[OPEN-ILS-DOCUMENTATION] zip code - zips.txt - pre-populate - Documentation

[Galen Charlton]

Hi,

On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 8:10 AM, Josh Stompro <stomproj at exchange.larl.org> wrote:
> I think I can figure most of it out by looking at the Zips.pm and from some comments I can find in IRC archives.

I see that Kathy has sent a link to the archive of John's blog post.
A couple things to add:

- only the first five digits in the ZIP code field are considered
- only the city, state, and county fields are used during address prepopulation
- the field after area code can store an alert message.  If that's
present, then the patron registration form will display an alert --
this can be useful if (say) a ZIP code is used by more than one town

> If I wanted to document this feature for the official documentation - would it go in the "System Configuration and Customization" section?

+1

> What would the official name of this feature be?  "Zip Code Pre-Populate"  "Zip Code Auto-Populate"  "Patron Address pre-populate based on Zip Code"

I suggest Patron Address City/State/County Pre-Populate by Zip Code.

> And a general question - should each feature section state when the feature was introduced, to make it easier to backport the documentation for previous versions.  Are new documentation additions added to the older documentation versions?

I can't speak to how best to include it DIG's workflow, but if it can
be done without becoming an undue burden, I think tagging
documentation of a feature with its initial released version would be
fantastic.

Regards,

Galen
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