[Koha] Clarifying messages in the OPAC

[Wagner, Jane]

Yes, on the IRC we were discussing the difference between the new messaging feature and the old circ and opac notes.  It's a question of permanence:  There's notes you don't ever want to overwrite, like "child has parent's permission for X".  So the new feature and the circ notes are both needed, but I don't know if anyone has an equivalent need for "permanent" OPAC notes.  

Does anyone need to preserve anything in the old OPAC notes fields in the same manner?  If not, Owen was suggesting that we might be able to do away with that field altogether.  We would still need the circ notes field for the "permanent" notes.

Jane Wagner
Library Systems Analyst
PTFS Inc.
Content Management and Library Solutions
6400 Goldsboro Road, Suite 200
Bethesda, MD  20817
(301) 654-8088 x 151
jwagner at ptfs.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Nicole Engard [mailto:nengard at gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 11:09 AM
To: Wagner, Jane
Cc: Koha List
Subject: Re: [Koha] Clarifying messages in the OPAC

I like this too - but we need to make it clear that some of the
messages are temporary and others are more long term - the temp circ
messages have [delete] links next to them whereas the permanent
messages don't.

Nicole

On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Wagner,  Jane <jwagner at ptfs.com> wrote:
> I think combining the two is a great idea -- no real preference on what
> the header should be.  Whatever seems to make sense.  The "Message from
> the library" header already exists and thus (I assume) has translations
> in place, if that makes any difference.
>
> Jane Wagner
> Library Systems Analyst
> PTFS Inc.
> Content Management and Library Solutions
> 6400 Goldsboro Road, Suite 200
> Bethesda, MD  20817
> (301) 654-8088 x 151
> jwagner at ptfs.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz
> [mailto:koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Owen Leonard
> Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 10:45 AM
> To: Koha List
> Subject: [Koha] Clarifying messages in the OPAC
>
> With the new messaging system contributed by PTFS, Middletown Township
> Public Library, and East Brunswick Public Library we get a new way to
> add messages to a patron's record. The new messages can be added right
> from the checkout screen, and the date and library are noted
> automatically in the message.
>
> Currently these messages are shown in a separate box from the old
> messages (messages added from the patron edit form):
>
> http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla3/attachment.cgi?id=1172
>
> I'd like to merge these and show all notes in the same box, but I'm
> not sure what the best way to label them is. Should each kind of
> message be labeled differently?
>
>  -- Owen
>
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