Quote of the Day
It is possible to set a variety of quotes to appear on the either the OPAC or staff homepage, or both, in a random pattern, so that every time a patron visits a quote will appear at the top of the page.
Step 1 - Enable the functionality
Go to KOHA adminstration > Global System Preferences and search for QuoteOfTheDay. This will bring you to a system preference of the same name.
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OPAC
staff interface
Set the system preference to display a quote on the desired sites and click Save all OPAC preferences.
Step 2 - Define the quotes
This will take you to a new page where you can create a new quote or view already existing quotes on your system.
There are two ways to add quotes, using the +Add quote button, which will add quotes one at a time or the Import quotes button which is effective for adding multiple quotes at once.
Adding quotes using the +Add quote option
Click the +Add quote button and a new, blank line will be added to the quote table.
The ID field will contain NA, this will be automatically filled with the number of the quote once it is saved.
In the Source field, type in who the quote is attributed to.
In the Text field, type in the quote to appear.
The Last displayed field will be set to 0 at all points, as the quote won’t be displayed until after it has been saved.
Once all the fields have been filled in, hit Enter or Return, on your keyboard to save the quote.
Quote display on the staff side
Adding multiple quotes at the same time
This will take you to a new page where a file of multiple quotes can be uploaded. The file must be a CSV. file and should have two columns, the first containing the source and the second containing the quote. These columns should not have any headers.
Use the Choose file to locate the file on your computer and load it to KOHA. Once the file is loaded you will be able to preview the quotes before saving them.
If there is anything you want to change about the quote after it has been loaded but before it is saved, click into the line it appears on and you will be able to edit the quote directly.
Once you are satisfied that the loaded quotes are correct hit Save quotes.
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