That makes sense and I'll do it if it's my only option. The search boxes are pointed to specific collections in DSpace and I had hoped to avoid having custom stylesheets for individual finding aids. Up until now we've just had a single stylesheet to handle everything.

Thanks,
Jaime

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On Mar 28, 2013, at 10:27 PM, MicheleR <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> On 3/28/2013 5:40 PM, Jaime Margalotti wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> For several of our collections, we have digital content available in DSpace. In
>> the HTML version of our finding aids, we include a DSpace search box in the
>> "Materials Available in Alternative Format" section. Is there any way to make
>> this functionality (<form
>> action="http://udspace.udel.edu/handle/1971/5533/search" method="post">) into
>> something that won't break my EAD finding aids? I've been slipping it into the
>> HTML post-transformation, but that won't really be viable when we start
>> transforming on the fly.
>
> Why won't that work with an on-the-fly transformation? It doesn't need to go into the EAD, your style sheet could insert it as part of the transformation.
>
> Michele
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