[Koha] Items moved to News are not displaying

Elaine Bradtke eb at efdss.org
Tue Nov 17 07:32:27 NZDT 2020 

Well, that's interesting.
I added another test news item, it still didn't display.
I checked the log through the staff interface for the past 24 hours.
The only thing that shows up are a bunch of cron jobs.
I've CC'd our tech expert on this one.

Elaine
VWML <https://vwml.org>



On Mon, Nov 16, 2020 at 7:11 AM Jonathan Druart <
jonathan.druart at bugs.koha-community.org> wrote:

> Hum, just noticing something however.
> I did specify an expiration date from the UI, but it's not in the DB table.
> The "news" is not updated if I keep the "number" field blank.
> Did you make sure the changes were applied correctly?
>
> Le lun. 16 nov. 2020 à 16:09, Jonathan Druart
> <jonathan.druart at bugs.koha-community.org> a écrit :
> >
> > Hi Elaine,
> >
> > Do you see an error in the Koha log files?
> >
> > I've tried with:
> >          idnew: 3
> >     branchcode: NULL
> >          title: test
> >        content: test
> >           lang: OpacMainUserBlock_en
> >      timestamp: 2020-11-16 00:00:00
> > expirationdate: NULL
> >         number: 0
> > borrowernumber: 51
> >
> > And I do see "test" on the OPAC home page. Tested on 20.05.05
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Jonathan
> >
> > Le ven. 13 nov. 2020 à 20:26, Elaine Bradtke <eb at efdss.org> a écrit :
> > >
> > > Things I have tried:
> > > Changing the date to an earlier date
> > > Changing to All libraries
> > > Creating a plain text message
> > > Nothing worked.
> > > Ours is a pretty plain version of Koha, no special JSS, and just a
> colour
> > > stylesheet so it blends in with the rest of the organisation's website.
> > >
> > > Elaine
> > > VWML <https://vwml.org>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 11:43 PM Katrin Fischer <
> katrin.fischer.83 at web.de>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Elaine,
> > > >
> > > > Remove the VWML in the second column by setting the pull down to 'all
> > > > libraries'. If a news item is set to a specific library, even if you
> only
> > > > have one, the news entry will only show if users are logged in.
> > > >
> > > > Also try to set the publication date to an earlier one to see if that
> > > > changes things.
> > > >
> > > > Hope this helps,
> > > >
> > > > Katrin
> > > > On 13.11.20 03:01, Elaine Bradtke wrote:
> > > >
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> > > >
> > > > Thinking there might be something wrong in the html in the above,  I
> > > > created a new one called 'test' with plain text.  It didn't work
> either.
> > > > Nothing in News displays.
> > > >
> > > > Elaine
> > > > VWML <https://vwml.org>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 12:19 PM Katrin Fischer <
> katrin.fischer.83 at web.de>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Hi Elaine,
> > > >>
> > > >> can you share the settings and content of one of the 'moved to news'
> > > >> entries that you think should be displaying?
> > > >>
> > > >> Katrin
> > > >>
> > > >> On 12.11.20 19:48, Elaine Bradtke wrote:
> > > >> > I changed the system preference: OpacNewsLibrarySelect to enable
> the
> > > >> choice
> > > >> > of library news to display.
> > > >> > Now the OPAC displays a message that says: No news to display.  -
> > > >> Despite
> > > >> > there being several things to display.
> > > >> > Elaine
> > > >> > VWML <https://vwml.org>
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >> > On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 10:40 AM Elaine Bradtke <eb at efdss.org>
> wrote:
> > > >> >
> > > >> >> I just tried that, but it didn't work.
> > > >> >> Elaine
> > > >> >> VWML <https://vwml.org>
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >> On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 10:33 AM Michael Kuhn <mik at adminkuhn.ch>
> > > >> wrote:
> > > >> >>
> > > >> >>> Hi Elaine
> > > >> >>>
> > > >> >>>   > We recently updated our system to 20.05.05.
> > > >> >>>   > I understand some OPAC system preferences regarding the
> display
> > > >> have
> > > >> >>>   > moved to the News tool.  But the following aren't
> displaying:
> > > >> >>>   > OPAC (opacheader_en), OPAC (OpacMainUserBlock_en), OPAC
> > > >> >>>   > (OpacNavRight_en), OPAC (en)
> > > >> >>>   > Our OPAC front page is quite bare, and I'd really like to
> have the
> > > >> >>>   > "Library is Closed to the Public, etc." message displaying.
> > > >> >>>   > I've tried  editing them - adding a title when needed and
> saving,
> > > >> but
> > > >> >>>   > it didn't make a difference. Any thoughts on what to do?
> > > >> >>>
> > > >> >>> Check in Koha menu "Tools > News" for the said parameters what
> is
> > > >> >>> standing in column "Library". Try to change it if there is a
> specific
> > > >> >>> library name resp. "All libraries". At least this helped when we
> > > >> >>> encountered such a problem some weeks ago.
> > > >> >>>
> > > >> >>> Hope this helps.
> > > >> >>>
> > > >> >>> Best wishes: MIchael
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