On 2/19/08, Galen Charlton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To summarize, the following sysprefs are not used by active code: > > WebBasedSelfCheck This should be used to enable/disable the sco/ code in the OPAC, many libraries would view this as a security risk if it were available by default.
> noOPACHolds This was designed to remove all of the 'place hold' links in the OPAC, there is working code in dev_week and/or 2.2.9 for this and it needs to be forward-ported, or another solution to accommodate that preference needs to be created. > emailLibrarianWhenHoldIsPlaced There is working code in dev_week (I believe) that utilizes this, it's in use by several libraries and should be retained in 3.0. > holdCancelLength This should be added to the holds matrix when that appears. > libraryAddress I'm not sure why we would need this one, seems like the library address info is available from the branches table. > globalDueDate Some koha libraries running 2.2.9 use this to set the due date globally for all materials and patrons, it should be retained in 3.0. > itemBarcodeInputFilter This was utilized in 2.2.9 and is used by libraries running Koha, perhaps Ryan can clarify exactly it's nature ... I'm assuming it should be retained for 3.0 as well. > singleBranchMode Single Branch Mode is used in 2.2.9 to allow a library to instantly remove all branch choices from searching, holds, etc., since those dropdowns don't make any sense in a library with only one branch. It should definitely be retained for 3.0. > URLLinkText This was used in 2.2.9/dev_week to allow someone to fill in text for every URL that displays in the catalog, generated from a 856 tag. it's used in current Koha systems and should be retained in 3.0, or a better alternative offered. > noOPACUserLogin This disables the OPAC user login and is in active use by koha libraries, should be retained for 3.0. > OPACDisplayExtendedSubInfo This syspref is used for controlling how subscriptsion display in the OPAC, Ryan can expand on the details, but it should either be retained as is, or replaced with something more flexible w/respect to display of subscription information. > OPACViewOthersSuggestions This is a syspref used to enable/disable patrons from seeing suggestions from other patrons, some libraries want patrons to see all suggestions added, others only want the patron's own suggestions to be visible. > OPACURLOpenInNewWindow This controlled whether the 856 links should open in the same window or in a new window in the browser. > OPACUserCSS This syspref allowed a koha sysadmin to add a block of CSS that would be embedded on the OPAC page, which would allow them to take advantage of the cascading effect and override previous CSS settings. It should definitely be retained for 3.0. > emailPurchaseSuggestions This is similar to the 'emailLibrarianWhenHoldIsPlaced' syspref, for when someone makes a purchase suggestion, it will email the librarian. > I plan to make a patch later this week to remove these sysprefs. > Please let me know if any of these are in fact in use, represent > pre-2.2.9 features that ought to be ported to 3.0, represent a feature > that someone is willing to code and submit a patch for relatively > soon, or are in use by an existing contrib. If there are any other > dead sysprefs that should be removed, please post those as well. In short, most of the sysprefs represent features that should be forward-ported to 3.0, or we'll have some unhappy Koha users :-). Generally speaking, most of them require quite trivial additions; some could definitely be re-factored to be more generally useful. My two cents. Cheers, -- Joshua Ferraro SUPPORT FOR OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE CEO migration, training, maintenance, support LibLime Featuring Koha Open-Source ILS [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Full Demos at http://liblime.com/koha |1(888)KohaILS _______________________________________________ Koha-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel
