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DOI® Name Resolver Button
Demonstration
Add a DOI Name Resolver Button to Your Browser
The DOI Name Resolver Button is a JavaScript. It might not operate properly with some browser version and platform version combinations, or when used with pages that include frames, certain dynamic features or 'raw' XML.
1. Internet Explorer (versions 4.X or higher) for PC:
  1. Make sure that the Links toolbar is visible. (Right click on toolbar and make sure that "Links" is checked.)
  2. Drag this DOI name link onto the Links toolbar. A "DOI" button should appear on the Links toolbar with a Microsoft Internet Explorer icon.

    (As you drag the link, you will see a circle with a line through it until you reach a point on the toolbar that is next to an already existing button. When you see a thick black vertical line where you want the button to go, you can drop the link.)
     
  3. To replace the Microsoft Internet Explorer default icon with a DOI® icon (optional), follow these steps:
    • Right click on the icon below. Select "Save Target As ..." and save the icon file as doi.ico on your hard drive. (Be sure to change the file extension from .html to .ico if necessary and remember where you saved it.)

    doi.gif

    • Right click on the new DOI name button you just added to the Links toolbar and select "Properties."
    • From the "Properties" dialog box select "Internet Shortcut" (or "Web Document") and "Change Icon."
    • Find and select the icon image file (doi.ico) that you just saved to your hard-drive. Click "Browse" to find the file on your computer.
    • Click "OK," then click "Apply" and "OK" to replace the icon. (If a dialog box tells you "The protocol 'javascript' does not have a registered program" and asks "Do you want to keep this target anyway?" choose "Yes."

    You can now resolve a DOI name in a displayed document by highlighting it and clicking on the button in your Internet Explorer Links toolbar. If you click on the button without selecting a DOI name, a dialog box will prompt you to select a DOI name to resolve.

    The button might not operate properly when used with pages that include frames, certain dynamic features or 'raw' XML.

Testing the DOI Name Resolver Button
To test the button, try two things:
  1. Click the button and type in a DOI name (e.g. 10.1000/202). Click okay, you'll go there!
  2. Select the DOI name value above and click the button. You'll go there!
Removing the button from Internet Explorer
  1. Place your cursor over the button and right click.
  2. Select "Delete." 
  3. Select "Yes."
 
2. Netscape Communicator (versions 4.x, 6.1 or higher) or Mozilla for PC:
  1. Make sure that the Personal Toolbar is visible. (Click on the "View" menu item and select "Show Personal Toolbar" if it is not visible.
  2. Drag this DOI name link onto the Personal Toolbar. A DOI name button should appear on the Personal Toolbar with a Netscape icon.  (As you drag the link, you will see a circle with a line through it until you reach the toolbar.)
You can now resolve a DOI name by highlighting it and clicking on the button in the Netscape Communicator Links toolbar. (Under some versions, the first time you click on the button you may get a "DOI Not Found" error page. Just click on the button again.) If double-clicking does not work, try swiping the word to highlight it. If you click on the button without selecting a word, a dialog box will prompt you to select a word.
The button may not operate properly when used with pages that include frames, certain dynamic features or 'raw' XML.
Removing the button from Netscape
  1. Click on the "Bookmarks" button on your toolbar and select "Edit Bookmarks...."
  2. Locate the "Personal Toolbar Folder" and select the item in that folder called "DOI" (or whatever you named the button).
  3. Right click on your selection and select "Delete."
 
3. Internet Explorer (versions 4.x, 6.1 or higher) for Mac:
[No Netscape Communicator version of this demo is available for Mac users at this time, but the demo will work with OmniWeb and Safari for Mac OS X.]
  1. Make sure that the Links toolbar is visible. (Make sure "Favorites Bar" under the View menu is checked.)
  2. Drag this Resolve DOI name link onto the Favorites toolbar. A Resolve DOI button should appear on the Favorites toolbar with a Microsoft Internet Explorer icon.
    (As you drag the link, you will see a circle with a line through it until you reach a point on the toolbar that is next to an already existing button. When you see a thick black vertical line where you want the button to go, you can drop the link.)
You can now resolve a DOI name in a displayed document by highlighting it, copying it, clicking on the button in your Internet Explorer Links toolbar, and pasting the DOI name in the window.
Testing the DOI Name Resolver Button
To test the button, try two things:
  1. Click the button and type in a DOI name (e.g. 10.1000/202). Click okay, you'll go there!
  2. Select the DOI name value above and click the button. You'll go there!
The button is based on the bookmarklet technology described at www.bookmarklets.com.
 
Updated 21 July 2006

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