Omeka Website Set Up: An Introduction to Digital Humanities Class

Item	Date Completed
Create a new MySQL database
Add the User responsible for making the backups to the new MySQL database.
Install the current version of Omeka: http://omeka.org/codex/Installation.
Create a new Crontab for backing up both the MySQL Database and the new Omeka installation: http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Crontab
Set Permissions for the Crontab to the recommended settings (see previous Crontab installations for the recommended settings)
Create a new Cron Job for the backup (Set frequency to weekly): http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Crontab
Configure Thumbnail Creation by adding the following lines to the appropriate Omeka file: http://omeka.org/codex/Configuring_Thumbnail_Creation fileDerivatives.typeWhitelist[] = "image/jpeg" fileDerivatives.typeWhitelist[] = "image/image/png" fileDerivatives.typeWhitelist[] = "application/pdf"
Install and activate the following Plugins: http://omeka.org/codex/Managing_Plugins_2.0 Coins ExhibitBuilder Geolocation Neatline SimplePages
Install all available Themes: http://omeka.org/codex/Managing_Themes_2.0
Modify the site Appearance settings: http://omeka.org/codex/Managing_Appearance_2.0 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.
Modify the Security Settings: http://omeka.org/codex/Managing_Security_Settings_2.0 Security->Enable File Upload Validation. Security->Disable HTML Filtering.
Modify the Element Sets Settings: http://omeka.org/codex/Managing_Element_Sets_2.0 Element Sets->Copy the Dublin Core usage examples from the previous Omeka installation and paste them into the "Comment" sections of the appropriate elements.