I’m trying to find information on how to direct users on our network to create and edit their own individual “catalogue” page, and I’m forgetting if this is a feature that has been discontinued? For instance, if I go to uw.pressbooks.pub/catalog/USERNAME I can see an individual user’s public catalog, but I cannot find information in the Pressbooks User Guide or Network Manager’s guide on how to change which titles “show in catalogue” or edit other information. Ex: here is the catalogue page of a faculty member at our institution. https://uw.pressbooks.pub/catalog/jennilee
Has this feature been discontinued or am I missing something? Thanks!
Hi @olray, the “my catalog” feature is still available, however, it will be deprecated later this year as per the post below.
When you are logged into the network, this link https://[pressbooks domain]/wp/wp-admin/index.php?page=pb_catalog will take you to the user catalog page and there are instructions to Show/Hide books on that page. Your own catalog page can be viewed at https://uw.pressbooks.pub/wp/wp-admin/index.php?page=pb_catalog when you are logged in.
Our support team can help you find other alternatives, I think this catalog page for your faculty member would be a nice way to showcase their work.
-J
Thanks John, This is helpful to know. I’m creating a guide for faculty with steps on marketing and showcasing their Pressbooks books. I was planning to provide instructions in the guide for how they could create a catalog page that they could link to when sharing their work. Since My Catalog is going away, would you recommend that I provide instructions for searching their name in our network catalog, and using that URL?
Thanks Lauren, that would be my recommendation. I like the look of the catalog page used like this and it is also a great way to emphasize the importance of complete metadata to improve the find-ability of their work.