2009/8/25 Wagner, Jane <jwagner@ptfs.com>
Nicole, I like the idea of grouping related sysprefs. It's sometimes hard to know everything you need to turn on/set for something like Amazon or Syndetics. How might this work with Jesse's rework of the system preferences interface?
Jane Wagner Library Systems Analyst PTFS Inc. Content Management and Library Solutions 6400 Goldsboro Road, Suite 200 Bethesda, MD 20817 (301) 654-8088 x 151 jwagner@ptfs.com
-----Original Message----- From: koha-devel-bounces@lists.koha.org [mailto:koha-devel-bounces@lists.koha.org] On Behalf Of Nicole Engard Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 11:12 AM To: koha-devel Subject: [Koha-devel] Question/Suggestion for Development
With all of the new system preferences we've been adding and those that have been asked for, I'm wondering why we don't have check boxes for preferences instead of just ON & OFF. An example:
For Amazon we have a bunch of preferences :
AmazonAssocTag AmazonCoverImages AmazonEnabled AmazonLocale AmazonReviews AmazonSimilarItems AWSAccessKeyID AWSPrivateKey
Why not change it to
AmazonAssocTag AmazonEnabled - and choose from AmazonCoverImages, AmazonReviews, and/or AmazonSimilarItems AmazonLocale AWSAccessKeyID AWSPrivateKey
I thought of this when I was thinking of people asking to have preferences to show different messaging options and to have the ability to decide which tabs are visible in the OPAC on the patron record. Instead of having 6 on/off toggles for each type of message that patrons can receive why not just one preference with 6 check boxes - pick which ones you want. The same for tabs that appear on the patron record in the OPAC? Seems like a nice way to consolidate our system preferences and make it easier down the road to allow for customizations in what shows and what doesn't.
I'm just wondering if this was ever considered, if it's possible, or if it's just a silly suggestion :)
Thanks Nicole _______________________________________________ Koha-devel mailing list Koha-devel@lists.koha.org http://lists.koha.org/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel
The new sysprefs editor does group related system preferences together. Here's a screenshot of the Enhanced Content tab (obviously, lagging a bit behind with updates). My somewhat verbose descriptions might benefit from being changed to checkboxes. I think Nicole's suggestion is slightly more involved, though. Do you mean something like an AmazonEnabled preference that might have a value like this: similaritems,reviews and a UI like this: Use content from Amazon: [x] [x] Show similar items on detail page [x] Show reviews by Amazon users on detail page [ ] Show cover images , Nicole? That might not be too difficult, down the road. -- Jesse Weaver
