Hi Mathew Welcome to the list, and we look forward to your adventures with Koha :-)
In principal html, perl and sql should allow modification of the interface and functionality very easily however my skills are not up to doing that cold. Does anyone have any howtos or recipies for useful changes?
Hmm - the main one would be that you change the include files to change the look of the main menu - which really changes the look of the pages, and the change the CSS I guess. Otherwise there should be a .tmpl file for each .pl script - they should have the same name I think, and while they look confusing, if you get in a quiet place, and have an hour or two, you get the hang of them pretty fast I think. Just don't change anything you don't understand :-)
What I'd particularly like to do is have an "Add to bookshelf..." facility at some point in the acquisitions process; either a text entry field or a drop down of already defined bookshelves. Entering all the books and then returning to input ISBN's into the bookshelf entry form is going to be too tedious yet the bookshelves would appear to be the most useful feature for my anticipated browsing. If this already exists and I've missed it feel free to point out how stupid I am. :-)
Nope I don't think it exists - the bookshelf function hasn't been integrated into Acquisitions but it's an excellent idea. I assume you might need to change the template, but also do a bit of script for it as well? You might want to join the devlopers mailing list to get some practical "how to" help http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/koha-devel Cheers Rachel
A request for WAP-ready XML in the archives gets a second vote from me too. I'd enable my WAP account for the ability to browse from a bookshop and forever end those "Have I got that already?" moments.
Matthew
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