VuFind Documentation http://www.vufind.org/wiki/ 2008-07-25T00:41:09-04:00 VuFind Documentation http://www.vufind.org/wiki/ http://www.vufind.org/wiki/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2008-07-23T21:39:33-04:00 Joel Norman proposed_method_1_-_western_michigan_university - created http://www.vufind.org/wiki/proposed_method_1_-_western_michigan_university?rev=1216863573&do=diff Proposed Implementation Authority Index Western Michigan University Background We are a Voyager based library with approximately 1.6 million bibliographies. We are very reliant Voyager's Authority Control Index to assist in searching. The authority is LOC and maintained by our staff. Proposal == We propose the use of a separate solr index to retain our authority records. This index would be assembled from the marc authority file. This index would be searchable both indirectly and dire… text/html 2008-07-23T21:05:16-04:00 Joel Norman authority_control - Add Proposal for Implementation http://www.vufind.org/wiki/authority_control?rev=1216861516&do=diff An authority control system is a necessary feature for a discovery interface tool like VuFind. At the current point, no such system exist, but is being planned. Below are the requirements for such a system. To lessen the complexity of the initial development, we are planning to implement authority records for authors and titles at first. The second phase of the project will implement LC subject headings. text/html 2008-07-23T14:12:22-04:00 Wayne Graham installation_ubuntu http://www.vufind.org/wiki/installation_ubuntu?rev=1216836742&do=diff You can mostly script the installation of Vufind on Ubuntu. The following details the installation from a “clean” instance of Ubuntu Server. The first step is to make sure you have the latest patches installed. sudo apt-get dist-upgrade Next, install SSH and the JDK 6 on the server. text/html 2008-07-22T16:03:05-04:00 Andrew Nagy federated_searching_module - created http://www.vufind.org/wiki/federated_searching_module?rev=1216756985&do=diff * Implement Pazpar2 * Create web-based search target management system * Create pazpar2 search system * Add “favoriting” of articles to the MyResearch module text/html 2008-07-22T16:00:49-04:00 Andrew Nagy start http://www.vufind.org/wiki/start?rev=1216756849&do=diff Installation & Setup * Installation * VuFind on Linux * Vufind on Ubuntu * VuFind on Solaris * VuFind on Windows * Building from Source * Stop words and Synonyms * User Interface Customization * Use of External Content * Alternate MySQL Database Name * Re-indexing * Performance * Security * Searches Customizing/Tuning/Adding text/html 2008-07-22T15:59:43-04:00 Andrew Nagy statistics_module - created http://www.vufind.org/wiki/statistics_module?rev=1216756783&do=diff VuFind needs the ability to record statistics on various user actions to generate useful statistics reports. * Statistics Index A new index needs to be created to allow the recording of user behavior within Apache Solr to leverage the benefits of Solr. text/html 2008-07-10T16:27:14-04:00 Joel Norman searches_customizing_tuning_adding - created http://www.vufind.org/wiki/searches_customizing_tuning_adding?rev=1215721634&do=diff Customizing Searches is Complex yet Simple. 1. Edit the layout.tpl in /vufind/web/interface/templates and/or edit the advanced.tpl in /vufind/web/services/Search/templates/advanced. Add another entity to the drop down select options: <html>……. <form > <input=text …… > <select><option> value=newsearchtitle>New Search Title</option </select> </form> <html> 2. In the /vufind/web/sys/SOLR.php there is a case statement in a function called “buildQuery()” . This function tokenize… text/html 2008-07-03T10:30:15-04:00 Andrew Nagy index_schema http://www.vufind.org/wiki/index_schema?rev=1215095415&do=diff One of our goals as an Open Source project is to help define a standardized schema for Solr based Next Generation Library Discovery Portals. This is the schema that VuFind uses and it will hopefully be tweaked over time as a standardized schema is defined