GuruLib application on Facebook

Finally GuruLib is in facebook. Wrting facebook application was much more tougher to learn than the Google gadget. Hopefully its all worth the extra effort

Click this link to add GuruLib to your facebook profile. One of the quirks with adding this application is that you need to give authorization for GuruLib to periodically update the application data.  This is a one step procedure and once you have done that you can display either recent additions, wish list, borrowed list, lent list or recommendations. Once again only titles in public shelves are listed. Looking forward to great feedbacks and suggestions.

GuruLib gadget on Google

If you use iGoogle checkout this google gadget.

 You can list your recent additions, wish list, borrowed list, lent list and your daily Guru’s recommendations. Only titles in the public shelves are listed. To add the gadget to your iGoogle account click the button below.

 Once you have added the gadget open the settings for the gadget and set the username to your username.

One click adding documents to GuruLib

If you are reading a PDF, DOC, PS, PPT or an XLS document in your Firefox browser and want to instantly add it to your catalog add this javascript code

javascript: var array = document.URL.match(/amazon\.(.*?)\/.*?\/.*?\/(.{10})/); var str ='_add_item.php?'; if (array == null) { str += 'url_path=' + escape(document.URL); } else { str += 'asin='+ array[2] + '&ext=' + array[1]; } str=escape(str); str = 'http://www.gurulib.com/index.php?redirect=' + str; var x = window.open(str, '_blank'); x.focus();

as a bookmark in your browser toolbar. The code works for firefox but unfortunately PDF documents gives error in IE. The code also helps you add add books, movies, music, games and software from amazon servers. If you are browsing amazon server and would like to add a title to your catalog, click on the bookmark that you created earlier.To create a bookmark in firefox:
1. Right click on the browser toolbar to make sure that “Bookmark Toolbar” is checked
2. Right click on the bookmark toolbar and click on the “New Bookmark…” menu
3. In the Name section type in “Add to GuruLib” (without the double quotes)
4. In the Location copy the javascript code above
5. Press the OK buttonThe bookmark on your firefox should look like the one below

Let us know if you had any problem using the bookmark.

Accented character support and dragging multiple titles

Long time international GuruLib supporters Brooter and Biblio had requested to fix the bug with French accented characters. Finally I was able to identify them and fix that bug. In addition, dragging multiple titles to move from one shelf to another is now functional. To select multiple items you need to press your “ctrl” key down and then click on multiple titles to select them. Once selected you can then drag and drop them to another shelf.