[ipac] HIP starting URL

[Tammy Baker]

Greetings all,

At our site, we direct our catalog users to this one basic URL (that
we've had since 2002): http://www.ohiohistory.org/occ

That way, there's an easy URL to remember and it stays the same whenever
we upgrade. This URL has links to five of our profiles.

Tammy K. Baker, Online Catalog Manager
Ohio Historical Society
1982 Velma Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43211-2497 USA

voice:	614/297-2564
fax:    	614/297-2546
tbaker at ohiohistory.org

-----Original Message-----
From: ipac-bounces at lists.tblc.org [mailto:ipac-bounces at lists.tblc.org]
On Behalf Of Greg Barniskis
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 11:56 AM
To: Dynix's Horizon Information Portal,formerly iPac (discussion)
Subject: Re: [ipac] HIP starting URL

Day, James wrote:
> We point simply to http://server (http://ipac.seminolecountyfl.gov)
> which becomes
> http://ipac.seminolecountyfl.gov/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=#focus.

That's the best way. You don't want to publicize or otherwise link 
to even a modestly deep path in the application, you want to 
publicize or link to a very generic entry point that can be remapped 
to any arbitrary location at any time with a simple HTML redirection 
header or other rewrite/redirect technology.

Otherwise, what will you do when the next big upgrade changes

http://server/ipac20/ipac.jsp

to

http://server/iprooms80/gadget_du_jour.jsp

Both of these paths are destined for the great junk pile of history 
at some point, but the URL you print on PR materials and embed 
everywhere else doesn't have to be. Abstraction, opacity, smoke and 
mirrors... all your friends. Pay no attention to the man behind the 
curtain!


-- 
Greg Barniskis, Computer Systems Integrator
South Central Library System (SCLS)
Library Interchange Network (LINK)
<gregb at scls.lib.wi.us>, (608) 266-6348
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