WPP Enhancements

Do you need to take your search and retrieval systems to the next level? Over the years, we have developed many add-on scripts to enhance DB/Text and CS/WebPublisher PRO query screens and forms to organize and distribute information more effectively.

Our most popular scripts are listed here.  If you have a requirement for a script that is not listed, please contact us for a quote. Developers should also checkout our WebPublisher Developers Kit.

• Index Popups
  Our most popular script is the Index Popup alternative to Inmagic Word Wheels or Browse Choices.
  Version 1: The classic ASP version is available for free and is suitable for databases with up to around 5,000 records.
  Version 3: AJAX enabled Index Popups - click here for more information. Test them out at our Andornot Starter Kit site (Browse Buttons)
   
• Next / previous hyperlinks
  These are text links rather than buttons that can be placed anywhere on a results form. This script allows next/previous to be placed anywhere on the page, as buttons, hyperlink text, hyperlink images, etc. Link text can be changed (e.g. "Prev" instead of "Previous"), page size shown or hidden (e.g. "Previous 20" vs. "Previous"), and First/Last page links are also available. Recently added is a sliding page range option.
  - E.g. "First - Previous - Next - Last" or "Previous 20 - Next 20" or "Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next", etc.
   
• Back to Search Results hyperlinks
  These are text links that can be placed anywhere on a full record display form to return to the brief listing.
   
• Rewind
  This emulates Inmagic's rewind functionality (i.e. intelligently go back from full display to report to search page), but allows rewind button/text/image to be placed anywhere on the page. Also remembers which search page user started on for "New Search" link (useful if more than one search page is being used, e.g. Basic vs. Advanced). Allows "Modify Search" link which takes user back to starting search page with last-used search strategy already filled in.
   
• Next / Previous Highlighted terms in WebPublisher PRO
  This script replicates the functionality of the jump to next highlighted search term in DB/TextWorks to a web interface.
   
• URL Tamer
  Long URLs can break out of their parent element, destroying an otherwise controlled page layout. For instance, a table cell may be set to 500px wide, but a URL that is longer than 500px, containing no spaces and therefore unable to break, will forcibly widen the table cell to its own length. This can make the page look "broken" or just plain ugly. The UrlTamer script enforces a given URL character length, ensuring the URL always stays in bounds.
  View a demo on our Andornot Starter Kit site.
   
• Friendly Find
  This removes the field names from the Search Variable to simplify the query string.

E.g. Inmagic version:
find (Title / Subtitle / Author / Corporate Author / Responsibility / Source / Series / Abstract / Descriptors ct smith / johnson)
Andornot version:
FIND smith / johnson

• Change Form Dropdown
  This can be positioned within the results forms to only show appropriate forms, ie. only English or only French for bilingual sites. In addition the name displayed does not have to be the name of the actual form. 
  E.g. <option value="WebBriefByDate">Sort search results by date</option>
  The script can also be set as a text hyperlink or as a column header in a table.
   
• Filename only Links
  In cases where the textbase field contains a full URL, but one wants only the filename to be used as the actual link text. E.g.
  <a href="http://www.yoursite.com/mypage.htm">mypage.htm</a>
   
• LinkFinder
  Finds and activates URLs within a block of text. Means that one does not have to "pull out" relevant URLs from full text and put in a separate field.
   
• AutoBoolean
  Automatically inserts a boolean symbol (typically "AND") between all words in a search box; good for Google-esque keyword searches. E.g. sound fury --> sound & fury
   
• Replace Boolean
  Allows users to type "AND" "OR" "NOT" instead of using symbols & / !, when searching.
   
• IncludeGenerator
  An HTML page which accepts pasted-in HTML and converts to javascript document.write includes.

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