[Koha] Question re: NPL OPAC icons & ItemTypes

[Steven F.Baljkas]

Wednesday, June 15, 2005    17:39 CDT

Hi, Stephen et alii,

Taking the ItemType breakdown and clever material representative OPAC icons as a starting point, I have been working on designs of icons for other ItemType categories (specifically in the context of GMD-based ItemTypes requested by Chris Jones at DSA, which differed in degrees from what you created for NPL: BTW, when I am done, I can post these, in case they might be of use for other Koha'ites, as I think they might be, especially for school library settings).

Given the complexity of the genre categories with some GMDs (text, videorecording, etc.), I am wondering, Stephen, if it would be practicable to use a simpler set of ItemTypes and have the OPAC icon called by another field. I assume there is a line of code that tells Koha if ItemType = X then icon = X'.

If it isn't an unreasonable request, Stephen -- keeping in mind my lack of programming skills -- could you point me in the right direction?

Thanks in advance for any and all words of wisdom.

Sincerely,
Steven F. Baljkas
library tech at large
Koha neophyte
Winnipeg, MB, Canada

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