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Is the mailinglist dead?
by Michael Kuhn 30 Oct '17

30 Oct '17

Hi This is just a test to see if the mailinglist "Koha" is still working. It seems like no e-mails have been sent since October 26, see https://lists.katipo.co.nz/pipermail/koha/2017-October/date.html Maybe someone can do something about this. Best wishes: Michael -- Geschäftsführer · Diplombibliothekar BBS, Informatiker eidg. Fachausweis Admin Kuhn GmbH · Pappelstrasse 20 · 4123 Allschwil · Schweiz T 0041 (0)61 261 55 61 · E mik(a)adminkuhn.ch · W www.adminkuhn.ch

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Vote request for Bug 18483 Customised help: Enhance staff client with news based, easily editable help system (Passed QA -> In Discussion)
by Marc Véron 30 Oct '17

30 Oct '17

Dear Koha community On 2017-04-22 I filed Bug 18483 "Customised help: Enhance staff client with news based, easily editable help system". https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18483#c0 The Enhancement was ready for Sign off on 2017-04-30, was signed off on 2017-05-02, and, after some discussion, passed QA on 2017-10-27, and the same day was set to "In Discussion". The aim of the bug is described in the initial comment. It fills a request we have since 2012. In short, it is about having an additional help system that allows libraries to create their own, library specific help information, taking advantage of all functionality we already have with the news system. Initial comment: https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18483#c0 ---Quote--- "Koha's staff client has a file based help system with an edit function for customising. However, the edited files have to be saved and restored with each release. Otherwise they are overwritten. As an enhancement or alternative, the existing news system can be used to implement a complementing help system. Similar to the news, the text can be created for all branches or for individual branches. Help is context sensitive (based on the existing help system), and it can be created / edited directly from the help page (based on a user permission). The display can be managed with a system preference (Bug 18472: Add system preference CustomOnlineHelpStaff to hide / select custom online help system)." ---End quote --- Author's answer on a question of QA team member M. de Rooy (asked on Bug 18472, Comment 21), moved to Bug 18483: https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18483#c21 ---Quote--- Need: - Having a user editable, page aware help system is a long outstanding need. First time I was asked for goes back to 2012. - We have libraries interested in Koha who ask for in their requirements. - Writing a brand new help module would take a lot of time. And who would fund it? User: - The news system works very well and libraries are used to use it. The help additons introduced in Bug 18483 enhances the news system to host custom help as well. - From a user standpoint it is easy to use, you can add whatever you want / need as help. All the benefits of the news system can be used. Custom help items can easyly be added / edited. - It can be turned on and off (combined with the existing file based help system or 'standalone'). This Bug 18472 is the basis for turning on and off and/or add additional help systems. - There is no change in behavior of news and file based help system if turned off (however this patch allows to turn off the edit function of the existing file based help system). Impact: - In Bug 18483, I paid great attention to have a minimal impact on existing code. No changes in .pm files were needed. - There is a small database change to have a field to host the page key if a news item is used as help item. Things to come: - Since the news system works for both staff client and OPAC it will be easy to implement the editable help for OPAC as well (Bug 18515) So I kindly ask for Bug 18472 and Bug 18483 to make part of Koha. ---End quote--- After the enhancement has been put to "In discussion", I kindly ask the Koha community to vote about Bug 18483 as outlined in: https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Bug_and_Enhancement_Discussion Thanks and kind regards Marc Véron Koha Support Schweiz www.koha-support.ch Contributing to Koha since 2012

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koha 17.05.04 problems
by Erlanda Simonyan 30 Oct '17

30 Oct '17

Dear List, We had installed Koha 17.05.04, but the system don't allow me to ADD New Category, new Item types, New PATRON Categories & so on. Thanks, Erlanda

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Site Migration - Staff (-Intra) Site Software Error on Login
by JohnC 26 Oct '17

26 Oct '17

Hi, I'm a newbie to Koha, and am experiencing a page load error for a newly migrated library site. On successful login to the staff (-intra) site it persistently results with: /Software error: output_pref is called with 'dateonly' (ref SCALAR), not a DateTime object For help ... / Some background, the migration is from a functioning Koha site on version 3.20.03.00 going to package based version 17.05.04.000 on a Debian 9.2 VM. I also attempted a migration to the oldest stable package v.16.05.17.000, however, received a software error: / "Can't locate object method "ymd" via package "dateonly" (perhaps you forgot to load "dateonly"?)"/ Nothing untoward was noted during the schema update of the imported DB (I can post output if desired). The OPAC site for the migrated DB is working fine. Also, I've created a new blank test library instance which works fine for both staff and OPAC vhosts on the new VM. Perl v.5.024001 (and the required modules) are reported as OK. MySQL mysql Ver 15.1 Distrib 10.1.26-MariaDB, for debian-linux-gnu (x86_64) using readline 5.2 Apache version: Server version: Apache/2.4.25 (Debian) Any assistance resolving this is appreciated. JohnC -- Sent from: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/Koha-general-f3047918.html

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Re: [Koha] [Koha-devel] Roles for 18.05
by Jon Knight 25 Oct '17

25 Oct '17

I assume the "Bug Wranglers" could be just about anyone who uses Bugzilla? ________________________________________ From: koha-devel-bounces(a)lists.koha-community.org <koha-devel-bounces(a)lists.koha-community.org> on behalf of Jonathan Druart <jonathan.druart(a)bugs.koha-community.org> Sent: 25 October 2017 22:13 To: koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz; koha-devel(a)lists.koha-community.org Subject: [Koha-devel] Roles for 18.05 Hi, The roles for the next release cycle are opened https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Roles_for_18.05 Please add your name if you want to join the release team. Regards, Jonathan

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Koha-US Users Group: November Meeting Reminder and Call for Agenda Items
by Jason Robb 25 Oct '17

25 Oct '17

Koha-US holds monthly online meetings every second Wednesday of the month via Zoom. Our next meeting will be Wednesday, November 8th, 2017 at 10:30 am CST (time converter <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=koha-US+November+…> ). These meetings are open to any and all who wish to attend and are meant to be a platform for us to share and discuss Koha-related issues, ideas, and solutions. Meetings are also the place to have your voice heard with regards to the growth and development of koha-US as an organization. If you have topics for the agenda, please send them my way. Watch for links to the agenda and meeting space next week. For more information, don't hesitate to contact us <http://koha-us.net/index.php/Participants>! Jason Robb Koha-US Secretary jrobb(a)sekls.org

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Error instalando koha 17.05
by jusmelisg 25 Oct '17

25 Oct '17

Can't use an undefined value as an ARRAY reference at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.20/DBI.pm line 2064. -- Sent from: http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/Koha-general-f3047918.html

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Koha 16.05.18 released
by Mason James 25 Oct '17

25 Oct '17

The Koha community is proud to announce the release of Koha 16.05.18 This is a maintainance release including a few security fixes. The full release notes are available at https://koha-community.org/koha-16-05-18-release Cheers, Mason _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha

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Reminder - Koha Developers Meeting, 25 October 2017, 21 UTC
by Nick Clemens 24 Oct '17

24 Oct '17

Hi All, Hope to see you tomorrow, please add anything you wish to discuss to the agenda below, or add your apologies if you can't make it. See you in IRC! Point your favorite IRC client at irc.oftc.net:6667 and join #koha or connect directly to the Koha channel: http://webchat.oftc.net/?channels=koha Agenda: https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Development_IRC_meeting_25_October_2017 Local date time of meeting: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Koha+Developers+I…

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Show online subscription info only to patrons
by Eric Phetteplace 24 Oct '17

24 Oct '17

Hi all, Does anyone have a method for displaying information only to logged in users in the catalog? Something in between a private note visible only to staff and a public note visible to anyone? We have some journal subscriptions with an online component that uses a shared login. We want our patrons, who have Koha accounts, to be able to see it but not the general public. Unless I'm mistaken, there's no feature for this right now. Does anyone else have a similar situation and, if so, how do you handle it? I know there are a variety of things we can do, I'm just looking for ideas. Best, ERIC PHETTEPLACE Systems Librarian libraries.cca.edu | vault.cca.edu | 510.594.3660 5212 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94618 1111 8th St., San Francisco, CA 94107 Preferred Pronoun(s): he/him :(){ :|: & };:

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