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How-Tos

Adding Facets - How to add a new facet to searches.
Authorization - Information on how VuFind handles user authorization.
Building an ILS Driver - How to connect to your Integrated Library System.
Building a Controller - How to add new pages and functionality to the interface.
Building a View Helper - How to add custom behavior to templates.
Building Custom Autosuggestions - How to customize VuFind's autocomplete functionality.
Connecting a New External Data Source - Building a VuFind module for a new data source that can't be indexed directly into VuFind (i.e. third-party API)
Customizing the User Interface - Basics on customizing the presentation layer of VuFind.
Displaying a Custom Field - How to make a new field visible in the VuFind environment.
Displaying a New Search Field - How to add search fields to the VuFind web interface
Supporting a New Citation Style - How to add a citation style to VuFind.
Supporting a New Export Format - How to add support to export metadata from VuFind to files/third-party systems.
Supporting a New Metadata Format - How to add a record driver and build an importer for non-MARC records.