Monday Minutes: About Section in Koha

by Jessie Zairo on Nov 11, 2024

In this week's Monday Minutes, Nick and Jessie take it back to basics and discuss what you can find in the About Koha section of your staff interface.

Bug 32693 - The 'About Koha' page loads slowly. The 'About Koha' page in the staff interface was noticeably slower to load than other pages in the staff interface (for me, anyway). This enhancement loads the pages more efficiently and quickly.

About Koha

The About Koha area will give you important server information as well as general information about Koha, the Community, and its history.

Navigate to the More dropdown menu in your Koha Staff Interface and click on About Koha.

• Under the Server Information tab you will find information about the Koha version and the machine you have installed Koha on.
• the Perl modules tab will show you all of the modules required by Koha, the version you have installed and whether you need to upgrade certain modules.
• the System information tab will provide you with warnings, such as deprecated system preferences, system preferences that are set without other required preferences, problems with the database, problems with patron relationships, problems with log files, etc.
• the Koha Team tab will provide the release team of the current version you are on including all Koha development team members, contributing companies, and institutions.
• the Licenses tab will give an overview of all products used in Koha for accessibility, font, code, etc.
• the Translations tab will provide a list of all language Koha has been translates into.
• the Timeline tab outlines the Koha history from its inception in 1999.
• the Dedications tab talks about the dedication of the release of Koha 22.11 to Rosalie Blake.

Additional Resources

Koha Manual - About Koha

Monday Minutes: Creating a Bugzilla Account

Monday Minutes: Submitting a Bug in Bugzilla