RE: [IUG] Adding wording to a message

["Stokes Lauren P." <stokesl at LVCCLD dot ORG>]

In our catalog if you do anything but a keyword search, i.e. title,
author or subject and we don't own anything then the message "Your entry
XXXX would be here" appears without the words "Search as Words" with
other contain before and after showing.  

The line in briefcit  &nbsp;-- <a href="/search/X">Search as Words</a>
adds the words before the title in the keyword, and  title, subject or
author search when you click on a title with more than one title.

When testing I use wxyz with a title search and it shows the "Your
entry...." message.

I found King County has the words "Search as Words" following their
message so I know it can be done.


Lauren Stokes
Virtual Library Manager
Las Vegas-Clark County Library District
stokesl at lvccld dot org
702.507.3414


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[mailto:innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org] On Behalf Of Bob Duncan
Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 8:48 AM
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Subject: Re: [IUG] Adding wording to a message

At 04:12 PM 12/15/2006 -0800, Lauren wrote:
>I am trying to add linked wording to the message Your entry XXXX would
>be here  which appears on the briefcit form when the term is not found.
>I would like to tack on Search as Words with these words linked to
>/search/X.
>
>I have tried
>
>&nbsp;-- <a href="/search/X">Search as Words</a>
>
>Placed after the token <!-{nohitmsg}--> on briefcit form.
>
>No success with this, we are on 2006, does anyone know how to do it?


Couple of things...

(1)  I've never quite understood why the "nohitmsg" token is even
mentioned 
on the manual page for briefcit.html.  The function of the brief
citation 
form is to control the display of bib info on a record browse; if the 
display is not a record browse, then briefcit is not called into play.
If 
a search results in no hits, then there are no records to browse,
briefcit 
is not used, and any "no hit" message token in the form would be 
ignored.  (Am I missing something?)

(2)  The "Your entry XXXX would be here" message has nothing to do with
the 
brief citation form.  That message only appears on index browse screens 
following an unsuccessful search.

(3)  Every Innovative WebOPAC I've ever seen automatically includes the 
"Search as words" link following "Your entry XXXX would be here" for
failed 
title and subject searches.  The LVCCLD WebOPAC does not, which means 
either you have some capability the rest of us don't, something's
broken, 
or it's an option about which I've long forgotten.

Bob Duncan


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Robert E. Duncan
Systems Librarian
Editor of IT Communications
Lafayette College
Easton, PA  18042
duncanr at lafayette dot edu
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