[Koha] New opac detail view for records

Tue Dec 6 06:55:59 NZDT 2016

Sorry about the site being down. I rebooted the server and it’s working again. One of these days I’ll look into why that happens, but not today.

As far as I can tell, all you need to do is configure the XSLT files to have the right file names so they can find each other. Then go into Koha Administration – Global System Preferences – OPAC – Appearance and change the file locations for OPACXSLTDetailsDisplay and OPACXSLTResultsDisplay.

If you want to look at my modified xsl files, you should be able to see them at
http://www.philobiblios.info:81/authcatDetail.xsl
http://www.philobiblios.info:81/authcatResults.xsl
http://www.philobiblios.info:81/authcatUtils.xsl

(With apologies to all *real* XSLT coders. ☺ I know XSLT coding the way I know cataloging—I picked up things as I went along and I know it’s a bit messy.)

Fred King
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From: Pedro Amorim [mailto:pjamorim91 at gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2016 8:00 AM
To: Elaine Bradtke
Cc: King, Fred; koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
Subject: Re: [Koha] New opac detail view for records

Thanks all for your help,

Yes, I do have a test server and I'm doing all the changes in a Docker container, so if something goes wrong I just rollback to where it was initially.
Also, all the changes I make to core including XSLT files modifications go in the Dockerfile and hence are documented and need to be considered for any future upgrade. So all is well in that regard.

Unfortunately I won't be able to get back to this matter for a couple of days but I'll definitely update this thread when I get to it.
Fred, I'll start by following your advice, however I couldn't access the link you shared, it's showing a database error, at the time of writing.
Also "as long as Koha knows what they're called, and you can put them anywhere you want as long as Koha knows where they are", any special place (system preferences, any other xml config file) that need to mention these new files? Also, did you change the template files to show the new detail view option?

Thanks again,

Pedro Amorim

2016-11-28 16:48 GMT-01:00 Elaine Bradtke <eb at efdss.org<mailto:eb at efdss.org>>:
I agree with everything Fred said.  It's taken quite a bit of testing and
retesting to change something in the OPAC display. We managed to
accidentally  hide all the bibliographic data in the OPAC search results on
the first two tries.  Thank goodness for our test system.

On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 9:34 PM, King, Fred <Fred.King at medstar.net<mailto:Fred.King at medstar.net>> wrote:

> Pedro,
>
> If you do end up modifying the XSLT files, here are a few tips:
>
> I created detail display and results display XSLT files for our local
> authors catalog (see http://www.philobiblios.info<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.philobiblios.info&d=DgMFaQ&c=RvBXVp2Kc-itN3g6r3sN0QK_zL4whPpndVxj8-bJ04M&r=vKh6XwOmjyC51IkP1OfsdjQZoWT2vpi6VZl8El8EPRI&m=fYb4HB07rSX4FLnQar0xNavyncRNKeoC-Mo_zZKe7LE&s=zN-8Q1LXITObPjkMbMygqaKex0YU-1S9xQgbGc8qiyI&e=> for the low-powered
> test version). I discovered two wonderful things: you can name them
> anything you want as long as Koha knows what they're called, and you can
> put them anywhere you want as long as Koha knows where they are. (You also
> have to sync those with the Utils.xsl file.) I put them in /var/www/html
> and called them authcatUtils.xsl and authcatDetail.xsl.
>
> If you do modify them, I highly recommend that you document ALL your
> changes with comments. Also, it's very easy to break them, so test each
> change before you go on to the next. Go slowly!
>
> You do have a test server for this, right? :-)
>
> Fred King
> Medical Librarian, MedStar Washington Hospital Center
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Koha [mailto:koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz<mailto:koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz>] On Behalf Of Katrin
> Sent: Monday, November 21, 2016 4:09 PM
> To: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz<mailto:koha at lists.katipo.co.nz>
> Subject: Re: [Koha] New opac detail view for records
>
> Hi Pedro,
>
> the normal view can be changed by creating your own XSLT file and
> activating it using the OPACXSLTDetailsDisplay and XSLTDetailsDisplay
> system preferences.
>
> The ISBD view can be changed via the OPACISBD and ISBD system preferences.
>
> I would recommend not to change the templates or to create your own if
> you can avoid it, as it is likely to give you headaches when updating to
> a newer version later on. It's safer to use the preferences, CSS and
> jQuery.
>
> What is the fourth view you want to implement?
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Katrin
>
> On 10.11.2016 19:32, Pedro Amorim wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I'm just about to start diving into the core and figure out how the three
> > different opac detail views are implemented (normal, marc and ISBD) so I
> > can implement my own custom detail view and add a fourth one.
> > However, and before I start doing so, I was wondering if anyone has
> > done/attempted this before or at least if someone has some knowledge on
> > what template files should I start and how to go about it.
> >
> > Thanks as always,
> >
> > Pedro Amorim
>
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