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reviews:startup

Start-up guide for new Reviews libraries

Once you've got Reviews working in your OPAC, there are some simple setup steps to take next:

Within the ChiliFresh Admin Panel (log in at http://chilifresh.com):

  1. Determine and set up search locations using “Add branch or location” section on the “General” tab
  2. Set up administrators for locations using “Manage administrators” section on the “General” tab (these people will be able to edit various Reviews settings for those locations)
  3. Set up moderators for locations using “Manage moderators” section on “Reviews” tab (these people will receive notifications of new reviews and be able to accept/edit/reject them)
  4. Read through the “Settings” section under the “Reviews” tab and make any necessary adjustments. There's an option to add a posting policy if required, or link to an existing library terms of use policy.
  5. If you want to edit the appearance of any any aspect, use the “Design elements” option under the “Reviews” tab. (You can make changes to an individual location, or apply across them all.)

Then you can start promoting it:

  1. If anything is still unclear, we have an FAQs section for further information on Reviews
  2. We have some recommendations and tools to help you promote Reviews to your patrons:
    1. You may want to add a news item about having Reviews on your library's web page, Facebook page, Twitter feed, etc.
    2. You can create Reviews widgets in the Admin Panel (in the “Widgets” section on the “Reviews” tab). This generates code for you to copy and paste into your library's website and/or OPAC search screen, to display recently reviewed items
    3. Invite your patrons to post reviews! We hope it's intuitive, but if desired, you can create a tutorial or use our documentation at http://wiki.chilifresh.com/doku.php/reviews/register-post
  3. That's it - you are all set up!
reviews/startup.txt · Last modified: 2013/03/22 05:39 by georgina