[Koha] Let's Fix It Together Update

2012-08-21 Thread BWS Johnson
Salvete!     A little while ago, I sent this message to the listserv about improving Koha's search. http://lists.katipo.co.nz/pipermail/koha/2012-July/033634.html     There's good news. Mike Rylander and Galen Charlton have encouraged us to use some of the Evergreen community's search code.

Re: [Koha] Let's fix it together!

2012-07-24 Thread Jared Camins-Esakov
Daniel, I don't know if this is within the scope of the project, but as an > example of a search that doesn't work, last year I spent a lot of time > & effort failing to come up with a search query that would show all > new titles at a branch. > > I constructed a CCL query I thought would return b

Re: [Koha] Let's fix it together!

2012-07-23 Thread Daniel Grobani
Hi, Thanks for taking the initiative on this! I don't know if this is within the scope of the project, but as an example of a search that doesn't work, last year I spent a lot of time & effort failing to come up with a search query that would show all new titles at a branch. I constructed a CCL

Re: [Koha] Let's fix it together!

2012-07-23 Thread Jared Camins-Esakov
Hello. We want your feedback in this process. We don't want to develop in a > vacuum. It would be nice to have a few discussions like we did with holds > slips. I would like to amplify on this a little bit. We *really* want your feedback on search. In fact, it is an absolute requirement for brin

[Koha] Let's fix it together!

2012-07-23 Thread BWS Johnson
Salvete!     Let's fix it together! In June, there was discussion on the list dealing with search. [1] I had long been a proponent of "Don't touch it! I love it! It works!" As Koha matured, the search slipped a little. I get annoyed when I find preferences that result in stunningly different s