VuFind®: Broadcast Messages and Custom Pages - Thomas Wagener, HEBIS
Channel: Open Library Foundation
Date: 07/09/2023

World Open Library Foundation Conference (WOLFcon). August 23, 2023. Chicago, Illinois.
WOLFcon 2023 playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMocoPoiGkwe9bmaKqDl1uA_S4myQb49M
VuFind® Summit 2023 playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMocoPoiGkwdO3yoRSd_3zUo7-1032U1A

This is the first of four videos covering the second session of the 2023 VuFind® Summit. This session contained three brief talks followed by a combined Q&A period. Each talk, and the Q&A, is presented here as a separate video; see the playlist above to find all of the parts.

Abstract:
When libraries want to promote some additional content via their VuFind® installations, it is usually not possible without the assistance of an IT staff member. This can be quite tedious if such requests come regularly.

In this talk, we would like to introduce two new features that we developed in cooperation with effective WEBWORK. The first one allows the creation of broadcast messages that are embedded as flash messages in the normal VuFind® views. It could be used, for example, to inform users about scheduled maintenance. The second allows the creation of custom pages that are linked in the navigation bar. Those pages can either be included as static pages that support markdown in VuFind® itself or external pages. For example, they could inform the users about an upcoming event.

Both features can be used by admin users in the website's admin module itself and do not require any technical knowledge. 

Slides: https://vufind.org/docs/summit2023/broadcast.odp