Frontend Layouts and Views in Book Library - best eBook software for create book library website

Book Library - best eBook software for create online book library website, create public library website or any book store website.In this article we will look at different frontend layouts and views of Book Library - best eBook software.

In Book Library there are a lot of layouts and views which you can create simply by adding menu entries:

1. All Authors (Default and Photo)
2. All Categories
3. All Books (Default and List)
4. My Books
5. Owners List
6. Search Books
7. Single Category (Default and List)
8. Single User Books
9. View Author
10. View Book

All Authors Layout in Joomla eBook software

In Joomla eBook extension for create book library website two layouts for displaying All Authors are available: default (with names and A–Z index) or photo layout (with names, photos of authors and A–Z index). It can improve search rankings of your online book collection or library website. In Components -> Book Library -> Settings Frontend you can set Width and Height of Author photo size and specify Authors on the page (number of book per page).

Default Layout of All Authors. Screenshot is made from Classic Book Library Joomla template

Photo Layout of All Authors. Screenshot is made from Classic Book Library Joomla template

All Categories Layout in Book Library - best software for create book library website

There is one default layout for All Categories at the moment, but in Params you can set layout of single category. So after user clicks on some category in All Categories layout, he will enter Single category with default or list layout (as you set it).

All Categories. Screenshot is made from Classic Book Library template

1. Books
   Comes from the menu entry name you created for Book Library - best eBook software.
2. Library Description
   The text "Our library with suggestions for books for you to enjoy" can be found and changed to your liking in Components -> Book Library -> Language Manager
3. Book Image
   The image of the book can be found in the directory /components/com_booklibrary/images/. The file is called book.png and can be replaced with a different image if you like, just call it book.png and place in that directory.
4. Categories & Subcategories
   The categories created for your books show here, together with the number of books in them. If you have set Show Subcategory to YES in Components -> Book Library -> Settings Frontend, then subcategories are also shown.


Remember: Categories will only show up in the frontend if there are books inside it and those books are published!


5. Category folder icon
   When Custom Category images is set to NO in Settings Frontend you will see these default folder icons in the categories. When you set that to YES, then each category will show the image here which you specify in the Category itself (through category edit in the backend).


HINT: The optimum size for category images is 48x48px.


6. Search field and advanced search button
   Search field will be shown if option Show search field is set to YES in Components -> Book Library -> Settings Frontend. Advanced Search button will show up if option Show advanced search is set to YES in Settings Frontend.
Remember: When you apply these options, the changes will also touch Single Category layout.
7. Buttons
   The buttons will show up if Show button Suggest Book, Show owners list, Show Add book button, Show button [Show My Books] is set to YES in Components -> Book Library -> Settings Frontend. It allows the user groups you specified to enter book suggestions for inclusion in your library, view the list of owners, add book from frontend and view the user's books.
8. RSS
   RSS will be shown and activated if Show RSS in Components -> Book Library -> Settings Frontend is set to YES.

All Books (Default and List) Layouts in Book Library - best eBook software

Choose default or list layout for All Books menu entry. A layout can be chosen in Params while creating menu entry. In Components -> Book Library -> Settings Frontend you can set Width and Height of Book cover size and specify Page items (number of book per page).

Default Layout of All Books. Screenshot is made from Classic Book Library template

List Layout of All Books. Screenshot is made from Classic Book Library Joomla template

My Books Layout in Book Library software for create online book library website

My books layout allows to view and edit books from frontend. It is possible to add/delete books,publish/unpublish books, lent/return from lent books.

My Books: show books. Screenshot is made from Classic Book Library Joomla template

My Books: edit books. Screenshot is made from Classic Book Library Joomla template

Owners List Layout in Book Library - Joomla eBook extension

Owners List layout helps to display list of book owners in the frontend.

Owners List. Screenshot is made from Classic Book Library Joomla template

Search Books Layout in best eBook software

Search layout allows to search books by keywords (in title, ISBN, authors and description), price and category.

Search Books. Screenshot is made from Classic Book Library Joomla template

Single Category (Default and List) Layouts in book library - best eBook software

Default or List layout can be chosen for Single Category in Params while creating menu entry.

Default Layout of Single Category. Screenshot is made from Classic Book Library Joomla template

List Layout of Single Category. Screenshot is made from Classic Book Library Joomla template

You can show or hide these elements in Components -> Book Library -> Settings Frontend for Single Category:

1. RSS
   RSS will be shown and activated if Show RSS in Components -> Book Library -> Settings Frontend is set to YES.
2. PDF, Print, E-mail icons
   These icons will be visible if options Show button [print PDF], Show button [print View], Show button [send Link] is set to YES in Components -> Book Library -> Settings Frontend.
3. Search field and advanced search button
   Search field will be shown if option Show search field is set to YES in Components -> Book Library -> Settings Frontend. Advanced Search button will show up if option Show advanced search is set to YES in Settings Frontend.
4. Buttons Suggest Book, Add book
   The buttons will show up if Show button Suggest Book, Show Add book button is set to YES in Components -> Book Library -> Settings Frontend. It allows the user groups you specified there to enter book suggestions or add new book from frontend.

Single User Books Layout in Book Library, software for create online book library website

in Book Library, software for create online book library website, Single User Books layout helps to display books of selected user. User can be selected for this menu entry in Params.

Single User Books. Screenshot is made from Classic Book Library Joomla template

View Author Layout in Book Library - software for create book library website

Author can be selected for this menu entry in Params while creating or editing menu entry. In Book Library - software for create book library website, the following information can be added: Name, Description, Photo. Also all books written by the author will be displayed on his page automatically with text:
This Author {author_name} - has books at our site {books_titles}
The text can be changed in Language Manager

View Author. Screenshot is made from Classic Book Library Joomla template

View Single Book Layout in best eBook software

In Book Library - best eBook software, Single User Books layout helps to display books of selected user. User can be selected for this menu entry in Params.

1. Book Details
   This shows all book details and the book cover, retrieved from Amazon by ISBN or entered manually in Edit Book in the Book in the backend.
2. Buy Now
   The Buy Now button shows up when you have enabled this option in Settings Frontend. You can decide there for which categories you want to show this button. You can select multiple categories by using CTRL + click in Settings Frontend. When enabled, the button shows an internal Joomla link, which when clicked changes to the Amazon page for the book, with your Amazon Associates affiliate ID in it. This protects the affiliate link from showing when hovering over the button. The affiliate link is also hidden from download managers. If you want, you can change the button by replacing the image file, called buy_now.png. It can be found in the directory /components/com_booklibrary/images/amazon/.
3. Add to cart button
   The button is added using the Book Library cart module. Shows Book Library buying cart and displays the products that you intend to buy.
4. Ebook
   In Settings Frontend can be set whether Show ebooks download link or not. Different formats are possible: epub, fb2, txt, pdf and so on. You can allow needed formats by yourself using option Format File Settings in Settings Frontend. To show license after clicking link to download, set option Show ebook download license to YES.
5. Lent from - until
   This field will show from when until when the book is lent out. Only if you have enabled Show Lend Status for the frontend of course.
6. Book Description
   This shows the book description entered in Edit Book in the Book Manager in the backend. This can either be retrieved from amazon.com automatically (only works reliably from amazon.com, for copyright reasons!) or entered manually. Once edited, please remember to set the books Fetch Information from: field to "On your own" in the backend. This will prevent further overwrites through Information Fetching. In the Book Library Shop book descriptions, the use of external plugins is allowed and provided for. You can for example use the SUS Amazon plugin on your site to set additional links to other Amazon sites in the book description. Or use any other external plugin for that matter.
7. Book owner
   Set Show owner in Settings Frontend to YES if you want to display it on the View Book layout.
8. Lend Request
   This button will provide your users with the ability to submit lend requests for the book listed in this detail page by pressing the Lend Request button. In Settings Frontend you can set the rights to determine who is allowed to submit Lend Requests for books on your site. You can select multiple user groups in Settings Frontend by using CTRL + click.
9. Add Review button
   This button provides your users with the ability to add a review or comment about the book shown. Only if you have set the option Show Reviews in Settings Frontend of course, and only for the user groups which you have set to allow this option to. If also enabled for Guest users, then the form will be accompanied by a CAPTCHA screen as an anti-spam measure. In Settings Frontend you can select multiple user groups by selecting CTRL + click.


View Book. Screenshot is made from Classic Book Library Joomla template

In the next article will be described the process of submitting Book Reviews in Book Library

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