Islandora UI Interest Group - new module + meeting Wed August 26 2:00pm Eastern

[Rosemary Le Faive]

Hi all,

Next Meeting

The Islandora UIIG will be meeting next on Skype on August 26 at 2pm Eastern (3pm Atlantic). If you'd like to join, and you're not already on the list, ping me on Skype @rosemary.lib. 

Agenda: https://github.com/islandora-interest-groups/Islandora-UI-Interest-Group/blob/master/meetings/03.md

Ongoing Meeting Schedule

I'm hoping to nail down an ongoing meeting date; right now it's looking like the 4th Wednesday of the month but we'll discuss at the meeting - if you're not good with that time (and therefore can't make this meeting) and have another proposal, please suggest it here.

[new] Collection Solr View Module

During the Hackfest we pulled together a basic module that installs a view which can be used to override the default collection display. Right now it doesn't look much different than the default collection list view - but it's faster and more powerful. The idea is that an admin can go into the Drupal view, clone/modify it, and use it instead of the sparql-based views. 

It provides two new solr "fields" that are accessible in an Islandora Solr view: the TN image (i.e. an <img> tag src'd from the TN datastream) and a "Teaser" view that shows the basic information about the object. 

Future work includes: getting exposed filters to work, and letting an admin configure what shows up in the Teaser without going into the Scary Views Interface.

If you'd like to play around with it it's available here: https://github.com/Islandora-Labs/islandora_solr_collection_view  - with many thanks to everyone who worked on it, including Mark McFate, Logan Cox, and Pat Dunlavey. 

[Rosemary Le Faive]

Reminder! 

UIIG is meeting tomorrow on Skype at 2pm Eastern.