Re: [IUG] customizing ipsso.html

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Michelle,

Hi. Thanks for the information. This is exactly what I needed to read before I attempt converting to ipsso.html as I'm a bit worried that I'll mess up access via WAM with my work on this. We just got integrated login today and I can't get change the "label" names (from campus login to SVSU login) and other labels within the entry boxes.

I thought I'd be more comfortable with edits to the ipsso.html so I've asked Innovative Help to set this up for us. When they do that, will they change our login page then
or will I be able to decide when to set the IPSSO_html wwwoption to "true"?

And yes your work was worth it. Very nice!

Scott Mellendorf
Reference Librarian
Saginaw Valley State University
mel at svsu dot edu
989.964.7052


----- Original Message -----
From: "Michelle Watson" <michelle dot watson at deakin dot edu dot au>
To: "IUG INNOPAC List" <innopac at innovativeusers dot org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 8:02:37 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [IUG] customizing ipsso.html

Hi Nita and Samantha,

We recently switched over from ippso.xml to ipsso.html but had to overcome a number of hurdles before going live. We opted to go with the html version of ipsso because it comes with a mobile-friendly stylesheet and we are using AirPAC for smart phones.

I downloaded the ipsso and related stylesheets and gif images from CSDirect. I think I added the files to WebMaster by copying existing files, then saving over the top of them and re-naming them. The gifs were just placed in the screens directory - make sure the links in login.css and login_mobile.css have the right file paths.

We had trouble with the IPSSO_USEHTML wwwoption - after creating it then setting it to True, we weren't able to find it at all in the wwwoptions file to turn it back off, so had to get help from the III Help desk. Also after making changes to any of the files, you need to refresh your changes via WWWoptions > Tools > Refresh Application > Refresh Integrated Login Changes. This is another thing that III has to turn on for you.

I struggled a bit with the stylesheet links in ipsso.html - there are just so many of them. The first two are commented out - I don't know why they're there, I think it just adds to the confusion. There are also two separate mobile stylesheet links:

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/apps/CAS/resources/login_mobile.css" /> (I had to add the element media="handheld" to this one, to stop it being called in on non-mobile screens)

<link href="/apps/CAS/resources/login_mobile.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="handheld, only screen and (max-device-width: 480px)" /> (I think this is for iPhone-sized devices)

There's also another style sheet that's imported:
<style type="text/css" media="screen and (min-width: 481px)">
<!--
@import url("/apps/CAS/resources/login.css");
-->
</style>

And yet another that has a conditional 'If IE' statement prepended to it:
<!--[if IE]><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/apps/CAS/resources/login.css" media="screen" /><![endif]-->

We had to make the style sheet links absolute for them to work (so http://library.deakin.edu.au/apps/CAS/resources/login_mobile.css) and changed them to https links to avoid getting the IE secure/insecure prompts (same with gifs in stylesheet).

So after much trial and error we finally got the thing up and running: http://library.deakin.edu.au/patroninfo. The LDAP section has been commented out temporarily, but the full version can be found here: http://library.deakin.edu.au:2082/screens/ipsso.html. We did make some minor modifications to the default display. The default version of ipsso includes just one Submit button at the bottom (with the 'sprite' styling and associated gifs) but we decided instead to show the two submit buttons, one for each section of the form - this was achieved via styling (in login.css only). The second Submit button needed to have value="Submit" added to the input tag otherwise it displayed as Submit Query and was inconsistent with the other Submit button. We also reduced the size of field_bg.gif to make the input boxes smaller and reduced the font size of everything.

Finally, we also had to update our messages.conf file to include all the latest PIN messages, as it was quite out of date; these are called in at various points when people make mistakes filling in the form. I had to manually add the class .errors and associated values to login.css for these to stand out.

It took persistence to get it working, but we are fairly happy with the look of ipsso.html now (and it seems to be stable). I'm sure there are some things we could've done better so I would be interested to hear of anyone else's experiences with it. And, apologies for this rather long reply ...have to admit though I have found the writing of it to be cathartic :)

Cheers,
Michelle.

Michelle Watson
Web Cataloguing Librarian, Library
+ Deakin University Geelong Victoria 3217 Australia.
( Phone: 03 5227 8220 International: +61 3 5227 8220
( Fax: 03 5227 8000 International: +61 3 5227 8000
: E-mail: michelle at deakin dot edu dot au
: Website: http://www.deakin.edu.au
Deakin University CRICOS Provider Code: 00113B (Vic), 02414F (NSW)





-----Original Message-----
From: innopac-bounces at innovativeusers dot org [mailto:innopac-bounces at innovativeusers dot org] On Behalf Of SAMANTHA YEUNG
Sent: Wednesday, 17 November 2010 8:53 AM
To: 'IUG INNOPAC List'
Subject: Re: [IUG] customizing ipsso.html

Nita,

For us, it shows up in WebMaster mode, under the drop down menu of Select Process... choose Login App Configuration.

You can also download it from CSdirect. Go to the FAQ on Start Using Integrated Login and there is a link to download the "IPSSO HTML Integrated Login from".

I hope this helps.

Samantha

>>> Nita Dambekodi <ndambekodi at naperville-lib dot org> 11/16/2010 11:13 AM >>>
Ipsso.html is not found on our server at all. Either you can use ipsso.xml or ipsso.html.

Thanks
Nita


-----Original Message-----
From: innopac-bounces at innovativeusers dot org [mailto:innopac-bounces at innovativeusers dot org] On Behalf Of Nita Dambekodi
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 12:56 PM
To: 'IUG INNOPAC List'
Subject: Re: [IUG] customizing ipsso.html

Thanks Samantha. I was not aware of it. I had contacted III to apply integrated login page that was awhile ago though. None of the IPSSO wwwoption is not active on our server. I am afraid to add it now, I might break something. But I wish I had known about this file.

Thanks
Nita


-----Original Message-----
From: innopac-bounces at innovativeusers dot org [mailto:innopac-bounces at innovativeusers dot org] On Behalf Of SAMANTHA YEUNG
Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2010 11:15 AM
To: 'IUG INNOPAC List'
Subject: Re: [IUG] customizing ipsso.html

Nita,

My understanding is that we can use ipsso.html for Integrated Login if you are running 2009B 1.1 or higher. We have just turned on Integrated Login for our library, but has not gone live, yet. According to CSdirect and IGR...once the IPSSO.html is turned on by the WWWOPTION "IPSSO_USEHTML, it can be used for Encore, ResearchPro or any campus related authentication system. We like the new html because it renders really well with mobile devices and it looks really clean. A second reason that we chose to use .html is because this is the format we are more familiar with. There may be good reason to use the ipsso.xml version, but since we are starting fresh, we opted to go with the .html version.

IGR #107939 talks about Implementing the Innovative Integrated Login Page.

Thanks,
Samantha



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>>> Nita Dambekodi <ndambekodi at naperville-lib dot org> 11/11/2010 5:12 AM >>>
Are you talking about using Encore login page? We use Encore login for WebPAC too. I edited login_top, login_Bottom and login.css.

Regards,
Nita
Webmaster
Naperville Public Library
Naperville's Neighborhood of Knowledge
Naperville, IL - 60540
(630) 961-4100 Ext. 4985
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-----Original Message-----
From: innopac-bounces at innovativeusers dot org [mailto:innopac-bounces at innovativeusers dot org] On Behalf Of David Jones
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 3:55 PM
To: innopac at innopacusers dot org; IUG INNOPAC List
Subject: Re: [IUG] customizing ipsso.html

>>> On 11/9/2010 at 01:16 PM, "SAMANTHA YEUNG" <SYEUNG at tolibrary dot org> wrote:
> I am working on the ipsso.html page and would like to know if there is a way
> to make the text box the same size irregardless of the browser.

That's a losing proposition as the size of the boxes will never be pixel perfect between browsers.

I think what you really want is to set it so that the container box isn't so narrow in IE.

Try getting rid of this:

div #login { float:center; width:48%; }

in http://search.tolibrary.org/apps/CAS/resources/login.css

You also probably want to fix your stylesheet calls so that the login_mobile.css is not called for every browser.

HTH,
David



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