I really need to change the files since the "higher ups" wanted a complete change of the koha interface. I did try some of the things in the blog that you mention. I still need a complete change though... Make sure that you send a memo (or whatever makes it an "official" warning in your organisation) to your higher ups, and get them to sign off on it, that they understand that they will be committing to spending
Hi Melanie, the same amount again (time/money), every time they want to upgrade Koha, and sometimes even when you just need to patch it - or they will be "stuck" in this version of Koha. Do this to cover your own butt! Then you need to allow yourself a good 30-40 hours to change templates, and be prepared that you might end up unexpectedly breaking the OPAC and need to start again. It can be done, and is usually fiddly rather than difficult, but just make sure you won't get the blame for Koha costing more to maintain in the future than they have likely budgeted/planned on. We do customisations like that for small corporate libraries sometimes, and typically it means they don't upgrade often (if ever) between major website redevelopment projects. Good luck Cheers Rachel
On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 2:37 PM, Chris Cormack <chris@bigballofwax.co.nz <mailto:chris@bigballofwax.co.nz>> wrote:
2009/5/4 Melanie Saldua <reilied00@gmail.com <mailto:reilied00@gmail.com>>: > Hello, > > I know I'm flooding the mailing list but I have another question. I want to > really modify the interface of koha OPAC but I don't know where to start. I > just don't want to change the logo and headers. I really want to customized > my whole OPAC website (change the codes etc). I tried to change the css and > tmpl files but I can't see the results. The manual provides little info. I > can't understand what the wiki on koha template style guide. Can anyone > help? I really don't know where to start. How do you change the interface of > koha? What files do I have to change? >
Hi Melanie,
I would strongly recommend against changing files unless you are prepared to maintain the changes with each new version of Koha. Instead I recommend reading http://www.myacpl.org/koha/?p=160 And the rest of the great posts on Owen's blog.
Chris
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