View source for Omeka Website Set Up: An Introduction to Digital Humanities Class

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| Create a new MySQL database
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| Add the User responsible for making the backups to the new MySQL database.
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| Install the current version of Omeka: http://omeka.org/codex/Installation.
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| Create a new Crontab for backing up both the MySQL Database and the new Omeka installation: http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Crontab
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| Set Permissions for the Crontab to the recommended settings (see previous Crontab installations for the recommended settings)
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| Create a new Cron Job for the backup (Set frequency to weekly): http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Crontab
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| Configure Thumbnail Creation by adding the following lines to the appropriate Omeka file: http://omeka.org/codex/Configuring_Thumbnail_Creation
<code>
*fileDerivatives.typeWhitelist[] = "image/jpeg"
*fileDerivatives.typeWhitelist[] = "image/image/png"
*fileDerivatives.typeWhitelist[] = "application/pdf"
</code>
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| Install and activate the following Plugins: http://omeka.org/codex/Managing_Plugins_2.0
<code>
*Coins
*ExhibitBuilder
*Geolocation
*Neatline
*SimplePages
</code>
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| Install all available Themes: http://omeka.org/codex/Managing_Themes_2.0
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| Modify the site Appearance settings: http://omeka.org/codex/Managing_Appearance_2.0
<code>
*Themes->Set Theme to Thanks, Roy (Default).
*Navigation->Change “Browse Exhibits” to “Browse Student Exhibits”.
*Navigation->Uncheck all display links except "Browse Student Exhibits".
*Navigation->Confirm that "Select a Homepage" is set to "[Default}."
*Settings->Change "Results Per Page (admin)*" to 100.
</code>
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| Modify the Security Settings: http://omeka.org/codex/Managing_Security_Settings_2.0
<code>
*Security->Enable File Upload Validation.
*Security->Disable HTML Filtering.
</code>
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| Modify the Element Sets Settings: http://omeka.org/codex/Managing_Element_Sets_2.0
<code>
*Element Sets->Copy the Dublin Core usage examples from the previous Omeka installation and paste them into the "Comment" sections of the appropriate elements.
</code>
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| Copy over the sample items from the previous Omeka installation: http://omeka.org/codex/Managing_Items_2.0
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