Robert Heller
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In reply to: [WebLibrarian] due dateAre you sure? When you check in an item, the item is no longer checked out and won’t show a due date. Note: did you refresh the page?
I just went through the sequence: checked a book out to a patron, placed a hold for another patron, checked in the item (early) and then checked out the item to the new patron and then checked the item back in.
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In reply to: [WebLibrarian] due dateFirst of all, each physical book must have a unique barcode. That means if you have four copies of a book, there will be four records in the database, with all of the fields duplicated, *except* the barcodes. So when the patron does the search, there will be four results, all the same, but with different barcodes. The patron can put a hold on a specific copy and see separate due dates for each copy.
With a ‘fanicier’ circulation and cataloging system (like Evergreen), there would be two different types of holds, a ‘title’ hold and an ‘item’ hold. Generally only ‘title’ holds are done — that is a patron places a hold on the *title* and not the specific item (eg by barcode). This makes sense for larger libraries and for systems involving multiple libraries (eg for inter-library loans). The Web Librarian only has ‘item’ holds, where holds are by the *unique* barcode. Normally *small* libraries don’t usually have multiple copies of a given title, so this is not a problem. It looks like you in fact have multiple copies of some of your titles, so you are encounting this problem.
At this time, the Web Librarian program does not have a way of handling this sort of situation intellegently, that is, there isn’t a way to implement title holds as opposed to item holds.
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In reply to: [WebLibrarian] due datea. That entirely depends on your Library’s policies.
b. I don’t understand the question. Do you mean your library only has 4 books?Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [WebLibrarian] Can't add PatronsYou can try updating to 3.2.9.2 — this fixes some minor bugs and *may* solve your problems.
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In reply to: [WebLibrarian] Add Item to Collection ErrorI’ve released a new version. This version *might* work under MS-Windows, but I don’t really know. It should take care of the error messages you got, but there might be other MS-Windows issues I don’t know about (and can’t test for).
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In reply to: [WebLibrarian] Add Item to Collection ErrorIf you can’t arrange to setup or use a LAMP server, you are going to have to find someone who knows MS-Windows better than I do (I don’t know it all) to get the source code (freely available) and help you debug it and/or come up with MS-Windows workarounds.
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In reply to: [WebLibrarian] Missing User RolesI don’t know what to say. It works fine on a CentOS 5 (binary compatible with RHEL 5). I do have a newer version of php (installed from te IUS repo).
Please find out *exactly* what is running on openshift: which version of rhel, which versions of mysql and php, and *exactly* what sort of WP is installed (eg is it a multisite version?).
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In reply to: [WebLibrarian] Add Item to Collection ErrorIt works just fine on a LAMP server. It (appearently) does not work well on a WAMP or WIMP server. *I* don’t have the resources to support it on either a WAMP or WIMP server.
You could try installing a virtualaziation system (eg VirtualBox) on your MS-Windows machine and install Linux in the virtual machine and set up a LAMP server and that should work just fine.
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In reply to: [WebLibrarian] Missing User RolesIt has been tested up to the current version, 3.5.1. You are not running WP on a MS-Windows server? If so, all bets are off.
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In reply to: [WebLibrarian] Add Item to Collection ErrorFrom http://php.net/manual/en/function.nl-langinfo.php
Note: This function is not implemented on Windows platforms.
There is not much I can do. I don’t have the resources to support MS-Windows.
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In reply to: [WebLibrarian] Can't add PatronsAre you IIS or Apache?
The MS-Windows version of MySQL is *different* from the Linux/UNIX version of MySQL. Part of this is a function of the design of MySQL (depending on a case-sensitive file system). The MS-Windows and Linux/UNIX versions of MySQL are not totally compatible with each other. I don’t know what the AJAX error is caused by. Since I don’t have a MS-Windows system to test on, I can’t be of much help. The easy solution would be to install Linux on a spare spare machine or even as a VM on the MS-Windows machine.
Is there some reason you are using MS-Windows Server? It is certainly an *expensive* option.
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In reply to: [WebLibrarian] Can't add PatronsIs the server a MS-Windows server or a Linux server?
What happens if you use Firefox?
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In reply to: [WebLibrarian] Can't add PatronsAlso: what are you using for a web browser?
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In reply to: [WebLibrarian] Can't add PatronsWhat operating system is the server running? What version?
What version of MySQL? What version of PHP?
What version of WordPress?Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [WebLibrarian] Missing User RolesAre you sure the other person has the *same* problem or a different one. Because of the way the capabilities and roles are set up, it is possible to get a first impression that the plugin is not working — eg the the various admin pages appear missing.
*No one* else has reported the problem you have had. *I* am unable to reproduce it.
Question: what theme are you using? Do you have any other plugins installed and activated? It is possible (?) that there is a conflict with either the theme and/or another plugin. I am not sure how that would result in the error you are getting, but it might be a starting point.