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2006(#2)
Newsletter - October 2006
Latest Andornot News
Fall is here and the Andornot team has
some exciting products that will help
your organization deliver database content in creative ways. Take a look at the revamped
home page of our website
which showcases some of these new products and provides you with easy access to
current news and developments.
We have integrated our RSS Control and RSS Viewer into the
home page so that new database entries or blog posts show up automatically whenever
content is updated. You can now also subscribe to our RSS feeds
for
Andornot News,
Andornot Developer's Blog, Andornot
WebPublisher Links
Database, and the
Inmagic Technical Support Knowledgebase.
New Andornot Products
- RSS Control and RSS Viewer
Not sure what RSS is? See the definition below*.
Think it sounds too techie or complicated to set up? That
is why we developed these controls! If you can create a canned
search you can implement these yourself, or of course we can
help you get started. Using our
RSS Control feeds can be set up from your in-house
WebPublisher PRO or Genie databases, or from external
Inmagic sites as
we have done with the Inmagic Knowledgebase.
Bonus: You can use the
RSS Viewer to bring in pretty much
any RSS formatted feed into your website pages. So you can add
the latest articles from news sources or new content from many
other sites that have RSS feeds. Once set up your pages will
constantly update without any intervention from you. We
have even set up a feed showing the latest hockey headlines for
a client who knows this will drive traffic to her intranet site.
Take a look at these in action on the
Interior
Health website. The Latest Additions feed is generated
using our RSS Control from their library catalogue. Both this
and the Ministry of Health news feed are displayed using the
RSS Viewer. (Only the catalog pages are publicly available on
this site.)
Start looking for RSS feed icons
on your favorite sites
and contact us to help you take advantage of these exciting new
products.
(* RSS definition from
Wikipedia : "RSS is a simple XML-based system that allows users to
subscribe to their favorite websites. Using RSS,
webmasters can put their content into a standardized
format, which can be viewed and organized through
RSS-aware software or automatically conveyed as new
content on another website...... It is common to find
web feeds on major websites
and many smaller ones.")
- OneSearch (multi-textbase search)
Fresh out of the development labs is our own multi-textbase
search add-on for Inmagic WebPublisher PRO. If your organization has multiple
textbases on the web, you can quickly set up
OneSearch to
search across all of them. Search results are presented in a
summary format showing the name of each database and the number
of hits. Users can then click on a link to view each set of
records. eg.
ABC
Library Catalogue found
18 results for
'climate change'
View Results
XYZ
Bibliography found 52 results for 'climate
change'
View Results
We are very excited about the potential of this new tool! Other uses could include setting up a search across publicly
available databases (see our demo that searches the catalogues of several BC health libraries).
Or OneSearch can also be set to perform multiple searches on the
SAME database to provide a neat Admin interface. eg.
TODAY
13 new loans View
35 overdue loans View
2 new catalog items added
View
The search parameters, wording and layout are all easily
configurable.
Click here for details or
contact us for more information and pricing.
- Andornot Starter Kit (ASK)
We developed the
Andornot Starter Kit based on frequent requests from clients to help them
enhance the look and feel of their Inmagic WebPublisher
PRO search interfaces. The
Starter Kit includes
- a basic catalog textbase
- desktop forms for search, display and editing.
- a quick and an advanced web search page
- Andornot
AJAX Index Popups (AIP) for improved index browsing
- brief and full
web forms
- CSS (cascading style sheet) for easily changing colors etc.
- Sample header and footer files to work with Inmagic's seams
to create a template used in all results pages.
- Sample canned search which can easily be amended to create
lists of Popular Searches / Hot Topics etc.
- Andornot Utilities Script package which includes
functionality for Back to Search Results / Next|Previous x
records / modified Find parameter and URL Tamer for shortening
long URLS.
- heavily commented code to help you make modifications.
- documentation
- a one hour Webex based training session (North American
clients only)
We highly recommend this kit for clients who need to create a
professional web interface but who do not have the time or
skills to work on this themselves. Andornot will often use this
kit in our consulting projects to get
clients off to a quick start. The detailed documentation
provides instructions for making future modifications and for
using the same forms for another database.
Take a look at our
demo and
see how it can help you create a great impression!
Click here for details or
contact us for more information and pricing.
Inmagic User Group meetings
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Calgary
Thursday, Nov. 23rd 2006 11:30-1pm (to be confirmed)
-
Vancouver
Tuesday, Dec. 5th 2006. 4-5:30pm.(to
be confirmed)
Come
out and meet some of the Andornot team and get an overview of
new products and features. Bring your questions, or let us know in
advance if there are any particular topics you would like us to
discuss.
Inmagic Notes
New and updated websites
We have been busy over the summer! Check out the following
sites to get ideas from some of the projects we have been
working on. Many of these use our add-on products to enhance the
functionality available with WebPublisher PRO. Several use our
outsourcing service and are
hosted on our servers.
AADAC
Addictions Resources Catalogue - Alberta.
The updated web interface now includes more payment options
for orders from the public (including credit card processing) and a login system for staff
and agencies to
bypass this when requesting items.
Arctic Health - Alaska.
Redesign of web search results interface to allow users to
email, save or print selected results.
BCIT Archives (British Columbia Institute of Technology) -
B.C.
The Archives has now launched their second database, this one
covering their archival descriptions.
Environmental Law Centre Resource Catalog
- Alberta.
Newly launched catalogue from the Environmental Law Centre in
Edmonton with an ordering cart.
Law
Society of Newfoundland - Newfoundland & Labrador.
Upgrade to the Law Library web catalogue
using parts of our Andornot Starter Kit. The textbase web
forms utilizes DB/TextWorks seams to integrate their web site template.
Lincoln Center
Institute - New York.
Redesign of Catalog interface to integrate with their IBM
WebSphere Portal. Site features 2 levels of login using
a DB/Text database as the datastore plus wishlist and ordering
options.
PRCVI (Provincial Resource Centre for the Visually Impaired)
- B.C.
New Vision Teacher and Resource Contacts database launched.
Other databases include catalogues of Visual Impairment and
Print Disability materials with login and ordering options.
SLA Toronto Directory and Librarian's Resource Centre - Ontario
Andornot recently upgraded SLA Toronto's Directory and Librarian's
Resource Centre. The revised site now integrates with
their website design and allows participants in the
Directory to login and update their own records.
Contact
us or visit our
web
site if you would like more information about these
projects and how we can help you enhance your online presence.
Cool Tools & Tips
Cropper
Cropper is a screen capture utility that makes it
fast and easy to grab parts of your screen and copy them to
the clipboard or save as jpgs, bitmaps etc. It's handy for writing documentation that needs images of your application or web site.
UltraMon
UltraMon is a great utility for multi-monitor systems. None of
us at Andornot could live without two monitors - once you've
tried it, you'll never want to go back! Anyone involved in
multi-tasking or web design can work more effectively, eg.
view your website on one monitor, have your design tool open
on the other to see the changes without constantly switching
window.
Other announcements
Andornot Search Cannery upgraded
The
Andornot
Search Cannery has been upgraded to allow
you to include more search parameters (such as CSS Absolute
Positioning, Error Message File, specify WebPublisher platform).
Use this popular tool to help you quickly create the syntax
needed to add canned search links using WebPublisher PRO to popular topics etc.
New Addition to the Andornot
Family!
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On Friday, August 18th, Ted
Jardine's wife Angie gave birth to a beautiful 8lbs 6oz baby
girl. Makailah Dawn Jardine will be helping her sister
Reigna keep Ted happy but sleep deprived. |
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