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Configuration and Customization (VuFind 1.x)
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.
- 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.
- 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.
Advanced Options
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.
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