Time  Nick     Message
10:53 owen     Hi hdl
10:48 hdl_away hi all
03:38 osmoze   hello
22:24 Bnonn    mk
22:06 rach     ta I got it - it looks pretty close to what it should look like
21:58 Bnonn    bbl
21:58 Bnonn    mm, late lunch
21:58 Bnonn    working on the assumption that feedback is good, I sent it to kaitiaki@koha.org
21:52 Bnonn    depends how much you want it (:
21:52 Bnonn    169 kB
21:52 Bnonn    I could email it
21:51 Bnonn    vexing
21:51 Bnonn    what has Orcon done to its ftp server...
21:51 Bnonn    mm, maybe I /can't/ upload a screen capture
21:48 russ     that lgnz page looks sweet to me
21:48 rach     anyway, once you have your own one, you can change the pages - html::template files - to suit your own taste
21:47 rach     sure
21:47 Bnonn    I can post a screen capture if you like
21:46 Bnonn    the top bars don't seem to line up vertically
21:46 rach     possibly
21:46 Bnonn    maybe it's meant to look funny
21:46 Bnonn    Firefox 1.07
21:46 Bnonn    Windows
21:46 rach     really - I use firefox looks ok - what oS?
21:46 Bnonn    programmers suck at interfaces?
21:45 Bnonn    mm, indeed
21:45 rach     and end up v ugly
21:45 Bnonn    it looks broken in Firefox (:
21:45 rach     BUT new features are being added all the time, and that tends to be a bit random
21:45 Bnonn    right
21:45 rach     to see how much it can change
21:45 Bnonn    ta
21:45 rach     see - http://library.lgnz.co.nz/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl
21:45 Bnonn    ooh, install, how do I do that?
21:45 Bnonn    do you have any kind of HIG for it?
21:44 rach     basically if you do an install, you can then change it to your hearts content
21:44 Bnonn    ok
21:44 rach     um sort of a lot
21:44 rach     sad but true - I fight a loosing battle against ugly
21:44 Bnonn    how much flexibility is there in the interface?
21:43 Bnonn    coz that one is kinda..ugly
21:43 Bnonn    oh dear
21:43 rach     the default one is much worse
21:43 Bnonn    right
21:43 rach     um no, that's liblimes one - so a particular company that supports and develops koha
21:43 Bnonn    I'm good at that
21:43 rach     and to read things that others have written and point out the glaring omissions etc
21:43 Bnonn    is er...http://koha.liblime.com/...is that your default interface?
21:43 rach     but we are still keen on people to write stuff for us certainly
21:42 rach     drop it to kaitiaki, but actually it will come to me :-)
21:42 Bnonn    heh
21:42 rach     doh, honestly I should change that :-)
21:42 Bnonn    Contact kaitiaki@koha.org and Pat will help you.
21:42 Bnonn    We are always keen for people to write articles about Koha for publication in anything from a school newsletter to national papers and magazines.
21:42 Bnonn    > Writer
21:42 Bnonn    http://www.katipo.co.nz/about-us/jobs.html
21:42 chris    hmm
21:42 rach     hmm now where is pat mentioned?
21:42 Bnonn    should I perhaps drop an email to the Pat mentioned on your website?
21:41 Bnonn    but if it must be done, it must be done
21:41 Bnonn    I'm good at being organized...not so good at being motivated (;
21:41 rach     well - as long as you're organised :-)
21:40 Bnonn    could work (:
21:40 rach     sounds like you should look at project management
21:40 Bnonn    but I figured that getting involved in a project like Koha would probably be a good start in terms of expanding my skillset
21:40 chris    koha needs lots and lots more writers
21:40 Bnonn    I guess I'm kinda looking at what people are offering and seeing if I can fit myself into it
21:39 Bnonn    my main talents lie in writing, some amount of design, taking disparate bits and putting them together...that sort of thing, so I'm not actually sure /what/ I'm looking for
21:39 rach     if you're wanting to be a programmer, then you'll need something else
21:39 Bnonn    at the moment I work in a helpdesk/service coordination role
21:39 rach     if you're wanting to do webdesign, php might be better
21:38 rach     well depends what you're wanting to do
21:38 Bnonn    basically I just find Windows makes me feel kind of like clenching my fists and beating people with short lengths of hose pipe
21:37 Bnonn    I'm thinking of moving to Wellington probably late 2006 or early 2007, so...yeah, probably time to start learning Perl (:
21:37 Bnonn    ...Waikato that is
21:37 Bnonn    yeah, I'm a member of the WLUG
21:36 rach     check out your local linux users group if there is one
21:36 rach     yeah that's true
21:36 chris    they are currently looking for perl programmers, and python programmers
21:35 rach     all the big oursourcing places I think have a linux group now - so infinity definitly does, synergy I imagine does
21:35 chris    and python
21:35 rach     n gals
21:35 rach     the biggest place would be catalyst - they always want perl guys
21:34 rach     isp's would all have linux guys
21:34 rach     the isp
21:34 rach     I'm in wgtn, so mostly i know ones here
21:34 rach     yep depending on how linux oriented you're after
21:34 Bnonn    I'm getting a bit frustrated working at a Windows support company
21:33 Bnonn    ta for advice...tell me, do you know of many Linux-oriented companies in NZ?
21:33 Bnonn    hard finding time though (not to mention lazy)
21:32 Bnonn    I'd like to learn PHP or Perl since it will be handy as my website expands
21:31 Bnonn    well, I know XHTML and CSS /moderately/ well...that's it
21:31 rach     fair enough
21:31 Bnonn    I can deal with HTML though...I'd link you to my website but er...well, we're on dialup at the moment because Telecom sucks
21:31 rach     ditto :-)
21:31 Bnonn    I rather suck (:
21:31 Bnonn    I think programming is very cool, but unfortunately haven't the mind for it
21:30 Bnonn    well, my mum works at the Hamilton public library, so I'm sort of vaguely interested in that side of things, but I'm more a writey/designy person
21:30 rach     what are your interests? techy or library or library techy?
21:29 Bnonn    but I figured I'd come here and nose around
21:29 Bnonn    I'm sort of interested in maybe contributing a bit to Koha, although I'm not certain how helpful I'll be
21:29 Bnonn    nice to meet you and all that
21:29 rach     yep
21:27 Bnonn    you must be Rachel
21:27 Bnonn    it is (:
21:27 rach     it's very quiet today
21:27 rach     hi
21:18 Bnonn    I'm just gonna sit in the corner here, kay?
21:18 Bnonn    well...gidday, I'm Bnonn