I18N/L10N

These preferences control your Internationalization and Localization settings.

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AddressFormat

Asks: Format postal addresses using ___

Values:

• German style ([Address] [Street number] - [Zip/Postal Code] [City] - [Country])

• French style ([Street number] [Address] - [ZIP/Postal Code] [City] - [Country])

• US style ([Street number], [Address] - [City], [Zip/Postal Code], [Country])

Default: US style ([Street number], [Address] - [City], [Zip/Postal Code], [Country])

Description:

• This preference will let you control how Koha displays patron addresses given the information entered in the various fields on their record.

alphabet

Asks: Use the alphabet ___ for lists of browsable letters. This should be a space separated list of uppercase letters. Hint: Changing collation in the database for the “surname” column of the “borrowers” table is helpful to make browsing by last name work in members-home.pl when using an alphabet outside of A-Z.

Default: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Description:

• This preference allows you define your own alphabet for browsing patrons in Koha.

  

CalendarFirstDayOfWeek

Asks: Use ___ as the first day of week in the calendar.

Values:

• Sunday

• Monday

• Tuesday

• Wednesday

• Thursday

• Friday

• Saturday

Default: Sunday

Description:

• Using this preference, you can control what day shows as the first day of the week in the calendar pop ups throughout Koha and on the Calendar tool. If you change this preference and don’t see a change in your browser, try clearing your cache since it makes changes to the Javascript on these pages.

dateformat

Asks: Format dates like ___

Values:

• dd.mm.yyyy

• yyyy-mm-dd

• dd/mm/yyyy

• mm/dd/yyyy

Default: mm/dd/yyyy

Description:

• This preference controls how the date is displayed.

• The options are: mm/dd/yyyy (e.g., 04/24/2010 for 24 April 2010); dd/mm/yyyy (24/04/2010); dd.mm.yyyy (24.04.2010); the ISO (International Organization for Standardization) format yyyy-mm-dd (2010-04-24).

• The ISO format would primarily be used by libraries with locations in multiple nations that may use different date formats, to have a single display type.

language

Atención

This system preference was replaced by StaffInterfaceLanguages from version 24.11 of Koha.

Asks: Enable the following languages on the staff interface

Values:

• English (en)

Default: English (en)

Nota

To install additional languages, please refer to the Koha Wiki page Installation of additional languages for OPAC and INTRANET staff client. Once an additional language is installed, it will show as an option in this preference.

Description:

• This system preference controls which of the installed languages are enabled in the staff interface. Tick a language and save the system preference to enable that language; untick it and save to disable.

• If more than one language is enabled, you will see a language selector in the staff interface. Use the StaffLangSelectorMode preference to control where this selector will appear on the page: top, footer or both.

• If more than one language is enabled, the first one listed in this preference will be the default language of your system. You will also see references to the default when translating notices (if using TranslateNotices) and in HTML customizations, News and Pages.

• If more than one language is installed, languages will appear (in the language selector, HTML customizations, etc.) in the same order as they are listed in this preference. You can change the order of the languages using drag and drop: click on a language, hold, move it to its new position, drop it there, then save your changes to the preference.

OPACLanguages

Asks: Enable the following languages on the OPAC ___

Values:

• English (en)

Default: English (en)

Description:

• This system preference controls which of the installed languages are enabled in the OPAC.

  Nota

  To install additional languages, please refer to the Koha Wiki page Installation of additional languages for OPAC and INTRANET staff client. Once a new language is installed, it will show as an option in this preference.

• Tick a language and save the system preference to enable that language; untick it and save to disable.

• The first enabled language listed in this preference will be the default language of your OPAC.

• If more than one language is enabled and opaclanguagesdisplay is set to “Allow”, you will see a language selector on OPAC pages.

  • Where this selector appears is determined by the OpacLangSelectorMode preference.

  • The languages will be displayed in the selector in the same order as they are listed in OPACLanguages.

• You can change the order of the languages using drag and drop: click on a language, hold, move it to its new position, drop it there, then save your changes to the preference.

opaclanguagesdisplay

Asks: ___ patrons to change the language they see on the OPAC.

Values:

• Don’t allow

• Allow

Default: Don’t allow

Description:

• When Allow is selected, patrons will see a language selector on the public catalog. Use the OpacLangSelectorMode preference to control where this selector will appear on the page.

  

• When Don’t allow is selected, there is no option for a patron to choose their preferred language on the public catalog.

StaffInterfaceLanguages

Version

This system preference was first introduced in version 24.11 of Koha. It replaces the :ref:`language <language-label>`system preference.

Asks: Enable the following languages on the staff interface: ___

Values:

• English (en)

Default: English (en)

Description:

• This system preference controls which of the installed languages are enabled in the staff interface.

  Nota

  To install additional languages, please refer to the Koha Wiki page Installation of additional languages for OPAC and INTRANET staff client. Once a new language is installed, it will show as an option in this preference.

• Tick a language and save the system preference to enable that language; untick it and save to disable.

• If more than one language is enabled, you will see a language selector in the staff interface. Use the StaffLangSelectorMode preference to control where this selector will appear on the page: top, footer or both.

• If more than one language is enabled, the first one listed in this preference will be the default language of your system. You will also see references to the default when translating notices (if using TranslateNotices) and in HTML customizations, News and Pages.

• If more than one language is installed, languages will appear (in the language selector, HTML customizations, etc.) in the same order as they are listed in this preference. You can change the order of the languages using drag and drop: click on a language, hold, move it to its new position, drop it there, then save your changes to the preference.

TimeFormat

Asks: Format times in ___

Values:

• 12 hour format (e.g. «02:18 PM»)

• 24 hour format (e.g. «14:18»)

Default: 24 hour format (e.g. «14:18»)

TranslateNotices

Asks: ___ notices to be translated. If set, notices will be translatable from the «Notices and Slips» interface. The language used to send a notice to a patron will be the one defined for the patron.

Values:

• Don’t allow

• Allow

Default: Don’t allow

Description:

• If set to “Allow” it is possible to choose a “Preferred language for notices” when creating a new patron account in the staff interface, or for the patron to do this themselves from their messaging options when logged into their account on the OPAC.

  Version

  As of Koha version 23.11, the “Preferred language for notices” can also be set when the patron registers online on the OPAC. If needed, you can disable this field using the PatronSelfRegistrationBorrowerUnwantedField system preference.