Dear Bernard, I must say am so glad to get a response from this group more so from you, as you know its you who introduced me to koha.
I had not got any response so, I tried a couple of things. I created opacs for the different libraries using the repeatble virtualhost stanza found in http://koha-httpd.conf. I also duplicated the templates, and perl scripts found in /koha/opac/htdocs/opac-tmpl/prog/en/modules, /koha/opac/htdocs/opac-tmpl/prog/en/includes and /koha/opac/cgi-bin/opac respectively. I also duplicated opac.css and things seem to be working fine. Check http://koha.apkn.org, http://ke.koha.apkn.org, http://ug.koha.apkn.org(I threw out joomla which I mentioned in the previous mail) However, I need confirmation that am on the right track from you the developers. I intend to sweeten things a bit by using the ‘SearchMyLibraryFirst’ syspref but I also would like to go futher and use branch IP for location. How does this work, please provide some tips to get me going. I would also like you to help with a few other things. I would like to change the codes that a displayed with the results, eg *“kw,wrdl: health ” *returned 216 results. I would like to change *kw, wrdl *to something the user understands. *“kw,wrdl: health branch: KENLIB” *returned 71 results. I would like to change *branch: *to Library. Kindly offer any assistance on how I might achieve this. Thanks and I look forward to your assitance Anselm Olweny multiple opacs On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Bernard Shiundu <bshiu...@strathmore.edu>wrote: > Hello Anselm, > > Don’t know if you got a response to this but the simplest way I see your > requirements panning out: > > 1. Set the independent branches syspref (as you have done) > > 2. Use virtual hosting to have the different sites use different templates > but the same basic application code and database which should allow you to > have the different sites use different look and feel while still be able to > do searches across the entire collection > > 3. You could sweeten things a bit by using the ‘SearchMyLibraryFirst’ > syspref which would have OPAC searches return results limited by the user's > library by default if they are logged in or go even further and hack the > code to use branch IP for location as well as branch library (and of course > submit the code back to community maybe ☺ ) > > Hope this helps > > Cheers > > Bernard Shiundu > Strathmore University > Nairobi, Kenya > > --------------------------------- > From: koha-devel-boun...@lists.koha.org [mailto: > koha-devel-boun...@lists.koha.org] On Behalf Of Anselm Olweny > Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 8:57 AM > To: koha-devel@lists.koha.org > Subject: [Koha-devel] Koha as a federated library > > Dear Colleagues and thanks for the great work, > > Below is content of a mail I posted to the koha list ( > k...@lists.katipo.co.nz) but I have not been advised about the right and > best way to go about this. I am sorry for posting this to this forum. Could > someone kindly advise me on this. I need this advise in order to be > certainly sure that I am doing things right. > > I am setting up a federated library system using koha where each of the > libraries needs to have its own look and feel and also should be able to > search its own collection and also be able to search the collection of the > other libraries in the federation by the users choice. I have also > integrated koha into a CMS "joomla" in order to handle non koha pages. > > In my koha set up I have created the different libraries as branches and > activitated the IndependantBranches preference in koha. You can see this at > http://koha.apkn.org (koha in Joomla) or http://koha.apkn.org:81 (Koha > pure) or http://koha.apkn.org:81/cgi-bin/koha/opac-mainug.pl and > http://koha.apkn.org:81/cgi-bin/koha/opac-mainke.pl (Independent > libraries). > > However, I am not sure whether this is the right way to set up federated > libraries using koha. Could someone kindly advise me about the right way to > set up federated libraries using koha? > > Thanks > > Strathmore University provides all-round education in an atmosphere of > freedom and responsibility. > This email and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for use by > the recipient(s) to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential > information. If you have received this email in error please notify the > sender immediately and permanently delete this email and/or any files > attached to it from your computer. Please note that any views or opinions > presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not > necessarily represent those of Strathmore University. The University > accepts no liability whatsoever for any loss or damages incurred, or > suffered, resulting, or arising, from the use of this email and/or its > attachments. The University warrants neither the integrity of the e-mail > nor its freedom from errors, viruses, interception or any other form of > interference. > …………………………………………………………………. > Website: www.strathmore.edu > > >
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