To create a WYLDcat (on Aspen) search box that can be placed on any website, embed either of the following code blocks to the html. Change the {ASPENBASEURL} portion of the code to the url for your catalog website. E.g. https://sheridan.wyldcatalog.org/Union/Search
Basic form
Basic: <form action="https://{ASPENBASEURL}/Union/Search" method="get" target="_blank"> <input name="searchSource" value="local" type="hidden"> <input name="basicType" value="Keyword" type="hidden"> <div> <input title="Enter one or more terms to search for. Surrounding a term with quotes will limit result to only those that exactly match the term." name="lookfor" value="" size="40" type="text"> <input type="submit" alt="Search WYLDcat" value="Search WYLDcat"> </div> </form>
Form with selections for type of search
<form action="https://{ASPENBASEURL}/Union/Search" method="get" target="blank"> <input name="searchSource" value="local" type="hidden"> <input name="basicType" value="Keyword" type="hidden"> <div> <input title="Enter one or more terms to search for. Surrounding a term with quotes will limit result to only those that exactly match the term." name="lookfor" value="" size="40" type="text"> <select name="searchIndex" id="searchIndex" title="The method of searching." aria-label="Search Index"><option data-searchsource="catalog" value="Keyword">by Keyword</option><option data-searchsource="catalog" value="Title">by Title</option><option data-searchsource="catalog" value="StartOfTitle">by Start of Title</option><option data-searchsource="catalog" value="Series">by Series</option><option data-searchsource="catalog" value="Author">by Author</option ><option data-search_source="catalog" value="Subject">by Subject</option></select> <input type="submit" alt="Search Catalog" value="Search the Catalog"> </div> </form>
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