Web Part Editor Dialog Box

To open this dialog box:
In Polaris Administration, select Profiles, PowerPAC, Dashboards: Web part construction.

Web parts are displayed in the dashboard of the pages on Polaris PowerPAC and Polaris PowerPAC Children’s Edition. They can provide links to pre-defined searches or Web sites, or deliver messages or instructions. Use the Web Part Editor dialog box to create your own Web parts and to limit lists in automatic Web parts. For details, see Defining Web Parts for Dashboards. After you create Web parts, you assign them to specific pages in Polaris PowerPAC and Polaris PowerPAC Children’s Edition. See Assign Web parts to public pages.

Polaris and 3rd Party Tab

Use this tab to limit the length of lists that appear for Polaris and third-party Web parts. For more information about these, see Automatic Web Parts and Best-Seller Lists from IndieBound (Book Sense, Inc.). Simply type the number of items (elements) in the Total Listing Rows box to display for the selected list. Type zero (0) in the Total Listing Rows box to display all items available for the automated list. For the Web part New Titles, a setting of 0 in the Total Listing Rows box will display all titles added in the past 31 days.

User Defined Tab

Use this tab to set up your own Web parts. Several types are available. For information about these types, see Custom Web Parts. For detailed procedures, see Create a custom Web part.

• Set up a new Web part - Click Add by the Web Parts list. The Add/Edit Web Part Title dialog box appears. Type the heading text in the Title box, and click OK. The heading for the new Web part is displayed in the Web Parts list. To edit the heading, select it and click Edit.

• Add elements to a Web part - Select the Web part in the Web Parts list, and click Add by the Data Elements list. The Add Data Element: Pick Type dialog box appears. Select the type of element to add.

Note:
You can add any combination of elements to a Web part.

• Title Search – Puts a title link in the list. When a patron selects the title in the list, the title information is displayed in the search results. In the Add Title Search Element dialog box, type the bibliographic control number of the title, or select the title from the Polaris Find Tool results list (click Find to display the Find Tool).

• URL – Puts a link to a Web site or page in the list. When a patron selects the link, the browser displays the destination page. In the Add URL Element dialog box, type the link text in the Title box, and type the uniform resource locator (address) in the URL box.

• Free Text – Puts text in the list. Use free text for announcements, page instructions, or for introducing the list.  In the Add Free Text Element dialog box, type the text of the announcement or message you want to display. You can use basic HTML tags to format the text.