Re: FW: [IUG] Amazon BIBIMAGE and WEBADDRESS

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

Charlotte

We have used these wwwoptions ever since we upgraded to silver.
The parameter haven't changed so I think they will work with 2005.

I weem to recollect that the basic parameters for linking to Amazon came
as a deafult with Silver, and we turned them off... something about not
wanting to 'commercialize' our webpac... hah :)


Leo

Charlotte J Moncrief wrote:
> Sorry, guess I was not awake enough to see that you had already posted it!
> Do you have any idea if this will work on version 2005?
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> [mailto:innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org] On Behalf Of Leo Papa
> Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 8:16 AM
> To: INNopacusers
> Subject: [IUG] Amazon BIBIMAGE and WEBADDRESS
>
> 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&ShowCapt
> ionBelow=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-keywor
> ds=%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-keywor
> ds=%s&bq=1/cybersong|I|http://lib.syndetics.com/rw12.pl?isbn=%s/index.html&c
> lient=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
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> 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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