Tip for: 09.02.14

Library announcements, book clubs, weekly trivia — do it all through Bulletin Boards.

How-to Video: Bulletin Boards

Last Updated: 08-28-14, Alexandria 7.14.1/6.22.6

Download the script (PDF) | Download the video (38 MB)

Show Notes:

Links:

empty link:

<a href=‘place_link_here’>link_name_here</a>

empty link opening in a new window :

<a href=‘place_link_here’target='_blank'>link_name_here</a>

Examples:

Here is the link for <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page’ target='_blank'> Wikipedia </a>.

Here is the link for <a href="/researcher" target='_blank'> Researcher </a>.

Text colors:

<span style="color:darkred;"> text_here </span>

<span style="color:#000473;"> text_here </span>

Using Alexandria, you can create multiple Boards, to which you can attach any number of bulletins. Your patrons can see Bulletin Boards from the Researcher pane.

To create a Board:

• From Tools (or version 6 under Show), open Bulletin Boards.

• Click on the Actions menu (gear) at the top of the right side of the screen and Add Bulletin Board.

• Give it a unique name, and if it is time specific you can enter a date range.

To add Bulletins:

• Click the plus (+) icon at the bottom left.

• Enter a name, and a date range if necessary.
• You have the options to add a URL and an image for this bulletin.

• Change the color with the drop down menu.

• Click on Save.

You can also customize your bulletins with HTML. See Customizing Customize Bulletins With Basic with HTML5 for more.