[Koha-devel] Branches and opac reserve template

[paul POULAIN]

Owen Leonard wrote:

>I notice that in the default template opac-reserves.tmpl has this code:
>
>Please select the branch from which you want to collect the item:
>		<TMPL_VAR NAME="CGIbranch">
>
>...which produces an html select list.  On the other hand, the vanilla template 
>has this code:
>
>    <TMPL_LOOP NAME="BRANCHES">
>    <td VALIGN="TOP"><INPUT TYPE="radio" name="branch" value='<TMPL_VAR 
>NAME="branchcode">' class="checkbox"></td>
>    <td VALIGN="TOP"><TMPL_VAR NAME="branchname"></TD>
>    </TMPL_LOOP>
>
>...which is nice in that in using the loop it give template-writers the 
>flexibility to choose their input method.  Unfortunately, the latter code 
>snippet doesn't work!  It doesn't produce anything, so I guess the 'BRANCHES' 
>array hasn't been populated.  Is the template expecting a different version of 
>opac-reserves.pl?  I notice that the HLT site has other options as well, like 
>being able to choose acceptable formats.  What's the story? Will these features 
>be rolled into 2.0?
>
>  -- Owen 
>  
>
the 1st solution MUST be used in every place where you can have a 
default value (until someone shows me readable & easy-to-understand 
template-only method)
the 2nd may be more versatile, but only when there is no default value.

-- 
Paul POULAIN
Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres
responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)