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Barcodes

BarcodeSeparators

Default: \s\r\n

Asks: Split barcodes on the following separator chars ___ in batch item modification and inventory.

Description:

  • When importing barcode files in the inventory tool or the batch item modification tool you can decide which character separates each barcode.

    Important

    You must use the regular expression codes for the characters.

    • \s is used for a whitespace

    • \r is used for a carriage return

    • \n is used for a new line

    • \t is used for a tab

    Make sure you escape the other characters you put in there by preceding them with a backslash

    • \. instead of a dot

    • \instead of a backslash

    • \- instead of a hyphen

Batch item

These preferences are in reference to the Batch item modification and Batch item deletion tools.

MaxItemsToDisplayForBatchDel

Default: 1000

Asks: Display up to ___ items in a single item deletion batch.

Description:

  • In the batch item delete tool this will prevent the display of more than the items you entered in this preference, but you will be able to delete more than the number you enter here.

MaxItemsToDisplayForBatchMod

Default: 1000

Asks: Display up to ___ items in a single item modification batch.

Description:

MaxItemsToProcessForBatchMod

Default: 1000

Asks: Process up to ___ items in a single modification batch.

Description:

News

NewsAuthorDisplay

Default: not at all

Asks: Show the author for news items: ___

Values:

  • Both OPAC and staff client

  • Not at all

  • OPAC only

  • Staff client only

NewsToolEditor

Asks: By default edit news items with

Default: a WYSIWYG editor (TinyMCE)

Values:

  • a text editor (CodeMirror)

  • a WYSIWYG editor (TinyMCE)

Description:

  • This system preference allows you to choose which editor to use in the news tool.

  • A text editor will let you write HTML directly. Use this if you want more control over how your content will be displayed.

    Note

    You can use CSS id's and classes in your HTML and format them with the OPACUserCSS system preference.

  • A WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor is a user-friendly editor with functions similar to word processing software. Use this if you are unfamiliar with HTML.

Patron Cards

These preferences are in reference to the Patron Card Creator tool.

ImageLimit

Asks: Limit the number of creator images stored in the database to ___ images.

Reports

These preferences are in reference to the Reports module.

NumSavedReports

Default: 20

Asks: By default, show ___ reports on the Saved Reports page.

Upload

UploadPurgeTemporaryFilesDays

Default: blank

Asks: Automatically delete temporary uploads older than ___ days in cleanup_database cron job.