Closes#304, change references to "website" to "web page"
More changes as per discussions with Dan:
- Linked URLs have been given a second chance at life, though they still shouldn't be used for (most, if any) scrapers (which should use snapshots or the URL field instead)
- Renamed the "website" item type to "webpage"
- Removed "web page" from the New Item menu
- Added Save Link To Current Page toolbar button
- Added toolbar separator between New Item buttons and link/attachment/note to differentiate
- Added limited metadata (URL and accessDate) for attachments
- URL for attachments now stored in itemData (itemAttachments.originalPath is no longer used, but I'm probably not gonna worry about it and just wait for SQLite to support dropping columns with ALTER TABLE) -- getURL() removed in favor of getField('url')
- Snapshots now say "View Snapshot"
- Added Show File button to file attachments to show in filesystem
- Added timed note field to attachments for single notes and adjusted Item.updateNote(), etc. to work with attachments
- Fixed bug with manually bound params in fulltext indexer and Item.save() (execute() vs. executeStep()) -- any recently added items probably aren't in the fulltext index because of this
Known bugs/issues:
- Attachment metadata and notes probably aren't properly imported/exported now (and accessDate definitely isn't)
- Scrapers don't save metadata properly
- Attachment title should be editable
- File attachments could probably use some more metadata (#275, more or less, though they won't be getting tabs)
Changes as per my discussions with Dan:
- Separated snapshot functionality into two individual buttons, Create New Item From Current Page and Take Snapshot of Current page
- Updated schema to support primary, secondary and hidden item types (and future user customizations)
- Reorganized New Item menu, moving secondary items into sub-menu
- Removed ability to create link attachments, since it never really made much sense -- will simply use the webpage item type instead. Underlying functionality still exists for the time being, as people have existing links in their libraries--I think we're gonna have to just warn beta testers and delete them in a transition step, as converting nested links really wouldn't be worth the effort.
- Moved file link/add functions into new item menu and removed attachment drop-down
- Large, prominent View and Locate buttons in edit pane for going to an associated URL and looking up in OpenURL, respectively -- buttons gray out as appropriate
- New Item from Page stores the URL and access date (Item.save() checks for the string "CURRENT_TIMESTAMP" for accessDate and doesn't bind it as a string)
- "Website" to "Web Page" (do we prefer "Webpage"? they both look a bit funky in uppercase)
More coming.
Bugs/Known Issues:
- Since snapshots from the toolbar are now top-level in the current collection, there needs to be a way to drag them into items
- The camera icon for adding snapshots, despite being a famfamfam icon, really doesn't read too well (or perhaps just clashes with the rest of our icons). Anybody have a better one? (It also may be able to just be lightened up a bit.)
- Trying the large View/Locate buttons after discussions with Dan, but this approach may not work -- 1) a large View button for the URL makes a lot less sense when you have a parent item with a child snapshot, since people will end up clicking it all the time when they really want to view the snapshot, and 2) the Locate button is awfully big for something that only applies to certain types of items, may not get used very often when it does, and probably won't work when it is
- The access date is stored in UTC and displayed with toLocaleString() like Date Added and Date Modified, but, unlike those two, it's also user-editable. This is clearly a problem. Probably need to parse to Date on blur() with strToDate() and insert as UTC, discarding anything left over.
- Item type itself is still "website" -- should probably change that while we still can
Closes#253, OpenURL arrow should provide visual feedback on mouseover and/or look more button-like
Addresses #304, change references to "website" to "web page"
Addresses #207, openurl arrow functionality
- About panel now gets version number automatically
- Change version from 1.0a1 to 1.0b1
* Important: If you're on an SVN install, you need to rename the scholar@chnm.gmu.edu text file in your profile extension directory to zotero@chnm.gmu.edu *
XPI installs will (I think) update automatically, since I kept an entry in updates.rdf with the old GUID
Proper labels for saved searches, hiding rather than disabling irrelevant menu options, added "New Saved Search..." to menu, made file and bibliography export work with saved searches, added "Export Library..." option to Library drop-down
addresses #214, add footnote support to word integration
- the third icon on the Zotero Word toolbar is now reserved for "Document Options," which, for now, means on the selection of styles
- the Document Options window will, for now, appear the first time you create a citation. the default style probably belongs in the Scholar preferences window.
- you can now generate citations in both footnote and in-text citation formats. you can't yet switch between them on the fly, but that should be coming soon...
- Ibid is not yet implemented. again, coming soon.
"Notes" column changed to "#" and combined with the attachment count. "#" isn't exactly immediately self-explanatory, but "Notes/attachments" would be way too long, and once you realize what it's for (i.e. the first time you create a child item), you really don't want the column taking up any more room than that... If people have a better suggestion, do share.
If you have attachments to the old terminology, feel free to file a complaint.
Changed interface code too, since David is gone (or at the very least has more important things to do with his remaining time)
Addresses #169, add OpenURL interface hooks
Addresses #170, Put "Link" option before "Import" in drop-down menu
Fixes some advanced search flaws (there are still bugs)
- eliminates "unresponsive script" message on import/export
i tried to make a progress bar that actually provides useful information, but for some reason, XUL interface updates are done asynchronously, and thus don't actually happen as long as the import/export operation continues. the code is there, but disabled, if there's some solution to this issue, but i searched and couldn't find one.
closes#4, Make printable version
- moves functions for creating and deleting hidden browser objects to scholar.js (from ingester.js), since these are necessary for printing as well
- allows saving bibliography in HTML or printing bibliography. style support is not yet complete (pending finalization of 0.9 version of CSL specification).
[style] Better add/remove Creator buttons.
[fix] The sorting should not randomly switch the order of two items with the same sort value (eg, Barnes vs. Barnes).
[fix] The browser should not open with two sorted columns.
* Renamed treeView.js to folderTreeView.js (more changes on this file forthcoming) -- this will soon be specifically for folders.
* Added itemTreeView.js, with new Scholar.ItemTreeView class -- specifically for items.
* The items list now supports 3 additional columns: rights, date added, and date modified.
* For now, selecting an item loads the "I'm Feeling Lucky" result of a Google search on the item title.
More details coming on Basecamp: http://chnm.grouphub.com/W161222
*** Important note: after checking out this code, be sure to delete the compreg.dat and xpti.dat files in your FF profile directory or else the extension will not load. They'll be regenerated when you start FF again, and you won't have to do it again unless we add interfaces or other components. Once I set up the XPI packaging system, this step won't be necessary. ***
- Localization properties are now loaded directly via nsIStringBundleService and available via Scholar.getString(name) -- removed stringbundle from XUL
- Updated status line in bottom right to reflect whether Scholar is loaded correctly or not (temporary, obviously)
I also started implementing some of the localization. There is a lot to do still, and I am still learning a lot of the Firefox extension technologies (XUL, adv. Javascript, etc.) but things are going great.
