Added Fedora availability check to the beginning of every repository item page load.

fedora_repository.module

@@ -757,6 +757,10 @@ function fedora_repository_get_items($pid = NULL, $dsId = NULL, $collection = NU
   module_load_include('inc', 'fedora_repository', 'api/fedora_utils');
   global $user;
 
+  if (!fedora_available()) {
+    return t('The Fedora repository server is currently unavailable. Please contact the site administrator.');
+  }
+  
   if ($pid &!validPid($pid)) {
     drupal_set_message(t("Invalid PID!"), 'error');
     return ' ';

plugins/pidfield/pidfield.module

@@ -277,11 +277,7 @@ function theme_pidfield_formatter_default($element) {
   $pid = $element['#item']['safe'];
 
   if(!empty($pid)) {
-    module_load_include('inc', 'fedora_repository', 'api/fedora_item');
-    $item = new Fedora_Item($pid);
-
     return fedora_repository_get_items($pid);
-    
   }
   return null;
 }