What to display on the Archive page

[geirrosset]

When clicking on Archive I get a long list of back issues, but it OJS only displays the cover image and the Issue/Year. This makes it very hard to find a specific issues unless you know what issue had the topic you are looking for.

How can I display the issue description along with cover image and Issue/year?

Thanks
Geir Rosset
Oslo
Norway

[sillyKris]

Hi,

I second this question-- is there a place in the back-end interface to alter this? If not, should we alter the archive.tpl?

Thanks very much!

[ramon]

Hello all,

I don't want to seem unwilling to change OJS's behavior, but, if you don't know what issue the content is located isn't that what the search is for?
Usually, at least in our experience, people go to the archives looking for a specific issue, because they know an article is in it, not the way around....

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Ramón Martins Sodoma da Fonseca
Analista em C&T
Coordenação de Tecnologias de Informação
Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia - IBICT
Ministério da Ciência e Tecnologia - MCT

[sillyKris]

Hi ramon,

In my case the journal manager would like to provide just a little more information for people who just wish to browse the archives. Aesthetically, I also prefer this direction-- when you have the cover thumbnails displayed it leaves an awful lot of awkward whitespace.

[ramon]

Hello sillyKris,

I understand your point.
I think that you can use any data about the issues in ojs2/templates/issue/archive.tpl
Although I think there's a lot of information available already.
This is the code in a stock 2.3.7 version (if I'm reading the right template!!)

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<div id="issue" style="clear:left;">
        {if $issue->getLocalizedFileName() && $issue->getShowCoverPage($locale) && !$issue->getHideCoverPageArchives($locale)}
                <div class="issueCoverImage"><a href="{url op="view" path=$issue->getBestIssueId($currentJournal)}"><img src="{$coverPagePath|escape}{$issue->getFileName($locale)|escape}"{if $issue->getCoverPageAltText($locale) != ''} alt="{$issue->getCoverPageAltText($locale)|escape}"{else} alt="{translate key="issue.coverPage.altText"}"{/if}/></a>
                </div>
                <h4><a href="{url op="view" path=$issue->getBestIssueId($currentJournal)}">{$issue->getIssueIdentification()|escape}</a></h4>
                <div class="issueCoverDescription">{$issue->getLocalizedCoverPageDescription()|strip_unsafe_html|nl2br}</div>
        {else}
                <h4><a href="{url op="view" path=$issue->getBestIssueId($currentJournal)}">{$issue->getIssueIdentification()|escape}</a></h4>
                <div class="issueDescription">{$issue->getLocalizedDescription()|strip_unsafe_html|nl2br}</div>
        {/if}
        </div>


Some of the information may not have been entered and not display.
Other variables and values you try to use {$issue|@print_r} command to see what's available.
Maybe this way you can see what other variables are available so you can use them.
My test version has no issues, so it prints 1....

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Ramón Martins Sodoma da Fonseca
Analista em C&T
Coordenação de Tecnologias de Informação
Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia - IBICT
Ministério da Ciência e Tecnologia - MCT

[sillyKris]

Hello ramon,

Thanks so much for your reply!

That's exactly the template that I was experimenting with. Thank you for the hint about the {$issue|@print_r} command-- that gave me the following:

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Issue Object ( [_data] => Array ( [id] => 25 [journalId] => 1 [volume] => 0 [number] => 98 [year] => 2012 [published] => 1 [current] => 1 [datePublished] => 2012-01-01 00:00:00 [accessStatus] => 0 [showVolume] => 0 [showNumber] => 1 [showYear] => 0 [showTitle] => 1 [title] => Array ( [en_US] => Catalogue of Seed Plants of the West Indies ) [coverPageDescription] => Array ( [en_US] => ) [coverPageAltText] => Array ( [en_US] => ) [showCoverPage] => Array ( [en_US] => 1 ) [hideCoverPageArchives] => Array ( [en_US] => 0 ) [hideCoverPageCover] => Array ( [en_US] => 1 ) [description] => Array ( [en_US] => Issued: 1 January 2012) [originalFileName] => Array ( [en_US] => sctb-0098.jpg ) [fileName] => Array ( [en_US] => cover_issue_25_en_US.jpg ) [width] => Array ( [en_US] => 850 ) [height] => Array ( [en_US] => 1100 ) ) [_metadataAdapters] => Array ( ) ) 1

Unfortunately I'm new to PHP (nothing like a trial by fire, right?), but I don't see any variables that seem to map to Authors. I wonder if this means I need to go into the PHP file that feeds the template and add something referencing authors? Clearly the information is stored and displayed elsewhere on the website...

Again, thanks to anyone who has tips or musings to share!

[ramon]

Hello sillyKris,

Unfortunately, author variables are not available in this template.
Adding additional values to the template is beyond my skills.
I assume you'll have to "tamper" with the classes and pages related to the issue, table of contents and so on, to see what can be done.
The PKP Team members will probably have a much better answer for this.

_______________________________
Ramón Martins Sodoma da Fonseca
Analista em C&T
Coordenação de Tecnologias de Informação
Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia - IBICT
Ministério da Ciência e Tecnologia - MCT