instead of search form, does the plugin order by categories in the library?

  • Hi
    I’ve read through the pdf instruction manual, and will try and implement this plugin. However, I would need to know if instead of using the search form, does the plugin work with categories only? I mean, instead of the search form could I simply have “author”, “publisher”, “year”, etc – and on clicking these you would see an alphabetical list ordered by author, or publisher, or year, from the library database? That would be fantastic, because for my case I don’t need a search form!

    Also, can I use the plugin without using its circulation part? I need to build a library site which is more for purchases (will have to find a add to cart plugin afterwards) than loans.

    many thanks!

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  • Plugin Author Robert Heller

    (@robertpheller)

    If the search string was empty (effectivly wildcarded), then the ‘search’ results would be all items by category. You would just need to replace the generated search form with a manualy crafted one that used a ‘hidden’ input tag instead of the search string input tag.

    OTOH, most decent shopping cart / e-commerce systems include a ‘product database’ that would be structured by category, and probably other criteria (eg something like author, year, publisher, etc.). Which would make the web librarian plugin redundant.

    I don’t think the web librarian really makes sense in an E-Commerce context.

    following up on the original question, is there a way to create a page that would bypass the search box, and only display a list of books in a certain category?

    If so, could you describe what kind of shortcode would produce such a page?

    Many thanks.

    This would be a feature that would also greatly interest me.

    Having for instance 6 Categories which when clicked on would display a list of books in those categories, which could be author, subject, publisher etc.

    Thanks

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