Hi all,
After wrestling with the problem for a while, we wrote a Wordpress plugin to handle hours. The main display includes a map of locations:
http://library.unc.edu/hours/
And shortcodes are available to display abbreviated versions of today's or this week's hours elsewhere on the site. (There is also a consumable JSON view so that you can create your own display).
Categories can be assigned to events, which can be repeating or 24-hr (using standard ical and recurrence rules).
https://github.com/UNC-Libraries/Hours-of-Operation
We'd be glad to talk more with anyone who's interested!
Best,
Emily
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Emily Brassell
UNC Libraries
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From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Matt Sherman
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2016 10:34 AM
To: CODE4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu<mailto:CODE4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu>
Subject: [CODE4LIB] Hours on Library Websites?
Hi all,
We are working on a website migration/redesign into WordPress and I am trying to figure out an automated solution for posting and keeping up to date the hours on the home page. I am wondering, how do other institutions manage this? Are there any good tools I should be looking into? Any insights or suggestions are appreciated.
Matt Sherman
Received on Wed Jul 13 2016 - 15:56:22 EDT