"Go" Button on search pages
Ok. Venting first, as the vent leads to the question. Customer sends a long diatribe about how Koha is not user friendly with log-ins, etc. And on the Search screens, the buttons are small and marked "Go". Mind you this person drives me up the wall with constant negativity, but honestly, the buttons are small and "Go" isn't really the same as "Search" So, is there a way to change the buttons to say "Search Now" with user preferences? Oh, and thank you to Owen Leonard for the FABULOUS blog on changing the system preferences to change pages. I've modified the catalog a bit to match more and hide other stuff that needed to be hidden because otherwise the customer above was too confused about how to use the software. Yes, I'm pretty sure StreamNet is the only library he has ever visited. Thanx. Lenora StreamNet Regional Librarian Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission http://www.fishlib.org
I think this is an excellent idea, Lenora, and will second it! Kathy At 03:08 PM 5/6/2009, Lenora Oftedahl wrote:
So, is there a way to change the buttons to say "Search Now" with user preferences?
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The size of that button is really disposable, since we expect the user is keying in terms in the "simple search". So the idea is that most just hit ENTER to begin. I would recommend that to your user. There the real estate is precious since it goes at the top of every page and every last little feature is vying for space up there. On the Advanced Search page where there are a lot of options, and the user is expected to be clicking around, and the whole page is about searching, the button is bigger and labelled "Search". But if you decide to relabel it, you should use jquery code in opacuserjs. -- Joe Atzberger LibLime - Open Source Library Solutions On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Lenora Oftedahl <OFTL@critfc.org> wrote:
Ok. Venting first, as the vent leads to the question. Customer sends a long diatribe about how Koha is not user friendly with log-ins, etc. And on the Search screens, the buttons are small and marked "Go". Mind you this person drives me up the wall with constant negativity, but honestly, the buttons are small and "Go" isn't really the same as "Search"
So, is there a way to change the buttons to say "Search Now" with user preferences?
Oh, and thank you to Owen Leonard for the FABULOUS blog on changing the system preferences to change pages. I've modified the catalog a bit to match more and hide other stuff that needed to be hidden because otherwise the customer above was too confused about how to use the software. Yes, I'm pretty sure StreamNet is the only library he has ever visited.
Thanx. Lenora StreamNet Regional Librarian Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission http://www.fishlib.org
But if you decide to relabel it, you should use jquery code in opacuserjs.
Specifically: $(document).ready(function(){ $("#searchsubmit").attr("value","Search Now"); }); -- Owen -- Web Developer Athens County Public Libraries http://www.myacpl.org
And on the Search screens, the buttons are small and marked "Go".
I wonder if that customer has difficulty searching on Amazon? http://www.amazon.com/ -- Owen -- Web Developer Athens County Public Libraries http://www.myacpl.org
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