How to enable the quote of the day feature for the OPAC
It is possible to set a variety of quotes to appear on the OPAC homepage in a random pattern, so that every time a patron visits the OPAC, a quote will appear at the top of the page.
Enable the functionality
Go to Koha administration > System preferences and search for QuoteOfTheDay. This will bring you to a system preference of the same name.
This will bring up a system preference of the same name.
This system preference has three options:
Select all
Ticking this option will cause the quote to display on both the OPAC and the staff side
OPAC
Ticking this option will cause the quote to display only on the OPAC
staff interface
Ticking this option will cause the quote to display only on the staff interface
Tick the preferred setting and click Save all OPAC preferences.
Define the quotes
To create the list of quotes that the system should display, go to Tools > Additional tools > Edit quotes for QOTD feature.
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 + New 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 + New quote option
Click the + New quote button and this will open a new page where details of the quote can be added.
Source:
This is to record who the quote is being attributed to.
Text:
This is the content of the quote that will appear.
Fill in both fields and click Submit.
This will add a new quote to be displayed.
The saved quote will then start to appear in the table of quotes and on the OPAC. If it is not the only quote in the table it may not appear the first time you visit the OPAC, as the quotes are set to display randomly.
Adding multiple quotes at the same time
Click the Import quotes button.
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. Please contact Interleaf Technology if there are any issues with creating a file of quotes.
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 a 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 and they will start appearing on the OPAC.
OPAC display
| Version | Date | Detail | Author |
| 1.0 | 28/11/19 | Document created | Holly Cooper |
| 1.1 | 29/11/19 | Adding images of function | Holly Cooper |
| 1.2 | 27/12/19 | Adding details | Holly Cooper |
| 2.0 | 18/05/20 | Migrated to Zoho | Holly Cooper |
| 2.,1 | 26/03/26 | Updating for newer version of Koha | Holly Cooper |
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