Yes Jesse, That is what I meant - but you are right, your organization with the new design does help some :)
Nicole On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Jesse<pianohac...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 2009/8/25 Wagner, Jane <jwag...@ptfs.com> >> >> Nicole, I like the idea of grouping related sysprefs. It's sometimes >> hard to know everything you need to turn on/set for something like >> Amazon or Syndetics. How might this work with Jesse's rework of the >> system preferences interface? >> >> Jane Wagner >> Library Systems Analyst >> PTFS Inc. >> Content Management and Library Solutions >> 6400 Goldsboro Road, Suite 200 >> Bethesda, MD 20817 >> (301) 654-8088 x 151 >> jwag...@ptfs.com >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: koha-devel-boun...@lists.koha.org >> [mailto:koha-devel-boun...@lists.koha.org] On Behalf Of Nicole Engard >> Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 11:12 AM >> To: koha-devel >> Subject: [Koha-devel] Question/Suggestion for Development >> >> With all of the new system preferences we've been adding and those >> that have been asked for, I'm wondering why we don't have check boxes >> for preferences instead of just ON & OFF. An example: >> >> For Amazon we have a bunch of preferences : >> >> AmazonAssocTag >> AmazonCoverImages >> AmazonEnabled >> AmazonLocale >> AmazonReviews >> AmazonSimilarItems >> AWSAccessKeyID >> AWSPrivateKey >> >> Why not change it to >> >> AmazonAssocTag >> AmazonEnabled - and choose from AmazonCoverImages, AmazonReviews, >> and/or AmazonSimilarItems >> AmazonLocale >> AWSAccessKeyID >> AWSPrivateKey >> >> I thought of this when I was thinking of people asking to have >> preferences to show different messaging options and to have the >> ability to decide which tabs are visible in the OPAC on the patron >> record. Instead of having 6 on/off toggles for each type of message >> that patrons can receive why not just one preference with 6 check >> boxes - pick which ones you want. The same for tabs that appear on >> the patron record in the OPAC? Seems like a nice way to consolidate >> our system preferences and make it easier down the road to allow for >> customizations in what shows and what doesn't. >> >> I'm just wondering if this was ever considered, if it's possible, or >> if it's just a silly suggestion :) >> >> Thanks >> Nicole >> _______________________________________________ >> Koha-devel mailing list >> Koha-devel@lists.koha.org >> http://lists.koha.org/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel > > The new sysprefs editor does group related system preferences together. > Here's a screenshot of the Enhanced Content tab (obviously, lagging a bit > behind with updates). My somewhat verbose descriptions might benefit from > being changed to checkboxes. > > I think Nicole's suggestion is slightly more involved, though. Do you mean > something like an AmazonEnabled preference that might have a value like > this: > > similaritems,reviews > > and a UI like this: > > Use content from Amazon: [x] > [x] Show similar items on detail page > [x] Show reviews by Amazon users on detail page > [ ] Show cover images > > , Nicole? That might not be too difficult, down the road. > > -- > Jesse Weaver > _______________________________________________ Koha-devel mailing list Koha-devel@lists.koha.org http://lists.koha.org/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel
