//**This page is in the 'old' namespace, and was imported from our previous wiki. We recommend checking for more up-to-date information using the search box.**// ====== Greenstone2 FAQ ====== **[[General information | General Information]]** * What is Greenstone? * How is Greenstone licensed? * What platforms will Greenstone run on? * Are there any mailing lists concerned with Greenstone? * Are the mailing lists archived anywhere? * How do I contribute to Greenstone? **[[Obtaining Greenstone | Obtaining Greenstone]]** * Where do I get Greenstone from? * Are there binary distributions of Greenstone available? * Is Greenstone available on CD-ROM? * Is the Greenstone source code available through a Version Control System? **[[Installing Greenstone | Installing Greenstone]]** * How do I compile Greenstone from a source or SVN distribution? * What is the difference between Greenstone's local library and web library? * How do I use Greenstone's web library with IIS? * How do I install the Greenstone Librarian Interface as an applet? * How do I enable the remote building facility? * I have a binary release of Greenstone installed. Now I want to recompile it. What should I do? * I have installed the linux binary on FreeBSD, but cgi-bin/library is not working. * How do I get my Greenstone server accessible from the Internet? * How do I put my Greenstone Digital Library on the web? **[[Running Greenstone | Running Greenstone]]** * OK, I've installed Greenstone. Now how do I make it go? * What web browser do I need to view Greenstone collections? * When I start the Windows local library there are two buttons in the dialog box, "Enter Library" and "Restricted Version". They both seem to do the same thing, what's the difference? * So when should I use the "Restricted Version" of the local library? * When I start the Windows local library my computer asks me to dial up my Internet Service Provider. Do I really need to be online to run Greenstone? * I'm trying to use the Windows local library. My web browser is starting up as expected but the Greenstone home page never gets loaded or gives an error message. What's wrong? * Where can I get more Greenstone collections? * When I attempt to access certain parts of Greenstone I'm asked for a username and password. What do I enter? * When I use the large query box function I occassionally get a Not Found error. * How do I get usage information for my library? * How do I get Greenstone going on Windows Vista? * How do I get rid of a WSASYSNOTREADY error? * GLI's Preview Button can't successfully launch a web page in Firefox (or another web browser) * I've lost my username and password, what can I do? **[[Building Greenstone collections | Building Greenstone Collections]]** * What is the "Greenstone Librarian Interface"? * What is "the Collector"? * How do I build a collection from the command line or DOS prompt? * I built a new Greenstone collection on my Windows machine. Everything appeared to work fine while building, however when I tried to view the collection some of the documents contained no text. Sometimes Greenstone appeared to crash completely. What have I done wrong? * Why won't the Collector's "export to CD-ROM" function work? * I'm trying to use the Collector on Windows 2000 but it's running extremely slowly. Is this normal? * What is "the Organizer"? * Where do I get the Organizer? * I'm attempting to build a collection with the collector but it keeps failing with an error. What am I doing wrong? * What options are available for the collect.cfg file? * Where can I find some example collect.cfg configuration files? * How can I build my collection using MGPP? * How do I fix XML::Parser errors during import.pl? * Are there any limits to the size of collections? * How do I enter non-English metadata in GLI? * How do I change the search results order? * What's the difference between MG, MGPP and Lucene? * How do I build my collection incrementally? * Can I build collections using the Librarian Interface on a remote server? * What is the depositor? * Can I get any information about the metadata coverage in my collection? * How to manually specify filenames in metadata.xml? * What is the Windows Key and where is it located? * How do I open a terminal (called DOS console) in Windows? * How do I copy text (such as error messages) that are printed on the DOS console? * How do I open Windows Explorer to navigate and browse through folders on Windows? * How do I manually (re)build a collection? * Running GLI in debug mode: GLI failed to start up properly, how do I find out what just happened? * Getting better error reporting in GLI (the Greenstone Librarian Interface) * Are there really multiple copies of my resource documents stored in my Greenstone installation? **[[More about indexing | More about indexing and searching]]** * Can Greenstone search Arabic OCR text? **[[More about plugins | More About Plugins]]** * Does Greenstone have a plugin for my data format? * What metadata is available for each plugin? * I'm having problems with my PDF files! What's wrong? * How do I use UnknownPlugin to handle my new format? * How do I get my CDS/ISIS database into Greenstone? * How do I get my PMB database into Greenstone? * How do I get my XML files into Greenstone? * How do I use DatabasePlugin? * How do I build collections of documents with images and OCR text (PagedImagePlugin)? **[[More about classifiers | More About Classifiers]]** * I've added a new type of classification to my collection. * How do I create and add the navigation bar images (2.62 and earlier)? * How do I translate the navigation bar labels (2.71 and later)? * How can I do Unicode collation for my classifier? * How do I use dynamic classifiers (2.81 and later)? **[[Customizing_collections | Customizing your Collection ]]** * How can I customize the appearance of my Greenstone collection? * What are the formatting options available for my collection? * How can I hyperlink individual metadata elements? * How can I hide the dummy text "This document has no text"? * How do I suppress the link to the Greenstone text version of a document? * How do I add cover images for my documents? * How do I link to other sections of my document? * How do I link to the next or previous search result in a document page? * How do I search multiple collections at the same time? * How do I handle diacritics? * Can I customise the Date format? * How do I use Realistic Books in my collection? * The internal links between my HTML pages don't work in the built collection * My HTML page links to an MP3 file, but the link doesn't work in the built collection * My MP3 files are being truncated by the browser * A free HTML Editor * How do I add a new button to the navigation bar? **[[Customizing your Greenstone library | Customizing Your Greenstone Library]]** * How do I change the logo on the front page of my library ("greenstone digital library software")? * Where can I get more information about customizing my Greenstone library? * How can I add a new page to my Greenstone library? * What do the cgi arguments used by library stand for? * How do I change the default settings of the cgi arguments? * How do I get rid of the external link page? * How do I add a language selection box to every page? * How can I link documents in different collections together? **Security** * How can I prevent my users database from being publicly accessible? **[[Authentication | Authentication in Greenstone]]** * Can I password protect a collection? * Can I password protect just certain documents in a collection? * Is there a demo collection that uses authentication? * How do I create a new user? **[[Greenstone interoperability | Greenstone interoperability]]** * Does Greenstone support z3950? * Does Greenstone support OAI? * How are the OAI datestamps generated? * How do I use DSpace with Greenstone? * How do I use the Greenstone Corba interface? * How do I use METS with Greenstone? * Integrating workflows and Greenstone **[[User contributed| User Contributed Information]]** [[Contributing to GreenstoneWiki|Registered users]] may enter their own FAQ entries in this section. This page is not monitored or edited by Greenstone staff. * How to use the filter_text() function to handle diacritics * How to build CD/DVD-ROMs from collections for redistribution * How to integrate Greenstone collections into LOCKSS systems * Moving data into and out of METS formated data * Documentation for creating media streaming video library in Greenstone * E-commerce and Greenstone, monetizing library and archive collections * Lucene configuration - the Lucene command interface to access proximity search, fuzzy search, and soundex search]]. * Installing Imagemagick on OS X * Explaining Plugins * Collection specific plugins * MetadataCSVPlug notes * Converting very large CDS/ISIS databases to Greenstone Collections * Changing the prefix for incremental OIDs a quick hack that is occasionally useful. * Title, ex.Title and dc.Title notes some helpful details. * customising export * Installing Greenstone3 for OS X users * Useful searching methods in Greenstone2 (//in French//) * A "step-by-step" for importing some non-standard Excel files to Greenstone **[[Miscellaneous Questions | Miscellaneous Questions]]** * How do I copy from and paste into GLI on a Macintosh (why don't Apple-C and Apple-V work)? * What is the Windows Key and where is it located? * How do I open a terminal (called DOS console) in Windows? * How do I copy text (such as error messages) that are printed on the DOS console? * How do I open Windows Explorer to navigate and browse through folders on Windows? * How do I enable user comments? **[[Advanced Tasks | Advanced Tasks]]** * How can I obtain a list of all subject headings in my database? * [[http://wiki.greenstone.org/wiki/images/d/dd/GS_OAI.pdf|Diego Spano's excellent presentation on Greenstone and OAI.]] This gives a good background about OAI, as well as a very useful overview of Greenstone's OAI support.