Thanks Nicole. That is exactly what I was looking for. Martin On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 10:09 AM, Nicole Engard <nengard@gmail.com> wrote:

Martin,

You might want to read through this tutorial - it might be just what you're looking for:

http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=en:documentation:tutorials:creatingcmspages

Thanks Nicole

2010/3/8 Brenner, Martin <martin.brenner@whitfieldschool.org>:

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Hi everyone,

We just recently set up Koha 3.0.5 and we have it working the way we want it to. It is great. Now, I would like to add some web pages that have the same look and feel and maybe even some of the main OPAC functionality, but have different content. For instance, I would like another page that gives the links to the databases we have subscriptions to. (We currently have those in the "OpacMainUserBlock," but I'd like to use that real estate a different way if we could.)

Ideally, I would love to have some other pages that our teachers could create for their research projects and even add discussion boards and other things similar to Moodle. (I fully realize this is a bit of a dream, and that I would have to install more software for some of the functionality.)

I think I need to know more about CSS to get what I'm thinking about. Does anyone know a good walkthrough for something like this in Koha or even a good CSS tutorial in order to acomplish this type of stuff?

Thanks for any time anyone is willing to give, Martin

Martin Brenner Head Librarian Whitfield School St. Louis MO 63141 USA

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Hi, On Mar 10, 2010, at 11:06 AM, Brenner, Martin wrote:

One quick question about this. I assume that this method is "upgrade safe" since it is creating new files instead of modifying the files involved in the Koha install. Am I right in my thinking?

Yes, it should be relatively safe from upgrades, although as with any purely local customization, you do need to check it whenever you do an upgrade, particularly whenever you upgrade to the next major release of Koha. In the case of the upcoming release, 3.2, I don't think there's anything that would break the "Koha-as-a-CMS" pages. Regards, Galen -- Galen Charlton VP, Data Services Equinox Software, Inc. / Your Library's Guide to Open Source email: gmc@esilibrary.com direct: +1 352-215-7548 skype: gmcharlt web: http://www.esilibrary.com/