| // .htaccess | |
| // | |
| // Add this to the directory where your write.php will be stored | |
| // This is an easy way to do an HTTP request to the script with the data | |
| <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> | |
| RewriteEngine On | |
| # Change the following to the base directory of this file | |
| RewriteBase /clickstats/ |
This is a simple php script that can be used with the Botriot (http://botriot.com) service to deploy code hosted on Github. The script needs to live on the same server your live code will be on, but you can use it to deploy any project or site on a server.
In your Campfire chatroom with your bot active, type:
!deploy directory/path OR botname directory/path
| <!DOCTYPE html> | |
| <!--[if IE 6]> | |
| <html id="ie6" class="lt-ie9 lt-ie8 lt-ie7 no-js" dir="ltr" lang="en-US"> | |
| <![endif]--> | |
| <!--[if IE 7]> | |
| <html id="ie7" class="lt-ie9 lt-ie8 no-js" dir="ltr" lang="en-US"> | |
| <![endif]--> | |
| <!--[if IE 8]> | |
| <html id="ie8" class="lt-ie9 no-js" dir="ltr" lang="en-US"> |
Library websites are notoriously hard to use. Librarians and library staff spend much of their time training our patrons to use our online tools, instead of helping to develop deeper skills. While our tools are often complex, they seem to have been designed for the computers they run on rather than the people who use them. This issue has rightfully come to the forefront of the library world in recent years.
The usual debate is between making our tools so simple that anyone can use them, or training our patrons to use the complex tools. But there is middle ground here. We can make our tools easier without losing the power that much of their complexity brings. But we need to shift the burden of teaching how to use the tools from our staff to the tools themselves.
In this presentation, I'll talk about what we can learn from fields like evolutionary psychology and video game design that will help us build helpful and powerful websites that people can actually use.
| <?php | |
| $gotit = 0; // BOOLEAN for knowing that a command has been found | |
| // Get the data from Bruce, our Campfire bot | |
| $data = file_get_contents('php://input'); | |
| if($data == NULL) { | |
| $command = "Weird."; |
| $(".thumbnail").find("a").each(function(){ | |
| availabilityText = $(this).find('div.format').attr("class"); | |
| var availability = availabilityText.split(" "); | |
| if((availability[2]== "format_book_lg") || (availability[2] == "format_video_recording_lg")) { | |
| var searchTitle = $(this).closest(".document").find(".title").find("h3").text(); | |
| searchTitle = encodeURIComponent(searchTitle); | |
| $(this).closest("table").find(".metadata").find(".Availability").append('<br /><p>Not available? <a href="http://elibrary.mel.org/search/a?searchtype=t&searcharg=' + searchTitle + '&SORT=D" target="_blank">Find this at another Michigan library</a></p>'); |
| tell application "Rdio" | |
| play source "p2128446" | |
| end tell | |
| activate application "Sublime Text 2" | |
| delay 3 | |
| tell application "System Events" | |
| set frontmost of process "Sublime Text 2" to true | |
| tell process "Sublime Text 2" | |
| keystroke "f" using {command down, control down, shift down} |
| tell application "Rdio" | |
| pause | |
| end tell |
Here's what the above script does:
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The internet is a distracting place, and when you work there, it makes getting things done difficult. Especially things like writing a book (or two). So I made an automator script to help me out. Here's how it works: