[Koha-devel] Question/Suggestion for Development

[Nicole Engard]

Yes Jesse,

That is what I meant - but you are right, your organization with the
new design does help some :)

Nicole

On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Jesse<pianohacker at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> 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
>