Admin: installation details

This portlet is used to set up the properties for all levels of the Arena installation. The contents of the portlet are only visible to administrators.

Note:
Changes made in this portal are not in effect until after five minutes.

Portal site admin

An Installation admin can see the installation on a portal site level.

See also: Admin: permissions manager

For configuration on member or agency level, please contact Axiell.

The portlet presents the portal site data (this is set during installation and cannot be changed):

Setting Description Comment
Name of portal site The ID of the portal site

Can only be changed by Axiell
Portal site description The name of the web site. This name is shown in reviews and discussions. Also displayed when articles and images are published. Can only be changed by Axiell
Portal site friendly URL   Can only be changed by Axiell
Virtual hostname   Can only be changed by Axiell
Portal site members The members that exist on the same server. The members displayed in this portal are highlighted. Can only be changed by Axiell
Filter If you want to limit the search area when searching on the portal site, you can define a filter. You can, for example, filter on media class or target group. Filtering on organization or branch level is done using other filters, turn to your Arena contact.
Allow Anonymous Login Must be set to true to require the user to create an Arena account. If set to false, card sign-in must be allowed (Sign in via library card number is activated in the Account portlet must be true). The user logs in with card + PIN and can then create an Arena account (default: true). See also: Account
User Agreement Id The ID of the article with the Arena agreement for this site; defined during installation. Should not be changed.
Favourite Agency Member If a user is not logged-in, this agency member is chosen. It is recommended but not mandatory to set a favourite agency member. If not, the agency member with lowest ID will be used. Mandatory for Staff picks.

Media class icons

A list of all media class icons. Arena includes default icons, but to use other icons, type the URL:s for where to find them.

See also: Media class icons

Article search filters

Only used for Arena articles.

Portal

If you want to refer to a separate site for user help, enter the URL under Help URL.

Portal URL

These URL:s must be defined to use for example the News agent feature, for a link to the article or catalogue record to be included in the message to the Arena user.

Setting Format of URL
URL to Article Detail https://[virtual_host_name] /detail?p_p_state=normal&p_p_lifecycle=1&p_p_action=1&p_p_id=articleDetail_WAR_arenaportlet&p_p_mode=view&p_r_p_arena_urn%3Aarena_search_item_id={0} /
https://[virtual_host_name] /web/arena/detail?p_p_state=normal&p_p_lifecycle=1&p_p_action=1&p_p_id=articleDetail_WAR_arenaportlet&p_p_mode=view&p_r_p_arena_urn%3Aarena_search_item_id={0}
URL to CRD https://[virtual_host_name]/results?p_p_state=normal&p_p_lifecycle=1&p_p_action=1&p_p_id=crDetailWicket_WAR_arenaportlets&p_p_mode=view&p_r_p_arena_urn%3Aarena_search_item_id={0}&p_r_p_arena_urn%3Aarena_agency_name={1} /
https://[virtual_host_name]/web/arena/results?p_p_state=normal&p_p_lifecycle=1&p_p_action=1&p_p_id=crDetailWicket_WAR_arenaportlets&p_p_mode=view&p_r_p_arena_urn%3Aarena_search_item_id={0}&p_r_p_arena_urn%3Aarena_agency_name={1}

Replace the parts in brackets with your Arena settings.

See also: News agent

Cover Providers

Select a provider from which to get the cover images.

  • URL Covers Store (covers stored in Arena (Solr), highest priority by default)
  • Dbc
  • Syndetics
  • Amazon
  • Adlibris
  • Gyldendal

Click Expand for the provider, to make the following settings:

Setting Description
Enabled Check to enable the cover provider.
Covers path The URL to the covers.
Min image size The minimum size for an image to display
Priority If using multiple cover providers, set the priority with the highest value first.

 

Note:

Despite the naming listed above, it is possible to connect to other providers by adding the cover path from the desired API.

There is a 24 hour cache on cover images, also including “no image”. This means that when adding a new cover provider, it takes 24 h for the images to show.

See also: Cover provider URL

Portal Emails

Setting Description
Administrator Leave empty
General contact

The library’s public e-mail address, for purchase suggestions, inter library loan requests and feedback to library etc.

Note: This email address must be set.

Authorize contact The sender email address in email sent from the system, related to administration of reviews and abuse reports, for example, no-reply@thelibrary.com.

Social Media

Enter the AddThis and Facebook IDs for the library’s accounts in order to get statistics of Arena usage from these providers, and to enable the Facebook Like button in standard mode.

Search History

Setting Description Comment
Enabled Check to enable the News agent. See also: News agent
Alert on all hits first time Check to enable the news agent setting to resend all results and not only the new ones Special setting, rarely used
Language used in alert The language to use in the inbox for Arena messages and e-mail messages Sent by a locally running service that has no connection to the users’ browsers

Search Suggestion Providers

You can enter a maximum of 5 different connections to external services, to display when a search has resulted in no hits.

Click Expand for the provider, to make the following settings:

Setting Description
Enabled Check to enable the search suggestion provider.
Logo URL The URL to the search suggestion provider logo (not mandatory)
URL The URL to the search suggestion provider.
URL encoding URL encoding
Title What to call the search suggestion provider on the page.
Priority If using multiple search suggestion providers, set the priority with the highest value first.

Configuration

Show Help link (default: false)