Summon search

[Cabus, Michael]

Hi Sarah,
  Thanks so much...this is a good idea...

I was using their search widget builder, but I start to realize the code it generates is a bit wonky.

Michael
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From: Web technologies in libraries [WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Sarah Park [gpark at SIUE.EDU]
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2014 6:09 PM
To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Summon search

Michael,

If you want to create a tabbed search box for various “type” searches, it would be easier to create your own tabbed search boxe using direct URL search statements, something like

http://philau.summon.serialssolutions.com/?#!/search?ho=t&q=keyword&l=en
for any

http://philau.summon.serialssolutions.com/?#!/search?fvf=ContentType,Journal%20Article,f&q=keyword
for journal articles only

http://philau.summon.serialssolutions.com/?#!/search?ho=t&fvf=ContentType,Book%20%2F%20eBook,f&q=keyword&l=en
for Books/eBooks

Unless you want to develop your own search interface using Summon API. You can get most of summon searches done through search statements like that, and SerialsSolutions has pretty good documentations for tweaks.

Sarah

From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Cabus, Michael
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2014 3:57 PM
To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Summon search

Howdy y’all,
  In the process of implementing Summon on our site…I used their tool to embed a search box, and we are using jquery-ui tabs to let users select a type of search (articles, books, everything)..problem is, I can only the search box to generate for one tab at a time.

I tried to add a jsfiddle and just send that link on, but, the Summon embed code and jsfiddle are not great friends…so, here is essentially the setup:

<li><a href="#tabs-1">Summon</a></li>
<li><a href="#tabs-2">Articles</a></li>
<li><a href="#tabs-3">Books/Videos</a></li>
<li><a href="#tabs-4">Images</a></li>
</ul>
<div id="tabs-1">
<div class="searchbox">
<h1 class="contentblock"><span>Search Almost Everything</span></h1>
<script id="s75c77a10feec013115bf425f16031628" src="http://philau.summon.serialssolutions.com/widgets/box.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">// <![CDATA[
new SummonCustomSearchBox({"id":"#s75c77a10feec013115bf425f16031628","params":{},"colors":{"links":"#922c46"},"searchbutton_text":"Search","advanced_text":"Advanced Search","placeholder_text":"enter search terms","boxwidth_text":"727","advanced":"true","suggest":"true","tagline":"true","popup":"true"})
// ]]></script></div>
</div>

….

With additional tabs setup the same way.

The search box appears for the first tab, but does not seem to search properly…it appears for none of the other tabs.  I tested the code out locally, placing each in a separate file (one for everything, another for books, etc) and each one worked…I am wondering if


a.)    In  a tabbed environment the Summon code needs to be modified to accommodate multiple instances of the Summon embed code on the same page

b.)    The fact that I am calling jquery and jquery libraries like jquery-ui and a carousel library are causing the Summon code to get knocked out…inspecting the code, I can see Summon appears to be using a jquery library itself, so that may be causing an issue.

Has anyone implemented Summon search like this before?  Any idea why it’s not working out?

Thanks so much

Michael Cabus

Systems Librarian, Paul J. Gutman Library
Philadelphia University
Phone. 215.951.5365

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