[Koha-devel] Question/Suggestion for Development

[Jesse]

2009/8/25 Wagner, Jane <jwagner at 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 at ptfs.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: koha-devel-bounces at lists.koha.org
> [mailto:koha-devel-bounces at 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
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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
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