[Koha-devel] Design Dilemas

[Paul POULAIN]

Rachel Hamilton-Williams a écrit :
> I've got a dilema, that I need some help resolving I think.

I think your problem has no solution...

There are 2 things (no, 3)
1 Some lists are "hardcoded" in perl script. Thus, you can't change the 
template to have a checkbox list, or some links. All those template 
variable are called CGIxxx (CGIbranch => the list of branches). This is 
a Perl & template problem that can be solved, but it's quite tricky to 
have a list with a default value with templates.
2 The general organisation of datas on screen. This is a template 
problem. If your library want a list of language in top, and another on 
the bottom left, then you must have a specific template.
3 The colors & fonts & lines/boxes... For those, the CSS template should 
help (with the opacstylesheet systempreference to have an external css). 
You can change almost what you want as stylesheet. But a H2 (header 2) 
will be a H2, everywhere in the code.

So, you should say to your customers that the cost depends on what they 
want exactly. And let them choose (and maybe lower their needs. For 
example selecting the language with a listbox or a link is not a major 
difference. -imho-)

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