Working with custom content and custom displays is not easy as pie in the Drupal framework. I’ve been working to get an RSS feed to build in added content to what Drupal calls “nodes.” Nodes are essentially pieces of information with a title and body which can be a blog post or an HTML page [...]
It’s been quite a challenge getting up to speed on our new content management system, Drupal; especially since we’ve been a Cold Fusion/MSSQL shop for quite a while now. The future for us holds new and exciting things like switching to PHP/MySQL/SVN for our development and deployment of web applications and content.
With the content management [...]
Am experimenting with the jQuery library for fun effects on the calendar application. I’m going to be replacing the “show/hide” function with a jQuery.slideToggle() and the AJAX calls for the calendar widget with jQuery.load().
This will help to reduce the amount of code developers will have to write in order to achieve the same effects. Instead [...]
The new calendar interface has been published and is ready for your enjoyment. Features include an AJAX mini calendar widget that allows you to limit results by individual day. By selecting the “>>” or “<
I have been working incessantly on adding more functionality to the calendar program. Requests from staff and public alike are filtering through and so I have a larger to do list for the calendar. Early on I had in mind to provide keyword searching of events within the calendar framework itself. I devised a simple [...]
The new version of NYPL’s calendar now includes dynamic RSS and iCalendar formatted output. Just use the pull down menus to select a timespan, your favorite location, type of event, and audience and you’ll get a URL that you can use via RSS or iCalendar using the buttons on the right-hand side of the screen.
The [...]
If you want to have some fun with Firefox, you can load in the Greasemonkey extension and then load in the script I re-purposed for linking Amazon to our LEO Catalog:
LEO Lookup – Search Amazon and at the title screen level you will be notified if NYPL owns a copy of that title [...]
