Sierra's Failed Renewal Messages Stink

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Fixing the unhelpful renewal failed message in Sierra

This little script puts the failed renewal message in a more intuitive place, and lets you customize the text. This is the before and after of GVSU's OPAC:

fixsierra.js

if(document.getElementById('renewfailmsg') != 'undefined' && document.getElementById('renewfailmsg') != null) {
	// Renewal failed by III makes it hard to see

	var renewalFailText = document.getElementById('renewfailmsg').innerText;
	console.log(renewalFailText);

	// Get rid of the see details below part.
	var renewalMessage = renewalFailText.split('. ');
	var renewalError = document.createElement('div');
	renewalError.className = 'lib-error';
	renewalError.style.clear = 'both';
	renewalError.style.marginTop = '1em';
	renewalError.innerHTML = '<b>' + renewalMessage[0] + '.</b> (This usually means that someone else has recalled the book, or you&#8217;ve renewed it several times already.)';
	var accountTools = document.getElementById('myaccount-tools');
	accountTools.appendChild(renewalError);
}