Difference between revisions of "Hack Fest 2010"
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== Mahara Project == | == Mahara Project == | ||
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| + | To integate [http://identi.ca/ Identi.ca], the open-source "host-your-own" Twitter, into [http://mahara.org Mahara], an open source e-portfolio system. | ||
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| + | ;First Step: A block to follow a twitter tag. | ||
=== Useful Links === | === Useful Links === | ||
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* [http://gitorious.org/mahara/mahara Downloading Mahara] | * [http://gitorious.org/mahara/mahara Downloading Mahara] | ||
* [http://wiki.mahara.org/System_Administrator%27s_Guide/Installing_Mahara Installing Mahara] | * [http://wiki.mahara.org/System_Administrator%27s_Guide/Installing_Mahara Installing Mahara] | ||
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== Moodle Project == | == Moodle Project == | ||
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| + | To get Moodle working with Koha. | ||
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;First Step: Let's start by extending the Moodle [http://cvs.moodle.org/contrib/plugins/blocks/extsearch/ External Search block] to query a Koha library system and display the returned records of Koha books. | ;First Step: Let's start by extending the Moodle [http://cvs.moodle.org/contrib/plugins/blocks/extsearch/ External Search block] to query a Koha library system and display the returned records of Koha books. | ||
=== Koha Search === | === Koha Search === | ||
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# Here's a Koha already set up we can use - no Koha set up required (phew!): | # Here's a Koha already set up we can use - no Koha set up required (phew!): | ||
#* http://opac.koha.workbuffer.org:9998/ | #* http://opac.koha.workbuffer.org:9998/ | ||
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=== Useful Links === | === Useful Links === | ||
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* [http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git;a=summary Downloading Moodle] | * [http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git;a=summary Downloading Moodle] | ||
* [http://docs.moodle.org/en/Administrator_documentation Installing Moodle] | * [http://docs.moodle.org/en/Administrator_documentation Installing Moodle] | ||
Revision as of 05:32, 23 July 2010
PHP Hackfest Cheat Sheet
Mahara Project
Plan
To integate Identi.ca, the open-source "host-your-own" Twitter, into Mahara, an open source e-portfolio system.
- First Step
- A block to follow a twitter tag.
Useful Links
Moodle Project
Plan
To get Moodle working with Koha.
- First Step
- Let's start by extending the Moodle External Search block to query a Koha library system and display the returned records of Koha books.
Koha Search
- Here's a Koha already set up we can use - no Koha set up required (phew!):
- Koha uses an open standard from the Library of Congress called SRU - Search/Retrieval by URL.
- Using the Z39.50 Explain protocol, we can "self-discover" the Koha catalog search interface:
- by parsing the XML response, we can use the <database> element (in this case, "biblios") to construct a search URL:
- which will return the number of results:
- <zs:numberOfRecords>178</zs:numberOfRecords>
- Then we can grab (e.g.) records 5 and 6, in Dublin Core, like this: