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Understanding System Settings |
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System Settings control many of the general rules for Summer Reader. You can access this page from the System Maintenance page.

GENERAL SETTINGS
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Basic settings for the program.
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Library Name
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Name the Library
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Home Page
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Enter the URL of the library home page
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Library Contact Email Address
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Enter the contact email address for the library.
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Allow Prize Cancellation
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Allow staff to cancel prizes
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List Mouse-Overs
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Some areas in staff-side maintenance display mouse-over information in the list results such as Program Management, Reviews Management and Patron Registration. |
Program Activity Days
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How many days of activity should appear on the program management page. 0 will display all summary information.
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Data Records/Page
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How many records show up per page on the staff side
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Report Records/Page
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When running reports, how many records appear on each page.
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HOME PAGE SETTINGS
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Sets settings for the patron home page
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Home Page Setup
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How are the multiple programs listed? Via tabs, Drop-Down List, or HTML Links?
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Tab Type
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Rounded or Squared tabs (purely aesthetic)
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Tabs/Row |
How many tabs appear in each tab row?
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Prize Scrolling on Home page
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Does the prize message on the home page scroll or is it static? Valid only when prizes are enabled.
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Prize Scroll Speed
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How fast does the message scroll? (on a scale of 1-10...10 is fastest)
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REGIONAL SETTINGS
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Controls date and time settings for the system
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Region
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Set your language and country
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Date Format
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Day, month, year, or month, day, year format
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Time Zone
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Set your time zone
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Observe Daylight Savings Time
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Choose and configure Daylight Savings Time settings (if yes is selected, more options appear).
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REGISTRATION ENTRIES
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Set rules to govern patron registration
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International Field Entry
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Allows for non-standard phone number and zip code entry
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Library Card Length
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Set the number of characters in the library card length
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Password Length
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Set Password length limits
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Patron Recall Limit
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Limit the number of times in one visit a patron can recall his or her registration information. Applies only to patron-side registration.
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Program-Specific Custom Registration Entries
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Allows for the creation of up to six custom registration questions per program.
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Start Birth Year
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Set the first birth year for the drop down list.
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REVIEWS SETTINGS
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Controls the settings that govern patron book reviews
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Default Catalog URL Title
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Set a default book title for the Catalog URL line on patron reviews
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Default Catalog URL
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Set a default URL for the Catalog URL line on patron reviews
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Default Book Jacket URL
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Set a default URL for the book jacket line on patron URLs.
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Populate Catalog URLs Automatically
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If yes, the catalog URL is automatically supplied based on the ISBN number entered by the patron. If no, patrons can enter their own catalog URL if they wish.
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Go to Next Review/Comment After Disposition
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When mediating reviews and comments, the subsequent one is automatically brought up once one is dealt with.
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Review Paging
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Sets a limit to the number of reviews and links per page. If yes, more options appear
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Save Private Reviews
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Saves reviews that patrons mark as private
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Private\Public Question Default
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Controls the default selection if reviews are enabled as part of logging. All reviews from the home page are public.
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Security Settings: for a complete discussion of security settings, please read this article.
Mobile Maximum Length
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Set to limit the number of characters on long text fields on mobile pages.
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Enable Novelist Select
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Enables the Novelist service to be selected.
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