http://vufind.org/wiki/ 2012-05-17T02:05:26-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/ http://vufind.org/wiki/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2011-06-15T08:16:52-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/adding_facets?rev=1308140212&do=diff Facets These directions are based on the excellent documentation provided by the Solrmarc project. Below is a simplified version. For more detailed information about custom indexing and translation, See the Solrmarc wiki. Adding a facet to the Narrow Search box is a relatively straightforward procedure. Because facets rely on an index, these instructions assume we are beginning with one of three possible scenarios: text/html 2010-11-02T12:54:05-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/administration_policies_and_procedures?rev=1288716845&do=diff This page is now obsolete -- the formal election-based administration group has been replaced by the more agile Core Developers and Developers Call approach. If you are interested in seeing policies for historical purposes, please look at past revisions of this page. text/html 2011-05-17T11:55:06-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/administrator_list?rev=1305647706&do=diff The VuFind project is guided by a group of Core Developers who help prioritize development goals and make design decisions through a regular Developers Call. Prior to the institution of this regular call, the project experimented with an elected administrative group. This page provides information on that group for historical purposes. text/html 2011-05-16T02:53:15-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/advanced_search?rev=1305528795&do=diff The advanced search is an important part of VuFind that has been overlooked. An Advanced Search feature is important because it allows a user to specify their search to a specific combination of fields. To make a powerful and intuitive Advanced Search, a user-interface redesign is valuable. Below is a design view of the advanced search form for VuFind. Please reflect and edit as you like to develop a community based requirement for the Advanced Search form. text/html 2011-12-01T09:40:20-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/alphabetical_heading_browse?rev=1322750420&do=diff IMPORTANT: This page refers to features that were added in VuFind 1.1. If you are using an earlier version, you will have to upgrade. Introduction The AlphaBrowse module provides a traditional alphabetical heading browse which allows users to see all of the authors, subjects and titles in your collection, including cross-references extracted from authority data. text/html 2011-06-06T08:35:54-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/alternate_mysql_database_name?rev=1307363754&do=diff Occasionally the default database name of 'vufind' is not appropriate for your environment. You can specify a different name as part of the install process, but if you decide on a different name after you have already installed VuFind, manually changing the database name used by VuFind is not overly difficult. text/html 2011-06-17T11:18:06-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/aperture?rev=1308323886&do=diff VuFind's import tools include support for using the Aperture Java library to extract full text from external documents (PDF, Word, etc.). In order to take advantage of this, you need to install Aperture (see link below) and point VuFind to the software by editing the web/conf/fulltext.ini file. text/html 2011-05-19T15:48:41-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/author_fields?rev=1305834521&do=diff This is Naomi Dushay's best attempt to understand the title fields in VuFind as of 2008-08-11. It is not guaranteed to be correct, nor up to date. It is shared here in the hopes it may be useful to others. Field Name Function Traits Current Algorithm author search: default fielded author getMoreLikeThis Display: search results tokenized, stopwords, stemmed, case folded stored 100 a, b, c, d authorStr facet (search results) sort search results by author “get similar search ter… text/html 2011-05-20T08:25:06-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/authority_control?rev=1305894306&do=diff Starting with version 1.1, VuFind includes an authority control system. This page provides some details on how it is being used and how its application could be expanded. Authority Index The authority index lives alongside the bib index within VuFind's Solr instance to store Authority records. text/html 2011-05-20T08:25:21-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/autocomplete?rev=1305894321&do=diff IMPORTANT: This page refers to features that were added in VuFind 1.1; if you are using an earlier release, please upgrade. Configuring Suggestions Autocomplete functionality can be enabled, disabled or configured through settings in web/conf/searches.ini. Each search type defined in your basic search type drop-down can be assigned its own custom autocomplete handler. The currently available handlers and configuration details can be found in the comments above the [Autocomplete] and [Autoc… text/html 2011-05-20T08:25:41-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/automation?rev=1305894341&do=diff Once VuFind is running, you still need to do some work to keep it up to date and stable. The exact details of VuFind automation will vary significantly based on your ILS and operating system. However, these are the general common goals: * Update VuFind's index with the latest changed and added records from your ILS. See the MARC Export Notes for help with this. * Remove deleted and suppressed records from VuFind's index. VuFind is packaged with tools in the util directory that can help… text/html 2011-03-21T09:19:33-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/building_a_link_resolver_driver?rev=1300713573&do=diff IMPORTANT: This page refers to features that were added in VuFind 1.1. If you are using an earlier version, you will have to upgrade. This page contains details on writing a custom driver for an OpenURL Link Resolver not already supported by VuFind. text/html 2011-05-20T08:27:06-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/building_a_module?rev=1305894426&do=diff Current Modules Module Notes Search Provides core search functionality Record Provides a web page for each record MyResearch A portal for users to save and organize resources in a central location Help Provides context sensitive help for the users Author Provides a web page for each author and harvests biographical information from Wikipedia OAI Provides an OAI content provider service to allow for harvesting of records (currently incomplete) Building Custom … text/html 2011-05-20T08:27:20-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/building_a_plugin?rev=1305894440&do=diff VuFind uses the Smarty Template Engine to control the HTML templates. Smarty has the ability to create plugins to be intergrated in with the templates. If you would like to create a Plugin to enhance VuFind - for example a SQL Query to your ILS Database for additional data on the Record View Page or a new query to the Solr data store - you could simply create a PHP file that lives within the /web/interface/plugins directory. Please follow the Smarty Documentation on how to create a plugin. text/html 2010-12-21T10:08:13-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/building_a_recommendations_module?rev=1292944093&do=diff IMPORTANT: This new feature was introduced in VuFind 1.0. If you are using an earlier beta version, please upgrade to take advantage of it. What is a recommendations module? Sometimes it is useful to make suggestions to a user based on their search terms. Depending on the type of search performed, the best recommendations may vary. For example, you may wish to suggest popular author names based on an author search, or common subject headings based on a subject search. The recommendations … text/html 2011-07-10T16:27:52-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/building_a_search_object?rev=1310329672&do=diff Starting with VuFind 1.0, most of VuFind's search controller behavior (collecting user parameters, handling facets, paging, etc.) was isolated to a family of classes known as Search Objects. This reduces code redundancy when dealing with common problems, and it allows new search modules (using mechanisms other than Solr) to be built more quickly. text/html 2011-01-05T10:53:33-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/building_an_authentication_handler?rev=1294242813&do=diff VuFind contains a class-based mechanism for authenticating users. Architecture All of VuFind's authentication code can be found in the web/sys/authn directory. All authentication handlers implement the Authentication interface found in web/sys/authn/Interface.php. text/html 2012-04-27T08:54:01-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/building_an_ils_driver?rev=1335531241&do=diff This page contains details on writing a custom driver for an integrated library system not already supported by VuFind. VuFind supports many platforms, so check to see if it already has support before you try to write your own! Basic Structure * ILS Drivers are found in the web/Drivers folder of the VuFind installation. * The PHP file containing the driver must be named for the value used as the driver setting in the [Catalog] section of web/conf/config.ini. * The name of the class defi… text/html 2011-05-20T08:27:48-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/call_number_fields?rev=1305894468&do=diff This is Naomi Dushay's best attempt to understand the call number fields in VuFind as of 2008-08-11. It is not guaranteed to be correct, nor up to date. It is shared here in the hopes it can help others. Field Name Function Traits Current Algorithm callnumber call number Searches Display Sorting Search Results not tokenized stored indexed not multivalued take first of 090ab, 050ab (full call number) callnumber-a ? not tokenized stored indexed not multivalued take first … text/html 2011-06-28T11:46:28-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/call_numbers?rev=1309275988&do=diff By default, VuFind is configured to support LC call numbers. Dewey Decimal support was added in version 1.0. The notes below assume you are using a version capable of supporting Dewey Decimal. Turning on Dewey Decimal Support Activating Dewey Decimal support requires a few steps: text/html 2012-01-30T13:29:26-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/changelog?rev=1327948166&do=diff Release 2.0RC1 - coming 7/2/2012 This release (the first preview of the new 2.0 architecture) is currently being built. Watch this page for news on the latest features. * New architecture: see Why VuFind 2.0? for some reasons for the change. * More feature-rich WorldCat module. text/html 2012-03-19T11:06:30-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/conferences?rev=1332169590&do=diff * VuFind Summit 2012 - Information on the forthcoming October, 2012 VuFind Summit. * VuFind 2.0 Conference - Outcomes (including streaming video) of the September, 2010 VuFind Summit. text/html 2012-04-10T12:51:12-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/configuration_and_customization?rev=1334076672&do=diff Many features of VuFind can be customized without changing any code. This page should help guide you through. Basic Options Most users should take a look at these configuration options, as they are the most commonly used. * Alphabetical Heading Browse - How to activate traditional OPAC-style heading browsing. * Autocomplete - Provide real-time, context-sensitive suggestions. * Call Number Configuration - Dealing with Dewey vs. LC call numbers. * Customizing the User Interface * C… text/html 2012-02-22T10:15:32-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/connecting_to_third-party_content?rev=1329923732&do=diff In addition to loading content into its own internal index, VuFind can also communicate with third-party services to pull in additional information. Summon To search Serials Solutions' Summon through the VuFind interface, you will need to enable Summon in the VuFind configuration file to enable this functionality. text/html 2011-05-24T10:54:21-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/continuous_integration?rev=1306248861&do=diff VuFind uses continuous integration to monitor the quality of the code base and allow early detection of problems. This is a work in progress, and this page exists to help keep track of tools and ideas. You can help by writing new unit tests and by fixing problems identified within our Hudson instance. text/html 2011-05-17T11:56:56-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/core_developers?rev=1305647816&do=diff d This page is designed to list regular participants of the Developers Call and to show what is currently being worked on. Please feel free to add or remove yourself from this list as needed, and please update your status when possible. Note: This page is NOT intended to replace JIRA for detailed issue tracking. If you want to be given a developer account in JIRA so that you can assign tickets to yourself, please contact demian DOT katz AT villanova DOT edu. text/html 2011-01-18T12:48:02-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/creating_a_session_handler?rev=1295372882&do=diff VuFind currently has the capability of supporting sessions stored on disk, in a database or in MemCache. You can also create your own handlers by following these steps: 1.) Create a new file in the web/sys folder. Its name should match the name of the class it defines. You can use any name you like, but by convention, it is recommended that you end it in “Session.” (i.e. FileSession, MySQLSession, etc.). text/html 2011-06-28T11:45:58-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/customization?rev=1309275958&do=diff VuFind is developed using Smarty templates for HTML and CSS for design. Templates and CSS are bundled into themes, which are found in the web/interface/themes folder. You can use one of VuFind's built-in themes (classic or default), or you can build your own. The theme used by VuFind is determined by the theme setting in the [Site] section of web/conf/config.ini. text/html 2010-08-16T10:37:47-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/daia_pica_driver?rev=1281969467&do=diff General In order to make vufind speak with OCLC/PICA the PICA-driver can be used. But it has some limits. Main limit is that we are using LDAP-authentication, which is not supported by PICA by default. You need a LDAP-System, that stores the PICA-ID of the user and the password. On vufind side the LDAP server can be configured in config.ini. If you do not have such a LDAP system, some parts of vufind won't work, unless the user creates an account in vufind database, using the same data as in t… text/html 2011-07-15T11:06:22-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/developer_manual?rev=1310742382&do=diff This page contains the latest information for VuFind developers. Coding Standards * PHP Code - PEAR Coding Standards For help with standards compliance, try the PHP_CodeSniffer tool. Install it with PEAR, then run: phpcs --standard=PEAR [file] text/html 2012-05-16T09:01:09-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/developers_call?rev=1337173269&do=diff The VuFind Developers Call is a bi-weekly online forum allowing the VuFind community to discuss current issues in the development of the project. Next Call The next call will be Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at 10am Eastern Daylight Time (14:00 GMT). Proposing Topics If you have a subject you would like to discuss on the next call, please post agenda items to the vufind-tech mailing list. We will cover as many topics as allowed by the time slot. text/html 2011-07-28T08:26:10-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/directory_layout?rev=1311855970&do=diff * import The import directory contains the import tool for importing MARC records. This directory will also contain other command line import tools as they are developed. * solr The solr directory contains all Solr related items including Jetty and the data directories for the indexes. * Note: Soon VuFind will have multiple indexes to allow for non bibliographic data. * tests Contains the test suite (see Unit Tests for more details). * util Contains PHP utility scripts designed to be… text/html 2008-03-20T09:24:30-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/eclipse?rev=1206019470&do=diff Eclipse is a multi-platform, multi-language, extensible development interface with a large community base. Eclipse has a nice interface for developing as there are plugins for pretty much every thing a programmer would need to be able to do (from version control to SSH). text/html 2011-06-28T11:45:57-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/eclipse_setup?rev=1309275957&do=diff This will show you how to set up Eclipse, an open source IDE for just about every language imaginable. In this development environment, we'll use several plugins to make working with Vufind very easy. Set Up Eclipse Get Eclipse Obviously, you need to download Eclipse. For the purposes of this set up, grab the Eclipse Classic version for your platform (it's at the bottom of the page). text/html 2011-06-28T11:45:57-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/expanded_driver_func?rev=1309275957&do=diff This page is no longer needed -- see this blog post for details on the final implementation of this functionality. text/html 2009-12-07T14:33:01-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/exporting_records?rev=1260214381&do=diff This is a duplicate page. Please see marc_export_notes. text/html 2008-12-14T20:11:50-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/federated_searching_module?rev=1229303510&do=diff * Implement Pazpar2 * Create web-based search target management system * Create pazpar2 search system * Add “favoriting” of articles to the MyResearch module * Ability to search many types of external resources, e.g. web pages, documents, custom databases. text/html 2009-07-24T11:44:39-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/global_variables?rev=1248450279&do=diff VuFind uses a few important global variables that you may find helpful when building modules and maintaining the code. Primary Globals These two globals are the most important, and their use is encouraged: * $configArray This global contains the contents of the web/conf/config.ini file mapped into associative array format. * $interface This global is an instance of the UInterface class, used for passing information to the Smarty presentation layer. See the System Classes page for mor… text/html 2009-07-03T10:14:50-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/hacking_vufind_into_german_libraries?rev=1246630490&do=diff On June 29th/30th some German library developers gathered at Verbundzentrale des GBV in Göttingen for a VuFind hack session. Some general goals were * doing an out of the box VuFind installation for a “typical” German university library * exchange of use cases and experiences * finding out if there are main blockers or minor problems on a technical level for the spread of VuFind (esp. in German library settings) * addressing some of these issues with at least proof of concept solutions… text/html 2011-08-08T15:05:10-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/icon_set?rev=1312830310&do=diff Vufind already uses a number of icons for different resource types. The Summon interface needs more still. A full set of free icons which can be used by all library applications would be useful and save each application reinventing the wheel. This page is to collect a list of potentially useful icons, classified by type. (S) after an icon signifies 'required for Summon'. text/html 2011-06-14T14:18:06-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/ils_driver_troubleshooting?rev=1308075486&do=diff If you are having difficulty getting VuFind to talk to your ILS, this page offers tips that may help. 1. Check Configuration Files Each driver has its own configuration file in the web/conf subdirectory of your VuFind installation. For example, Voyager users need to fill in the Voyager.ini file. Make sure you have configured your ILS correctly! text/html 2012-03-21T14:48:47-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/ils_support_list?rev=1332355727&do=diff Driver code to talk to various library systems is an important part of VuFind, but it can be impossible to test or modify without access to a real system. This section lists VuFind users with some familiarity with the driver code who have access to particular systems and are willing to help test and discuss driver changes. text/html 2012-05-08T08:33:07-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/importing_records?rev=1336480387&do=diff VuFind was initially designed with the MARC bibliographic record format in mind, though additional formats are supported through the use of Record Drivers starting with version 1.0. For general information on MARC, see Understanding MARC Bibliographic from the Library of Congress. The Code4Lib Working with MARC page also provides some useful tools. text/html 2008-08-12T01:51:38-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/index_fields?rev=1218520298&do=diff Stanford University's documents on VuFind index field population algorithms and field uses. Not guaranteed to be 100% accurate or up to date. * Title Fields * Author Fields * Subject Fields * Call Number Fields * Stanford's Standard Number Field Algorithms * Stanford's Format Algorithm * Stanford's URL Algorithms * Stanford's Language Algorithm * Stanford's PublishDate Algorithm * Stanford's Access Method Facet Algorithm text/html 2009-11-17T14:05:36-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/index_schema?rev=1258484736&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 text/html 2009-11-17T14:55:13-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/install_patches?rev=1258487713&do=diff Please see JIRA for bug reports and user-contributed patches. text/html 2011-01-27T09:24:40-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/installation?rev=1296138280&do=diff Getting Started If you are new to VuFind, you should start by reading the Installation Notes to orient yourself. Platform-Specific Documentation VuFind is designed to be able to be installed on many different platforms. Choose from the following installation documents based on the platform of your choice: text/html 2012-05-14T05:54:26-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/installation_fedora?rev=1336989266&do=diff This documentation will help you install VuFind 1.3. Documentation for the previous major release, VuFind 1.2, can be found here, but using the old version is NOT recommended. These instructions assume that you are starting with a clean installation of Fedora 11 or newer. If you already have a Fedora server, you will be able to skip some steps, but you may have to reconfigure some existing software. text/html 2009-11-17T13:36:44-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/installation_readme?rev=1258483004&do=diff The VuFind documentation can be a bit intimidating for a new user. This page is designed to help you get started. The page contains some background on VuFind's capabilities and requirements, and it will point you in the right direction when you are ready to install your own copy. text/html 2011-03-02T12:58:02-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/installation_solaris?rev=1299088682&do=diff Instructions currently incomplete, as I work on making sure my environment works. Please ask questions on the mailing list. The installation instructions worked on a Solaris 10 Sparc server. They should work for other Solaris flavors and hardware. Primary sources include the BigAdmin SAMP article and the Blastwave How-to-Guide. text/html 2008-04-14T12:02:39-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/installation_source?rev=1208188959&do=diff VuFind is a web application and is built from a scripting language and therefore does not need to be built or compiled. However the MARC Import Tool is a Java application that does need to be compiled. Follow these simple steps to build the import tool. text/html 2012-05-14T09:19:39-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/installation_status?rev=1337001579&do=diff Here are some of the institutions currently running or testing VuFind. Take a look at a few to get an idea of the many different ways you can use and customize the software. Live sites are listed first, followed by beta/test sites. Within each group, listings are alphabetical. Please feel free to add your own organization here if it is not already listed. text/html 2012-05-03T08:36:51-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/installation_ubuntu?rev=1336048611&do=diff This documentation will help you install VuFind 1.3. Documentation for the previous major release, VuFind 1.2, can be found here, but using the old version is NOT recommended. These instructions assume that you are starting with a clean installation of Ubuntu. If you already have an Ubuntu server, you will be able to skip some steps, but you may have to reconfigure some existing software. text/html 2012-04-11T09:06:18-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/installation_windows?rev=1334149578&do=diff These instructions assume that you are installing your MySQL database on the same server as VuFind itself and that you are using an installation path of c:\vufind Requirements To satisfy VuFind's dependencies, make sure you install the software versions recommended on the requirements page. You may use other versions at your own risk. text/html 2011-08-25T14:11:09-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/installing_multiple_instances?rev=1314295869&do=diff Sometimes, you may want to have multiple copies of VuFind running on the same system. This is a good way to test a new version of the code without breaking an existing installation, or you may wish to use the software for two unrelated applications at once. text/html 2010-11-17T09:47:38-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/language_localization_support?rev=1290005258&do=diff VuFind supports multiple languages in its user interface through two main mechanisms. Translate Function VuFind supports a global translate() function (available as {translate text='xxx'} tags within the Smarty templates) which will translate a string of text into the user's currently selected language by looking at the map files in the web/lang directory of the VuFind installation. text/html 2011-12-14T02:47:03-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/language_support_list?rev=1323848823&do=diff Language Support List Maintaining the language translation files requires special skills. The following volunteers are willing to help out with specific languages. Unless noted otherwise, these people can be reached through the vufind-tech mailing list (see the support page for details on joining). text/html 2012-03-21T11:03:46-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/marc_export_notes?rev=1332342226&do=diff Exporting records from the ILS system is key for the use of VuFind. To make this process as easy as possible for you, we have started consolidating the documentation on how to do this for various known ILS systems. If you have experience working with a particular system, please consider taking a moment to add notes that might help others get started more quickly. If you need help that is not available on this page, feel free to ask on one of the mailing lists listed on the support page. text/html 2012-01-30T11:13:50-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/migration_notes?rev=1327940030&do=diff This page should be used to suggest best practices for moving from one version of VuFind to another -- database changes, URL remappings, etc. Upgrading 1.2 to 1.3 The notes below should help you automate some upgrade tasks and understand what needs to be done manually. text/html 2010-11-02T13:01:44-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/minutes_20101102?rev=1288717304&do=diff Attending: Jeffrey Barnett, Demian Katz, Till Kinstler, Erik Mitchell, Eric Lease Morgan, Mark Noble, Fang Peng, Sean Purcell, Preetha Rao, Heiko Weier Agenda 1. Establishing a Developers Group At the recent VuFind 2.0 Conference, we discussed the fact that our formal administration structure was underused and decided not to invest in the overhead of continuing to elect formal administrators. Instead, we will use this call to administer the project, maintaining a list of developers in the w… text/html 2010-11-17T09:20:06-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/minutes_20101116?rev=1290003606&do=diff Attending: Jeffrey Barnett, Franck Borel, Demian Katz, Till Kinstler, Daniel Lovins, Preetha Rao Agenda 1. Continuous Integration Due to problems with its PHP plug-in, our Sonar server is not very useful yet, though its code complexity and copy-and-paste detection functionality should prove useful. Thanks to Phing, we are now using Hudson to track code standard compliance and unit test coverage. text/html 2010-11-30T10:52:58-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/minutes_20101130?rev=1291132378&do=diff Attending: Demian Katz, Daniel Lovins, Tuan Nguyen, Sean Purcell, Preetha Rao Agenda 1. Continuous Integration There haven't been large developments since last time. Demian has continued improving code standards compliance and has begun looking into the configuration needed to do integration testing -- still a lot of work to do on that front. text/html 2010-12-14T11:28:13-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/minutes_20101214?rev=1292344093&do=diff Attending: Franck Borel, Demian Katz, Daniel Lovins, Eric Lease Morgan, Tuan Nguyen, Luke O'Sullivan, Greg Pendlebury, Graham Seaman Agenda 1. Continuous Integration Update Demian has continued cleaning up PEAR standards compliance (we're now under 2,000 problems!). text/html 2011-01-19T16:22:32-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/minutes_20110111?rev=1295472152&do=diff Attending: Demian Katz, Till Kinstler, Eric Lease Morgan, Luke O'Sullivan, Fang Peng, Preetha Rao, Graham Seaman Agenda 1. Continuous Integration Update An updated PHP plug-in has been installed in our Sonar instance, allowing more detailed reporting. Some bugs still need to be worked out, but this is much more useful than before. text/html 2011-01-25T11:10:21-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/minutes_20110125?rev=1295971821&do=diff Attending: Jeffrey Barnett, Daniel Lovins, Demian Katz, Erik Mitchell, Tuan Nguyen, Greg Pendlebury, Preetha Rao Agenda 1. Continuous Integration Update No major developments -- still fixing style issues (now < 600) and investigating Selenium speed issues. Preetha has also begun investigating Cucumber as an alternative/complement to Selenium. Greg expressed some mild concerns about spending too much time on test development in light of forthcoming infrastructure changes but will elaborate … text/html 2011-02-15T10:23:30-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/minutes_20110215?rev=1297783410&do=diff Attending: Demian Katz, Daniel Lovins, Luke O'Sullivan, Preetha Rao Agenda 1. Report from code4lib A few talks at the conference referenced VuFind, and there was a breakout session attended by new and veteran VuFind users. There was also a useful Solr-related pre-conference, and several talks that provided interesting ideas that could be applied to VuFind (for example, the Mendeley API). Streaming video of the whole conference (excluding the pre-conferences) can be viewed here. text/html 2011-02-22T10:20:16-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/minutes_20110222?rev=1298388016&do=diff Attending: Jeffrey Barnett, Demian Katz, Daniel Lovins, Luke O'Sullivan, Fang Peng, Graham Seaman Agenda 1. Continuous Integration Update Style cleanup nearly complete -- only 26 remaining high priority issues. Recent failed builds are related to problems in the latest version of Hudson's xUnit plug-in; the plug-in has been downgraded to a version that actually works. text/html 2011-03-14T09:25:53-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/minutes_20110308?rev=1300109153&do=diff Attending: Lutz Biedinger, Demian Katz, Daniel Lovins, Tuan Nguyen, Eoghan Ó Carragáin, Preetha Rao Agenda 1. Continuous Integration Update All high-priority style updates completed. Because of problems with the PEAR Testing_Selenium library, we have refactored integration tests to use PHPUnit's own Selenium library. All record-related tests are being grouped into a single test class now. Preetha is currently working on testing lightbox functionality. The first set of newly-refactored te… text/html 2011-03-22T10:59:16-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/minutes_20110322?rev=1300805956&do=diff Attending: Lutz Biedinger, Demian Katz, Daniel Lovins, Tuan Nguyen, Eoghan Ó Carragáin, Luke O'Sullivan, Fang Peng, Sean Purcell, Preetha Rao, Graham Seaman Agenda 1. VuFind 1.1 Release VuFind 1.1 was released on 3/21 with no problems yet (other than a minor last-minute fix to the DEB package). Demian retested install documentation on fresh installs of Ubuntu and Fedora and made minor adjustments to bring them up to date. The demo install has been updated to the new version. Please try th… text/html 2011-04-05T10:53:52-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/minutes_20110405?rev=1302015232&do=diff Attending: Lutz Biedinger, Demian Katz, Tuan Nguyen, Eoghan Ó Carragáin, Luke O'Sullivan, Fang Peng, Sean Purcell, Preetha Rao Agenda 1. VuDL Release VuDL, the content management companion to VuFind (for digital libraries, institutional repositories, etc.), was released last week. The software handles image processing, metadata creation, collection arrangement and more, using VuFind for the front end search. For more information, see the project's website. text/html 2011-04-20T12:47:49-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/minutes_20110419?rev=1303318069&do=diff Attending: Jeffrey Barnett, Lutz Biedinger, Demian Katz, Daniel Lovins, Tuan Nguyen, Eoghan Ó Carragáin, Luke O'Sullivan, Preetha Rao, Graham Seaman Agenda 1. VuDL in JIRA The VuDL project is going to share VuFind's JIRA (see here). Please let Demian know if this causes problems for anyone. text/html 2011-05-03T10:32:48-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/minutes_20110503?rev=1304433168&do=diff Attending: Lutz Biedinger, Demian Katz, Eoghan Ó Carragáin, Sean Purcell, Graham Seaman Agenda 1. Integration Testing Update Preetha is continuing to work on general testing of record functionality, and she has also been developing some infrastructure for regression testing. Nothing has been committed yet, but she has written tests against several bugs that have been fixed based on recent mailing list feedback. She is setting up some Phing rules so that problem MARC records can be placed i… text/html 2011-05-17T10:44:12-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/minutes_20110517?rev=1305643452&do=diff Attending: Filipe Bento, Demian Katz, Luke O'Sullivan, Fang Peng, Sean Purcell Agenda 1. Integration Testing Update Preetha has graduated, so Villanova will be without a grad student for a while. Before she left, she committed some further testing enhancements: additional checks against the record module as well as an automated method for running tests against specific problem MARC records (see this wiki page). Thanks again to Preetha for all her help getting testing working with continuou… text/html 2011-05-31T10:40:42-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/minutes_20110531?rev=1306852842&do=diff Attending: Filipe Bento, Remko Caprio, Demian Katz, Sean Purcell, Servilio from McMaster University Library Agenda 1. New/Updated JIRA Tickets * VUFIND-76 - This issue (improved hold behavior) has been resolved as part of a large improvement to VuFind, which now includes solid infrastructure for handling holds, recalls and renewals. Only the VoyagerRestful driver supports these features currently, but Horizon will be added very soon and Aleph is in the planning stages. The driver spec has… text/html 2011-06-14T10:45:50-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/minutes_20110614?rev=1308062750&do=diff Attending: Filipe Bento, Lutz Biedinger, Demian Katz, Till Kinstler, Daniel Lovins, Tuan Nguyen, Eoghan Ó Carragáin, Luke O'Sullivan, Sean Purcell, Graham Seaman, Ernie Simuro Agenda 1. New/Updated JIRA Tickets * VUFIND-274 -- Eoghan has shared some BeanShell code to extract full text from URLs found in 856 fields of MARC records. * VUFIND-340 -- Graham has shared a password security patch that only applies to ILS authentication; this probably won't end up in the trunk because it is a fai… text/html 2011-06-28T10:31:31-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/minutes_20110628?rev=1309271491&do=diff Attending: Filipe Bento, Peter Brandt, Gislaine Hamelin, Demian Katz, Till Kinstler, Rita Liu, Tuan Nguyen, Luke O'Sullivan, Michelle Suranofsky Agenda 1. New/Updated JIRA Tickets * VUFIND-274 -- Eoghan's full-text indexing BeanShell script has been committed to trunk in a slightly improved form; Demian will look into creating a Java version for inclusion in the next SolrMarc release as well. * VUFIND-386 -- Another enhanced Aleph driver work-in-progress is available here; keep in mind th… text/html 2011-07-12T11:35:55-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/minutes_20110712?rev=1310484955&do=diff Attending: Anoop Atre, Filipe Bento, Demian Katz, Sean Purcell, Graham Seaman, Michelle Suranofsky Agenda 1. New/Updated JIRA Tickets * VUFIND-274 -- Demian has updated the SolrMarc trunk with a compiled Java version of Eoghan's full text indexing patch; this will be part of the next official SolrMarc release (though no official date for that yet). * VUFIND-418 -- Discussion on site-by-site configuration overriding has continued on this ticket; please take a look if you are interested and… text/html 2011-07-26T11:24:05-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/minutes_20110726?rev=1311693845&do=diff Attending: Anoop Atre, Jeffrey Barnett, Lutz Biedinger, Demian Katz, Eoghan Ó Carragáin, Luke O'Sullivan, Sean Purcell, Graham Seaman, Michelle Suranofsky, David Uspal Agenda 1. New/Updated JIRA Tickets * VUFIND-199 - Graham has offered to share code for implementing a Summon RSS feed using the Summon API; because his code differs greatly from the trunk, no patch is currently attached to the ticket, but relevant code snippets are provided. * VUFIND-420 - Demian has committed a variation o… text/html 2011-08-09T11:19:06-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/minutes_20110809?rev=1312903146&do=diff Attending: Anoop Atre, Lutz Biedinger, Demian Katz, Eoghan Ó Carragáin, Sean Purcell, Ernie Simuro, David Uspal Agenda 1. VuFind 1.2 Release VuFind 1.2 was released as scheduled on August 1. A few minor bugs have already been found and fixed in the trunk, but no huge problems yet. Please let Demian know if you encounter any problems with the latest upgrade. text/html 2011-09-06T09:54:39-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/minutes_20110823?rev=1315317279&do=diff Agenda 1. New/Updated JIRA Tickets * VUFIND-439 - SolrMarc's VuFind indexer is hard-coded to get database settings from config.ini without accounting for config.local.ini. Demian will work on fixing this when he returns if nobody else submits a patch first. * VUFIND-440 - There is a minor error in the language files regarding the meaning of the MARC 773 field. Demian will get this corrected next time he updates translations. * VUFIND-441 - The National Library of Ireland team has submi… text/html 2011-09-06T11:46:21-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/minutes_20110906?rev=1315323981&do=diff Attending: Filipe Bento, Demian Katz, Daniel Lovins, Luke O'Sullivan, Ernie Simuro, Michelle Suranofsky, John Wynstra Agenda 1. New/Updated JIRA Tickets * VUFIND-177 - Daniel Aineah has posted a patch to allow multiple facet selection (OR rather than AND) based on a configuration setting. Demian plans to take a closer look at this soon. * VUFIND-382 - Till has posted an updated timeline visualization patch here; Demian will examine shortly to see if it is ready to be committed. * VUFIN… text/html 2011-09-20T11:37:28-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/minutes_20110920?rev=1316533048&do=diff Attending: Filipe Bento, Chris Hallberg, Demian Katz, Tuan Nguyen, Sean Purcell, Ernie Simuro, John Wynstra Agenda 1. New/Updated JIRA Tickets * VUFIND-177 - Tuan has expanded the comments on this ticket (about expanded facet behavior) into a more flexible patch for multi-select facets. Demian plans to build on this further by creating several different filter URL parameters that can be mixed and matched, offering maximum flexibility and potential for different user interface designs to be… text/html 2011-10-04T11:25:51-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/minutes_20111004?rev=1317741951&do=diff Attending: Filipe Bento, Lutz Biedinger, Demian Katz, Tuan Nguyen, Luke O'Sullivan, Sean Purcell, Ernie Simuro Agenda 1. New/Updated JIRA Tickets * VUFIND-441 - The patch for indexing collection-level data has been improved. * VUFIND-444 - The Europeana recommendation patch has been improved and committed. * VUFIND-445 / VUFIND-446 - The Google Map patches have been improved and committed. * VUFIND-453 - There are some bugs in the way certain optional Dismax parameters (i.e. bq, bf) a… text/html 2011-10-18T12:02:41-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/minutes_20111018?rev=1318953761&do=diff Attending: Jeffrey Barnett, Filipe Bento, Lutz Biedinger, Chris Hallberg, Demian Katz, Eoghan Ó Carragáin, Luke O'Sullivan, Sean Purcell, Graham Seaman Agenda 1. New/Updated JIRA Tickets * VUFIND-276 - Luke has provided a new version of his feedback module patch here. * VUFIND-455 - Demian has fixed some bugs in the timeline zoom patch discussed last call. However, it still has problems dealing with years prior to 1000, so it has not been committed yet. * VUFIND-456 - This patch is a f… text/html 2011-11-01T11:42:36-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/minutes_20111101?rev=1320162156&do=diff Attending: Jeffrey Barnett, Demian Katz, Luke O'Sullivan, Sean Purcell, Graham Seaman, Ernie Simuro Agenda 1. New/Updated JIRA Tickets * VUFIND-240 - It is now much easier to use the KStemmer since it is packaged with Solr 3.4, so the ticket has been updated to reflect this. * VUFIND-260 - Now that the Solr 3 update is complete, this ticket has been closed. * VUFIND-276 - Luke has once again provided an update to his feedback patch. * VUFIND-454 - Demian has updated his website indexi… text/html 2011-11-15T11:24:59-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/minutes_20111115?rev=1321374299&do=diff Attending: Lutz Biedinger, Chris Hallberg, Demian Katz, Luke O'Sullivan Agenda 1. New/Updated JIRA Tickets * VUFIND-371 - this ticket has been closed now that the cart is committed. * VUFIND-452 / VUFIND-453 - both of these tickets deal with fairly obscure Solr problems, and they have been updated with links to Solr JIRA tickets that may help; one ticket has already been resolved on the Solr side, so Solr 3.5 should allow us to close VUFIND-452. If you are concerned about VUFIND-453, ple… text/html 2011-12-13T11:35:32-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/minutes_20111213?rev=1323794132&do=diff Attending: Filipe Bento, Demian Katz, Sean Purcell, Ernie Simuro Agenda 1. New/Updated JIRA Tickets * VUFIND-172 - It sounds like this long-standing problem with case-sensitive wildcard searches will be fixed in the not-too-distant future with the release of Solr 3.6. * VUFIND-283 - Another cart-related ticket which can be closed now that the code has been committed. * VUFIND-386 - Demian has updated the enhanced Aleph driver for compatibility with VuFind 1.2 and later, and Vaclav has c… text/html 2012-01-10T11:59:33-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/minutes_20120110?rev=1326214773&do=diff Attending: Anoop Atre, Filipe Bento, Lutz Biedinger, Demian Katz, David Lacy, Eoghan Ó Carragáin, Luke O'Sullivan, Sean Purcell, Ernie Simuro Agenda 1. New/Updated JIRA Tickets * VUFIND-224 / VUFIND-228 / VUFIND-250 - Several WorldCat issues have been resolved during VuFind 2.0 development; since these problems are unlikely to be resolved in 1.x, the tickets have been closed and marked as fixed in 2.0RC1. * VUFIND-279 - The addition of a user phone number field to the database was propose… text/html 2011-06-15T08:46:00-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/new_feature_specifications?rev=1308141960&do=diff The following pages contain ideas and specifications for new VuFind features. Note that in many cases, the JIRA issue tracker is a better forum for defining and discussing new features. However, the Wiki is sometimes better for conveying long, detailed specifications. Please feel free to contribute to the documents below. If you are considering adding a new proposal, you may want to check JIRA and post on the vufind-tech mailing list first. text/html 2012-05-16T10:08:54-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/open_data_sources?rev=1337177334&do=diff This page is designed to list open access data sources that might be useful to add to a VuFind instance. Feel free to add new sources as you find them. Authority Data OCLC FAST You can download OCLC's subject authority records in MARC-XML format (easy to import into VuFind's authority module) here. Note that you will need to rename the files from *.marcxml to *.xml in order for SolrMarc to recognize the file format correctly. Once you have done this, make sure that you have the FAST proper… text/html 2010-10-20T12:41:21-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/other_than_marc?rev=1287592881&do=diff Note: This feature was introduced in VuFind 1.0. If you are using VuFind 1.0RC2 or earlier, please upgrade to gain access to this functionality. Introduction VuFind is currently bundled with a standard indexer (solrmarc) that handles MARC records quickly and efficently. However, VuFind also has the capability to support any other form of metadata if you are willing to do at least one of two things: text/html 2011-06-06T15:24:34-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/performance?rev=1307388274&do=diff After the initial setup and importing of records, you may notice a significant degradation of performance. This means its time to do some JVM tuning. However, if you look around the Internet, you'll quickly realize performance tuning for Java applications is a bit of a black art. However, we'll provide some basic settings to help improve your performance, as well as resources for more in-depth tuning settings. text/html 2011-04-08T10:26:54-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/plug-in_architecture?rev=1302272814&do=diff The Problem Upgrading and extending VuFind should be easier -- especially when it comes time to upgrade to a new version. If we are going to significantly overhaul the VuFind code for a 2.0 release, building a new architecture that makes extensibility cleaner and easier should be a high priority. text/html 2011-02-28T08:46:03-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/proposed_method_1_-_western_michigan_university?rev=1298900763&do=diff Note: this proposal pre-dates the inclusion of authority functionality in VuFind. It is now outdated but is retained for historical purposes. For more current details, see the authority control page. 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. text/html 2010-01-19T03:40:13-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/re-indexing?rev=1263890413&do=diff As VuFind develops, from time to time or between releases you may be expected to re-index your records. If your data changes frequently, you may also find it worthwhile to do occasional refreshes to ensure that your index is accurate. Whenever you need to rebuild your index, simply follow these steps: text/html 2012-03-19T08:46:13-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/release_checklist?rev=1332161173&do=diff Follow these steps to make a new VuFind release. (This page is primarily for Demian's reference). * Make sure packages/DEBIAN/control and packages/DEBIAN/changelog contain correct version numbers and dates for new release. * Tag a new release in Subversion. * Check out the tagged release. * Run “phing package” to build packages. * Update Changelog. * Test/update Migration notes. * Upload packages to Sourceforge; be sure to set new default download. * Test/update Installation n… text/html 2011-04-27T05:02:10-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/requirements?rev=1303894930&do=diff VuFind was developed with the following software packages in mind: * Apache HTTP Server 2.2 or later (2.2.12 or later recommended) * PHP 5.2.x * Smarty 2.6.26 * MySQL 4.1 or later * Java J2SE JDK 1.4 or later * GNU Aspell Library -- Optional text/html 2011-03-30T09:36:13-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/search_engine_optimization?rev=1301492173&do=diff In some cases, you may wish to make sure that the contents of your VuFind system are visible beyond your local site. This page provides tips and tools for increasing search engine visibility. Sitemaps This feature was added after the release of VuFind 1.0.1. To take advantage of it, you will need to install a copy of the development trunk (see the downloads page for details). text/html 2011-03-23T11:11:40-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/search_result_highlighting?rev=1300893100&do=diff IMPORTANT: This page refers to features that were added in VuFind 1.1. If you are using an earlier version, you will have to upgrade. VuFind supports highlighting in all of its current search modules, but the details are slightly different for each search platform. text/html 2009-11-13T15:16:46-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/searches_customizing_tuning_adding?rev=1258143406&do=diff Starting with VuFind 1.0RC2, the search options available to your users are completely customizable through configuration files. If you are using an earlier version of VuFind, we strongly recommend upgrading. However, if you need information on customizing 1.0RC1 and earlier, see this earlier version of the page. text/html 2012-02-13T09:17:42-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/security?rev=1329142662&do=diff Using SSL If your VuFind system takes sensitive information as input (for example, if you use a shared authentication method and want to protect passwords from being sent in plain text), you may want to consider putting it behind SSL so that communications are encrypted. text/html 2012-03-19T09:37:10-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/solrmarc?rev=1332164230&do=diff SolrMarc is used to import MARC metadata to the “biblio” index on Solr used by VuFind. See index_schema for notes on the layout of the index. Upgrading Solrmarc If you are having trouble with the importer packaged with VuFind, you may want to update to the latest version of the tool, available here. Instructions on setting up Solrmarc with VuFind are available here. text/html 2008-11-11T14:38:47-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/squid_reverse_proxy_cache_for_bookcovers_reviews?rev=1226432327&do=diff Due to Syndetics network/service issues, Western Michigan University implemented a reverse proxy cache for particular third party venders. Squid [<http://www.squid-cache.org/>] is an opensource reverse proxy cache. It can cache and store third party content locally, thus improving response times. text/html 2008-08-12T01:50:16-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/stanford_s_format_algorithm?rev=1218520216&do=diff Because the MARC representation of formats is complex and can be very fine grained, we elected to begin with a list of formats and to devise the alogrithms for these formats. We also used “other” for everything that didn't get a format. We have been whittling down the number of resources classified as “other” by examining the resources with this value (yay facets!) and determining what changes we should make to our existing algorithms, or what additional format categories we want to add to our… text/html 2008-08-12T01:17:26-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/stanford_s_url_algorithms?rev=1218518246&do=diff We separate our full text urls from our “supplementary” URLs for such things as tables of content, etc. * Our MARC records use 956 fields for full text urls. These 956s are from a record service called MARCit, and they are all for full-text e-journals. So, regardless of indicators, the presence of a 956 means it is an e-resource. Some records that have a 956 are records for a print journal. A 956 was added to it to provide access to the e-version. So, it is a single record that provides acc… text/html 2012-03-19T11:06:00-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/start?rev=1332169560&do=diff Introduction Welcome to the VuFind documentation. These pages are designed to help you install and customize VuFind. Please see the about and features pages if you first want to learn more about what VuFind is and what it can do for you. * Requirements - Notes on the software needed to run VuFind. * Installation Status - A detailed list of institutions currently using VuFind. Please add yours! * Changelog - A history of VuFind's releases and their features. * Usability - Informati… text/html 2011-04-18T09:32:31-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/starting_and_stopping_vufind?rev=1303133551&do=diff Once VuFind is installed, it will only respond to search requests if its Solr back-end is active. This page explains how to turn the server on and off and how to automate the process if you wish. Starting VuFind Manually Linux Method To start VuFind under Linux, just switch to the directory where you installed the program and run this command: text/html 2008-07-22T15:59:43-04:00 http://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 2011-07-10T18:36:49-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/stop_words_and_synonyms?rev=1310337409&do=diff VuFind allows the library to configure their own custom stop words list as well as a list of synonyms used in searching. There is a default stop words list as well as a few basic synonyms that come prepackaged with VuFind - however it is very easy to change these to customize for your library's needs. text/html 2008-08-13T14:44:52-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/subject_fields?rev=1218653092&do=diff This is Naomi Dushay's best attempt to understand the “subject” fields in VuFind as of 2008-08-11. It is not guaranteed to be correct, nor up to date. It is shared here in the hopes it may be useful to others. Topic Fields Field Name Function Traits Current Algorithm topic Search: Topic Fielded Search default tokenized, stopwords, stemmed, case folded multivalued stored 600 a,b,c,d 600 p,q,t 610 a,b 610 p,t 630 a,p,s,t 650a topicStr Facet (search results) Subject Fielde… text/html 2012-04-11T09:53:31-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/subversion?rev=1334152411&do=diff Subversion is a popular version control system used by the VuFind developers to manage the development of the project. You can use Subversion at several levels: you can export code from the public VuFind repository as an easy way of loading it onto a server, you can check out code from the public repository in order to see its history and (with proper permissions) contribute changes, or you can run your own local Subversion repository to manage your local changes through the vendor branching st… text/html 2011-05-27T09:05:12-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/system_classes?rev=1306501512&do=diff The web/sys folder in VuFind contains a variety of useful classes that may help with the building of modules and other code changes. This page documents some of the key files and classes. Accessing System Classes To use any of the system classes listed on this page, just include this line at the top of your PHP code: text/html 2009-10-09T09:01:09-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/testing_checklist?rev=1255093269&do=diff In any application, adding new features can sometimes break old ones. The intent of this page is to list key VuFind features in checklist format so that periodic reviews can be made to ensure that everything is functioning as expected. This list is aimed at high-level testing by a human using a web browser; for automated testing, see the Unit Tests page. text/html 2009-09-14T13:05:42-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/testing_performance?rev=1252947942&do=diff This page is aimed at users who want to test the performance of their VuFind installation. If you are a developer interested in testing functionality of code changes, please see the Unit Tests page instead. There are two main components in VuFind installations that may influence performance: text/html 2012-05-16T09:29:33-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/third-party_add-ons?rev=1337174973&do=diff Here are some tools that you might find useful in enhancing your VuFind installation: * EvolvePlus VuFind Manager - a tool for administering VuFind (including tag/comment management and login troubleshooting). * MARCgrep - a tool for searching and exporting MARC records in your Solr index. * Squid Reverse Proxy Cache for Bookcovers, Reviews * Renewals plugin: The LSE Library Widgets Toolkit is a suite of middleware and widgets for loan lists, book renewals, and fine payments - currentl… text/html 2008-08-13T14:10:16-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/title_fields?rev=1218651016&do=diff This is Naomi Dushay's best attempt to understand the title fields in VuFind as of 2008-08-11. It is not guaranteed to be correct, nor up to date. It is shared here in the hopes it may be useful to others. Field Name Function Traits Current Algorithm title search: default fielded title getMoreLikeThis (boost: 75) Display: search results tokenized, stopwords, stemmed, case folded stored 245 a, b title_short search: default fielded title getMoreLikeThis tokenized, stopwords, … text/html 2012-05-03T15:48:50-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/to-do_list_after_install_-_for_the_project_manager?rev=1336074530&do=diff It took my technical folks just a few hours to successfully install VuFind. Now what should you, the project manager, do? I am starting this page to help project managers form their initial “to-do” roadmap/list. Some project managers will have more tech. background, some less. I'm going for a middle-of-the-pack approach. I plan to keep working on this, but please feel free to edit / add your items! text/html 2011-07-27T03:58:08-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/tracking_record_changes?rev=1311753488&do=diff IMPORTANT: This page refers to features that were added in VuFind 1.1. If you are using an earlier version, you will have to upgrade. Introduction For certain types of functionality, VuFind needs to be aware not only of the content of the records in its index, but also the times at which these records were first indexed and most recently changed. By understanding the history of its own records, VuFind can provide RSS feeds that show recent changes, and it can export its contents using the … text/html 2011-05-13T13:07:03-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/unit_tests?rev=1305306423&do=diff This page is aimed at developers who want to test that their changes have not broken existing VuFind functionality or who are interested in creating standard tests for new VuFind components. If you are interested in testing performance rather than functionality, see the Testing Performance page instead. text/html 2011-07-15T11:02:39-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/usability?rev=1310742159&do=diff One of VuFind's main goals is to be a user-friendly, intuitive search system. This page is designed to provide more detailed information on VuFind's usability (and how to test it, should you care to). * Doing Usability Against the Catholic Portal - This blog post describes procedures for usability testing used by CRRA against their VuFind instance, the Catholic Portal. It also includes some findings from the first round of testing. * Usability of the VuFind Next-Generation Online Catalog… text/html 2010-01-27T08:53:28-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/use_of_external_content?rev=1264600408&do=diff VuFind makes use of external content from various content providers to make the interface a more rich environment for a highly effective research experience. These features can be configured by editing the vufind/web/conf/config.ini file -- you will often need to enter your institution's access keys to get things working. To disable unwanted features, you can comment out the relevant lines in the configuration file. text/html 2011-03-21T09:18:56-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/using_solr_shards?rev=1300713536&do=diff IMPORTANT: This page refers to features that were added in VuFind 1.1. If you are using an earlier version, you will have to upgrade. Solr is capable of combining results from multiple indexes on different servers. Use Cases Solr sharding may be useful under several circumstances: text/html 2012-04-10T12:57:09-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/using_vufind_as_the_site_root?rev=1334077029&do=diff By default, VuFind is configured to reside within a directory of your website. However, if you want to configure VuFind to load at the root of your domain, follow these steps: * In the [Site] section of web/conf/config.ini, set the “path” setting to ”” (empty double quotes) and the “url” setting to “<http://yourdomain.edu>” (obviously replacing this with your real domain name). * In httpd-vufind.conf, make the following changes: * Remove the Alias line at the top of the file. * Rewr… text/html 2010-07-14T08:44:50-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/vista_rough_notes?rev=1279111490&do=diff This page is obsolete and has been removed. Please see the Windows Installation Notes. text/html 2010-10-08T14:01:14-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/vufind_2.0_conference?rev=1286560874&do=diff The VuFind 2.0 conference was designed to highlight trends and goals in VuFind development and help set priorities for the future of the software. Conference Dates The main conference was held on Wednesday, September 15th, 2010 and Thursday, September 16th, 2010. text/html 2010-10-08T14:03:03-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/vufind_2.0_conference_-_attendee_list?rev=1286560983&do=diff This page lists the attendees of the VuFind 2.0 Conference. Since the event has now concluded, registration is closed. In-Person Attendees NameContact InfoAttending 9/15Attending 9/16Interested in Pre/Post ConferenceC.J. O'Haracj@marmot.orgYesYesYesDaniel Lovinsdaniel DOT lovins AT yale DOT eduYesYesYesDemian Katzdemian DOT katz AT villanova DOT eduYesYesYesEric Lease Morganemorgan@nd.eduYesYesMaybeGreg Pendleburygreg.pendlebury@usq.edu.auYesYesYesJohn Houserhouser@hslc.orgYesYesYesKun Lindnwk… text/html 2009-06-11T10:59:30-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/vufind_import_strategies?rev=1244732370&do=diff Add information here about your import strategy text/html 2012-02-10T13:18:16-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/vufind_installation_strategies?rev=1328897896&do=diff How we've done it For users to describe their setup and hardware configurations and how staff manages their installation. For systems configured to work with: No ILS ---------- Andy Ekins (andy@aekins.co.uk) - playing with VuFind on a home server Link to installation: <http://www.librarytwozero.com/vufind/> Link to documentation: <http://www.librarytwozero.com/drupal/?q=node/1>\\ text/html 2011-03-02T12:52:27-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/vufind_on_linux?rev=1299088347&do=diff This installation documentation is designed as a general guide to installation of VuFind 1.0RC1 or later on a Linux server. For more detailed step-by-step instructions on building a Linux VuFind server from scratch, you may also want to read the VuFind on Fedora and VuFind on Ubuntu pages (Fedora and Ubuntu are two different flavors of Linux; you can do some research to decide which is best for your needs). text/html 2012-03-19T11:09:46-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/vufind_summit_2012?rev=1332169786&do=diff Location The VuFind Summit will take place at Villanova University's Falvey Memorial Library in Villanova, Pennsylvania. Dates and Fees October 15-16: VuFind Summit ($50 registration) The VuFind Summit is followed by a couple of other (non-VuFind-specific) events which may also be of interest to VuFind users: text/html 2010-07-19T10:13:03-04:00 http://vufind.org/wiki/working_with_facets?rev=1279548783&do=diff Working with Facets * Facets are generated by VuFind queries just as the search results are generated. They come from the biblio index in solr, which probably has a pathname like /vufind/solr/biblio/index * VuFind allows for “configuration” of facets in terms of which facets to show and in which order. Just edit /vufind/web/conf/facets.ini text file in your favorite text editor.