- <li>Define the period of time and item can be checked out to a patron by entering the number of days in the 'Loan Period' box.</li>
- <li>You can also define a hard due date for a specific patron category and item type. A hard due date ignores your usual circulation rules and makes it so that all items of the type defined are due on, before or after the date you specify.</li>
- <li>'Fine Amount' should have the amount you would like to charge for overdue items</li>
+ <li>Define the period of time an item can be checked out to a patron by entering the number of units (days or hours) in the 'Loan Period' box.</li>
+ <li>Choose which unit of time, Days or Hours, that the loan period and fines will be calculate in</li>
+ <li>You can also define a hard due date for a specific patron category and item type. A hard due date ignores your usual circulation rules and makes it so that all items of the type defined are due on, before or after the date you specify.</li>
+ <li>'Fine Amount' should have the amount you would like to charge for overdue items
+<ul>
+ <li style="color: #990000;">Important: Enter only numbers and decimal points (no currency symbols).</li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+ <li>Enter the 'Fine Charging Interval' in the unit you set (ex. charge fines every 1 day, or every 2 hours)</li>
+ <li>The 'Fine Grace Period' is the period of time an item can be overdue before you start charging fines.
+<ul>
+ <li style="color: #990000;">Important: This can only be set for the Day unit, not in Hours</li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+ <li>The 'Overdue Fines Cap' is the maximum fine for this patron and item combination