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DMR Post Upgrade 2013

Rlseaton — Wed, 15 May 2013 20:43:54 GMT

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With the successful implementation of CONTENTdm 6.3 along with a handful of major customizations, the Digital Media Repository should now be in a fairly sustainable state of review and polish.

This wiki article will serve as a singular place to list known bugs, keep track of customizations (and their removal if deemed unnecessary), and manage other projects related to the DMR at a technical level.

== Nomenclature and Commenting ==
There are currently three servers running CONTENTdm in the library (soon to be two). To prevent confusion, these will be referred to in this document as follows:
{|
!Common
!System
!URL
!Description
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|DMR Server
|LIBX
|http://libx.bsu.edu/
|Our live DMR server (now running CONTENTdm 6.3)
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|BoT Server
|LIBCDM2
|http://libcdm2.bsu.edu/
|Board of Trustees Minutes Repository (this will soon be folded back into the DMR)
|-
|Test Server
|LIBCDMTEST
|http://libcdmtest.dhcp.bsu.edu/
|Test server for the newest version of CONTENTdm (Available on-campus only.)
|}

We also have the OLD version of LIBX in offline storage so that we can access it if necessary.

To help make tracking down customizations in the code easier, '''all''' customizations shall be paired with a comment (PHP, JavaScript, or HTML style) in the format of: '''BSU initials mm/dd/yy Brief Description'''.

For future reference, we will continue to use the [[DMR Upgrade Project 2013 Code Changes]] page to track any and all customizations.

DMR Upgrade Project 2013

Rlseaton — Wed, 15 May 2013 20:34:13 GMT

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		+	'''This page will be kept around for posterity. Please see the new [https://www.bsu.edu/libraries/wiki/index.php?title=DMR_Post_Upgrade_2013 DMR Post Upgrade 2013] wiki article for more information about loose ends that are being tied up.'''
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	The DMR Upgrade Project 2013 is an initiative by '''LITS''' to upgrade the [[Digital Media Repository]]'s underlying '''CONTENTdm''' system '''from Server Version 6.1.3.1 to 6.3 and from Website Version 4/5/? to version 6.3'''.		The DMR Upgrade Project 2013 is an initiative by '''LITS''' to upgrade the [[Digital Media Repository]]'s underlying '''CONTENTdm''' system '''from Server Version 6.1.3.1 to 6.3 and from Website Version 4/5/? to version 6.3'''.

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	\|New Server		\|New Server
	\|LIBCDM		\|LIBCDM
-	\|~~Coming Soon~~	+	\|http://libcdm.dhcp.bsu.edu/ (out of date)
	\|Copy of DMR and BoT servers with newest version of CONTENTdm plus customizations.		\|Copy of DMR and BoT servers with newest version of CONTENTdm plus customizations.
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-	====Page Analytics (Implemented on New Server ~~but needs to be uncommented after the switch~~)====	+	====Page Analytics (Implemented on New Server)====
	Using Google Analytics to more easily track usage and get page view statistics for each collection.		Using Google Analytics to more easily track usage and get page view statistics for each collection.

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-	====Migrate and Combine All Collections from the DMR and BoT Servers====	+	====Migrate and Combine All Collections from the DMR and BoT Servers (Implemented)====
	Ask ASC/MADI (all users) to stop all work on collections during the week of the actual upgrade. Copy all collections from the DMR Server and the BoT collection from the BoT Server as they are to ensure that they are fully updated.		Ask ASC/MADI (all users) to stop all work on collections during the week of the actual upgrade. Copy all collections from the DMR Server and the BoT collection from the BoT Server as they are to ensure that they are fully updated.

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	Presently implemented in a primitive form by OCLC with the "favorites" function. The BSU plugin is more powerful. OCLC is promising additional development on this feature. We will submit our suggestions to them and see what they deliver in the next release for this functionality and re-evaluate it.		Presently implemented in a primitive form by OCLC with the "favorites" function. The BSU plugin is more powerful. OCLC is promising additional development on this feature. We will submit our suggestions to them and see what they deliver in the next release for this functionality and re-evaluate it.

-	====Spotlight Collections on Homepage====	+	====Spotlight Collections on Homepage (Implemented on New Server)====
	CONTENTdm 6.x offers a number of new user interface elements that need to be explored as options to replicate this functionality.		CONTENTdm 6.x offers a number of new user interface elements that need to be explored as options to replicate this functionality.

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	The Museum of Art would like to see this customization carried forward. We may modify it a bit to make it fit better with the new design of the web site, however. Jim Bradley has informed them that it may disappear and come back in a different form until we speak with them about some other graphical modifications they were interested in.		The Museum of Art would like to see this customization carried forward. We may modify it a bit to make it fit better with the new design of the web site, however. Jim Bradley has informed them that it may disappear and come back in a different form until we speak with them about some other graphical modifications they were interested in.
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		+	'''This customization appears to be doable''' through the website configuration tool for that collection, as special headers on a per-collection basis can be specified.

DMR Upgrade Project 2013 Code Changes

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	== website\cdm_common\cdm\views\scripts\cdm\error.phtml ==		== website\cdm_common\cdm\views\scripts\cdm\error.phtml ==
	This file was heavily modified to display collection recommendations when bad collection aliases are used in the URL. The primary purpose of this is to redirect users to the appropriate pages when using outdated sub-collection aliases (such as LSTACivWar12, which used to lead to a sub-collection landing page). The file will also now suggest similarly named collections if the user only enters part of a collection alias, or if the collection aliases are 50% similar using the PHP similar_text function.		This file was heavily modified to display collection recommendations when bad collection aliases are used in the URL. The primary purpose of this is to redirect users to the appropriate pages when using outdated sub-collection aliases (such as LSTACivWar12, which used to lead to a sub-collection landing page). The file will also now suggest similarly named collections if the user only enters part of a collection alias, or if the collection aliases are 50% similar using the PHP similar_text function.
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		+	This file now also will redirect the user to the /login page if the collection they are trying to view is one in the bsupriv.php file.
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		+	== website\cdm_common\cdm\views\scripts\login\index.phtml ==
		+	This file contains the HTML for the /login page. The text of this page has been edited to provide more information to the user, mostly to tell them to use their BSU username and password, and to let them know why they're on the page. A link back to the home page has been provided as well.