Chapter 23. Designing your catalog

Table of Contents

Introduction
Configuring and customizing the public interface
Locating the default template files
Mapping templates to URLs
How to override template files
Configuring the custom templates directory in Apache’s eg.conf
Adjusting colors for your public interface
Adjusting fonts in your public interface
Media file locations in the public interface
Changing some text in the public interface
Adding translations to PO file
Adding and removing MARC fields from the record details display page
Setting the default physical location for your library environment
Setting a default language and adding optional languages
Updating translations in Evergreen using current translations from Launchpad
Change Date Format in Patron Account View
Including External Content in Your Public Interface
OpenLibrary
ChiliFresh
Content Café
Obalkyknih.cz
Google Analytics
NoveList
RefWorks
SFX OpenURL Resolver
Syndetic Solutions
Clear External/Added Content Cache
Configure a Custom Image for Missing Images
Including Locally Hosted Content in Your Public Interface
File Location and Format
Example
Adding Carousels to Your Public Catalog
CAROUSEL TYPES
CAROUSEL DEFINITIONS
CAROUSEL LIBRARY MAPPING
CAROUSELS - OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE FEATURES
Styling the searchbar on the homepage

Introduction

When people want to find things in your Evergreen system, they will check the catalog. In Evergreen, the catalog is made available through a web interface, called the OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog). In the latest versions of the Evergreen system, the OPAC is built on a set of programming modules called the Template Toolkit. You will see the OPAC sometimes referred to as the TPAC.

In this chapter, we’ll show you how to customize the OPAC, change it from its default configuration, and make it your own.