Website Add-ins to Connect Users to the Catalog and Other Resources

Discover Catalog Account Links | Discover Catalog 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

Recommended 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>

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>

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.
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