[Koha] [EXTERNAL] Uploading files

Sat Mar 25 01:52:57 NZDT 2023

Hi,

As far as I know, no. Not within Koha settings.

I think you'd need to change the XSLT file to alter the HTML "a" tag and 
add the target=blank part.

Regards,

Caroline

On 2023-03-23 21:12, Ma. Victoria H. Silva-Manuel wrote:
> Thank you for responding.
>
> The OPACBaseURL is the one that I missed. I am able to download the 
> uploaded files now.
>
> Another question, can we make the file open in a new tab instead of 
> downloading it?
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 24, 2023, 4:02 AM Caroline Cyr La Rose 
> <caroline.cyr-la-rose at inlibro.com> wrote:
>
>     Building on Fred's answer about the part on doing it within Koha...
>
>     Check your koha-conf.xml to make sure your upload path is valid and a
>     writable directory.
>
>     Check your OpacBaseURL system preference, it should contain the
>     URL to
>     your OPAC, starting with http(s) and no trailing slash. Using Fred's
>     example, it would be http://library.aq
>
>     As far as I know, the upload plugin will take care of the
>     32-character
>     hash. No need to worry about that part. You only need to upload
>     the file
>     and select it directly from the plugin. The URL created in 856$u
>     should
>     be something like
>     {OPACBaseURL}/cgi-bin/koha/opac-retrieve-file.pl?id={hash}
>     <http://opac-retrieve-file.pl?id=%7Bhash%7D>
>
>     Regards,
>
>     Caroline
>
>     On 2023-03-23 15:11, King, Fred wrote:
>     > Just in case you haven't received an answer, here's mine:
>     >
>     > I can think of several ways to do this, if I understand your
>     situation correctly. Everyone else, please chime in if I'm wrong.
>     I'm using MARC21 on Koha 22.11. Let's call your library's URL
>     http://library.aq. Let's also say that you have access to another
>     server called http://documents.aq. Both systems are running on
>     Ubuntu, which is the only system I know how to do this on. I'm
>     also using http, not https. I don't think it matters in this case.
>     The document is avengingchicken.pdf
>     >
>     > The 856$u field is looking for a URL to the file, rather than
>     the file itself. So, you need to figure out where the file is.
>     >
>     > The easiest way would be to put it on the external server. If
>     you upload it to the directory a lot of systems use, it would be
>     in /var/www/html, and the URL you'd put in the 856$u would be
>     http://documents.aq/avengingchicken.pdf.
>     >
>     > If you don't have an external server available, you can put it
>     on the Koha server itself. (I learned this fairly recently for
>     reasons explained below.) If you upload your file to
>     /usr/share/koha/opac/htdocs, it's accessible as, for example,
>     http://library.aq/avengingchicken.pdf. You can configure your
>     Ubuntu server to use a different directory by using symbolic
>     links, but let's not get into that today.
>     >
>     > Unfortunately, both of these require the ability to upload files
>     to a server. I use FileZilla to transfer files--free and easy to
>     use. If you can't log in as root, it's still possible but it gets
>     more complicated. If you know a friendly sysadmin, they might do
>     it for you. Give them cookies.
>     >
>     > But wait, I hear you say, can't you do this directly from Koha?
>     You can, but I still haven't figured out how to do it. I know that
>     you need to set the access directory and upload directory in the
>     /etc/koha/sites/(yourlibrary)/koha-conf.xml (towards the bottom of
>     the screen), and that Koha gives the file a 32-character hash tag.
>     After that, I got horribly lost, which is why I figured out a
>     different way.
>     >
>     > Good luck!
>     >
>     > Fred King, MSLS, AHIP
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>     > I successfully uploaded a file in tag 856$u but when I checked
>     it out in OPAC, I'm getting Error 404 (Sorry, the requested page
>     is not available).
>     >
>     > I already choose "upload.pl <http://upload.pl>" in plugin in the
>     bibliographic framework.
>     >
>     > What should I do?
>     >
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