Customizing ILLiad Web Pages:

Working with IT StaffGreg SpitzerJames Madison University

spitzegc@jmu.edu

Where to begin?

Assemble ILLiad web documentation• Atlas web customization documentation

• https://prometheus.atlas-sys.com/display/illiad/Customizing+the+Web+Interface

• Atlas DLL documentation• https://prometheus.atlas-sys.com/display/illiad/ILLiad+Web+DLL+Tags

• OCLC ILLiad community discussions• http://www.oclc.org/support/services/illiad/Discussions/illiadlibraries.en.ht

ml• Atlas/OCLC Support contact info

Determine file location• Hosted vs. self-hosted• https://www.atlas-sys.com/products/illiad/hostedinfo.html

• Use existing files or start from scratch?• https://

prometheus.atlas-sys.com/display/illiad/ILLiad+8.5+Downloads

Storyboarding• Headers and footers?• Identify text changes• Provide preferences for colors, font styles, and sizes • Form fields • Are all of the out of the box fields necessary?• Which are required? How is that indicated?

Development Tools• ILLiad Testweb feature• webpath.txt• Add IIS ‘ISAPI & CGI Restrictions’ entry for ILLIAD.DLL in

testweb directory• Browser development tools• BYU ILLiad Plus• https://github.com/byuhbll/ILLiadPlus

Files of Interest• CSS files• main.css• mobile.css

• Include files• include_header.html• include_footer.html• include_menu.html

• logon.html and logon2.html

More Files• NewUserRegistration.html/NewAuthRegistration.html• ChangeUserInformation.html• Various ‘Request’ and ‘View’ files

• ArticleRequest.html/EditArticleRequest.html, etc.• ViewResubmitCancelledRequests.html/

ViewResubmitDetailedInformation.html

DLL Tags• <#INCLUDE filename=“include_menu.html”>• <#USER field=“FirstName”>• <#CUSTOMIZATION name=“EMailFromName”>• <#LOCALINFO field=“GeneralEMailAddress”>

Other considerations• Mobile devices• Accessibility• Section 508

• http://www.section508.gov/• Virginia IT Accessibility Standards

• http://www.vita.virginia.gov/uploadedfiles/vita_main_public/unmanaged/library/accessibilitystandard_gov103-00_eff_11-04-05.pdf

• Accessibility tools• Cynthia Says

• http://www.cynthiasays.com/• Web Developer Toolbar

• http://chrispederick.com/work/web-developer/

Current logon.html

Current ILLiadMainMenu.html

Current ArticleRequest.html

Prototype Logon.html

Prototype ILLiadMainMenu.html

Prototype ViewRequestHistory.html

Prototype ArticleRequest.html

Prototype ArticleRequest.html (expanded)