Many features of VuFind can be customized without changing any code. This page should help guide you through.

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.
• Book Previews - Linking to third-party pages that show the inside of books.
• Call Number Configuration - Dealing with Dewey vs. LC call numbers.
• Course Reserves - Displaying course/instructor-specific reserves.
• Customizing the User Interface
• Customizing and Tuning Search Options
• Customizing Facets
• Real-Time ILS Integration - Take full advantage of your existing integrated library system.
• Search Results Highlighting - Help explain search results by highlighting matched terms.
• Stop Words and Synonyms - Improve search results by giving certain words special treatment.
• Tracking Record Changes - Special features needed for optimal RSS and OAI-PMH server support.
• Use of External Content - Cover images, reviews, excerpts, biographies, etc.

This section covers more specialized customizations that are of interest to a smaller group of users but may still be useful.

• alternate_mysql_database_name - How to change the database name after you have installed VuFind.
• Hierarchies and Collections - How to set up hierarchical document structures in your index.
• using_solr_shards - How to combine results from multiple Solr servers.
• using_vufind_as_the_site_root - Configuring VuFind to reside at the domain level rather than in a directory.