Matt,

For the last year or so I've been using a tool developed by a handful of Code4Libbers:
https://github.com/kenirwin/LibraryHoursManager 

There are two front-end pieces: 1) a "today's hours" report to put on the front page, 
http://www6.wittenberg.edu/lib/ 
and calendar of dates and hours: http://www6.wittenberg.edu/lib/about/hours/calendar.php 

The calendar-style front end was developed by Andrew Darby and Ron Gilmour at Ithaca College, based on work that Andrew did earlier and wrote about in the C4L journal: 
http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/46 
That tool's back-end is a simple day-by-day XML file; I wrote a set of back-end scripts to generate the XML based on a variety of date settings, e.g.:
 * From January 7-May 15, here are the normal library hours...
 * but spring break hours are different, so use the override "break hours" setting...
 * and then there are one or two days we have special hours that don't conform to a routine like "break hours", so use these special hours...

Feel free to give it a try, and let me know if you need any help with it. 

Ken


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From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Matt Sherman
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2016 10:34 AM
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Subject: [CODE4LIB] Hours on Library Websites?

Hi all,

We are working on a website migration/redesign into WordPress and I am trying to figure out an automated solution for posting and keeping up to date the hours on the home page.  I am wondering, how do other institutions manage this?  Are there any good tools I should be looking into?  Any insights or suggestions are appreciated.

Matt Sherman