August 2010 - Koha-devel - lists.koha-community.org

Re: [Koha-devel] question about OpacBrowser preference
by Paul Poulain 11 Aug '10

11 Aug '10

Le 27/07/2010 23:02, Nicole Engard a écrit : > Jane sent me this - can you confirm: > > [16:54] <jwagner> Don't know if you were following my question > earlier, about the OpacBrowser syspref & script? > [16:54] <nengard> saw it, but didn't see the answers you got > [16:55] <jwagner> There's nothing much in the manual on either the > syspref or the build_browser_and_cloud.pl script. Consensus seems to > be that they're only useful if you want to browse French Dewey > headings. Maybe you could check that with BibLibre (I'm assuming they > did it?) and update the manual? > [16:55] <nengard> k > [16:56] <jwagner> Should have checked earlier -- git blame seems to > say it was tipaul -- Paul P? in 2007. > [16:57] <jwagner> Main thing is to get something in the manual about > it being specific for French libraries, so other sites know not to > worry about it. > > Well, in fact, it's right, the script is dedicated to dewey, and fills some french datas in the database. In fact, I never could find time to improve my idea. We should have in Koha something like : - choose the MARC field you want to create a browser on - define your grouping categories (hierarchical). 'A' = 'history', 'A0' =european history, 'A1' = asian history, 'A0FR' =French history, 'A0GE' = German history, 'A1CH' = chinese history, 'A1JP' = japan history - define the links between MARC field an grouping categories. "MARC field = 'value1' => group to 'A0FR'", "MARC field= value2 => group to 'A1JP'", "MARC field=value3 => group to 'A0FR'" - run the script to build the hierarchy The build_browser do "almost" that. The limit is that MARC field=676$a dewey and the grouping categories are hardcoded (french dewey) HTH -- Paul POULAIN http://www.biblibre.com Expert en Logiciels Libres pour l'info-doc Tel : (33) 4 91 81 35 08

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About Annoying Highlighting Behaviour
by Nitesh Rijal 10 Aug '10

10 Aug '10

Dear all. Today I came across a behavior that is caused because of the search result highlighting feature in KOHA. I'm using KOHA 3.0.6 and this is the opac link http://202.70.88.11:8000 I searched for an entry "a" and found that it highlights all the a's in the whole page (not only in search result). well that was not a big problem but the thing that annoyed me was the dropdown list for sorting the result. I don't know why, all the a's in that list gets disappeared when selected. The same happens when I search for any other alphabet like "o". But if I search for "nepal" then everything is fine. I tried to turn off the OpacHighlightedSearch option in Staff Client, but there is not effect of it. I tried to search the same in Staff Client, but there is no such problem. Staff client interface is not skipping any alphabet while searching. Please look at this and let me know, if I'm wrong anywhere. Regards. -- Nitesh Rijal BE IT rijal.it(a)gmail.com http://niteshrijal.com.np http://facebook.com/openrijal http://twitter.com/openrijal +9779841458173

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Perl::Critic
by Paul Poulain 09 Aug '10

09 Aug '10

Hello world, it cames to my radar that there is a tool called Perl::Critic that could be usefull : http://search.cpan.org/~elliotjs/Perl-Critic-1.108/lib/Perl/Critic.pm it's included in Ubuntu, I installed it, run perl-critic *.pl, and get some interesting things (without any parameter changes, just the default critic) Could/Should we use such a tool ? -- Paul POULAIN http://www.biblibre.com Expert en Logiciels Libres pour l'info-doc Tel : (33) 4 91 81 35 08

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Calling All Developers : Manual Search
by Nicole Engard 09 Aug '10

09 Aug '10

Hi all, I've had some trouble with the search we have set up for the Koha Manual (it was quick and free and easy to set up so that's what we have for now). It's not showing all of the possible results for searches and it's not really very user friendly. I'm wondering if any of you very smart people have a better way we can set up a search for the manual on the Koha site. Thanks Nicole

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Re: [Koha-devel] [Koha] Help needed in Template
by Chris Cormack 08 Aug '10

08 Aug '10

2010/8/8 Nitesh Rijal <rijal.it(a)gmail.com>: > Dear all.. > I have a problem while making conditional display in template. > I have a variable called fulltext. When I write , it gets displayed in the output. Its value is either > TRUE or FALSE. > Now what I want to do is, show or hide a block of code on the basis of this > variable. If it is TRUE then show a link and if it is FALSE then hide a > link. > How am I supposed to do this?? > What should the  block and  block look > like??? > Please Help. Hi Nitesh What you need to do is not set an actual value if it is false. So it should contain a value if true, and be undefined if false. Then you can simply do  block of code  This type of question is much better suited to the development list, which I have cc'd please reply to there only (I have left the other list in case you aren't subscribed) Chris

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Re: [Koha-devel] Staff client catalogue/search.pl
by Koustubha Kale 06 Aug '10

06 Aug '10

On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 7:35 PM, Fridolyn SOMERS <fridolyn.somers(a)gmail.com>wrote: > Hi, > > Isn't it the goal of "HomeOrHoldingBranch" system preference ? > > Regards, > > 2010/8/4 Koustubha Kale <kmkale(a)anantcorp.com> > >> Hi, >> In staff client catalogue/search.pl searches in the permanent location of >> the item. How can I make it search in current location? >> >> Is it? It says.. Use the checkout and fines rules of the library the item is from. the library the item was checked out from. NOTE: This is older than CircControl, but used by some parts of Koha. It will be removed soon. Regards, Koustubha Kale Anant Corporation Contact Details : Address : 103, Armaan Residency, R. W Sawant Road, Nr. Golden Dyes Naka, Thane (w), Maharashtra, India, Pin : 400601. TeleFax : +91-22-21720108, +91-22-21720109 Mobile : +919820715876 Website : http://www.anantcorp.com Blog : http://www.anantcorp.com/blog/?author=2

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Search by barcode or item number in OPAC
by Brice Sanchez 06 Aug '10

06 Aug '10

Hello everyone In the Opac, do you know if it's possible to search by item number or barcode? If yes, how do? Thank you in advance for your answers! -- *Brice Sanchez* Programmeur Web brice.sanchez(a)sys-tech.net <mailto:brice.sanchez@sys-tech.net> 418 520-0739 poste 136 514 907-0036 / 1-877-969-8324 *SYS-TECH / Technologies de l'information libres* 6700 BOUL PIERRE-BERTRAND BUREAU 209 QUÉBEC QC G2J 0B4 http://www.sys-tech.net /Membre supporteur de l'Association TYPO3 <http://typo3.org>/ *Avant d'imprimer, pensez à l'environnement...*

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Koha 3.2 in virtualization or with several database : Is it effective ?
by Brice Sanchez 04 Aug '10

04 Aug '10

Hello everyone, I'm preparing to install Koha 3.2 for 20 schools and I was wondering if some of you had used the method of virtualization (VMWare or Virtualbox). If yes, is it effective? What are the problems you encountered? Have you done any benchmarks? I am also looking for a method with one Koha and several databases and Zebras : Is this a successful method? Thank you for your answers! *Brice Sanchez* Programmeur Web brice.sanchez(a)sys-tech.net <mailto:brice.sanchez@sys-tech.net> 418 520-0739 poste 136 514 907-0036 / 1-877-969-8324 *SYS-TECH / Technologies de l'information libres* 6700 BOUL PIERRE-BERTRAND BUREAU 209 QUÉBEC QC G2J 0B4 http://www.sys-tech.net /Membre supporteur de l'Association TYPO3 <http://typo3.org>/

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Staff client catalogue/search.pl
by Koustubha Kale 04 Aug '10

04 Aug '10

Hi, In staff client catalogue/search.pl searches in the permanent location of the item. How can I make it search in current location? Regards, Koustubha Kale Anant Corporation Contact Details : Address : 103, Armaan Residency, R. W Sawant Road, Nr. Golden Dyes Naka, Thane (w), Maharashtra, India, Pin : 400601. TeleFax : +91-22-21720108, +91-22-21720109 Mobile : +919820715876 Website : http://www.anantcorp.com Blog : http://www.anantcorp.com/blog/?author=2

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KohaCon in 84 days
by Kristina Hoeppner 03 Aug '10

03 Aug '10

Hello, (apologies for cross-posting) Koha celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. As you know, we will hold this year's KohaCon in Wellington from 25-27 October 2010, followed by a Hackfest. You still have time to register. There are just 84 days left until kick-off. Please check out the conference web site at http://www.kohacon10.org.nz/ for further details including the conference schedule. We would like to welcome you to this free conference in Wellington during the southern hemisphere's spring. As you will be in the country of the birth of Koha, why not pay a visit to Koha's proper birthplace? We have planned an exciting trip to Levin, just north of Wellington, where everything started, for 28 October 2010. This excursion does not only give you the opportunity to visit Levin, it's library, and meet the mayor, but also participate in a powhiri, a traditional Maori welcome ceremony and experience traditional Maori food. You can find the trip details at http://www.kohacon10.org.nz/2010/program/levintrip.html If you have questions regarding the conference, please contact us at http://www.kohacon10.org.nz/contact.html Cheers Kristina for the Organizing Committee of KohaCon10

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