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+ | ======Customizing Your Collection' | ||
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+ | ===== The Format Panel ===== | ||
+ | This section introduces you to the Format view. | ||
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+ | With the Librarian Interface you can configure how the collection appears to the user. The configuration options are divided into sections, each associated with a different type of customization. | ||
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+ | On the left is a list of parameters and on the right are the control elements associated with each parameter. To edit a parameter, click its name in the list. | ||
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+ | Under the list of parameters is a " | ||
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+ | ===== General ===== | ||
+ | This section explains how to review and alter the general settings associated with your collection. | ||
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+ | Here some collection wide metadata can be set or modified, including the title and description entered when starting a new collection. | ||
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+ | First are the contact email addresses of the collection' | ||
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+ | ===== Search ===== | ||
+ | This section explains how to set the display text for the drop down lists on the search page. Under the " | ||
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+ | This pane contains a table listing each search index, level, and partition. Here you can enter the text to be used for the names in the drop-down lists on the search page. This pane only allows you to set the text for one language, the current language used by GLI. To translate these names for other languages, use the " | ||
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+ | ===== Format Features ===== | ||
+ | The web pages you see when using Greenstone are not pre-stored but are generated 'on the fly' as they are needed. Format commands are used to change the appearance of these generated pages. They affect such things as which buttons appear when a document is shown, and what links are displayed by the DateList classifier. | ||
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+ | You can apply a format command to anything in the " | ||
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+ | You can specify a default format for a particular component by selecting the "All Features" | ||
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+ | To add a new format command, select the applicable feature and component. The default value for this command will be displayed in grey. Click "Add Format" | ||
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+ | To remove a format command, select it from the list and click " | ||
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+ | For more information about variables and the feature components, read Chapter 2 of the Greenstone Developer' | ||
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+ | ===== Translate Text ===== | ||
+ | This section describes the translation pane, where you can translate text fragments for parts of the collection' | ||
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+ | First choose an entry from the " | ||
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+ | To remove an existing translation, | ||
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+ | To edit a translation, | ||
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+ | ===== Cross-Collection Search ===== | ||
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+ | The Cross-Collection Search panel shows a checklist of available collections. The current collection is ticked and cannot be de-selected. | ||
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+ | If the individual collections do not have the same indexes (including sub-collection partitions and language partitions) as each other, cross-collection searching will not work properly. The user will only be able to search using indexes common to all collections. | ||
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+ | For further details, see Chapter 1 of the Greenstone Developer' | ||
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+ | ===== Collection Specific Macros ===== | ||
+ | Under the " | ||
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+ | This pane shows the contents of the collection' | ||
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+ | ===== Depositor Metadata ===== | ||
+ | The Greenstone Depositor enables users to add new documents into an existing collection through a web interface. This section describes the Depositor Metadata pane, where you can specify which metadata fields should be used to describe the new documents added through Depositor. Any metadata sets that have been associated with the current collection will be available for selection. If there is no other metadata set than the " | ||
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+ | The Depositor Metadata panel shows a checklist of available metadata fields. If there is more than one metadata set associated with the collection, neighbouring metadata sets are displayed in different colours. Hover the mouse over a metadata element: a tool-tip displaying its description will appear. | ||
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+ | Check those you want to be used to describe new documents when they are deposited through the Depositor. A drop-down list with two choices will appear beside each checked element. This allows you to specify the type of input box for the element in the web interface. " | ||
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+ | At least one metadata element must be selected. If there is only one selected element in the list, de-selecting it will pop-up a warning message: "At least one metadata element should be selected" |
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