October 2002 - Koha - lists.katipo.co.nz

Re: [Koha] System preferences: template
by Owen Leonard 30 Oct '02

30 Oct '02

> try setting opacthemes to npl > You also need to set the opaclanguages variable > to 'en' for it to work. Doing these two things fixed it (version 1.2.3RC20, by the way). Thanks! I assume that all these variables will be listed somewhere in later versions? -- Owen

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System preferences: template
by Owen Leonard 30 Oct '02

30 Oct '02

I should remember this, because Chris probably told me just yesterday: When you change the default template via the system preferences interface in the intranet, how does it remember your choice? Does it set a cookie? Or is it some kind of session variable (which I know from ColdFusion and PHP)? I ask because I'm trying to mess with the templates: I copied the /usr/local/koha/opac/htdocs/default folder, renamed it to 'npl,' and made some changes. But when I go into system preferences and specify 'npl' as the template, I don't see the changes. -- Owen

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How to reset the database?
by Jim Thomas 30 Oct '02

30 Oct '02

Hi, We have just installed Koha on a PC in my school's library. Now we're ready to start using it, but before we start inputting the collection, we need to delete the sample data from the database. I couldn't find anything on the koha site describing how to do this, so I'm asking here. How do we empty the database? -- Jim Thomas Principal Applications Engineer Bittware, Inc jthomas(a)bittware.com http://www.bittware.com (703) 779-7770 People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world - Calvin

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1.2.3RC21
by Tonnesen Steve 30 Oct '02

30 Oct '02

I think that 1.2.3RC21 is getting pretty close to release ready. If anybody can spare some time to install this release candidate and let me know of any bugs they find, it would sure help get it out the door faster. I'm also uploading a new kohacd image based on 1.2.3RC21. It should be available within the next 20 minutes or so... Steve Tonnesen

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Site architecture
by Owen Leonard 30 Oct '02

30 Oct '02

I'm trying to figure out in practical terms how Koha is going to integrate into our existing library web site. For us the online search is just one part of the site. Have others simply placed the rest of their site in the koha/opac/htdocs/ folder, changing Koha's index.html to search.html or something like that? Or am I thinking about it in the wrong way? -- Owen ---- Web Site Developer Athens County Library Services http://www.athenscounty.lib.oh.us

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[oss4lib-discuss] European Conference on Digital Libraries travel log (fwd)
by Pat Eyler 29 Oct '02

29 Oct '02

An intersting bit for Europeans on the list. Perhaps next year, we should try to get involved. -pate Pat Eyler Kaitiaki/manager migrant Linux sys admin the Koha project ruby, shell, and perl geek http://www.koha.org http://pate.eylerfamily.org ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 09:05:26 -0500 From: Eric Lease Morgan <emorgan(a)nd.edu> To: OCKHAM System Framework Listserv <OCKHAM-SYS(a)listserv.cc.emory.edu>, OSS4Lib <oss4lib-discuss(a)lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: [oss4lib-discuss] European Conference on Digital Libraries travel log I have documented my experience at the ECDL in an European Conference on Digital Libraries travel log where I helped Martin Halbert and Ed Fox facilitate a plenary panel discussion on an idea called OCKHAM: http://dewey.library.nd.edu/travel/ecdl-2002/ >From the text: This travel log documents my experience at the 6th European Conference on Digital Libraries (ECDL), Rome, Italy, September 16-18, 2002. In a sentence, this conference, attended by mostly university computer science faculty, facilitated the sharing of digital library research ideas and experimental results. The majority of attendees would not call themselves librarians, but they were doing real library work. They were concerned with creating tools allowing for the collection, organization, archiving, disseminating, and sometimes evaluation of data and information for the purposes of expanding knowledge. The only difference was that their data and information was not manifested in physical mediums but digital mediums. Additionally, the traditional library professions could learn a lot from these people because they were applying of the scientific method for evaluating and measuring digital library research. Instead of relying heavily on antidotal evidence, these participants used experiments, even social experiments to verify and validate their assumptions. Furthermore, they build their ideas on the documented ideas of their predecessors. Finally, OAI and its simplicity certainly has made an impression on the digital "librarians" at the conference. Everybody appreciates the mathematical elegance of the OAI protocol. It represents something we can all learn from. FYI. -- Eric Lease Morgan Head, Digital Access and Information Architecture Department University Libraries of Notre Dame (574) 631-8604 ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ oss4lib-discuss(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oss4lib-discuss see also http://www.oss4lib.org/

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catalogue and opac questions
by David Bucknell 29 Oct '02

29 Oct '02

Dear Koha Experts, We have installed Koha and are now inputting books. We have encountered a discrepancy between what is input and what is found when searching. For example, we input the book type (Adult Non Fiction) and the call number, but when we search for and find the book, its type and call number are not displayed. Item TypeClassBranchDate DueLast Seen All of these (above) items are empty. So, we tried to edit ("Modify") the record. To do this, we did a catalogue search, found the record and followed the link to it. Then we chose to "modify" the record. However, not all of the necessary fields were included in the editing form -- the fields corresponding to the missing data above (Item TypeClassBranchDate DueLast Seen) were all missing. Any ideas what we're doing wrong? Thank you, David Rose Marie Academy (Thailand) and ITeachNet/Open Source Schools -- http://www.iteachnet.org http://members.iteachnet.org/webzine - International Education Daily http://opensourceschools.org - Open Source Schools Journal http://schoolforge.net - Schoolforge Coalition for Open Educational Resources ------------------------------------------------ http://members.iteachnet.org/ http://www.opensourceschools.org/

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Server Error when trying to run CGI scripts
by Pierrick 25 Oct '02

25 Oct '02

Hi all I'm new at this so bear with me please. I am installing Koha for a client (and a friend who is very patient...) I use RedHat 7.2 and ran the automatic install. The script seemed to work well -at least I think it did- but I am getting scripts problems. I can get to the Opac or the Intranet home pages fine, which means the httpd daemon works. I ran httpd -S to check and it returned the two Koha Hosts entries from httpd.conf with no syntax errors. However if I click on any links from either home page that requires running a script, I get a Server Error page. My setup is straight from the installer.pl with all default locations (/usr/local/koha/intranet/... and /usr/local/koha/opac/...). I have checked the following: - the httpd error log: no errors at start up or at any time afterwards. - the users rights: all users who access Koha are members of the group apache. - apache is the group owner of all the koha directory structure under /usr/local - all cgi-bin .pl scripts have world-execute rights (711) It looks like the ScriptAlias directive in the servers entries (httpd.conf) don't work and subsequently the koha pages can't find the CGI scripts to execute. Currently the ScriptAlias directives read: ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/koha/ "/usr/local/koha/opac/cgi-bin/" ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/koha/ "/usr/local/koha/intranet/cgi-bin/" Any ideas??? Kind regards Pierre WISYWYG Data a.pparigot(a)xtra.co.nz 64-7-868-9806

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Re: More Woes and tribulations...
by Pat Eyler 24 Oct '02

24 Oct '02

I'm forwarding this to the koha list ... hopefully you'll get an answer or two from them. -pate On Fri, 25 Oct 2002, Pierrick wrote: > Hi Pate > > I eventually decided to use the automatic install. The script works well on > RedHat -at least I think it does- but I am getting scripts problems. > > I can get to the Opac or the Intranet home pages fine, which means the httpd > daemon works. I ran httpd -S to check and it returned the two Koha Hosts > entries from httpd.conf with no syntax errors. > However if I click on any links from either home page that requires running > a script, I get a Server Error page. > > My setup is straight from the installer.pl with all default locations > (/usr/local/koha/intranet/... and /usr/local/koha/opac/...). > I have checked the following: > - the httpd error log: no errors at start up or at any time afterwards. > - the users rights: all users who access Koha are members of the group > apache. > - apache is the group owner of all the koha directory structure under > /usr/local > - all cgi-bin .pl scripts have world-execute rights (711) > > It looks like the ScriptAlias directive in the servers entries (httpd.conf) > don't work and subsequently the koha pages can't find the CGI scripts to > execute. > Currently the ScriptAlias directives read: > ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/koha/ "/usr/local/koha/opac/cgi-bin/" > ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/koha/ "/usr/local/koha/intranet/cgi-bin/" > > Any ideas??? > > I have subsribed to the mailing list, but I haven't found where I can post > messages for other members of the list? > > Kind regards > > > Pierre > > WISYWYG Data > a.pparigot(a)xtra.co.nz > 64-7-868-9806 > > > > > >

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News and Release Notes has been updated
by kea-notify＠katipo.co.nz 21 Oct '02

21 Oct '02

News and Release Notes has been updated. The revised page is available at: http://www.koha.org/news/index.html

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