[Koha] I'm confused about where normal view customization occurs

[Brendan Gallagher]

This is a great place to start for GIT

http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=en:development:git_usage

-Brendan




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On Feb 20, 2009, at 2:18 PM, Doug Dearden wrote:

> Thanks Joe, I'll look at the HTML::Template perldoc.  By your reply  
> I surmise that this takes a code modification and there is no way to  
> do it from the admin pages.
>
> Regarding the copy prog stuff, I was doing that in an effort to use  
> the "opactheme" option.  Copy the default theme, rename it, then  
> make minor modifications to the copy and point a second database at  
> that theme rather than the default.  It didn't work, I put in a bug  
> report (#2774) to which Owen commented "There are a LOT of instances  
> in templates and code where the "prog" theme is hardcoded."  So I  
> abandoned that avenue.  With xsl on for one DB and off for the  
> other, I was able to customize the detail page the xsl version uses  
> and leave the other alone.  With the exception of those changes, the  
> rest of my customizations are simple ones that can be pointed to  
> from the System Preferences - different color.css files, simple  
> changes in the header via html in the right place in system  
> preferences.  Because of that I haven't been using git.  My notes  
> about the install make me think that I thought it was going to  
> remove aptitude in favor of it.  As I was using aptitude to look for
>  perl packages as well as others, I said no to installing git.   
> Perhaps I misunderstood something there.
>
> This is my first time using Linux and Perl on a production system,  
> so I am learning those as I go.  It is not my intention to do any  
> major modifications in the Perl code, but I can tweak where  
> necessary to get things looking the way our librarian would like  
> them to.  Is there a reference on git you can point me to?  Or can  
> you tell me how it is used in Koha development?  I am completely in  
> the dark regarding it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Doug
>
>
>>>> Joe Atzberger <ohiocore at gmail.com> 2/20/2009 11:24:53 AM >>>
> Like any page, you can add TMPL_VAR's to the template, and add to  
> the script
> that populates it.  It sounds like you should refer to the  
> HTML::Template
> perldoc to see how it operates.
>
> The XSL solution is a lot slicker if you can manage it, but that only
> applies for the OPAC (when enabled).
>
> I'm not sure what approach you are taking by copying prog, but then  
> using a
> "second database" on it.  Copying prog is pretty drastic and is sure  
> to cut
> off your developments from mainline updates.  If you use git to  
> control your
> code, then you wouldn't need to copy everything (since you could  
> always
> revert to the mainline version if it got messed up), and you could  
> still
> pull down updates.
>
> --Joe
>
> On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 12:46 PM, Doug Dearden <dearden at sarsf.org>  
> wrote:
>
>> Ah, OK.  I have multiple databases and have turned on the xsl  
>> option on one
>> of them and used it to customize how the clickable links appear, as  
>> that
>> database is cataloging on-line resources.  I ran into trouble  
>> turning on xsl
>> for the other databases, as the "prog" directory is hard coded in  
>> many
>> places in the code, and copying the file structure over to a new  
>> directory
>> and pointing a second database at that structure didn't work, too  
>> many
>> things still fetched from "prog".  Because of that I left the xsl  
>> option off
>> on the main catalog DB.
>>
>> So is the answer to my question that the customization for this  
>> occurs at
>> the Perl template level?  Or is there some other place in the Admin  
>> that I
>> can add other fields to the Title line in the Normal View?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Doug
>>
>>>>> Nicole Engard <nicole.engard at liblime.com> 2/20/2009 9:14 AM >>>
>> The screenshots in the manual are probably different because some  
>> were
>> taken with XSL on and others with it off.  There are two system
>> preferences that control this and can be found here:
>>
>> https://sites.google.com/a/liblime.com/koha-manual/Home/Table-of-Contents/administration/Global-Preferences/Global-Preferences--OPAC
>>
>> ---
>>
>> Nicole C. Engard
>> Open Source Evangelist, LibLime
>> (888) Koha ILS (564-2457) ext. 714
>> nce at liblime.com
>> AIM/Y!/Skype: nengard
>>
>> http://liblime.com
>> http://blogs.liblime.com/open-sesame/
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 11:06 AM, Doug Dearden <dearden at sarsf.org>  
>> wrote:
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> I am trying to figure out if there is an easy way to add to the  
>>> fields
>> that appear in the Normal view of the OPAC and the Staff Client.
>> Specifically, we currently see the 245$a field as the Title in the  
>> search
>> results and detail view page.  Is there a way in the Admin screens  
>> to change
>> the display so the 245$b subfield is appended to the 245$a  
>> subfield, and
>> display both as the Title?  I thought this would be customizable  
>> from within
>> the frameworks, but I don't seem to be having any luck.  Looking at  
>> the doc
>> on this page:
>> https://sites.google.com/a/liblime.com/koha-manual/Home/Table-of-Contents/opac/opac-details-pagethe 
>>  samples show titles with two different formats, one of which  
>> appears to
>> be displaying info that is normally in the 245$b field.
>>>
>>> Is this customization that takes place at the Perl template  
>>> level?  Or is
>> there something I am missing in the Admin?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Doug
>>>
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