Images, External Links & Enhanced Content

The following applies to libraries primarily but can be used by anyone.  I will update this page as options change.  Let me know if you have any questions about how to implement any of these options.

Amazon External Link - This handles ISBNs with extra data on the end as well as 13-digit numbers.

http://www.data-n-stuff.com/cgi-bin/webbatch.exe?AmazonRedirects/aredirect.web+ISBN=(ISBN)
 

Images - This will provide cover art and keep things in line with Amazon's usage policies.  This will work for Books, DVDs and Music.  You can pass the ASIN, ISBN or UPC and get a valid response.  Replace (ISBN) with the ISBN.  This can, of course, be done dynamically in style sheets and in other ways.  The "FFFFFF" is the background color.  Use the 6 digit HEX color code that is standard with HTML coding.  Keep the other parameters in the iframe src as they are in this request.  The other iframe parameters can be changed as you desire.

<iframe name="JTI1" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" border="0" align="absmiddle" frameborder="0" height="75" scrolling="no" width="50" vspace="0" hspace="0" src="http://www.data-n-stuff.com/cgi-bin/webbatch.exe?jt_image/jt_image.web+(ISBN)+Book+image+FFFFFF">Need inline frames.</iframe>

Example:

H.I.P. Enhanced Content - The following solution may not be as elegant as some but it has the advantage of not requiring any changes to stylesheets.    This will work for Books, DVDs and Music.  You can pass the ASIN, ISBN or UPC and get a valid response.  All changes are implemented via the Admin tool.  It does require the creation of a database table and the maintenance of that table.  This is done in HIP 4 but should be doable in HIP 3 as well.  Contact me if interested.

http://ipac.asburyseminary.edu  - A Title Search for "Harry Potter" is a good sample