[Koha] Seeking opinions on the OPAC MARC views

Owen Leonard oleonard at myacpl.org
Sat Aug 7 13:19:32 NZST 2010


> I far prefer the raw MARC view.  The 952 field is not displayed as a
> normal MARC field in the  "enhanced MARC" field

See my earlier comment in reply to Kurt:

> The above view (opac-MARCdetail.pl) respects the visibility settings
> you can configure in your MARC framework. So if you edit a tag's
> subfield structure and set the "hidden" value so that it does not
> display in the OPAC, it won't.

I'm guessing the visibility of 952 in your framework is set to hide it
in the OPAC

> I just tested in a bunch of other Koha catalogs.  Some have the raw
> MARC as a centered pop-up, some have it as a normal full-page HTML
> display, and a lot of catalogs don't offer the raw MARC view from the
> OPAC at all.

OPAC's with XSLT preferences turned on will have the modal MARC view
available in the OPAC. Those that don't will not. I've never seen a
properly-functioning Koha OPAC which displayed the "raw" view as a
normal full-page HTML display. I'd like to know whose is doing that.

> versions supported by both PTFS and Bywater had the
> centered pop-up, and both had the "no back button" bug as well.

The back button bug is present in all versions, but I don't think
anyone has ever filed a bug report in Bugzilla for it--and I hope I
would know, it would be assigned to me!

  -- Owen

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