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CONTENTdm User Meeting

CONTENTdm User Meeting. Claire Cocco Product Manager DiMeMa, Inc. February 23, 2006. CONTENTdm 4.1. Available March 6, 2006. User Meeting Agenda. CONTENTdm 4.1 Acquisition Station Server Collection Delivery Upgrading and Migration Questions. CONTENTdm 4.1. Minor Release

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CONTENTdm User Meeting

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  1. CONTENTdm User Meeting Claire Cocco Product Manager DiMeMa, Inc. • February 23, 2006

  2. CONTENTdm 4.1 Available March 6, 2006

  3. User Meeting Agenda CONTENTdm 4.1 • Acquisition Station • Server • Collection Delivery • Upgrading and Migration Questions

  4. CONTENTdm 4.1 Minor Release • New Features • User Interface Improvements • Fixes

  5. CONTENTdm 4.1 Available March 6, 2006 • Primary contacts notified by e-mail • Hosted users e-mailed to schedule upgrade • Listserv announcement • Web announcement • Free download from USC for all users with current AMA

  6. Acquisition Station New Features • Image Library Upgrade • Replace Operation Enhancements • Custom Thumbnails • HTTPS Support

  7. Acquisition Station Image Library Upgrade • Provides improved performance and reliability on imaging operations • Supports import of additional TIFF formats • JPEG • 4-bit • 16-bit

  8. Acquisition Station Replace OperationsEnhancements • Apply Template Creator settings during single or multiple replace operations • Technical metadata automatically extracted from new files • Will replace existing metadata • Choose whether or not to apply

  9. Acquisition StationReplace Operation – Single Item

  10. Acquisition StationReplace Operation – Multiple Items

  11. Acquisition Station Custom Thumbnails • Speeds application of thumbnails for non-image collections • Import custom thumbnails in batch when importing multiple files • Import from directory • Same root file name as corresponding images • GIF or JPEG • Maximum size 160 x 120 pixels

  12. Acquisition StationCustom Thumbnails • Default is off • Enable feature in Tools > Options > Thumbnails

  13. Acquisition StationCustom Thumbnails

  14. Acquisition Station HTTPS Support • Projects can point to a collection on a secure server • Run CONTENTdm in a secured environment • Enter https:// URL when create new project

  15. Acquisition StationHTTPS Support

  16. Server New Features • IP Range Support • User Interface Changes • User Rights • Compound Object Editing • Redirects for Obsolete URLs • PHP 5

  17. Server IP Range Support • Specify IP ranges when restricting access to collections or items • Use a hyphen to specify ranges • Starting and ending numbers are included in the range • Use in any of the four positions of the IP address • May be used in multiple positions in the same range specification • May be used in conjunction with the wild card (*)

  18. ServerIP Range Support Examples 192.168.210-219.1 192.168.201-219.1-49   192.168.210-213.*

  19. ServerIP Range Support

  20. Server User Interface – User Rights • Improved interface makes administering user rights easier and less confusing • Collection rights are displayed during editing process • Removing user rights from collections is straightforward

  21. ServerUser Rights

  22. Server User Interface – Compound Object Editing • Better support for large compound objects • Reduction of browser time-outs

  23. ServerCompound Object Editing

  24. Server Redirects for Obsolete URLs • Automatically redirect users or systems that access old collection pages to the equivalent pages in the Version 4 interface • Redirects predefined queries created using Query Builder Tool or Custom Queries and Results Version 3 • Redirects work for URLs containing the following executables • pview.exe, pquery.exe, pbrowse.exe, htmldoc.exe, queryresults.exe, browserresults.exe, viewer.exe, and docviewer.exe • Implement as needed

  25. Server PHP 5 • PHP 5.0 is supported • Choose which version of PHP to run (4.3 or 5.0) • Upgrade to PHP 5.0 is NOT required with upgrade to Version 4.1

  26. Collection Delivery New Features • Full Text Display • Compound Object Page Filter • Custom Queries and Results

  27. Collection Delivery Full Text Display • New options for metadata display • Hide full text field in metadata display • Turn off automatic hyperlinks without affecting other searchable fields • Truncation option displays a designated number of characters with link to view entire field in separate window • Does not affect Page & Text view • Configure using variables in the global style file

  28. Collection DeliveryFull Text Display • Default is full text displayed with hyperlinks • Edit variables to change display • Hyperlinks limit • Full text display • Truncation limit

  29. Collection DeliveryFull Text Display

  30. Collection Delivery Compound Object Page Filter • Individual pages that comprise compound objects are suppressed in search results • Only full compound object displays in results list • Easily enable option in Custom Queries and Results or by editing default parameters in results.php

  31. Collection DeliveryCompound Object Page Filter Change DEF_CISOSUPPRESSparameter to 1

  32. Collection Delivery Custom Queries and Results • New feature generates PHP code required to change default display parameters for browse and search results • Copy code directly into browse.php and results.php

  33. Collection DeliveryCustom Queries and Results

  34. CONTENTdm 4.1 Fixes • All previous patches and updates rolled into this release • Acquisition Station • Monograph hierarchy improvements • Controlled Vocabulary download issues • Server • Global operations in Edit interface

  35. CONTENTdm 4.1 Upgrading and Migration • Simple server upgrade from 4.0/4.0.1 • Can migrate directly from 3.5-8 to 4.1 • Web Template changes documented • Can upgrade server without applying template changes • Version 4 Acquisition Station compatible with 4.1 Server and vice versa

  36. CONTENTdm 4.1More Information • User Support Centerhttp://www.contentdm.com/USC/index.asp • Download update kits • Upgrade and migration guides • Updated help files • Updated tutorials • DiMeMa Support • support@dimema.com

  37. CONTENTdm 4.1 • Questions?

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