[OPEN-ILS-DEV] Staff Client

[Bill Ott]

There's also a handy function called isXUL(), which I evaluate in 
several places to provide different content to staff vs. the public 
based on whether or not they're using a staff client.



Brandon W. Uhlman said the following on 10/21/2008 03:48 PM:
> Hi, Grant.
>
> We managed to do what you're looking for in Sitka, but it's more a 
> side-effect of our branding approach than a conscious decision. In 
> Sitka, every site has it's own OPAC skin and theme, in order to 
> preseve local branding.
>
> You should be able to get your desired result by changing your public 
> OPAC links to point at a skin where either the JS or XML files are 
> edited to not show the item barcode. Your staff clients, meanwhile, 
> will stick with the default skin.
>
> The command that sets the default skin for us was in eg.conf in the 
> Apache config directory. We're the only production site anywhere using 
> Gentoo, though, AFAIK, so it could be somewhere else for you.
>
> RedirectMatch 307 ^/$ /opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/index.xml
>
> Happy hunting!
>
> ~B
>
> Quoting Grant Johnson <fgjohnson at upei.ca>:
>
>> Hey all,
>>
>> Will it be easier in the 1.4 version to modify the display in  the  
>> Staff client  vs the OPAC?
>>
>> Right now it seems that they both use the same .js files and that  
>> means some customization,
>>  like  removing the barcode display for Patrons disturbs Staff who  
>> liked that feature! :-)
>>
>> We might be able to ad some .js to re-add the barcode for the Staff  
>> client but............
>>
>> Thanks
>> -- 
>>
>> F. Grant Johnson
>>   Systems Coordinator
>>   Robertson Library
>>   University of Prince Edward Island
>>
>>
>
>
>
> ======================================
> Brandon W. Uhlman, Systems Consultant
> Public Library Services Branch
> British Columbia Ministry of Education
> Vancouver, BC (and Lillooet, BC)
>
> Phone: (604) 660-2972 or (250) 256-0344
> E-mail: brandon.uhlman at gov.bc.ca
>         brandon.uhlman at bclibrary.ca

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