Children’s PAC Category Configuration Dialog Box

To open this dialog box:
In Polaris Administration, select Profiles, Children’s PAC, Category construction.

Polaris PowerPAC Children’s Edition offers search targets (predefined searches or Web links), organized in categories and subcategories. Use the Children’s PAC Category Configuration dialog box to define and organize the search targets. In this dialog box, folder icons  represent categories. Database icons  represent bibliography (title) search targets, and Web Site icons  represent Web link targets. See Managing Search Categories for details.

• Add a category - Select the folder to which you want to add a category, then click Add Category.

• Add a target - Select the category folder to which you want to add a target, then click Add Target.

Add Category Dialog Box

Use this dialog box to add a search target category to Children’s PAC. For detailed procedures, see Add a new category.

• Display Name - Identifies the new category in the Category Configuration dialog box. If no category icon is defined, the Display Name is directly displayed as a link on the Children’s PAC home page. If an icon is defined for the category, the category is displayed as a link when the icon is selected.

Note:
To insert a diacritic character in the display name, click Diacritics. The Character Picker dialog box opens. For details on choosing diacritic characters, see Choose characters/diacritics from a chart.

• Display Message (optional) - Type any text that should be displayed below the category display name and above the matrix of icons or list of targets.

Note:
You can insert diacritic characters in the message. Click Diacritics. The Character Picker dialog box opens. For details on choosing diacritic characters, see Choose characters/diacritics from a chart.

• Icon File Name - Type only the file name for the category icon graphic. Polaris constructs the appropriate URL to the categories folder of the selected theme, or to the default theme if you do not allow theme selection. The category icon is displayed in the Children’s PAC interface as a link, which you can click to see subcategories or targets.

Important:
Be sure to place the category icon graphic file in the categories folder for each theme you offer. For more information about themes, see Managing Themes.

• Tooltip Preview - Check this box to display targets for this category when the cursor hovers over the category link in the Children’s PAC interface. To display tooltip previews, you must also specify an icon file name for the category.

Note:
Use the Children’s PAC profile Number of tooltip entries displayed to set the maximum number of tooltip entries to display. In the Add Children’s PAC Search Target dialog box, you must also check the Preview Search Target box for each target you want to display in the tooltip.

Add Children’s PAC Search Target Dialog Box

Use this dialog box to add a search target to Children’s PAC. For detailed procedures, see Add a new search target to a category.

Tip:
You can view the structure of default targets to get ideas about how to set up targets. Select a default target and click Modify to view the target settings.

• Display Name - Identifies the new target in the Category Configuration dialog box and on the home page.

Note:
You can insert diacritic characters in the display name. Click Diacritics. The Character Picker dialog box opens. For details on choosing diacritic characters, see Choose characters/diacritics from a chart.

• Icon File Name - To make this target part of a matrix of search targets for the category, type the name of the target icon file here. Children can click the icon to launch the search for the target. If you do not specify an icon, the target is displayed as a simple text link in a list with any other text-link targets.

• Icon Display Name - If you want to display text along with the target icon in the matrix, type the text in the Icon Display Name box. (If you specify an Icon Display Name, be sure you specified an Icon File Name.)

Important:
Be sure to place the target icon graphic file in the categories folder for each theme you offer. For more information about themes, see Managing Themes.

• Target type - Select one of the following target types:

• Search - Launches a defined search in the Polaris database. Input the search command as a Common Query Language (CQL) command in the Search box.

• Bibliography - Displays a search link that launches a search for specific titles. Click Add next to the Bibliography box, and use the Find Tool to locate and select the bibliographic record for the title you want to add.

• URL - Displays a text link that connects to a Web site. Input the complete URL for the Web target in the URL box.

Note:
To allow Web target links, set the Children’s PAC profile Web access: Enable to Yes. Libraries where children’s Internet access is a concern should use lockdown software or set this profile to No. If this profile is set to No, the URL target appears as text only, and does not allow Web access.

• Preview Search Target - Check this box to include the target Display Name as a link under the category to which the target belongs. Preview search targets are indicated by a small flag  in the Category Configuration dialog box. If you want the same target link to be displayed once the category is selected, set it up again under the appropriate category, leaving Preview Search Target unchecked. To display preview search targets, you must also specify an icon file name for the category. See Add a new category.

• Translate category and target names - See Translate a category or target and Translate all categories and targets.