Time Nick Message 13:21 owen aw man, how come I wasn't "notably missing?" :( 10:46 martinmorris Hello all, having a problem with Z3950 searches in my new installation, anybody around who could advise? 10:46 chris hi martin .. i could try 10:46 martinmorris thank you 10:46 chris (but im going to need to go to bed soon) 10:47 martinmorris i keep forgetting the time difference, it's 1147 here :) 10:47 martinmorris basically, i do the search, blank page comes up, nothing happens 10:47 chris so you have 15 mins :-) (10.47pm here) 10:47 chris ahh i think ive heard this one before 10:47 chris which template set are you using, the default ones or the npl one? 10:47 martinmorris the default ones i believe 10:48 martinmorris the one that comes with the installation 10:48 martinmorris i get a page that search "Search on" and a button underneath "Search internet" 10:48 chris can you try changing to the npl ones and check if it works if so it is the problem i was thinking of 10:48 martinmorris i press that button, it goes away and thinks for a few seconds, blank page 10:48 martinmorris ok, will do 10:48 chris (you can change it in the systempreferences) 10:49 martinmorris which is different from system parameters? 10:50 martinmorris it's OK found it 10:50 chris cool 10:50 martinmorris the npl template is very plain, just black and white basically, is that right? 10:51 chris without any css yep .. you can define in systempreferences where the css files live too 10:51 martinmorris fair enough 10:52 martinmorris that is a little different 10:52 martinmorris i now get "Select Search Libraries" 10:52 martinmorris underneath i have two headings "Library" and "Select" 10:52 martinmorris then the button 10:52 martinmorris do I have to define some libraries to search? 10:52 chris and that should be the z3950 servers you have defined? 10:52 chris ah ha 10:52 chris yep 10:52 martinmorris that would be the answer! 10:52 martinmorris now, one other question 10:52 martinmorris when i define them - does it matter what sort of MARC they use to reply in 10:53 martinmorris can i use library of congress, new zealand libraries, the british library and so on....? 10:53 chris in theory :) 10:53 chris but i think that if you chose the MARC21 framework when you installed Koha 10:53 martinmorris (I did choose marc21) 10:54 chris you will want to go for z3950 servers that return MARC21 10:54 martinmorris such as library of congress? 10:54 chris (which i think all three do, certainly LOC and NZ do) 10:54 martinmorris i think so too 10:54 martinmorris thanks 10:54 martinmorris final question - are there some nice css files out there i can use for my intranet? 10:55 chris there should be some that came with it, lemme pull up a koha running npl templates and find what i have defined 10:55 martinmorris thank you 10:57 chris ok 10:57 chris intranetcolorstylesheet 10:57 chris for that one 10:57 chris try colors.css 10:57 chris (made by an american obviously :)) 10:58 chris then the menu done the side should change to a nicer looking one 10:58 martinmorris ill take a quick look thanks 10:59 martinmorris oh that's significantly better thank you 10:59 martinmorris i take it if i poke around i'll see other style sheets 11:00 martinmorris it's your bedtime, thanks for your help :) 11:00 chris cool that file lives in koha/intranet/htdocs/intranet-tmpl/npl/en/includes/ 11:00 chris there may be other ones in there .. 11:00 chris take a look around have a play ;) 11:01 martinmorris thank you :) 11:01 chris and now ill go to bed and hopefully my son will too :) 11:01 chris (7 months old and having a grumpy night) 11:01 chris good luck 11:02 martinmorris good night :) 11:14 martinmorris if anybody else is around, that's all setup and looking better but i notice that koha only seems to support unimarc and usmarc for z39.50 searches - is that changeable? 11:37 kados martinmorris: yes 11:38 kados martinmorris: the latest version in CVS should support all available marc types 11:38 kados you can get it from savannah