[Tf-curation] Updated VLO 3.4 beta

[Twan Goosen]

Hi everyone,

Another Friday, another VLO beta update - maybe you were already 
expecting this :) We are mainly testing a  number of improvements in the 
importer, but we have also updated the search result ranking which 
should result in a better balance between the various 'boosting' 
factors: presence of name and description (and whether they include the 
search term), hierarchy status and, as of this release, availability 
status. Please check it out on the beta server[1] and don't hesitate to 
send us your feedback!

We have also picked a date for the production deployment of this 
release: 15 March, which means we have about a week to make final 
adjustments. Some of you have already reported potential mapping issues, 
which has been really helpful to us. The mapping is still being 
adjusted, and I expect that we will be updating it in the beta 
environment in the course of next week.

There is also (some) time for further tweaking and fixing, but the 
release date is getting close, so if you intend to do some beta testing, 
please don't wait for too long :)

Have a nice weekend!

Best,
Twan

[1] http://beta-vlo.clarin.eu


On 26/02/16 16:35, Twan Goosen wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Here's to notify you that we have deployed an second, updated beta 
> version for the upcoming release to the VLO beta location[1].
>
> A couple of minor but significant improvements have been added since 
> the previous deployment:
> - Records with PUB or ACA availability get a 'boost' in the search 
> results
> - Added simple icons for 'secondary' availability levels/laundry tags 
> (see [2])
> - The PUB/ACA/RES tag(s) always appear first in the list (i.e. before 
> the 'secondary' laundry tags) in the search results and on the record 
> page
> - Added mapping and icon for LGPL (see [3])
> - Extended the help page a bit, and made the 'help' link in the header 
> point to this page instead of the page at www.clarin.eu
>     (the link on the bottom still points the other page, I only just 
> discovered and will make sure it is fixed in the release)
> - When changing the availability selection on the search page, the 
> check boxes cannot be changed while the page is updating
> - Prevented potential memory consumption issues during the import process
>
> We plan to deploy VLO 3.4 to production soon after next week, so we 
> have some time (but not much) too make changes in the mapping, fix 
> blocking bugs and perform final tweaks. So please do not hesitate to 
> send us your feedback, preferably after thoroughly testing the 
> application one more time :)