Comments for EIUG WebPACPro http://webpacpro.wordpress.com Warwick Exchange of Experience Day and Beyond Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:16:10 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Style sheet note by Caroline Thorpe http://webpacpro.wordpress.com/2007/02/21/style-sheet-note/#comment-32 Caroline Thorpe Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:16:10 +0000 http://webpacpro.wordpress.com/2007/02/21/style-sheet-note/#comment-32 Hi could I have a copy of the revised iestyles.css I don't think it is available on CSDirect yet. Thanks Caroline Hi could I have a copy of the revised iestyles.css I don’t think it is available on CSDirect yet.

Thanks Caroline

]]> Comment on WebPAC Pro Catalogues by Dinah Sanders http://webpacpro.wordpress.com/catalogues/#comment-28 Dinah Sanders Fri, 09 Mar 2007 00:48:53 +0000 http://webpacpro.wordpress.com/catalogues/#comment-28 Hi, We're working now on an update to the 2006 WebPAC Pro example set and will be watching for these reported issues in IE 6 and/or 7. There have been a variety of suggestions, so we're combing through them and will test in both. Look for the new set going up probably around the end of the month. If anyone's eager to test drive it the week before it goes up on CSDirect and report any problems, drop me an email and I'll send you a copy. cheers, Dinah Hi,

We’re working now on an update to the 2006 WebPAC Pro example set and will be watching for these reported issues in IE 6 and/or 7. There have been a variety of suggestions, so we’re combing through them and will test in both.

Look for the new set going up probably around the end of the month. If anyone’s eager to test drive it the week before it goes up on CSDirect and report any problems, drop me an email and I’ll send you a copy.

cheers,
Dinah

]]> Comment on WebPAC Pro Catalogues by Alan Brown http://webpacpro.wordpress.com/catalogues/#comment-27 Alan Brown Thu, 08 Mar 2007 09:24:18 +0000 http://webpacpro.wordpress.com/catalogues/#comment-27 The problem that Catherine describes and the .mainSpacer tweak was to fix an IE6 rendering problem not IE 7. As far as I can tell, this still exists in the latest download of the webpac pro example set screens_2006pro_20061121.zip. Which is the one that I used for my presentation. It seems to be more apparent when viewed from a 'distance'. i.e. When I loaded the example set on my staging server and viewed through IE 6 in Bury, I had to click quite a few tabs to get the gap, viewing it from Warwick the gap appeared consistently and was difficult to clear with a refresh. Most of the new look Web pac Pro catalogues appear to have changed their .mainSpacer settings accordingly. IE 7 is better but is still not there yet, and I now have an IE7 styles sheet as well as IE styles. The problem that Catherine describes and the .mainSpacer tweak was to fix an IE6 rendering problem not IE 7. As far as I can tell, this still exists in the latest download of the webpac pro example set screens_2006pro_20061121.zip. Which is the one that I used for my presentation. It seems to be more apparent when viewed from a ‘distance’. i.e. When I loaded the example set on my staging server and viewed through IE 6 in Bury, I had to click quite a few tabs to get the gap, viewing it from Warwick the gap appeared consistently and was difficult to clear with a refresh. Most of the new look Web pac Pro catalogues appear to have changed their .mainSpacer settings accordingly.

IE 7 is better but is still not there yet, and I now have an IE7 styles sheet as well as IE styles.

]]> Comment on WebPAC Pro Catalogues by Dinah Sanders http://webpacpro.wordpress.com/catalogues/#comment-25 Dinah Sanders Tue, 06 Mar 2007 21:52:22 +0000 http://webpacpro.wordpress.com/catalogues/#comment-25 Yes, I fear that IE 7 was not all one might hope in terms of CSS standards compliance. Closer, definitely closer... but still not at the Firefox or Opera level. Yes, I fear that IE 7 was not all one might hope in terms of CSS standards compliance. Closer, definitely closer… but still not at the Firefox or Opera level.

]]> Comment on Post exchange day by Dinah Sanders http://webpacpro.wordpress.com/2007/02/21/post-exchange-of-experience-day/#comment-24 Dinah Sanders Tue, 06 Mar 2007 21:46:46 +0000 http://webpacpro.wordpress.com/2007/02/21/post-exchange-of-experience-day/#comment-24 Hi Mieko, This is called out in the WebPAC Pro FAQ on CSDirect like so: "Brief Citation is used for all record browse displays; these include phrase index search results where all records share a common index entry, all keyword search results, and post-search limit results. If your library has not previously created a briefcit.html file, the conversion process installs one for you." In the Going Pro tour we just say "Brief Citation is used for all record browse displays in WebPAC Pro (This is not a noticeable difference here in the demo because the classic catalog was already using the Brief Citation feature since it uses a recent look and feel)." cheers, Dinah Hi Mieko,

This is called out in the WebPAC Pro FAQ on CSDirect like so:
“Brief Citation is used for all record browse displays; these include phrase index search results where all records share a common index entry, all keyword search results, and post-search limit results. If your library has not previously created a briefcit.html file, the conversion process installs one for you.”

In the Going Pro tour we just say
“Brief Citation is used for all record browse displays in WebPAC Pro
(This is not a noticeable difference here in the demo because the classic catalog was already using the Brief Citation feature since it uses a recent look and feel).”

cheers,
Dinah

]]> Comment on Catalogue tools at Warwick by Graeme Leng-Ward http://webpacpro.wordpress.com/2007/02/01/10/#comment-17 Graeme Leng-Ward Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:09:37 +0000 http://webpacpro.wordpress.com/2007/02/01/10/#comment-17 The code goes before the closing body tag at the bottom of the page. I can see your problem though in that you are missing closing body tags from your mainmenu and opacmenu pages. Your other pages (eg. Advanced search, author search etc) do have closing body tags. It may help if you look at the source code for Warwick and Glasgow's catalogue home pages to see where we have put the code (View > Page Source or View Source). Graeme The code goes before the closing body tag at the bottom of the page. I can see your problem though in that you are missing closing body tags from your mainmenu and opacmenu pages. Your other pages (eg. Advanced search, author search etc) do have closing body tags.
It may help if you look at the source code for Warwick and Glasgow’s catalogue home pages to see where we have put the code (View > Page Source or View Source).
Graeme

]]> Comment on Catalogue tools at Warwick by Mandy Phillips http://webpacpro.wordpress.com/2007/02/01/10/#comment-16 Mandy Phillips Fri, 23 Feb 2007 09:10:05 +0000 http://webpacpro.wordpress.com/2007/02/01/10/#comment-16 Hi Graeme, Thanks for hosting the day at Warwick. It was very useful. I'm trying to install Google Analytics and can't get past getting the code in on the homepage! It says to install before the body tag but the page doesn't really have a formal body tag. Have you any ideas? Mandy Hi Graeme,

Thanks for hosting the day at Warwick. It was very useful. I’m trying to install Google Analytics and can’t get past getting the code in on the homepage! It says to install before the body tag but the page doesn’t really have a formal body tag. Have you any ideas?

Mandy

]]> Comment on Post exchange day by Mieko Yamaguchi http://webpacpro.wordpress.com/2007/02/21/post-exchange-of-experience-day/#comment-13 Mieko Yamaguchi Thu, 22 Feb 2007 00:23:06 +0000 http://webpacpro.wordpress.com/2007/02/21/post-exchange-of-experience-day/#comment-13 Graeme, I'd just like to thank you and Rod and everyone else who worked hard to make today's event such a success. What I learned today will save us hours of head scratching -- especially Karen's suggestion about briefcit.html. I'm yet to find any warning about the lack of briefcit.html for libraries using the default display when they "go Pro". So this one might be for the "Speak to Dinah" page. Today's event was perfectly timed for us as we are scheduled to upgrade to Release 2006 tomorrow! Mieko Graeme,

I’d just like to thank you and Rod and everyone else who worked hard to make today’s event such a success. What I learned today will save us hours of head scratching — especially Karen’s suggestion about briefcit.html. I’m yet to find any warning about the lack of briefcit.html for libraries using the default display when they “go Pro”. So this one might be for the “Speak to Dinah” page. Today’s event was perfectly timed for us as we are scheduled to upgrade to Release 2006 tomorrow!

Mieko

]]> Comment on This blog by Dinah Sanders http://webpacpro.wordpress.com/2007/02/08/this-blog/#comment-11 Dinah Sanders Mon, 19 Feb 2007 23:10:16 +0000 http://webpacpro.wordpress.com/2007/02/08/this-blog/#comment-11 Useful resources for sites converting to WebPAC Pro: (require CSDirect password) - Going Pro Tour http://csdirect.iii.com/documentation/references/going_pro.shtml - WebPAC Pro FAQ http://csdirect.iii.com/faq/webpacpro.shtml cheers, Dinah Useful resources for sites converting to WebPAC Pro:

(require CSDirect password)

- Going Pro Tour
http://csdirect.iii.com/documentation/references/going_pro.shtml

- WebPAC Pro FAQ
http://csdirect.iii.com/faq/webpacpro.shtml

cheers,
Dinah

]]> Comment on WebPAC Pro Catalogues by Alan Brown http://webpacpro.wordpress.com/catalogues/#comment-10 Alan Brown Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:14:54 +0000 http://webpacpro.wordpress.com/catalogues/#comment-10 Catherine, Yes I found a solution to this a while ago and posted it to the main IUG list. The culprit is .mainSpacer {margin: 0 1em 1em 1em;} which effectively gives this div a bottom-margin, and as this div surrounds your tabs this bottom margin occasionally moves the tabs away from the tab body. If you remove this bottom margin ie. .mainSpacer{margin: 0 1em;}, this problem goes away. I do not think that the css is faulty - but that IE incorrectly renders it occassionally. Catherine,

Yes I found a solution to this a while ago and posted it to the main IUG list. The culprit is .mainSpacer {margin: 0 1em 1em 1em;} which effectively gives this div a bottom-margin, and as this div surrounds your tabs this bottom margin occasionally moves the tabs away from the tab body. If you remove this bottom margin ie. .mainSpacer{margin: 0 1em;}, this problem goes away.

I do not think that the css is faulty – but that IE incorrectly renders it occassionally.

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