Robert Heller
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Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [WebLibrarian] I can’t create a new patron anymore, invalid date of valueExactly what error are you getting?
I cannot reproduce this error.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [WebLibrarian] Check out, holding and requesting not workingI can’t replicate your error. I don’t know what is going wrong.
You do have items in your collection? And the barcode you have there is valid?
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [WebLibrarian] Check out, holding and requesting not workingFor the checkout, you need to *lookup* the patron, before you can check something out. You notice that the space next to Find Patron is blank… Dito for the hold function.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [WebLibrarian] Limit the number of hold for a bookYou would make the changes in the main php file: WebLibrarian.php, in the method “PlaceHoldOnItem”.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [WebLibrarian] Inventory of booksThere is no book inventory feature. Each *physical* book (copy) needs to have a unique bar code and is handled separately.
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In reply to: [WebLibrarian] Delete Circulation TypesYou can’t delete circulation types from the admin pages. The circulation types are in the table named <wp prefix>weblib_types and the collection is in two tables: <wp prefix>WEBLIB_COLLECTION and <wp prefix>WEBLIB_KEYWORDS. It is possible to delete items in the collection, a page at a time using the bulk actions on the collection page, but it would (objvious) be quicker to use SQL directly.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [WebLibrarian] Error checking out! Result code is 0.I cannot think what could be wrong. Note there is a proper order to setting up the paron and item barcode. If they are set up in the wrong order it won’t work. In order to debug this I need more information, maybe even screenshots.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [WebLibrarian] Thai language shown as ‘?????????????’The plugin is probably not written with non-USA language use properly implemented. Sorry, about that. It is not something I am going to fix. You are free to fork the code and make the changes needed to properly implement non-USA languages.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [WebLibrarian] Are Patrons linked with usersPatrons are not automagically linked to users. The Librarian can do that and users can “claim” a patron.
Note: *Patrons* (users) cannot check items out in any case. All a user/patron can do is place holds (request) items, check the due dates for items that they have checked out, and renew items that they have checked out.
A library “staff person” (the Librarian, Senior Aid, or Volunteer) has to check items out (using the back end [dashboard] pages).
It is probably not possible to link people created with Ultimate Member or Members, unless they are created as WP users. It *should* be possible to modify the code to implement that (but no *I* am not going to do that). You are free to fork the code…
OK, it works if the search term is non-empty… OK, it looks like a SQL weirdness. I hacked a solution and pushed a new version which should fix things.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [WebLibrarian] List checked out itemsWell, my test site is working just fine. WP 5.5.1, WL 3.5.6, PHP 7.3.21, DB 5.5.65-MariaDB, Server: CentOS 7
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [WebLibrarian] Search FormIn the appendix of the user manual is a description of the style sheet class names used for the search form elements. Otherwise the short codes used by the search form and the search results are defined in includes/short_codes.php.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [WebLibrarian] Keyword listThis would require some custom PHP code.
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In reply to: [WebLibrarian] Field Type (in collection) required / dropdownYou need to define one (or more) circulation type first. Look on the sidebar menu for “Circulation Types” and select “Add New”. All a ciculation type does is define a loan period. Commonly videos (eg DVDs and BluRays) would be loaned for one week and books for three weeks.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [WebLibrarian] No results from Amazon – change in API?Yes, Amazon changed their API. I don’t have the time or interest to update the plugin to use the new API, so at this point the Amazon interface is broken and is not likely to be fixed. If you are a PHP programmer and also know the new Amazon API, you could rewrite the Amazon module.