a request for help from CONTENTdm users on this list

[Langlois, Rachel]

We sincerely agree with the CSS tweak for CONTENTdm. This is still a work in progress, and we owe the stylesheet tweaks to VCU:
https://github.com/vculibraries/contentdm-custom-pages

Here is what we did with ours:
http://cdm16072.contentdm.oclc.org/

Again, a work in progress as we have many plans for our digital collections!

v/r,

Rachel Langlois






Rachel Langlois | Virtual Services Librarian

Library - Main - Technical Services | New Hanover County

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Wilmington, NC 28401

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From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Peter MacDonald
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2014 10:16 AM
To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] a request for help from CONTENTdm users on this list

Thomas Dowling is correct. The way to go is with a CSS tweak.

Create and upload a custom CSS file using CONTENTdm's Website Configuration tool that has just the following code:
.accordion_header {
top:20px;
}
This will push down the accordion block below the EAD block and the bottom of your EAD should show up then.

Explanation:
The .accordion_header style element, which is part of CONTENTdm's CSS file "main.css", already has the property "position: relative" in it so if you add "top:20px" it should push down the accordion block below it.
Peter MacDonald


Peter


Peter MacDonald
Library Information Systems Specialist
Hamilton College Library
315 859-4493
Skype: pmacdona-hamilton

On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 9:10 AM, Thomas Dowling <dowlintp at wfu.edu<mailto:dowlintp at wfu.edu>> wrote:
This has the feel of someone trying to be a little too precise with over-complicated CSS, and not quite getting it right for cross-browser, cross-platform solutions.  There are a lot of pixel-based measurements in the main.css file, which always rings alarm bells for me.

I'd suggest commenting out anything in the CSS that touches the div containing the text and the div below it.  Disable stuff until you have the text displaying right, and then start re-enabling one directive at a time until you see which one breaks it.


On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 2:11 PM, Roy <roy.zimmer at wmich.edu<mailto:roy.zimmer at wmich.edu>> wrote:
Hi all:

I know this isn't exactly the right list for this message, but the CONTENTdm list doesn't exist, and we're hoping to reach a large audience for this.

Here at Western Michigan University we've been having a problem with CONTENTdm EAD finding aids for about two and a half years now. When scrolling to the bottom of certain EAD documents, it doesn’t always show the entire document and will often cut off the last few lines. Attached is an example from one of Grand Valley State University's finding aids, which can also be found at this link: http://cdm16015.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15068coll2/id/1181
We are using an example from GVSU’s website as we do not have a public facing example of this problem. Note that when the finding aid is scrolled the entire way down, the body is still cut off on the bottom.
We have reported to CONTENTdm several times about this problem and they have refused to fix it so far. We are hoping to get enough organizations to report this issue so that they will fix it. Please help us by documenting this problem yourself and filing a report or request to fix it.

It would be nice if you dropped me a line if you also report this issue, so that we can get an idea how many have the same issue.

Please bear in mind that I don't know anything about CONTENTdm myself, having been asked to post this on several lists. If you do have questions, I'll pass them on on my end for further action.

Thank you,
Roy Zimmer
roy.zimmer at wmich.edu<mailto:roy.zimmer at wmich.edu>
Western Michigan University Libraries, Systems Office
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