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== Parameter for collection not yet available == | == Parameter for collection not yet available == | ||
Please consider adding a parameter to the template that will return an alternative form of words for articles about collections that are not yet available in ''Record Search''. See for example [[Argentina Vital Records Index]] and [[California Vital Records Index]]. --[[User:CottrellS|Steve]] 22:14, 13 October 2009 (UTC) | Please consider adding a parameter to the template that will return an alternative form of words for articles about collections that are not yet available in ''Record Search''. See for example [[Argentina Vital Records Index]] and [[California Vital Records Index]]. --[[User:CottrellS|Steve]] 22:14, 13 October 2009 (UTC) | ||
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:If no other situation exists, I am curious about what the Record Search team may say about this line of thought. When the collection is not yet available, does it have a collection ID? If not (or it makes sense for them), no collection ID could indicate that the collection is not yet available. Comments? [[User:Thomas Lerman|Thomas Lerman]] 14:35, 14 October 2009 (UTC) | :If no other situation exists, I am curious about what the Record Search team may say about this line of thought. When the collection is not yet available, does it have a collection ID? If not (or it makes sense for them), no collection ID could indicate that the collection is not yet available. Comments? [[User:Thomas Lerman|Thomas Lerman]] 14:35, 14 October 2009 (UTC) | ||
:Example of no parameter:<br>{{tlx|RecordSearchArticle}<br>producing:<br>{{RecordSearchArticle}} | |||
::If you review article like [[Argentina Vital Records Index]] and [[California Vital Records Index]] you will see that they have collection IDs. I think you need to keep the first parameter as the ID, the second as the title and add a third named parameter, e.g. ''available'' and then test for ''available=no'' and if that is true to display the alternative text and no link. --[[User:CottrellS|Steve]] 14:55, 14 October 2009 (UTC) | ::If you review article like [[Argentina Vital Records Index]] and [[California Vital Records Index]] you will see that they have collection IDs. I think you need to keep the first parameter as the ID, the second as the title and add a third named parameter, e.g. ''available'' and then test for ''available=no'' and if that is true to display the alternative text and no link. --[[User:CottrellS|Steve]] 14:55, 14 October 2009 (UTC) | ||
:::Okay, that is good to know. I did not take a close look at it. Before making this change especially a TRUE/FALSE situation, I would like the Record Search team to comment on all this to see if other situations may exist. Thank you. [[User:Thomas Lerman|Thomas Lerman]] 15:23, 14 October 2009 (UTC) | |||