond...@yorklibraries.org > > > > 717-849-6961- Office > > 717-916-0490- Cell > > > > Instantly borrow free digital movies, music, and more > <http://www.yorklibraries.org/elibrary>, 24/7 with your library card and > #hoopla. > New releases announced on our Facebook page > <https://www.facebook.com/YorkCountyLibraries?fref=ts>. > > > > >