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davidfor · 12-28-2011, 02:47 AM

You can also add a url as an id. An example I have is "uri:http|//www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62" ("A Princess of Mars" by Edgar Rice Burroughs). When I select the book, the ids show "www.gutenberg.org" which is click-able and goes directly to the url. Using that, makes it easy to get to the appropriate page and check the current status.

I actually looked at something like this for another site. The solution I was going to use was to create a new id type in the plugin. I got to the point where I could click it on the id to open the page for downloading the file and do a partial search from the metadata editor. I haven't finished this as I hit an issue with needing to login to the site for all the details. And I haven't had time to go back to it.

Also, I like the idea of what you are doing. Way back in my mainframe programming days, IBM Redbooks were frequently our saviours. Making them easy to get and update would have been great.

12-28-2011, 02:47 AM	#5
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303824 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	You can also add a url as an id. An example I have is "uri:http\|//www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62" ("A Princess of Mars" by Edgar Rice Burroughs). When I select the book, the ids show "www.gutenberg.org" which is click-able and goes directly to the url. Using that, makes it easy to get to the appropriate page and check the current status. I actually looked at something like this for another site. The solution I was going to use was to create a new id type in the plugin. I got to the point where I could click it on the id to open the page for downloading the file and do a partial search from the metadata editor. I haven't finished this as I hit an issue with needing to login to the site for all the details. And I haven't had time to go back to it. Also, I like the idea of what you are doing. Way back in my mainframe programming days, IBM Redbooks were frequently our saviours. Making them easy to get and update would have been great.