2011/8/25 Elliott Davis <tdavis@uttyler.edu>
Hey Guys,****
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I have noticed of late that notifications is in quite a state of disarray. At my library we have had to resort to running queries from a script and manually sending out mail because notifications just don’t work in a usable way. I am proposing an overhaul of the notifications system. The only information I have to go on is what my library wants but since we are an academic library that may vary from what the vast majority of Koha wants. Before I made an official wiki for this RFC I wanted to get a general feel for how everyone felt about this. I also wanted to see if someone or a group was willing to pitch in and help me out with some coding.****
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Essentially what I would like to do is model notifications to do the following: ****
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**1. **Base notification rules on patron type, item type, and a new grouping I am hoping to write that I am calling the collection code
This sounds like it's a bit up in the air at the moment, but how does this relate to the item collection codes that are already in Koha?
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2. Define a frequency for notifications based on the previously stated groupings
**3. **Base the start time and end time for notifications on the due date rather than the checkout date****
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I am very open to other suggestions and I hope to get some. I know that this idea is far from fully developed.****
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Best,****
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Elliott Davis****
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Everything else sounds good. The notifications backend is pretty good, really, but the UI at least needs some love and updates. -- Jesse Weaver