http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/ CollectiveAccess Support Forum: Recent Posts en Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:53:33 +0000 http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/topic.php?id=271#post-1328 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:28:01 +0000 Simon Fox 1328@http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/ <p>Doing a very quick compare of the pawtucket side vs providence, the providence code only does "var latlngbounds = new GLatLngBounds();" if the version number is 2. Do you have pawtucket code for version 3? (I'll try copying something from the providence side and see if it works). </p> http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/topic.php?id=271#post-1327 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:58:32 +0000 Simon Fox 1327@http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/ <p>Message: 'GLatLngBounds' is undefined<br /> Line: 63<br /> Char: 7<br /> Code: 0<br /> URI: <a href="http://mywebserver/projects/index.php/ObjectDetail/Show/object_id/1660/search_mode/search" rel="nofollow">http://mywebserver/projects/index.php/ObjectDetail/Show/object_id/1660/search_mode/search</a></p> <p>line 63 is:</p> <p>var latlngbounds = new GLatLngBounds(); </p> http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/topic.php?id=281#post-1326 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:31:33 +0000 ali_engr 1326@http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/ <p>We can add attributes in a Container datatypes and these attributes are defined in the profile.</p> <p>But i want to add intrinsic fields in a Container and entities and events into Container to-gather with the attributes in profile.</p> <p>Also how can I use a single attribute on multiple container for multiple tabs. </p> http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/topic.php?id=275#post-1325 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:31:24 +0000 ali_engr 1325@http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/ <p>I am constructing installation profile. </p> http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/topic.php?id=278#post-1324 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:05:40 +0000 seth 1324@http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/ <p>There are import scripts in SVN but you won't have access to them, since some include information that we can't give out publicly.</p> <p>ca_data_import_mappings is a placeholder for the eventual import facility. It doesn't work yet. </p> <p>Attached is a script that imports an Excel spreadsheet of paleontological data into a system running the paleobase profile (it's part of the installer). It ingests a tab-delimited file exported from Excel and creates ca_objects and also imports images attached to ca_objects (ca_object_representations).</p> <p>I can put up others if needed.</p> <p>Hope this helps!</p> <p>seth </p> http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/topic.php?id=280#post-1323 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:24:56 +0000 ali_engr 1323@http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/ <p>I need to relate entities on different tabs for which i used ca_entities but this is common for all tabs, i want separate entities related to each different tabs.<br /> How it could be possible?</p> <p>Thanks, </p> http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/topic.php?id=279#post-1322 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:40:10 +0000 ali_engr 1322@http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/ <p>I have added related event(ca_events) in the CONTENT tab, it apears on the desired tab but its label show "R" only, i tried to check in different locale. I did not find from where "R" is being generated. </p> http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/topic.php?id=278#post-1321 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:56:15 +0000 marcolino 1321@http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/ <p>Where can I get the import examples? Are they in SVN already?<br /> Is "app/models/ca_data_import_mappings.php" an example? If so, can you give some more detailed explanations about it's usage?<br /> Thanks!!!<br /> --<br /> Marco </p> http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/topic.php?id=278#post-1320 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:04:30 +0000 seth 1320@http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/ <p>For now you will have to write an import script. We can give you examples to look at.</p> <p>Since a few days ago there is support in SVN for export of data is tab and comma delimited format - formats you can open in Excel or another database. So export is there now... we plan to take on configurable import later this year. </p> http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/topic.php?id=277#post-1319 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:13:45 +0000 nkemler 1319@http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/ <p>For what it's worth: Dreamhost does provides free shared hosting for non-profits (http://wiki.dreamhost.com/index.php/Non-profit_Discount). </p> <p>That said, there are definite disadvantages using CA within a shared server environment and if you can afford a VPS than that is the obvious choice.</p> <p>We're currently using a shared Dreamhost server with our CA install and for the most part works fine but we also have some PHP limits and timeout problems. </p> http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/topic.php?id=277#post-1318 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:27:48 +0000 battisonmuseum 1318@http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/ <p>Hi Seth,</p> <p>Thanks very much for your thoughts. After posting the message yesterday, I found other posts relating to using CA on low-cost shared Web hosts. As I understand it, they often just don't have enough horsepower. One limitation on HostMonster that I can't change is the PHP limit for the maximum file up-load size - certainly to be a problem. I am going to look into VPS hosts, as that looks like a better solution, and is within budget. So let's not worry for now how to get CA running on HostMonster.</p> <p>CA is looking like a very good solution, so thanks for your prompt reply.</p> <p>-GT </p> http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/topic.php?id=278#post-1317 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:08:53 +0000 marcolino 1317@http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/ <p>Hi,<br /> I would like to know if there is any method, and, if so, which is the best one, to import data to a new CA installation. I suppose to have data in a "tipical spreadsheet" table (Id | Description | Author | Date | ...).<br /> Of course I do not expect to build relashionships, too, but it would be o.k to populate objects and entities tables...<br /> Thanks in advance! </p> http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/topic.php?id=265#post-1316 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:48:40 +0000 thegspiro 1316@http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/ <p><a href="http://collectiveaccess.svn.whirl-i-gig.com/CollectiveAccess/frontends/Pawtucket/trunk" rel="nofollow">http://collectiveaccess.svn.whirl-i-gig.com/CollectiveAccess/frontends/Pawtucket/trunk</a></p> <p>Go to <a href="http://www.jtarchives.org/trunk/index.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.jtarchives.org/trunk/index.php</a> and try to make an account, you'll see it in the next window that appears and then at the bottom of every page if you do use a user login from the Providence side. Just ran the update (Providence had some changes) and we are at revision 3697.</p> <p>Thanks </p> http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/topic.php?id=271#post-1315 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:35:57 +0000 seth 1315@http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/ <p>If you are running Firefox or Safari check the javascript console for errors. </p> http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/topic.php?id=265#post-1314 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:35:05 +0000 seth 1314@http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/ <p>Where did you check out the Pawtucket code from? What was the URL exactly?<br /> And can you point me to the install so I can take a look? </p> http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/topic.php?id=277#post-1313 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:34:12 +0000 seth 1313@http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/ <p>Hello again... now for the installation problems:</p> <p>If you have 141 tables, then it looks like the schema loaded fully. The question is why is it hanging after that? Can I see your install? Email me details at <a href="mailto:seth@collectiveaccess.org">seth@collectiveaccess.org</a> </p> http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/topic.php?id=277#post-1312 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:32:25 +0000 seth 1312@http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>In terms of suitability, CA is already used to handle collection similar to your at historical societies so it should work for your project. The specific metadata schema you use depends in part on your goals, what existing metadata you have and practical considerations such as the experience level of your cataloguers. If you're working with volunteers you will want to keep the everything as simple as possible, whereas if you're working with professional cataloguers you might put more emphasis on existing standards.</p> <p>I would recommend looking at some of the various installation profiles. The "default" profile that is part of the installer in SVN is a great place to start. You might also want to look at some of the "extra" profiles in SVN at /CollectiveAccess/projects/profiles. Specific ones of interest are coneyisland, limerick (a profile designed for an historical collection imported from AdLib), philaplace and roundabout. None of these are going to be a perfect fit, but at least one of them should be close enough that with a bit of modification you'll have a well-suited system. </p> http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/topic.php?id=275#post-1311 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:21:14 +0000 seth 1311@http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/ <p>Again, are you looking to add these attributes in an already-running system using the web UI, or are you constructing an installation profile? </p> http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/topic.php?id=275#post-1310 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:31:45 +0000 ali_engr 1310@http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/ <p>i need this in entity screen as person photo and in an other tab as file in meta attributes. </p> http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/topic.php?id=274#post-1309 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:02:51 +0000 billey 1309@http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/ <p>you can edit the profile and reinstall the profile, or use System Configuration under the Manage tab. </p> <p>to edit the profile - please refer our manual:<br /> <a href="http://www.collectiveaccess.org/support/documentation" rel="nofollow">http://www.collectiveaccess.org/support/documentation</a></p> <p>to make changes through System Configuration under the Manage tab - you first have to create create the attribute (under the Metadata Elements tab) and then add the attribute to the screen (using the User Interfaces tab). </p> http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/topic.php?id=275#post-1308 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:53:19 +0000 billey 1308@http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/ <p>are you trying to do this in a profile or in Providence? </p> http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/topic.php?id=277#post-1307 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:09:08 +0000 battisonmuseum 1307@http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/ <p>HI All,</p> <p>Well, I'm new to CA, and may want to use it for a fledgling museum that I'm working for. This post has two parts.</p> <p>First, suitability for our museum... We have a wide variety of artifacts including a few very early motor cars, firearms, watches and clocks, books and maps, a very early industrial computer, early hydroelectric equipment, etc., etc. We of course want to catalog these items, recording their physical characteristics - size, material, weight, as well as the other attributes usually cataloged. Of the set-up profiles available when installing CA, which, if any, would be suitable for this diverse set of early American artifacts?</p> <p>Second, installing on the shared Web host HostMonster... I think all of the basic requirements for installation are satisfied. I edited the setup.php file for my specifics. I've tried numerous ways to run the installer, but without success. The host is busy at times, and it may be that my Web browser is timing out before the install finishes - it does take several minutes. By checking MySQL directly, I can see that eventually creates 141 tables in the database. I even ran lynx while logged into the host with a command line similar to the following to take the network and HTTP out of the picture:</p> <p>lynx -partial <a href="http://www.museumdomain.org/ca/install/index.php?email=myemail%40mydomain.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.museumdomain.org/ca/install/index.php?email=myemail%40mydomain.com</a>\&#38;profile=dublincore\&#38;page=2</p> <p>But the best respinse is:</p> <p>Installing CollectiveAccess 0.6...<br /> Checking database connection...<br /> success!<br /> Loading installation profile 'dublincore'...<br /> success!<br /> Checking for existing CollectiveAccess schema...<br /> success!<br /> Loading CollectiveAccess schema...</p> <p>Is there any way to find out whether the install finishes, or where it hangs? Any way to do an install directly from the command line? Any other suggestions? Of course in the end, I need the user ID and password.</p> <p>Thanks very much for your help.</p> <p>-Gary </p> http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/topic.php?id=265#post-1306 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:32:22 +0000 thegspiro 1306@http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/ <p>Hi Seth,</p> <p>I checked out a new copy of Pawtucket 1 and it seemed to fix the search function, but now there seems to be some errors.</p> <p>Error 283: Field does not exist<br /> Unknown column 'unit_type' in 'field list' (in Db-&gt;mysql-&gt;execute())<br /> Request halted.</p> <p>And the images for the objects don't show up, it shows a broken link placeholder instead. Also isn't the program suppose to select the files to be "Featured" on the home page and in the "Featured Content" location or is that something that I need to set? Thanks. </p> http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/topic.php?id=265#post-1305 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:02:17 +0000 seth 1305@http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/ <p>Yeah, the new version (we call it "Pawtucket2") will help. It's very much improved. The first project to use it "for real" is just about done and will go public in about 3 weeks. We're working right now (this is what I do for fun on Friday nights) on making a generic look-and-feel for it, then it will be released along with Providence.</p> <p>Thanks for being patient...</p> <p>In the meantime, if it would help for me to look at your existing Pawtucket install I will be happy to do so. </p> http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/topic.php?id=265#post-1304 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:38:51 +0000 thegspiro 1304@http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/ <p>As stated above, I did make the change but still seem to have troubles. If I were to get a current copy of the new Pawtuckett, would that change anything? Thanks! </p> http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/topic.php?id=276#post-1303 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:24:59 +0000 seth 1303@http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/ <p>BundleableLabelable calls BaseModel::htmlFormElement() directly for these as they hard "intrinsic" fields (fields that actually appear in the table you are editing) </p> http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/topic.php?id=268#post-1302 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:23:57 +0000 seth 1302@http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/ <p>That means your install is dying in the middle. Strange. Do you happen to know if you're running MySQL in "strict" mode? </p> http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/topic.php?id=276#post-1301 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:56:35 +0000 ali_engr 1301@http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/ <p>From where in the screen/UI these are generated? </p> http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/topic.php?id=268#post-1300 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:50:30 +0000 mhaft 1300@http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/ <p>There are zero rows in that table.... </p> http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/topic.php?id=275#post-1299 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:23:46 +0000 ali_engr 1299@http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/ <p>how a file field can be added into Container, like a text field? </p> http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/topic.php?id=271#post-1298 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:56:56 +0000 Simon Fox 1298@http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/ <p>Am trying to check that now, what would be the best way? We're in the process of getting a system visible to the internet and I'll let you know as soon as that's up.</p> <p>Regards<br /> Simon </p> http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/topic.php?id=274#post-1297 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:49:55 +0000 ali_engr 1297@http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/ <p>How to customize entity screen and add some extra tab/attributes for entity, like picture etc. In which file entity bundles are placed. </p> http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/topic.php?id=261#post-1296 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:52:20 +0000 seth 1296@http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/ <p>This is fine for now. We're trying to get the solution for configurable bundle/attribute displays finished. There are bits in SVN and a lot more that will get into SVN in the next few days. Once that bit is working you'll not have to write such code again. Rather, you'll configure the display in a web-based interface, via an installation profile (or both).</p> <p>seth </p> http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/topic.php?id=273#post-1295 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:26:40 +0000 seth 1295@http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/ <p>My guess would be October of 2010. </p> http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/topic.php?id=273#post-1294 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:13:49 +0000 marcolino 1294@http://www.collectiveaccess.org/forum/ <p>I read in the documentation that support for PostgreSQL will be available for CA some time in the future.<br /> Can anybody tell how far that future is? ;-)<br /> --<br /> Marco </p>