John Miedema

I’m not usually a hockey fan but my wife is. I’m a fan during the Stanley Cup if there’s a Canadian team left playing. There wasn’t this year, but there were plenty of Canadian players. Oh that Sydney Crosby. And Cleary is the first Newfoundlander to win the Stanley Cup. I coded up the plugin during the Stanley Cup final last night. It is in good shape. A few more tweaks, some robust testing on my end, and I will release it for beta testing.

Note: the design has changed. The plugin now accepts the following arguments:

1. ISBN. As before. Required.
2. Book Version. There can be multiple OL versions of an ISBN. By default, OpenBook takes the latest version. You can specify an earlier version if you like.
3. Display Options. By default, OpenBook displays the image and text. The following options are also available: 1=cover only. 2=Text only.
4. Full Cover. Shows “thumbnail” by default, but you can set the argument to true here for the cover in its original size.
5. Publisher Link. Instead of using a custom category, the user can pass a publisher link if desired.

If you are okay with the defaults, all you need to enter in the post is the tags and ISBN:

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If you want to, you can specify options, like in this sample:

This request calls for ISBN#0786416084, version 2, uses default display options, uses a full cover, and a publisher link on the publisher name.

There has been some interest already by beta testers. If you are interested, let me know by comment or email. As soon as I’m happy with it, I will release it for beta testing, likely mid-next-week. Thanks!

I have recently been tuning into the fact that librarians use WordPress for their library website. This plugin is an ideal fit for displaying book covers, a service that librarians often pay for. There’s no cost in using the plugin, and to my knowledge the copyright is clear.

P.S. I am going to stop putting an “Index” link at the end of each OpenBook post. Just click the OpenBook logo to see the index.