From f0a972801660fd04fa9fc0111f91cec956066fb2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2026 03:33:53 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] library: bare address opens Room for Books; Koha's own
 screens via the menu

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_013wi3ZSot4XbUViwRFgLpRf
---
 library/README.md           | 5 +++++
 library/koha/entrypoint.sh  | 3 +++
 library/quickadd/index.html | 4 ++--
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/library/README.md b/library/README.md
index c94bded..ef7a540 100644
--- a/library/README.md
+++ b/library/README.md
@@ -210,6 +210,11 @@ Staff who are signed in to the library site (and allowed to edit the catalogue)
 
 ## The home page (the Room for Books site at `/add/`)
 
+**One address.** `http://<ip>:<port>/` (and later `https://your-domain/` behind Caddy) opens this page; there is no separate
+port to remember. Koha's own staff screens live on the same address at `/cgi-bin/koha/mainpage.pl`, reached from the menu
+(*Koha (full staff screens)*). Everyone signs in at the same prompt: staff with the admin login, borrowers with their card number
+and password, the guest with the guest login.
+
 One simple page: a **Look up** box (books by title, author or ISBN, and people by name or card number), four big buttons
 (**Check out**, **Return**, **Add books**, **Add a person**) and **Recently added** books with their covers. The **menu**
 (top right) holds the rest: browse all books, lend / return, people and library cards, barcodes and settings, export / import,
diff --git a/library/koha/entrypoint.sh b/library/koha/entrypoint.sh
index 6d7bbae..a71bca8 100755
--- a/library/koha/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/library/koha/entrypoint.sh
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ if [ ! -d "/etc/koha/sites/$INST" ]; then
         cat > /etc/koha/apache-quickadd.conf << APACHE
 <IfModule mod_proxy_http.c>
     RedirectMatch ^/add\$ /add/
+    # The bare address (http://ip:port/ or https://your-domain/) opens the Room for Books home page;
+    # Koha's own staff screens stay at /cgi-bin/koha/mainpage.pl.
+    RedirectMatch ^/\$ /add/
     ProxyPass /add/ ${KOHA_QUICKADD_URL%/}/
     ProxyPassReverse /add/ ${KOHA_QUICKADD_URL%/}/
 ${SSO_BLOCK}
diff --git a/library/quickadd/index.html b/library/quickadd/index.html
index 2b68bc7..1223f9b 100644
--- a/library/quickadd/index.html
+++ b/library/quickadd/index.html
@@ -1347,8 +1347,8 @@
     // The public catalogue is off by default: only link to it when a public address was configured.
     $('lnk-opac').hidden = !s.opac_url;
     if (s.opac_url) $('lnk-opac').href = s.opac_url + '/';
-    $('lnk-staff').href = staffRoot() + '/';
-    $('lnk-staff').hidden = viewer; $('footkoha').href = staffRoot() + '/';
+    $('lnk-staff').href = staffRoot() + '/cgi-bin/koha/mainpage.pl';
+    $('lnk-staff').hidden = viewer; $('footkoha').href = staffRoot() + '/cgi-bin/koha/mainpage.pl';
     $('footname').textContent = 'Room for Books' + (s.library_name ? ' · ' + s.library_name : '');
     $('lnk-labels').href = staffRoot() + '/cgi-bin/koha/labels/label-edit-range.pl';
     if (s.locations && s.locations.length) {