Robert Heller
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Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [WebLibrarian] Book that was on HOLDYes, Librarians (actially any circulation desk worker) can place holds. It is one of the circulation desk functions.
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In reply to: [WebLibrarian] Alternative LibrariesI think this should work. I presume by ‘tool’ you mean something physical and not something like a software application. You can even put barcode stickers on the tools and use a barcode scanner during checkout.
There is not really very much difference between a tool and a book since a book can itself be thought of as a tool (eg a ‘tool’ for learning or a ‘tool’ to have fun with).
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [WebLibrarian] Book that was on HOLDAll you need to do is check the book out to Joe. That removes Joe’s hold on the book.
To get to the checkout, you need to call up Joe’s record: Use the Find Patron (enter Joe in the search field), then Lookup Patron after selecting the correct result. Enter the barcode in the barcode (you can use your barcode scanner if you have one), and Check Out the book. The hold for Joe will be removed and the book will be checked out to Joe instead.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [WebLibrarian] 403 Error When Adding Item with Thumbnail URLTanya:
Read the FAQ:
Where are the admin menus?
You’ve successfully installed the Web Librarian, but none of the admin menus (Patrons, Collection, Circulation Types, Circulation Desk, or Circulation Stats) show up. Why is this? This is because you are probably logged in as the web site administrator (your user role is Administrator). You need to create at least a user with a user role of Librarian and then log in as this user. Optionally, you can also create users with roles of Senior Aid or Volunteer, who have lesser privileges — these latter users make sense if you are a large enough library that has additional staff (“Senior Aid”) or uses additional workers (“Volunteer”) who man the circulation desk(s). It is important to read the subsection titled “User Role Setup” in the “Installation and basic setup” section carefully and to be sure you understand it fully.
Also, please don’t hijack threads!
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [WebLibrarian] 403 Error When Adding Item with Thumbnail URLSomething related to URLs anyway. What happens when you put a URL (eg http://mumble/) in one of the other fields? Does that also give you a 403 error?
It looks like *something* is interepting the parameters and Forbidding the use of URLs. Do you know if it is possible to, for example, add a link to the WP links database? Or but a URL into a post?
Nothing in my plugin does any special checks. So it is something else, like some server setting or WP setting or some sort of patch to the WP code itself or something ‘broken’ in the PHP or MySQL installation.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [WebLibrarian] 403 Error When Adding Item with Thumbnail URLDoes it matter what you put in the thumbnail URL field? What happens if you put just a simple text string. The code does not presently check for a valid URL (an invalid URL will just cause the front-side display to be broken slightly).
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [WebLibrarian] 403 Error When Adding Item with Thumbnail URLThe only things I can think of are that there is some server setting, some weird WP setting, or there is some other plugin that is causing problems.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [WebLibrarian] 403 Error When Adding Item with Thumbnail URLOK, that is really strange. I use CentOS 5 on my test systems and things work just fine. Something else is going on…
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In reply to: [WebLibrarian] 403 Error When Adding Item with Thumbnail URLI am not able to duplicate this error on my test system. What operating system is your server running?
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In reply to: [WebLibrarian] Export Collection issue with Amazon DescriptionsYes, instead of using the ‘Insert Item’ button, which inserts *everything* unconditionally, use the ‘Lookup Item’ button, which *displays* all of the information Amazon provides for the selected item. Then in the resulting item display, use the little curved arrow buttons next to various bits of information to insert that information bit into the item add/edit form.
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In reply to: [WebLibrarian] Export Collection issue with Amazon DescriptionsBlindly inserting an Amazon entry (using the ‘Insert Entry’) and then NOT editing the resulting Description is probably a bad idea. There can be a lot of cruft dropped into the Description field, which can result in all sorts of problems.
I can’t reproduce this error.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [WebLibrarian] Ajax Error?OK, that is actually the correct response. I don’t know what the update is not refreshing the display automatically.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [WP Upgrade & Update Notification] HTML Only E-Mail?I’ve uploaded a patched version of this plugin that sends plain text E-Mail instead of HTML e-mail.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [WebLibrarian] Ajax Error?Just run the
http://<your WP hostname>/wp-content/plugins/weblibrarian/UpdatePatronID.phpURL in the location bar of your web browser — the same way you got the error about the conflicting plugin. I expect there to be another (different) error message, which will help narrow down the problem.