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    Where to define the Search Engines for OPAC Services?

    • Article Type: General
    • Product: Aleph
    • Product Version: 20

    Description:
    We would like to remove the Altavista choice from the browse/search when users click on a heading term in the OPAC. And how do we go about adding new search engines to this file?

    Resolution:
    Search engines are defined in the BIB library $data_tab / tab_z121.

    Note that col.1 of tab_z121 should be in UPPERCASE.
    The search string should contain the site's syntax, and "$0100" placeholder for search query.

    In www_f_eng/service-engine, the engines should be listed:

    <select name="engine">
    <option value=google>Google</option>
    <option value=excite>Excite</option>
    <option value=britannica>Britannica</option>
    <option value=bing>Bing</option>
    </select>


    The demo tab_z121 looks like follows:

    EXCITE http://msxml.excite.com/search/web?q=$0100
    GOOGLE http://www.google.com/search?q=$0100&meta=lr%3D%26hl%3Den
    BRITANNICA http://www.britannica.com/search?query=$0100
    BING http://www.bing.com/search?q=$0100

    Additional Information

    search engine, opac, tab_z121, www_f_service_engine


    • Article last edited: 10/8/2013