Metadata element in Providence for item link in Pawtucket

alcoma

Hello,
I am trying to create a metadata element in Providence that is essentially the url of an item as viewed in Pawtucket, so we have a quick link to the public view when cataloguing.
Our object urls in Pawtucket are based on the CollectiveAccess ID and I figure there must be a pretty simple way to piece together static elements of a url with the ID of the relevant record ?
Ex: https://domainname/index.php/Detail/objects/IDNO_
In our old database I was able to do this as a calculation field but in C/A I'm stumped.

Thank you for any pointers.

monica

You have a few options here. You can make a url field then use a prepopulate script on save ( since the object id isn’t given to the record until the first save). Or you can put this link into the side inspector window (where the thumbnail is). Or create it in a display to show in the summary

Prepopulate: https://manual.collectiveaccess.org/providence/user/configuration/otherCommon/prepopulate.html

Editing the inspector content : look for inspector options in app.conf

Summary display: add a generic bundle to a display called public url and use template syntax to add the url in

alcoma

Great. Thanks Monica!
I went with the last option; adding to a summary display using display template, however the url isn't hyperlinked. How do I get it to be clickable ?

monica

alcoma You need to make an <a> tag to put it into.
<a href="https://yourpawtucketdomain/Detail/objects/^object_id"> https://yourpawtucketdomain/Detail/objects/^object_id</a>

monica

alcoma If not all of your object records are public, you might want to put a condition around it too.

eg.

<case>
    <if rule="^access = 'accessible to public'">
        <a href="https://yourpawtucketdomain/Detail/objects/^object_id">https://yourpawtucketdomain/Detail/objects/^object_id</a>
    </if>
    <unit>No public URL, this record is set to restricted or private</unit>
</case>

darrigan

Hi @alcoma
This is a little feature I've been thinking about for a long time and would be very useful to directly see the page of an object after an edition! (Suggestion for the development team 😉)

Here's a way to add a direct link to the public page in an object's summary.
In your Providence directory, find the file themes/your_theme/views/editor/objects/summary_html.php
(replace "your_theme" with the name of your theme, or with "default")
Make a copy of it just in case...
Edit it, and around line 40, you have:
<?= $t_item->getLabelForDisplay(); ?>
You can add a link just after like that:
<?= $t_item->getLabelForDisplay(); ?> <a href="https://yourdomainname/index.php/Detail/objects/<?= $item_id ?>" target="_blank">🔎</a>

The same trick can be applied to entities, places, etc.

I think there is a way to retrieve the root of the URL without hard-coding it in the code, but I haven't looked...

monica

darrigan I wouldn't suggest editing the providence theme unless you really, really, really need to. And never make changes in the default theme, as this will be overridden when you do an upgrade.

alcoma

Ah, right, the ahref! I tried that earlier but now see the target was set wrong. Thank you!

darrigan

Yes, Monica is right 😅 At a minimum, duplicate the default theme under another name... 😁

alcoma

Can this be applied to generate urls for Public Sets ? I assume it would be:

<a href="https://yourpawtucketdomain/Detail/Gallery/^set_id"> https://yourpawtucketdomain/Detail/Gallery/^set_id</a>

Except there is no option in Providence to create a Display for Sets, so the Display Template values in the element (say 'set_publicUrl' ) won't render anything if its added to the summary screen of a set editor ?

darrigan

Hi @alcoma
In Providence, sets are displayed under themes/<your_theme>/views/manage/sets/but there is no summary_html.php page.
To make a direct link to public display of a set, I suggest you edit the screen_html.php file and insert the line:
<a href="https://yourpawtucketdomain/index.php/Gallery/<?= $vn_set_id ?>" target="_blank">🔎</a>
just after the <div class="sectionBox"> (line 34).
(Just tested for me: it works.)

And for those who may ask: In Pawtucket, sets are displayed under the /themes/<your_theme>/Gallery directory, not under /themes/<your_theme>/Details directory.
You can custom the "detail-like" page of set (or gallery) by editing the file: detail_html.php.
The set_item_info_html.php file is for the detail of one item in a set.
The index_html.php file is for the index (list) of public sets (galleries).
The set_info_html.php file is for the short description of one set in this index.