From the 'General Settings' window, you can change the settings that affect many areas of the system such as the Interface, Logo, Quick Search and more.
To access the settings box, log into the library system as an administrator user and load the Management page. Select 'Settings' on the menu bar at the top of the page then select 'General...' from the list.
Logo
Adding a logo can be done from the 'Logo' tab.
Interface
From the 'Interface tab' you can change the default interface along with the management theme. Note that some of the options here may vary depending on your license.
Select your default product from the 'Default Application' menu. The available options shown here will include 'Eclipse.net' and 'Junior Librarian.net'.
From the 'Eclipse.net Home Page Style' drop down menu (should you have a license for Eclipse), choose the home page style you wish to show when the application is opened in your web browser. Should you be using a Reading Cloud interface, choose 'Reading Cloud - Eclipse' or 'Eclipse FE' if you're using the Further Education interface.
In the 'Junior.net Home Page Style' box, select the interface of Junior Librarian you would like showing (should you have a license) when the product is opened in your web browser. Please Note, do not select the 'Beach theme', it does not work correctly with HTML5 browsers so we advise against using it.
In the 'Management Theme' box, you can select the icon set you wish to use in Management. Changing the management theme will alter the icons that show all around the application.
Settings
On the 'Settings' tab you can change settings related to many aspects of your system.
Date Format
Change this option to show any date/time fields in a different format. For example, you can remove the time element by choosing DD/MM/YY or include the long year format DD/MM/YYYY.
Local Time
Choose your time zone from this box.
Use Default SMTP Settings
This box should be ticked if you do not wish to use an external SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) server. Ticking this option will disable the next 4 options.
We currently recommend you use this feature, attempting to use custom SMTP settings is not currently possible.
SMTP Disable Base64 In-line Encoding
You can tick this option to disable encoding of images in base64 when sending email reminders. This is useful in situations where an email client does not support base64 encoded images (it may show as a red cross in it's place or simply a long string).
Show Notes before Issue or Return
If this option is ticked, any notes that are set to show on issue/return will show before the item issued. If you do not tick this option, the note will show after the item has been issued.
Show Dashboard when application Loads
By default, each time you open the Management page, the Dashboard opens. To prevent this from happening, untick this setting.
Allow Sound on Error
When an error occurs, the computer will make a sound. To stop this from happening, untick this option.
Hide System view in OPAC
Disabling this setting will prevent a set of the built-in views from showing on the home page of the library system within the views area.
Disable News
If you disable this option, any news notifications from Reading Cloud will not be shown when you open the management console.
Junior Librarian Settings
Should you have a Reading Cloud Primary license (or a Senior & Primary license) you will have additional settings shown at the bottom of the settings window.
Allow Keyboard Input
Disabling this option prevents the user from using the keyboard in Circulate.
Allow Printing
Disabling this option prevents the user from printing on the home page.
Enable Auto Returns
Enabling Auto Returns means that the resources will be returned without a prompt asking if the resource should be returned.
Allow a User to Undo a Mistake
Enabling this option gives the user the option to "undo" a transaction (issue/return) when using Circulate.
Multi Issue/Return Password
You can set a password that is required when you access multi-return or multi-issue from the homepage. This is used when you only want certain users to be able to access this facility.
Clear Circulate Messages After
Enter the number (in seconds) that the confirmation prompt should show for when issuing/returning a book.
Allow Junior Reservation Printing
When enabled, if a user returns a book that is reserved by someone else, a prompt for a reservation slip is received by the end user.
Quick Search
You can edit the quick search settings from the quick search tab.
Site Interfaces
You can customise the site interfaces from the Site Interfaces tab.
Debug
We advise you do not use the Debug tab, it contains information and functions that are primarily used by our support staff when troubleshooting issues on your site.
School Details
The School details tab contains the email addresses used for resetting the administrator password.
