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I’m Trying to Say I’m On Your Side
When a librarian has to backtrack on her commentary, telling the patron explicitly that she isn’t blaming him for lack of ability to find it, but that she’s sorry that the library is such an absolute fuck-all on linking that patrons have to come and get librarians to be able to find anything.
Bang Head Here
When a librarian participates in a webinar where colleagues are actively seeking ways to circumvent the library’s own website design with the new product, rather than fucking redesigning the library’s website.
Lord, should I tell him? I'm going to tell him. I must tell him. I'll tell him in a moment.
When a librarian verbally commits to informing the patron that the library’s website is actually down and moving from workstation to workstation won’t help abate his confusion
Read to Lead ; Learn to Grow
Reading (Website) Log #11 - Book Riot by Riot New Media Group
March 12, 2019
Review: N/A
Riot New Media Group. (2019). Book riot. Retrieved from https://bookriot.com/
Summary
Book Riot is a website that publishes regular contributions on various books and readings from all different types of backgrounds. They are predicated on a foundation that aims to be non-judgemental and non-pretentious as book lovers come in all different forms.
Relation
It is similar to other book-focused media website. Its core material usually shares both mainstream and under-the-radar books that readers should be checking out.
Appeal
The website would appeal to avid readers, though casual readers may also enjoy it.
Audience/Readership
Book Riot does not specifically state who their readership is, but they have a section on young adult novels. I think this website would appeal to readers of all ages, including teenagers.
Filed under library websites for teenagers.
Love You. Mean It.
When a librarian finds the most perfectly designed library website and swoons.
Easy Book Reviews Using Custom Post Types
Easy Book Reviews Using Custom Post Types
When you log in to the WordPress admin area to add content, you have an option for posts, media, links, and pages. For some websites, that does not make sense. Let say for instance, you want to list book reviews on your website. That’s not a post or a page. I ran into this situation when a librarian requested that I create a website for her school library. What I did was to make Custom Post Type called book reviews. A book review is not the same as a post or a page. It is a book review. This is where a custom post types will come in.
If you look at the picture above you will notice how instead of the normal dashboard menu options you also have a Book Reviews menu option. When you click on book review, it says Add New Book Review, which is great because your not adding a new post or a new page. You’re adding a new book review.
By creating custom post types I was able to make it easier for the Librarian to decide which option to use when she adds new book reviews. When she clicks Add New Book She has to enter in the title of the book, the review, the book author, the Genre(s), and a picture of the book.
The title of the book is entered where it says “Enter Title Here”. The actual review is typed or pasted into the WYSIWYG content area. The author name is entered into the Author meta box. The genre is a taxonomy similar to a tag that allows the book reviews to be categorized based on what genre it’s in. The picture of the book cover is added as a featured image. Which allows you to upload an image, use an image that is already in the media library, or add an image from a URL.
When you view a single book review it displays the book cover, the genre, the title of the book, the author of the book and the review.
You can also view all the books within a specific genre just by clicking on the genre link. When you view all the book reviews you get a list of book review teasers on a page, along with a small picture of the cover, the Genres, and a link to read the entire review.
Using a custom widget the latest book reviews are displayed at the bottom of all library pages. This allows visitors of the library website to easily see the last three book reviews. If the snippet catches the attention of a student he or she can click the link to read the entire review.
So there you have it a practical use of WordPress Custom Post Types. This post explained how custom post types can be used to create a a library website with easy to manage book reviews. But custom post types can also be used for things such as creating staff directories, adding podcasts, to create product listings, an ads platform, or to provide sermon content online. Custom Post Types are one of the many features that allows WordPress to be used to create an easy to manage website.
Hire Arelthia to add custom post types to your WordPress website?
Originally posted on https://pintopsolutions.com/solutions/easy-book-reviews-using-custom-post-types/
Myth Dispelled: Youngsters Do Read!
Myth Dispelled: Youngsters Do Read!
New York Public Library
I have written before about the reality behind the myth that youngsters no longer read. Now, a Pew Research Center survey has the surprising answer to the question, which adult generation is more likely to have visited a public library in the past year: it’s the Millennials. Yes, the same Millennials widely accused of not reading!
A new analysis of Pew Research Center…
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