[Koha-devel] Default search options in the OPAC

[Gaetan Boisson]

I like this idea :)

It would also allow people to search on new indexes they might have
defined in said obsure files. Some libraries have asked us for this in
the past.

Le lundi 08 octobre 2012 à 09:52 +0200, Magnus Enger a écrit :
> On 18 September 2012 15:58, Owen Leonard <oleonard at myacpl.org> wrote:
> > We've now got two patches pending which seek to add more options to
> > the default OPAC search, the masthead search bar which currently
> > includes options for Library catalog, title, author, subject, ISBN,
> > series, and call number:
> >
> > Add "Phrase" Searching to OPAC Search
> > http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=8778
> >
> > Add accesssion [barcode] number to the drop down list in OPAC Search
> > http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=8302
> >
> > I'll say right out that I'm opposed to these changes, but I want to
> > bring it up here on the list so we can discuss.
> 
> I agree that the simple search should be simple. But we could probably
> spend a lot of time arguing about how simple is simple enough.
> 
> Seems to me that it would be better to find a way to make this easily
> configurable. I'd like to suggest a simple solution:
> 
> In the template, we could have
> 
> <select id="masthead_search" class="left" name="idx">
> [% OPACSearchOptions %]
> </select>
> 
> Then we could have a syspref called OPACSearchOptions (or something),
> with this initial content:
> 
> <option value="">Library catalog</option>
> <option value="ti">Title</option>
> <option value="au">Author</option>
> <option value="su">Subject</option>
> <option value="nb">ISBN</option>
> <option value="se">Series</option>
> <option value="callnum">Call number</option>
> 
> This would keep current behaviour, but make it easy to add or remove
> or re-arrange the <option> elements. And we could explain in the docs
> or on the wiki how the "value"s here relate to indexes defined in more
> or less obscure config files.
> 
> Yes, it would require fiddling with HTML and Zebra (or Solr) indexes
> to change it. No, it would not be GUI and pretty. But it would be so
> simple, even I could submit a patch for it.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Best regards,
> Magnus
> libriotech.no
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