It would be great if there were an introductory page that would show the first time you login. It would also be great to have a link to get back to that page? The page could either show only the first time they login, and then flip a flag in their account to not bug them again, or it could be persistent, and they have to tell the page not to show again. This could also be a modal on the default page that displays after logging in, or a full page of its own.
This is an excellent idea. I can imagine using this to highlight library services, give info on checking out, placing holds, digital resources, hours, sign up for library newsletter, etc. I like the idea of allowing the first time users to get back to the page and to have the option to not show it again if they don't want to see it.
Awesome idea. Maybe we create an HTML additional content for this (like OpacLoginInstructions). Maybe use borrowers.lastseen
(In reply to Fridolin Somers from comment #2) > Awesome idea. > > Maybe we create an HTML additional content for this (like > OpacLoginInstructions). > > Maybe use borrowers.lastseen Preferably a unique identifier. There might be cases where a library would want to retrigger this page if information has been updated. What if you could specify on a news article that this particular article show in an alert modal (maybe replacing the banner at the top)? Each article has it's own id. What if any messages/articles (including a welcome message) are listed in a modal that has a scroller...and each article had a check box to indicate read/hide. The modal only appears if there are unchecked items. This would mean maintaining a table of borrowernumbers, and article ids. A new row is added with the borrowernumber and article id when the patron checks off an article. A patron could have a link to get to old articles (if they still exist) somewhere. This list would be cleaned up if either the patron unchecked this article in the above link, or if the article is deleted. I think this would be a great mechanism, and it would be ideal for welcome messages and all other alerts/news/articles. Thoughts?