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LibX
	Signed LibX Add-On Pushed for Firefox
We just pushed a signed LibX add-on for Firefox. If you want to pull in the update immediately, open the Firefox browser, select Add-Ons, then Check for Updates. It will ask you to restart the browser. Please let us know if you see any problems. Thank you for your patience, Annette & Godmar
	LibX, Firefox, and Signatures
LibX is currently working in Google Chrome. LibX is currently disabled in Firefox version 43. We have edited LibX code so that it has passed Mozilla’s automatic verification. We can now upload code, have it checked, get it signed, then download it. We are still working on a bug fix and the creation of an [...]
	Which languages does LibX support?
We have translations for LibX in a number of languages, the full translations of all terms can be found here. As of 8/15/2015, this includes English, German, French, Italian, Portuguese and Japanese. Contributing a new language: To contribute, download the en_US/messages.json file and translate it. Save the file as UTF-8 and send it to libx.org@gmail.com To [...]
	Documentation of LibApps
We have added a page under the Documentation tab that contains user documentation for the LibApps in the LibX Core Package.  Here is a link to that page. The documentation includes information on the following packages: The Book Vendors package of LibApps includes LibApps that work on the Amazon and Barnes and Noble sites.  On the item’s page, [...]
	How to create your own Libapps in LibX 2.0
In LibX 2.0, all code that runs in pages (for autolinking, etc.) is based on LibApps. You can see the LibApps running in your edition by selecting the “LibApps” tab in the Preferences. It is possible to create your own LibApps via the LibApp Builder. The LibApp builder is a web interface, similar to the [...]
	Enhancing Search Engines with Summon
The very first version of LibX provided a cue on the google.com page that, when clicked, led to the user’s library catalog. While this cue is no longer shown, we now have an even cooler feature for those LibX editions that use Summon as their primary catalog. LibX users have the option of viewing results [...]
	Enhancing Autolinking with Summon
LibX has always supported autolinking for identifiers such as ISBNs, ISSNs, DOIs, and others.  When LibX believes that a page contains such identifiers, it will place a link where they are located on the page. Clicking on the link will lead the user to a search using that identifier in the edition’s primary catalog.  (The [...]
	Work-around for Installing LibX on Google Chrome
Update 10/4/2012: LibX is now in the Chrome Webstore! If a user installs directly from the webstore, they won’t have an edition activated. To ensure that your users will activate your edition upon install, follow these instructions. ___ Update 10/3/2012: We are really close to making LibX for Chrome comply with manifest v2, expect it [...]
	Edition Recommendation System
We are now introducing the edition recommendation system to LibX to make it even easier to find the correct edition for your university. Whenever you visit the LibX home page, a list of editions will be automatically generated based on your IP address that are linked to your university. You can click a link to [...]
	How to set up LibX with the Summon API
A key goal of LibX 2.0 is to integrate with services such as Summon, which provides an API. Whereas LibX 1.5 mostly provided links a user could click on to initiate a search, LibX 2.0 aims to provide the resulting information directly to the user. To contact Summon, LibX has two options, which we call [...]