[IUG] Amazon BIBIMAGE and WEBADDRESS

["Leo Papa" <papal at cantonpl dot org>]

We are on Rel 2006. And you can see the setup on out testpac
http://catalog.cantonpl.org:2082

Here is the syntax for Syndetics' compound image:

BIBIMAGE=http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=%s/SC.GIF&client=CODE&ShowCaptionBelow=t|I|http://syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=%s/index.html&client=CODE&rw12&popup=yes

You will need to replace "CODE" with you library's access code.

You can contact Syndetics tecnical support for a setup document that
allows customization.  Meanwhile, I'll write to them and ask if they would
allow me to post it to the IUG Clearinghouse.

What I am seeking help with is the WEBADDRESS wwwoption for Amazon.
This one works, but I'm not sure whether or not the second set of
parameters (after the |i| delineator) is redundant.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=books&field-keywords=%s&bq=1/|i|http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/%s|<img
src="/screens/resourcelink.gif" border="0" alt="Purchase at Amazon"
/>|<img src="/screens/resourcelink.gif" border="0" alt="Purchase at
Amazon" />|20

I've also noted that one can change the "index" parameter from, say,
"book" to "amazon" and get a broader set of indexes.  Using the book
index, for example, returns a null set at Amazon if a patron searches our
catalog for a video, even though Amazon may have that item in stock.  If
someone knows a syntax for the index parameter, that searches all amazon
resources I would like to know about it.

I had been using the following syntax to link to Syndetics reviews, and to
pass the search through to Amazon if we did not have any items associated
with a search:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=books&field-keywords=%s&bq=1/cybersong|I|http://lib.syndetics.com/rw12.pl?isbn=%s/index.html&client=CODE|<IMG
SRC="/screens/resourcelink.gif" BORDER=0>|<IMG SRC="/screens/reviews.gif"
BORDER=0>

Again, "CODE" resresents our Syndetics access code.  The term "cybersong"
is an affiliate ID we might use for test purposes, before setting up a
library affiliation.

Leo







Janice  Painter wrote:
>  Hello Leo,
> I'm definitely interested in finding out how you set this up.
> We have an amazon affiliation, but no catalog links at all (we do a "buy
> a book for the library" with wishlist content for in-demand titles as a
> kind of pro-active gift arrangement off of our main website.
> Your setup really sounds like it might be an option.
> So, yes, please send me any information you can.
> I'm also interested in the Syndetics compound image and how that's set
> up.
>
> Can you send me some links on your testpac?
>
> Also, are you on Pro or just doing this with release 2006 wwwoptions?
>
> Thanks,
> Janice Painter
>
> ---------------------------------
> Janice Painter
> Manager, Access Services
> Princeton Public Library
> 65 Witherspoon St.
> Princeton, NJ  08542
>
> email: jpainter at princetonlibrary dot org
>
> Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 19:59:40 -0500 (EST)
> From: "Leo Papa" <papal at cantonpl dot org>
> Subject: [IUG] Amazon cover art on 2006 and WebPac Pro
> To: "IUG INNOPAC List" <innopac at innopacusers dot org>
> Message-ID: <3023 dot 69 dot 246 dot 46 dot 13 dot 1167958780 dot squirrel at mail dot cantonpl dot org>
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>
> On a slightly different tangent...
>
> I was playing around with settings for Amazon and Syndetics in the
> BIBIMAGE  and WEBADDRESS wwwoptions, and was able to configure WEBADRESS
> so that it would link to Syndetic review if we had an item, and pass the
> search on to Amazon if we didn't.  If anyone is interested in the syntax
> I'll be glad to provide it.
>
> Syndetics has come out with a "compound" image, that provides links to
> reviews out of the BIBIMAGE wwwoption, expressed in a link below the
> cover art.  So, we will probably not use this 'hybrid' WEBADDRESS
> syntax, and just use that wwwoption for Amazon, should we decide to
> affiliate with them.
>
> I'm have added an (personal) affiliate ID to WEBADDRESS and it didn't
> break the wwwoption functioning, but we'll have to go live before we can
> test if it is really working.  No one is going to buy books off of our
> staging port.  If it works our library is considering becomming an
> affiliate. If anyone else is already testing or has an Amazon
> affiliation working, I'd like to connect with them.
>
> Leo Papa
> Canton Public Library
>
>


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