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AuthorityXSLTResultsDisplay

Asks: Display authority results in the staff interface using XSLT stylesheet at: ___

Default: empty (uses the default non-XSLT display)

Values:

  • Enter a path to an XSLT file

    • For example, /path/to/koha/and/your/stylesheet.xsl

    • In a multi-language system you can enter {langcode} in the path to tell Koha to look in the right language folder

      • For example, /home/koha/src/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/{langcode}/xslt/intranetDetail.xsl

      • For example, http://mykohaopac.org/{langcode}/stylesheet.xsl

    • If you have different stylesheets for different authority types, you can use the {authtypecode} placeholder

  • Enter an URL to an external stylesheet

Description:

  • XSLT stylesheets allow for the customization of the details shown on the screen when viewing the authority search results. This preference will allow you either use the default look that comes with Koha or design your own stylesheet.

  • This system preference controls the display of the records in the authorities search results in the staff interface.

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Display856uAsImage

Asks: Display the URI in the 856u field as an image on: ___

Default: Neither details or results page

Values:

  • Both results and details pages

    Not

    Both XSLTDetailsDisplay and XSLTResultsDisplay need to have values in order for this option to work.

    Uyarı

    This option is only implemented for MARC21.

  • Detail page only

    Detailed record page in the staff interface, one of the 856 field is displayed as an image in the record

    Not

    XSLTDetailsDisplay needs to have a value in it for this option to work.

    Uyarı

    This is only implemented for MARC21 and UNIMARC.

  • Neither details or results page

  • Results page only

    Search results in the staff interface, one of the 856 field is displayed as an image in the listing

    Not

    XSLTResultsDisplay needs to have a value in it for this option to work.

    Uyarı

    This is only implemented for MARC21.

Description:

  • In addition to this option being set, the corresponding XSLT option must be turned on.

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  • Also, the corresponding 856q field must have a valid MIME image extension (e.g., “jpg”) or MIME image type (i.e. starting with “image/”), or the generic indicator “img” entered in the field.

    856 field in the cataloging form; 856q contains img and 856u contains a link to an image

    Not

    Common image MIME types

    File type

    Image MIME type

    File extension

    Bitmap

    image/bmp

    bmp

    Graphic interchange format (gif)

    image/gif

    gif

    JPEG image

    image/jpeg

    jpg

    JPEG image

    image/jpeg

    jpeg

    Scalable vector graphic

    image/svg+xml

    svg

    TIF image

    image/tiff

    tiff

    TIF image

    image/tiff

    tif

  • When all of the requirements are met, an image file will be displayed instead of the standard link text. Clicking on the image will open it in the same way as clicking on the link text. When you click on the image it should open to full size, in the current window.

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DisplayIconsXSLT

Asks: ___ the format, audience, and material type icons and descriptions in XSLT MARC21 results and detail pages in the staff interface.

Default: Show

Values:

  • Don’t show

  • Show

Description:

  • This preference enables or disables the display of icons based on coded values in the leader of bibliographic records.

    Screenshot of the XSLT icons in the search results in the staff interface

Not

See the XSLT material type icons for more information on these icons.

Uyarı

This is only used in XSLT displays, so XSLTResultsDisplay and/or XSLTDetailsDisplay must be set to use an XSLT stylesheet for this to show (default or custom)

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intranet_includes

Asks: Use include files from the ___ directory in the template directory, instead of includes/. (Leave blank to disable)

Default: includes

Description:

  • This system preference lets you modify the directory for include files, should you want to use files that are not the standard ones.

IntranetCirculationHomeHTML

Asks: Show the following HTML in its own div on the bottom of the home page of the circulation module

Description:

  • This system preference lets you add content to the circulation home page. You can add links, memos or any other content.

    The HTML code entered in IntranetCirculationHomeHTML

    Screenshot that shows where the content of IntranetCirculationHomeHTML appears on the circulation home page, under the circulation action buttons and above the offline circulation links

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intranetcolorstylesheet

Asks: Include the additional CSS stylesheet ___ to override specified settings from the default stylesheet

Description:

  • This preference is used to set custom CSS settings to the staff interface.

  • The value is a .css file. If you only need to add some directives, not necessarily a whole file, use IntranetUserCSS

  • Enter just a filename, a full local path or a complete URL starting with http:// (if the file lives on a remote server). Please note that if you just enter a filename, the file should be in the css subdirectory for each active theme and language within the Koha templates directory. A full local path is expected to start from your HTTP document root.

  • Leave this field blank to disable.

Not

The stylesheet entered here will be used in addition to the default staff interface CSS stylesheet.

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IntranetFavicon

Asks: Use the image at ___ for the staff interface’s favicon.

Not

This should be a complete URL, starting with http:// or https://

Not

Turn your logo into a favicon with the Favicon Generator [http://antifavicon.com/].

Description:

  • The favicon is the little icon that appears next to the page name on the browser tab in most browsers. The default value for this field (if left blank) is the small ‘K’ in the Koha logo.

    The small green 'k' on the browser tab is the default favicon

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IntranetmainUserblock

Asks: Show the following HTML in its own column on the main page of the staff interface

Description:

  • This system preference lets you add content to the main staff interface page. You can add links, memos or any other content.

Screenshot that shows where the content of IntranetmainUserBlock appears on the staff interface's main page, under the module buttons

The HTML code entered in IntranetmainUserBlock

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IntranetNav

Asks: Show the following HTML in the More menu at the top of each page on the staff interface (should be a list of links or blank)

Description:

  • This system preference lets you add links at the top of the staff interface pages.

Screenshot that shows where the content of IntranetNav is displayed at the top of the staff interface pages, to the right of the More menu

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IntranetReportsHomeHTML

Asks: Show the following HTML in its own div on the bottom of the home page of the reports module

Description:

  • This system preference lets you add content to the reports home page. You can add links, memos or any other content.

    Screenshot that shows where the content of IntranetReportsHomeHTML appears on the reports module main page, under the report links

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IntranetSlipPrinterJS

Asks: Use the following JavaScript for printing slips.

Description:

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intranetstylesheet

Asks: Use the CSS stylesheet ___ on all pages in the staff interface, instead of the default css (used when leaving this field blank).

Description:

  • This preference allows a library to customize the appearance of the staff interface.

  • The value is a .css file. This new file will override the default stylesheet.

  • Enter just a filename, a full local path or a complete URL starting with http:// (if the file lives on a remote server). Please note that if you just enter a filename, the file should be in the css subdirectory for each active theme and language within the Koha templates directory. A full local path is expected to start from your HTTP document root.

  • Leave this field blank to disable.

Uyarı

The stylesheet entered here will be used instead of the default staff interface CSS stylesheet.

If you’d rather use the default staff interface CSS, but add your own personal touch, see intranetcolorstylesheet.

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IntranetUserCSS

Asks: Include the following CSS on all pages in the staff interface

Description:

  • This system preference lets you add some CSS directives to customize the appearance of the staff interface.

  • The value is CSS code. If you have a .css file ready, use intranetcolorstylesheet or intranetstylesheet instead.

Not

The CSS code entered here will be used in addition to the default staff interface CSS stylesheet.

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IntranetUserJS

Asks: Include the following JavaScript on all pages in the staff interface

Description:

  • This preference allows the administrator to enter JavaScript or JQuery that will be embedded across all pages of the staff interface.

  • Administrators may use this preference to customize some of the interactive sections of Koha, customizing the text for the login prompts, for example.

  • Sample JQuery scripts used by Koha libraries can be found on the wiki: http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/JQuery_Library.

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SlipCSS

Asks: Include the stylesheet at ___ on issue and hold slips.

Description:

  • If you would like to style your receipts or slips with a consistent set of fonts and colors you can use this preference to point Koha to a stylesheet specifically for your slips.

  • This should be a complete URL, starting with http://

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staffClientBaseURL

Asks: The staff interface is located at ___

Description:

  • Enter the staff interface URL

  • This should be a complete URL, starting with http:// or https://. Do not include a trailing slash in the URL.

Uyarı

This must be filled in correctly for CAS, svc, and load_testing to work.

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StaffHighlightedWords

Asks: ___ words searched for in the staff interface search results pages.

Default: Highlight

Values:

  • Don’t highlight

  • Highlight

Description:

  • When set to ‘highlight’, search terms will be highlighted in red and yellow in the search results. Staff can click ‘Unhighlight’ to remove the highlighting manually during each search.

  • When set to “don’t hightlight”, search terms will not be highlighted, and staff will not be able to turn on the highlighting manually during each search.

StaffLangSelectorMode

Asks: Display language selector on ___

Default: only footer

Values:

  • both top and footer

  • only footer

  • top

Description:

  • If your staff interface is available in more than one language, you can choose where the language switch is located

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StaffLoginInstructions

Asks: Show the following HTML on the staff interface login page

Description:

  • HTML entered in this field will appear above the login form of your staff client

    Screenshot that shows where the content of StaffLoginInstructions appears on the staff login page, above the login fields

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template

Asks: Use the ___ theme on the staff interface.

Default: prog

Values:

  • prog

Description:

  • This system preference is used to choose the theme for the staff interface.

  • There is currently only one theme that comes with Koha, prog.

XSLTDetailsDisplay

Asks: Display details in the staff client using XSLT stylesheet at ___

Values:

  • Enter “default” to use the default stylesheet

  • Enter a path to an XSLT file

    • For example, /path/to/koha/and/your/stylesheet.xsl

    • In a multi-language system you can enter {langcode} in the path to tell Koha to look in the right language folder

      • For example, /home/koha/src/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/{langcode}/xslt/intranetDetail.xsl

      • For example, http://mykohaopac.org/{langcode}/stylesheet.xsl

  • Enter an URL to an external stylesheet

Default: default

Description:

  • XSLT stylesheets allow for the customization of the details shown on the screen when viewing a bibliographic record. This preference will allow you either use the default look that comes with Koha or design your own stylesheet.

  • This system preference controls the display of the detailed bibliographic record in the staff interface.

  • If using a custom stylesheet that uses item MARC fields, enable the PassItemMarcToXSLT system preference. Otherwise, item fields are not available for use in XSLT stylesheets.

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XSLTListsDisplay

Asks: Display lists in the staff interface using XSLT stylesheet at: ___

Values:

  • Enter “default” to use the default stylesheet

  • Enter a path to an XSLT file

    • For example, /path/to/koha/and/your/stylesheet.xsl

    • In a multi-language system you can enter {langcode} in the path to tell Koha to look in the right language folder

      • For example, /home/koha/src/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/{langcode}/xslt/intranetDetail.xsl

      • For example, http://mykohaopac.org/{langcode}/stylesheet.xsl

  • Enter an URL to an external stylesheet

Default: default

Description:

  • XSLT stylesheets allow for the customization of the details shown on the screen when viewing a list. This preference will allow you either use the default look that comes with Koha or design your own stylesheet.

  • This system preference controls the display of the records in a list in the staff interface.

  • If using a custom stylesheet that uses item MARC fields, enable the PassItemMarcToXSLT system preference. Otherwise, item fields are not available for use in XSLT stylesheets.

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XSLTResultsDisplay

Asks: Display results in the staff interface using XSLT stylesheet at ___

Values:

  • Enter “default” to use the default stylesheet

  • Enter a path to an XSLT file

    • For example, /path/to/koha/and/your/stylesheet.xsl

    • In a multi-language system you can enter {langcode} in the path to tell Koha to look in the right language folder

      • For example, /home/koha/src/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/{langcode}/xslt/intranetDetail.xsl

      • For example, http://mykohaopac.org/{langcode}/stylesheet.xsl

  • Enter an URL to an external stylesheet

Default: default

Description:

  • XSLT stylesheets allow for the customization of the details shown on the screen when viewing the search results. This preference will allow you either use the default look that comes with Koha or design your own stylesheet.

  • This system preference controls the display of the records in the search results in the staff interface.

  • If using a custom stylesheet that uses item MARC fields, enable the PassItemMarcToXSLT system preference. Otherwise, item fields are not available for use in XSLT stylesheets.

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Authentication

staffShibOnly

Asks: ___ staff to login by means other than shibboleth.

Default: Allow

Values:

  • Allow

  • Don’t allow

Description:

  • This system preference allows you to limit the login to the staff interface to login through shibboleth.

TwoFactorAuthentication

Asks: ___ two-factor authentication (2FA).

Default: Don’t enable

Values:

  • Don’t enable

  • Enable

  • Enforce

Description:

  • This system preference can be used to turn on two-factor authentication (2FA) to improve security when logging into the staff interface.

  • The two-factor authentication uses a time-based, one-time password (TOTP) as the second factor.

  • Once this system preference is enabled, staff members must enable the two-factor authentication in their account using a third-party authenticator app.

  • After they have enabled the two-factor authentication in their account, staff members will need to generate a time-based, one-time password every time they need to log into the staff interface.

  • See the section Two factor authentication in the staff interface for more information.

  • If this system preference is set to ‘Enforce’, staff will no longer be able to log into the staff interface without setting up and using two-factor authentication.

Options

AudioAlerts

Asks: ___ audio alerts for events defined in the audio alerts section of administration.

Values:

  • Don’t enable

  • Enable

Default: Don’t enable

Description :

Uyarı

This feature is not supported by all browsers. Requires an HTML5 compliant browser.

HidePatronName

Asks: ___ the names of patrons that have items checked out or on hold on detail pages or the “Place Hold” screen.

Values:

  • Don’t show

  • Show

Default: Show

Description:

  • This system preference allows you to hide the name of the patron who currently has an item checked out.

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IntranetAddMastheadLibraryPulldown

Asks: ___ a library select pulldown menu on the staff header search.

Values:

  • Don’t show

  • Show

Default: Don’t show

Description:

  • When set to ‘Show’, there will a settings icon in the catalog search bar that, when clicked, will give the option of choosing a specific library.

    Menu and search bar at the top of the page in the staff interface, the Search catalog option is selected, the mouse cursor is on  the settings icon and there is a library drop-down menu

  • This will search for records that have items whose home library is the selected library. It’s the same as the library limit on the advanced search page.

intranetbookbag

Asks: ___ the cart option in the staff interface.

Values:

  • Don’t show

  • Show

Default: Show

Description:

  • This system preference allows you to enable or disable the cart feature in the staff interface

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IntranetCatalogSearchPulldown

Asks: ___ a search field pulldown for ‘Search the catalog’ boxes.

Values:

  • Don’t show

    The default look of the Search the catalog tab, without the index drop-down list

  • Show

    When IntranetCatalogSearchPulldown is set to Show, a drop-down list of indexes appears next to the search box

Default: Don’t show

Description:

  • This system preference allows you to show a drop-down list of indexes for the ‘Search the catalog’ tab at the top of the staff interface pages

showLastPatron

Asks: ___ a link to the last searched patron in the staff interface.

Values:

  • Don’t show

  • Show

Default: Don’t Show

Description

  • If this preference is set to ‘Show’, then a link to the last patron account you consulted will appear in the right hand corner of the Koha staff interface. This link will be cleared when you log out.

    A small 'Last patron' button appears on the right side of the screen

StaffDetailItemSelection

Asks: ___ item selection in record detail page.

Values:

  • Disable

  • Enable

Default: Enable

Description:

  • This preference lets you choose to show (or not show) checkboxes to the left of every item in the holdings tab on the detail display of a record in the staff interface. Showing these checkboxes allows staff members to select multiple items to edit or delete at once.

    Checkboxes are displayed next to every item in the holdings tab of a detailed bibliographic record

UseWYSIWYGinSystemPreferences

Asks: ___ WYSIWYG editor when editing certain HTML system preferences.

Values:

  • Don’t show

  • Show

    Example of a system preference using a WYSIWYG editor (TinyMCE) instead of a plain text editor

Default: Don’t show

Description:

  • This preference allows you to change system preferences with HTML in them to WYSIWYG editors instead of plain text boxes.

viewISBD

Asks: ___ staff to view records in ISBD form on the staff interface.

Values:

  • Allow

  • Don’t allow

Default: Allow

Description:

  • This system preference shows or hides the ISBD tab in the detailed record view

    The ISDB tab and record view

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viewLabeledMARC

Asks: ___ staff to view records in labeled MARC form on the staff interface.

Values:

  • Allow

  • Don’t allow

Default: Allow

Description:

  • This system preference shows or hides the Labeled MARC tab in the detailed record view

    The Labeled MARC tab and record view

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viewMARC

Asks: ___ staff to view records in plain MARC form on the staff interface.

Values:

  • Allow

  • Don’t allow

Default: Allow

Description:

  • This system preference shows or hides the MARC tab in the detailed record view

    The MARC tab and record view

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