New feature: view magazines online

Aug 1 '25 at 11:37 (UTC)

New feature: view magazines online

I've noticed that The Internet Archive has copies of many magazines that you can read online.

I thought it might be a nice feature to be able to link these to magazines in our catalogue.

So I've added a new field called "Preview URL" to the magazine issue editor where you can copy in a URL from The Internet Archive (or another website) and we can then show this here in a popup window.

As an example, I've added this to Wheels (Australia) March 2010:
https://www.magazinecollector.net/magazines/cars/10-wheels/23981-2010-march/

At this stage, this is just an experimental feature as it needs some improvement and copying a URL from The Internet Archive requires a few steps (see image).

I might add a whilelist of allowed websites and make it easier to add a URL.

I am open to feedback on this feature or any other suggestions.

Last edited Aug 1 '25 at 11:38 (UTC)

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