Hello all, I sent a message to the list 2 days ago, but it didn't appear to make it through. My apologies if you get this twice. I work at a university center with a collection consisting of mostly videos, but we do have some texts and other things as well. I believe I have gotten Koha 3 into a functioning state and have gotten the data into decent shape as well. Our staff has several questions beyond basic functionality. 1. How can I make our custom framework be the default selected framework when adding a new record? 2. Is is possible to hide items on the OPAC based on itemtype? Do I have to modify each biblio one by one via the OpacSuppression feature to accomplish this? 3. Is there a way to limit the number of characters shown in the biblio summary when doing a search in the staff side? For example, if a biblio has a really long summary, we only want to show the first 3 or 4 lines. We are using Koha version 3.00.01.005, MARC21, and zebra. Thanks, Melisa Canales
Hi Melisa,
1. How can I make our custom framework be the default selected framework when adding a new record?
I think you can't. As far as I know your only choice is to modify the default framework according to your needs. If you have someone in your team who is comfortable with SQL, he/she may be able to make a backup of the default framework (called kohadefault, say) and then to copy all the settings from your favourite framework in the default one. That being said: a. I may be wrong since I'm new to Koha. b. If I'm right you may want to submit an enhancement for that.
2. Is is possible to hide items on the OPAC based on itemtype? Do I have to modify each biblio one by one via the OpacSuppression feature to accomplish this?
That I don't know. Very interesting question, though.
3. Is there a way to limit the number of characters shown in the biblio summary when doing a search in the staff side? For example, if a biblio has a really long summary, we only want to show the first 3 or 4 lines.
Don't know either, I'm sorry. Kind regards, Sébastien.
Melisa Canales wrote:
Hello all, 1. How can I make our custom framework be the default selected framework when adding a new record?
When adding I've learned to use either More | Cataloging at the top of the screen or to click on the word "Cataloging" on the right (above the bullet item Add MARC Record). In this way we come to a screen with a button for New Record, but the Default Framework is not loaded. We then choose the appropriate custom framework. We used to click on the bullet "Add MARC Record" such that the Default Framework is loaded. Then we chose a different custom framework to use. Loading the Default Framework takes about 30 seconds for us here in South Africa! We deleted many unnecessary tags and as a result the load time for the framework was greatly reduced. (The manual says to avoid deleting tags, http://koha.org/documentation/manual/3.0/administration/catalog-administrati..., but I think we needed to do this for performance issues.) Back to your question about a custom Default Framework. Where the large Koha Default Framework (KDF) is a real pain for us is when we want to update an existing MARC record. I've not found a way to avoid loading the KDF at this time, so we have to wait 30 seconds every time we want to update a record. *Then* we choose the custom framework we need for our purposes, and move on to post-migration updating. I'm sorry I didn't answer your question (I would if I could!), but it is a very relevant issue for us as well and I wanted to comment. Nelson Fredsell implementing a union catalogue in Cape Town, South Africa -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/How-to-make-custom-framework-the-default--tp24740220p2... Sent from the Koha - Discuss mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
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