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mkrishnaswamy on "Adding an image to an existing object"

mkrishnaswamy — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:14:47 +0000

Hi, I have been trying to add some details to an existing object. Like associating it with an existing lot and adding an image etc. I have written the following piece of code and dont know what exactly I am doing wrong. I am not sure if I am getting it right. Would really appreciate someone's help with this. Thanks in advance. $t_object = new ca_objects(); $t_object->set('idno',$object_id); print " object# is ".$t_object->get('idno')."\n\n"; $t_object->set('lot_id', $lot_id); $t_object->set('access', 2); //not accessible to public $imagepath= $vs_media_dir.'/'.$filename; t_object->addAttribute( array('dc_source' => $dublin_source, 'locale_id' => $pn_locale_id ), 'dc_source'); As you can see, I am trying to associate the object with lot id which is in $lot_id and also trying to add a dublin source for that object and also will be trying to add an image to the existing object whose id is saved in $object_id. I have also tried the following: $t_object = new ca_objects($object_id); print "The title of the object is ".$t_object->get('ca_objects.preferred_labels.name')."\n";

Luko on "Bienvue sur le forum en langue française !"

Luko — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:47:40 +0000

Bonjour, J'ai un problème d'installation de CollectiveAccess. Mon setup.php me semble correctement configuré et à l'arrivée sur la page de l'Installation Profile, je choisis [DEFAULT] Visual Resources Collection et ensuite je lance l'installation. Ca mouline pas mal de temps puis j'ai une page d'erreur Erreur 101 (net::ERR_CONNECTION_RESET) : La connexion a été réinitialisée. On dirait que le serveur me jette parce que l'install prend trop de temps. En effet par PhpMyAdmin je vois que 192 tables sont installées mais par contre n'ayant pas été au bout je n'ai ni login ni password et surtout je ne suis pas sûr que l'install est complète. Quelqu'un aurait-il une idée en sachant que je suis sur un mutualisé d'OVH et que je ne peux intervenir sur la config du serveur. Merci d'avance

Fishy on "Pawtucket image display issue"

Fishy — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:41:43 +0000

Thanks for your quick reply. I just changed all that you specified, but I'm still getting the same problem. The images are now located here: <a href="http://archive.museum.fra1.net/media/national_museum_of_A1/images/0/10298_ca_object_representations_media_9_small.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://archive.museum.fra1.net/media/national_museum_of_A1/images/0/10298_ca_object_representations_media_9_small.jpg</a>

GP_mngr_CA on "Problem with installing Collective Access"

GP_mngr_CA — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:05:45 +0000

Hello there Seth, Sven, it's been a long time since I put on another post. This is due to a shift of project-focus by my employer. We have taken the Collective Access Project out off the Ice-box mid-december 2011. At that time we tried to solve the 'strict standard errors' with yours suggestion of tweeking error_reporting settings in php.ini. We didn't get far. Therefore we tried a different approach. We installed XAMPP on a WinXP-workstation and tried installing Providence 1.1. This went smoothly! Collective Access is running perfectly on that machine. Then I tried the same installation-method on the Win7-machine. Unexpectedly the same errors appeared. Therefore I compared the installed components on both machines. I discovered there was a version-difference in the XAMPP on the WinXP- and Win7-workstation: on the WinXP-machine XAMPP 1.7.2 was installed, on the Win7-machine there was XAMPP 1.7.4! After deinstalling the 1.7.4-version and installing the 1.7.2-version the installation of Providence 1.1 went as smoothly as on the WinXP-machine. Conclusion: somehow the combination of Win7, XAMPP 1.7.4 and maybe I.E. 8.0.7600.16385 seems not so well! Henri

cbodahl on "PostgreSQL support?"

cbodahl — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:26:04 +0000

We (a government department in Sweden) are currently considering CA as a solution to our need for management of a fairly large image archive. However it's a requirement for us to use PostgreSQL, so at the moment this is a showstopper. Are there any fresh news on the plans to support Postgres? Or do you perhaps know of any users who have solved this issue on their own? Thanks in advance!

stefan on "Pawtucket image display issue"

stefan — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:01:19 +0000

It looks to me like your __CA_APP_NAME__ variable in setup.php is different for Pawtucket and Providence. They have to be the same for the image links to work with a simple symlink. Also, you have your __CA_SITE_HOSTNAME__ set to archive.museum.fra1.net for Pawtucket. You may want to set it to museum.fra1.net? I found this by inspecting a specific image link. At the moment it looks like this: <a href="http://archive.museum.fra1.net/media/pawtucket_collectiveaccess/images/...." rel="nofollow">http://archive.museum.fra1.net/media/pawtucket_collectiveaccess/images/....</a>.

Fishy on "Pawtucket image display issue"

Fishy — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:30:05 +0000

Hi First off, just like to say that this is by far and away the best archival software I've come across. Not too complex, not too simple. Anyway, I have an issue with images displaying in Pawtucket here: <a href="http://museum.fra1.net" rel="nofollow">http://museum.fra1.net</a> As you can see, the images do not display - only an 'image' word appears in the space where the image should be. I've set up the synlink between Pawtucket and Collectiveaccess, and everything else (like object details, etc.) work fine - it's only the images that do this.

bevans9908 on "Can't install Providence 1.1"

bevans9908 — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:18:57 +0000

Assuming my issue is related to php, I uninstalled php and tried installing it in the root apache directory (c:/program files/apache software foundation/apache2.2) and after that also didn't work I tried installing it in the htdocs directory. Tried changes to _CA_BASE_DIR_ in the setup.php file again with no success. I even tried starting over from scratch (re-installed OS, apache, php, etc.) following the installation instructions to the letter still with no success. Were you able to identify any issues with the setup.php configuration? Any help would be appreciated.

kaial on "Import from CSV"

kaial — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:05:22 +0000

Seth, if you still need more help editing the documents, please let me know. Happy to do whatever I can to help.

kaial on "Ability to import?"

kaial — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:06:01 +0000

Hi boduma, The Import menu is for uploading media. There is in the 1.1 release a mechanism for mapping data, but instructions on using it are as yet nonexistent, and none of us has been able to figure it out. See <a href="http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/topic.php?id=808" rel="nofollow">http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/topic.php?id=808</a>

marcolino on "Add video nightmares..."

marcolino — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:56:50 +0000

I give you the link to the media, since it's too big to upload...: <a href="http://ks.koinesistemi.it/collectiveaccess2/tmp/sintel-1024-surround-2.mov" rel="nofollow">http://ks.koinesistemi.it/collectiveaccess2/tmp/sintel-1024-surround-2.mov</a>

marcolino on "Add video nightmares..."

marcolino — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:55:42 +0000

Hi, I'm experiencieng a real nightmare trying to upload a video clip to Providence... :-( I have an Ubuntu 11.04 server. I did compile myself the ffmpeg executable, with *all* possible plugins enabled. No matter the format, encoding, duration, size, of the file I try to upload, I get an error... When I do not get it ("Saved changes to painting..." !!!), I can't see the clip in the list of representations. As an example, I attach a media which refuses to load, with this error: There are errors preventing information in specific fields from being saved as noted below. File type is not supported I can't tell you if it uploads to demo.collectiveaccess.org since it's not responding to me, now... I don't care about the format of the videos I have to upload, I produce them myself: can you suggest me a video media format/codec which is most easily uploaded to CA? Thanks in advance.

Brown47 on "Dreamhost Installation Problem"

Brown47 — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:10:44 +0000

I managed to solve the above by making sure to have # in proper places and eliminating open lines. However, now I have this issue: Fatal error: Configuration files are missing for hostname 'www.xxx.xxx'! Please check the __CA_BASE_DIR__ configuration setting in your setup.php file. Any thoughts? Thank you for your help!

Brown47 on "Dreamhost Installation Problem"

Brown47 — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:50:22 +0000

Hello, I've uploaded all files and believe to have altered the setup.php correctly. However, when I try and initiate the installation via the web browser, I receive this syntax error: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_DEC, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or '$' in /X/X/X/X/setup.php on line 107 Would anyone be able to provide a pointer on how to fix this? Thank you for your time and help!

dickvanbroekhuizen on "installation problems"

dickvanbroekhuizen — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:05:40 +0000

Is there anything I should do before I can see the software working?

marcolino on "Video representation"

marcolino — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:33:27 +0000

When adding a movie (.mp4) to an object, I get "Changes saved to painting" (if I translate-back well from Italian ... :-). No error happens on apache logs (upload and ffmpeg do finish successfully). But, then, I can't see the new media representation in the object page (I just see images representations). More, when doing something like this: ---><---------------------------------------- $id = "A0011"; $o_db = new Db(); $qr_reps = $o_db->query(" SELECT * FROM ca_object_representations o_r, ca_objects_x_object_representations o_x_or, ca_objects o WHERE (o.idno = '$id') and (o.object_id = o_x_or.object_id) and (o_x_or.representation_id = o_r.representation_id) "); while ($qr_reps->nextRow()) { $va_info = $qr_reps->getMediaInfo('media'); print_r($va_info); print " \n"; } ---><---------------------------------------- I get a list of all image formats for my object, but not the movie representation I did just add. Any hint? Thanks in advance! -- Marco

denbell on "Import from CSV"

denbell — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:55:44 +0000

I can help out as well

cpi_developer on "error handling in custom scripts"

cpi_developer — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:21:25 +0000

I'm writing a custom script to run from the command line using the CA API to import meta data from our existing system. On a run of about 16600 objects, it stops consistently at about 86%, with no errors reported. If I comment out the call to update() and run it again, it completes. I tried to get more information about the error by calling setErrorOutput(true) on the ca_objects instance I use, and also the script checks the value of numErrors() after each API call - still no error output. On every iteration, the script is doing something like this: $obj->load(<id>); $obj->setMode(ACCESS_WRITE); $obj->addAttribute(...); $obj->update(); Any suggestions? By the way, this is CA 1.1 running on PHP 5.1.6 - I know that 5.3 is required, so that might be an issue here, but so far it has not been for the purposes of importing data.

dickvanbroekhuizen on "installation problems"

dickvanbroekhuizen — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:13:31 +0000

Thanks Stefan for the php.ini tip!

dickvanbroekhuizen on "installation problems"

dickvanbroekhuizen — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:12:19 +0000

My provider asked me to place a php.ini file in the /private folder of my hosting package. when starting /install, I get the next error: Warning: require_once(/home/vhosts/openphidias.net/httpdocs/db/app/lib/ca/Attributes/Attribute.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/vhosts/openphidias.net/httpdocs/db/app/models/ca_attribute_values.php on line 37 Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/home/vhosts/openphidias.net/httpdocs/db/app/lib/ca/Attributes/Attribute.php' (include_path='/home/vhosts/openphidias.net/httpdocs/db/app/lib/core/Parsers/htmlpurifier/standalone:/home/vhosts/openphidias.net/httpdocs/db/app/lib/ca:/home/vhosts/openphidias.net/httpdocs/db/app/lib/core:/home/vhosts/openphidias.net/httpdocs/db/app/models:.:/usr/share/pear') in /home/vhosts/openphidias.net/httpdocs/db/app/models/ca_attribute_values.php on line 37

naifmagog on "How to file corresponding texts for two languages?"

naifmagog — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:07:49 +0000

My site will be bilingual (EN-FR) All locales are installed and working well for the interfaces (complete translation will come soon) But how to differentiate the FR text file from the EN one, when one switch the language option? Example for favorites view; I see: collectiveaccess/pawtucket/index.php/Favorites/Index/lang/en_US or .../fr_FR How is it triggered? Menus are translated well, but text is the same, of course, as it refers to the same file! I edited the content of this file: themes/default/views/favorites/favorites_intro_text_html.php Good for one language. How to name and where to place the corresponding file for other language? I try to study the file structure of WIR WAREN SO FREI. Still not clear for me... Something I'm missing with the hierarchy of files, related to different locales. I have made a lot of progress so far with your app ; the more I understand, the more I love it. I appreciate the enormity of your endeavor and the personalized support.

zsachs-sva on "Import from CSV"

zsachs-sva — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:00:38 +0000

I am available for editing also.

boduma on "Ability to import?"

boduma — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:40:59 +0000

Hi, I am also trying to transfer collection object data from an old installation of Catalist as Harlquinth above. I have the XML dump of the database but I'm puzzled how to proceed from here. I have installed Prov 1.1 and notice there is a Import menu item but when I click it I get 'Upload media for /data/ca_coney_batch and then retry'. This may not even be the right place to attempt my data import. Thanks

stefan on "installation problems"

stefan — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:22:15 +0000

The phpinfo() output says that display_errors is "Off". Are you sure you edited the correct php.ini file? According to phpinfo() this file is loaded: /usr/php53/etc/php.ini.

dickvanbroekhuizen on "installation problems"

dickvanbroekhuizen — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:09:46 +0000

php5.ini memory_limit = 128M post_max_size = 64M upload_max_filesize = 64M display_errors = On

naifmagog on "Set from CA does not appear in Pawtucket Featured Item"

naifmagog — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:59:10 +0000

Solved! merci Gautier. Media representation was not accessible to public!

dickvanbroekhuizen on "installation problems"

dickvanbroekhuizen — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:10:50 +0000

PHP 5.3.3 is installed, as you will see in test.php. Thanks, Seth. No changes whatsoever in my browser, still a blank screen.

Nitro on "object summary and pdf-file"

Nitro — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:49:03 +0000

Here are the screenshots.

seth on "object summary and pdf-file"

seth — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:57:35 +0000

Can you send me a screenshot of the summary as it is now? Es ist einfacher zu reparieren wann man es sehen kann. Sehen Sie, Mein Deutsch ist viel viel schlechter als Ihre Englisch :-)

seth on "installation problems"

seth — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:48:14 +0000

First of all you'll need to install PHP 5.3

Nitro on "object summary and pdf-file"

Nitro — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:54:51 +0000

There is a mistake in my last post. "I noticed that there are NO formatting-entries for the summary..." That is what I want to write ;)

dickvanbroekhuizen on "installation problems"

dickvanbroekhuizen — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:13:08 +0000

test.php is in <a href="http://www.openphidias.net/db/test.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.openphidias.net/db/test.php</a>

dickvanbroekhuizen on "installation problems"

dickvanbroekhuizen — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:04:24 +0000

I have had no prior PHP experience. I uploaded the Providence software to my hosting provider, in a separate folder (not in the root), and set the variables in the setup.php file to their correct settings. No reply from the system when entering this folder, nor when entering in the /[folder]/install folder. How can I fix this? I understand this is a very general question. setup.php: # -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # # CollectiveAccess :: Open-source collections management software # Version 1.0 # # -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # THE VALUES BELOW ***MUST*** BE CHANGED TO SUIT YOUR ENVIRONMENT # -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # # __CA_BASE_DIR__ = the absolute server path to the directory containing your CollectiveAccess installation # # Enter the correct directory but omit trailing slashes! # For Windows hosts, use a notation similar to "C:/PATH/TO/COLLECTIVEACCESS"; do NOT use backslashes # define("__CA_BASE_DIR__", "/home/vhosts/openphidias.net/httpdocs/db"); # # __CA_URL_ROOT__ = the root-relative URL path to your CollectiveAccess installation # # Leave the __CA_URL_ROOT_ *BLANK* if the CollectiveAccess directory is the web server root # or in the root directory of a virtual host. If CollectiveAccess is in a subdirectory or # an alias is used to point the web server to the correct path, set '__CA_URL_ROOT__' to # the relative url path to the subdirectory; start the path with a slash ('/') but omit trailing slashes. # # Example: If CollectiveAccess will be accessed via <a href="http://www.mysite.org/apps/ca" rel="nofollow">http://www.mysite.org/apps/ca</a> then __CA_URL_ROOT__ would be set to /apps/ca # define("__CA_URL_ROOT__", "/db"); # __CA_SITE_HOSTNAME__ = the hostname for your system # # This must be the full host name. Do not include http:// or any other prefixes. # define("__CA_SITE_HOSTNAME__", "www.openphidias.net"); # __CA_APP_NAME__ = a short name alphanumeric-only (no spaces or punctuation) name for this CollectiveAccess installation # # If you are running more than one instance of CollectiveAccess on the same server make sure each instance has its # own unique __CA_APP_NAME__ setting. __CA_APP_NAME__ must include letters, numbers and underscores only - no spaces or punctuation! # define("__CA_APP_NAME__", "phidias"); # __CA_APP_DISPLAY_NAME__ = the name of your system for display purposes # # This value will be used on emails, on the login screen, in window titles, etc. # define("__CA_APP_DISPLAY_NAME__", "OpenPhidias"); # # The following settings allow CA to connect to its database. These settings should have been given to you by # your system administrator or hosting provider. # # Database server host name (often 'localhost') define("__CA_DB_HOST__", 'db2.hosting2go.nl'); # Database login user name define("__CA_DB_USER__", '*********'); # Database login password define("__CA_DB_PASSWORD__", '************'); # The name of your CollectiveAccess database define("__CA_DB_DATABASE__", 'm1_3a429ce7'); # Only MySQL databases are currently supported so leave this set to 'mysql'! define("__CA_DB_TYPE__", 'mysql'); # # Set your time zone here. A list of valid time zone settings is available at <a href="http://us3.php.net/manual/en/timezones.php" rel="nofollow">http://us3.php.net/manual/en/timezones.php</a> # date_default_timezone_set('Europe/Amsterdam'); # # The following settings define how CA sends email on your server. These settings should have been given to you by # your system administrator or hosting provider. # # SMTP server to use for outgoing mail define("__CA_SMTP_SERVER__", 'server117.hosting2go.nl'); # SMTP port to use for outgoing mail define("__CA_SMTP_PORT__", 25); # # If your SMTP server requires you to authenticate then you can set the login information # below by uncommenting the smtp_auth, smtp_username and smtp_password lines and giving them appropriate values # define("__CA_SMTP_AUTH__", 'server117.hosting2go.nl'); define("__CA_SMTP_USER__", 'dvbroekhuizen'); define("__CA_SMTP_PASSWORD__", '*********************'); # Generic site admin email - used as the "from" address. define("__CA_ADMIN_EMAIL__", 'dick@openphidias.net'); # *** # That's it! The settings here should be enough to get you up and running... # Don't forget to take a look at your global.conf file though. It defines additional settings you might need to change. # ***

Nitro on "object summary and pdf-file"

Nitro — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:43:26 +0000

You mean the formatting-configurations in the app.conf configuration file? I didn't change this file, but while looking into it right now, I noticed that there are now formatting-entries for the summary... Is that correct or have I to enter there some basic formatting-entries? PS: Sorry for the bad english^^

bevans9908 on "Can't install Providence 1.1"

bevans9908 — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:02:06 +0000

I created the test.php file according to your instructions, but when I try to load it in the browser I get "The page cannot be found". Both the test.php and setup.php are attached. Thanksfor the help!