publishing bibliographies with links using URL field

[JamesAFoster]

How do I publish my bibliography with links to my actual papers, using the URL field in the entry?

[Jon]

Hi,

Assuming you mean live links (via Bookends Server), there are examples of just this in the User Guide (a separate download from our site).

Do a search for:

Returning a hypertext link to a pdf file attached to a database

(should be on or near p. 221).

If you mean something else, let me know.

Jon
Sonny Software

[JamesAFoster]

I haven't looked into the bookends server functions yet, since my Sysadmin is hesitant to open up servers.

What I would like is to generate html for my bibliography with something like <a href="this part taken from the URL field">pdf file</a>

james[/u]

[Jon]

OK, that should be easy.

Please refer to the User Guide for info about "quoted text". Basically, you want to surround the URL with string literals. Something like this should be what you want (in the format Order field):

$<a href="this part taken from the URL field">$z$</a>$

The "quoted text" is in between pairs of $ signs. You'll have to take care of the HTML coding yourself, using $'s to surround the HTML itself.

There are other options as well (like the force quote), but this is the gist of it.

Jon
Sonny Software

[JamesAFoster]

Wow. That worked like a champ, first time!

I still have some polishing to do to get the format (punctuation) JUST right. But this is exactly what I needed!

Thanks!

j

[JamesAFoster]

oops. One more question: is there a way to apply this style modification to EVERY publication type? Or do I have to enter this text for each type (journal, conference, etc.) individually?

[Jon]

You have to chage it by Type (that's a feature, BTW!).

Jon
Sonny Software