Test port

["Michael Sauvola" <msauvola@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

I have several questions for those of you who are expert in WebOPAC issues.

 

From recent postings, I see that we can have a test port opened to the Web Server.

Does this create a "second instance" of the WebOPAC ?  I would like to test any changes to WebOPAC pages ( mainmenu, opacmenu_sX, etc.. without cludging up the live system.

 

Also, to prevent patrons from browsing the I'net with a PC dedicated to the catalog, some of our consortium members run the WebOPAC in Netscapes "kiosk mode". Anyone know how to do this with IE?

 

Thirdly, for those libraries running in kiosk mode, I have designed a framed mainmenu.html with leftframe/mainframe. The leftframe has buttons linked to /search, /ftlist, /patroninfo and so on with the target being mainframe. When you hit 'Search' the search page (opacmenu_sX which has liked text to /search/t /search/a etc.) pops up in the mainframe. So far so good. Enter a search for title, author or whatever, and the results also show up in the mainframe. BUT -  if you click on an item in this list, the resulting page opens up over the top of the entire framed widow, blocking out the leftframe and consequently leaving the patron with no way to return to the control buttons in the leftframe. Any way to prevent this?

 

Last but not least, a 'Back' button in the leftframe designed to allow the user to return from a non OPAC page, such as NetLibrary, and linked to javascript:history.back(1) works fine in IE but not in Netscape. The keystrokes Alt-Left Arrow work in both Netscape and IE but I don't know how to simulate this in html or java. Anyone?

 

Michael A. Sauvola
Network Administrator
Northern Waters Library Service
3200 E. Lakeshore Drive
Ashland, WI 54806
715-682-2365 Office
715-292-1176 Cell
msauvola@xxxxxxxxxx

 

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