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CP was doing a report and needed some stats, so I generated them. There are currently:

• 11,770 processed page-images, in three different sizes (thumbnail, 800px, and full size), for a total of 35,310 individual images
• 4,607 individual <pb> tags with image links, along with 997 start page image links in file headers, for a total of 5,604 page-images linked into documents
• 41,630 tagged people's names
• 2,209 tagged placenames
• 1,039 tagged vessel names
• 218 maps with basic metadata in the database

As yet, we have no processed page-images from CO 6, but we have 10,652 images waiting to be processed from CO6/18 through CO6/36.

• Met with PAB and worked out where all the info in the item display panel should come from.
• Implemented this in the XSLT, and tested it.
• Added blocking for images which are currently restricted and can't be shared on the web.
• Figured out fixes required for two remaining images not displaying.
• Added HTML anchors to the scrolling image menu, so that the whole thing can be navigated via the keyboard, for accessibility.
• Added some little GUI tweaks so that the selected or focused image is smaller and has a border, making it clear which image is selected.
• Added PAB as a user on the eXist db, with upload permissions to the data collections.
• Had a long discussion about the purpose of the centralized names file, and how it should be implemented, and then used to generate the site menu.
• Deployed the app to tomcat-dev on Pear, and confirmed it's working.
• Let PAB know how to access it.

As we added two new images to the RG7, volume 1, collection, I had to rename the 60px, 800px, and full size images, respectively. I completed this and uploaded the renamed images.

Following a procedure I'd already tested on my home computer, I upgraded VirtualBox like this:

• Checked that the existing version and the target version were both available in the Synaptic Package Manager.
• Shut down all VMs, took snapshots, and backed them up. This includes backing up the contents of ~/.VirtualBox, which is on the root drive (while the VMs are on the second drive).
• Using Synaptic, removed the old version, and then installed the new version.
• Started VBox and tested the VMs.

Spent an hour correcting six individual problems in file names identified by MH and going through the rest of the 79 xml files looking for other occurrences. Didn't find any more.

One word: JQuery.

Brought down all the latest updates from KSW's changes, and deployed them to the db. Rewrote the backup-to-local scripts to find stuff in the places it's now located on the server.

It turned out that we missed only two images in RG7-G8C, volumes 1, 2, and 3. I have processed them and added them to the server in the appropriate folders. I then returned the film reel to Chris' desk, in his office.

Decided in the end that there isn't enough time to re-implement the scrolling picture menu myself, so I've brought JQuery into the project. I'm also using it for AJAX, since it's already there. We'll see how robust it is these days. The menu is working, and the AJAX retrieval of item data is working. I've also rewritten the search so that it reloads the page, which is simpler than using AJAX for each search.

I still don't have info from PAB about the locations in files from which specific bits of metadata need to be drawn, and I've also noticed some duplication of data which is making me a bit confused, so I've had to stop for the moment until I can get definite info from her. I think I'll also need to get the names.xml file, and that means the item retrieval will have to be much more complicated than it currently is, because I'll have to draw in data from the central repository file.

Yesterday I booked all of the movies left, and plan to digitize them over the next two weeks.
For exporting videos in iMovie, use: stream dv; NTSC; Progressive Scan Mode; 4:3 ratio; 44.100.
Jouet was in iMovie from before, I exported and handbraked it, and put it on the server.
O'Reilly was captured, exported and handbraked, and I put it on the server.
Halle was captured and exported.
At start of week I had 22 hours left.