Guide to the Web Interface

This page provides a guide to the features of the web interface.

The Index

The text index page contains a list of all of the material on the system.

Viewing Works

You can view works by clicking on the link available from the index page. If you know the 'name/id' of a text you can view it directly by visiting the url: /material/view/name (you can work out id names by looking at the link urls on the index page).

Viewing in different formats

You can view a given text in a different format by setting the format argument in the url query string like so: 

      /material/view/name?format=format_name

So to view the text with name id 'paradise_lost' with line numbers shown you would visit (this link will only work if that text is indeed available on your system!):

/material/view/paradise_lost?format=lineno

Available formats are:

  • format=plain - plain version of the file (default)
  • format=raw - raw file returned as text/plain
  • format=lineno - text with line numbers added

Multiviews

You can view mutiple texts at once by concatenating the name-ids separated by '+'. For example to see parts of Paradise Lost side-by-side you would visit: /material/view?name=paradise_lost+paradise_lost

Search

See the search section.

Stats

See the stats section.