Build Info for News Page and Download Counters

Reminders to self on how to contruct these items

Building the publishable Review files

Because we have printing on the inside cover in 2017, and Lulu only does a single-sided cover, the hi-res file for Lulu comprises all the pages. There is a separate wrap-around cover.

Low-resolution file for viewing on screen or for home-printing - review/br16-eBook-noBleed-allPages.pdf
High-resolution file for professional printing - review/br16-hiRes-noBleed-allPages-LuluJobOptions.pdf
Single-piece wsap-around cover (not on web site) - br15-hiRes-fullBleed-Cover-w5033-h3583-c5.jpg, made from br16-hiRes-noBleed-OutsideCover.pdf

File construction as follows...

For ebook and hi-res files, simply combine pages as for C&KS. See BCRA Review folder in Cloud
For Lulu file, REPRINT the PDF to PDF using Lulu joboptions.
Cover has to be a specific size of JPG. Begin by starting a new publication at Lulu. Lulu will report the size of JPG required. For details on how to assemble it, see readme notes in BCRA Review folder in Cloud

Download Counter for News and Bookshop pages

The download counter has been modified to combat the AJAX problem, whereby some browsers abort an ajax request if the page is defocussed. The salient points are...

In the HEAD of any page with counters, the correct sequence of PHP and JS files must be included; and the style sheet.
The new code requires the "debug" element in which to store variables (easier to debug than using cookies). This uses visibility:hidden; position: absolute, rather than display:none, as some older browsers might not update tags otherwise.
The click-counter has now been separated from the URL-follower. The <A> tag needs the MOUSEDOWN action, as well as the ONCLICK action.
If the argument to countClicks() does not exist it will automatically be added to the database
Spans for displaying downloads must have an ID that matches the countClicks() argument in the <A> tag
the ID in the countClicks() argument must be in format [B_]<span id>:<description>. The optional [B_] is used on the Bibliograph pages, to help to filter the lines in setCounts().
For the Bookshop pages, the <description> field is generated automatically from the URL. To make the comment clearer the URL can begin with a comment string, e.g. http://some_comment@bcra.org.uk... etc, because browsers will treat that as a Remote User field and ignore it.

Fixes to do

The JS error handler for absence of theclick() method should, ideally, be in a pop-up box so that it can be pasted by the user. possible future fix

No guard against multpile clicking on biblio pages (see below) as there now is with countClicks() - possible future fix

Additional notes for Biblio pages

The above scheme cannot be used with the Biblio pages because they require a login and so, if the countClick() function was placed in the <A> tag for the download, it would execute twice if the user was not logged in (because the first click is diverted to the login routines). so, instead of executing countClicks() in JS with AJAX, it is simpler to execute it from the "downloads" routines, in PHP. This means it can access the database directly, instead of via AJAX , so it is actually simpler.

However: there is then no guard against multpile clicking as there now is with countClicks() - possible future fix