FW: Bookjackets

["Gimon, Charles A" <CAGimon at mplib dot org>]

Doesn't Syndetics serve up a single-pixel transparent .gif or something if
they don't have a jacket?

I've always been leery of using Amazon or B&N for book jacket images--they
might turn up one day with a big "20% OFF!" sticker on them...

--Charles Gimon
  Web Coordinator
  Minneapolis Public Library



-----Original Message-----
From: Craig A. Summerhill
To: innopac at innopacusers dot org
Cc: fahrnedl at jmu dot edu
Sent: 12/17/2004 9:28 PM
Subject: Re: Bookjackets

On 12/16/2004, Deborah Fahrney wrote:
>
>We have been experimenting with Amazon Bookjackets.  However, we have
>noticed invalid bookjackets.  IE displays these invalid bookjacks as a
>graphical X book jacket that leads to "We're sorry. The Web address you
>entered is not a functioning page on our site". Has anyone experienced
>this problem or found a solution?

What are you using to generate the link?  Are you using WEBADDRESS /
BIBIMAGE variables in the WebOPAC?

My first guess would be that you have generated an invalid link.  We ran
into a similar problem when trying to generate links to Syndetic
Solutions.
The problem was that the variables mentioned above were picking up the
MARC
010 (LC Accession Number) and trying to build the link with that number.

However, in our case... when the link was invalid... no broken image
icon
showed up in the browser.  Nor did a link to Syndetic Solutions show up.


If you are sure your link is valid on these pages, my next best guess
would
be that you are generating a valid link... but Amazon simply doesn't
have
any cover image for that particular title.  In that case, I thought the
WebOPAC would simply not display anything.  It might be that the URL is
valid, but no data is returned.


If you can cut and paste the linking URL for the broken image, I might
be
able to give you a better idea.  Or send me the source code for the
entire
page.  Or send me a URL to where I can see the page myself in your
WebOPAC.

-- 

    Craig A. Summerhill
    Applications Development Librarian
    University of Nevada, Reno
    Getchell Library 174A / Mail Stop 322
    1664 North Virginia Street
    Reno, NV   89557-0042

       (775) 784-6500 x227
       <summerhi at unr dot edu>


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