Posting minutes spent assisting Greg with configuration and deployment of the new Cocoon 2.1.9/eXist 1.1.1 combo which will be the basis of eXist projects from here on. Major tasks were configuration of XEP hooks, and of Saxon 8 (for XSLT 2.0). Where previously Saxon 8 was configured from individual project sitemaps, we're now configuring it in the root sitemap so that it can be used by any project through the xslt-saxon transformer.
December 11, 2006
In the process of working on Table of Contents rendering code, realized that I needed a formal structured date element for each file (=vol.issue), so added one in each of the twelve files. Also documented the P5 conversion and this addition through <chang> elements in the header.
December 8, 2006
With Martin work out how to migrate posts from one blog to another, see his post on the blog blog.
Did this for six of Stew's posts re HumsFac site. Two stages involved:
1. Change post_main_cat_id in the posts table to the cat id for the category in the new blog.
2. Change cat id in the postcats table (there's a redundant entry there, and that's what's used by the blog machinery to decide what to show).
This really should have a GUI. It's messy and we'll probably do it often enough to make it worthwhile.
FrancoToile project is based on Lansdowne Video. The FrancoToile site was about half a dozen elements not found in the Lansdowne schema (e.g. gender of speaker, region of speaker etc.). These are to be used in an advanced search function so that the user can filter for those videos that are of a female from Senegal for example.
I need to learn the xquery code, the php to submit the extended xquery and to present the GUI to the user. Most of the advanced search fields will consist of select elements with each item drawn from a list provided by Catherine.
Helped Karin with some CSS/layout problems in ETCL lab.
This turned out to be easier than I thought; it's a setting in the admin backoffice (App settings / Plugins / Auto-P / Edit).
Edited some of the credits for images, links on the home page. Discovered attached file with updates on Qualicum conference wasn't usable (WordPerfect file), so asked dept for file in different formant for use on web.
INITIATION:
Dean Rippin's request
OBJECTIVES:
Goal is to update the website for the Faculty of Humanities to ease maintenance and to optimize the content and structure for each of three specific audiences
PARTICIPANTS:
Andrew Rippin to set objectives and review prototypes, Jennifer Lefler to review for maintainability as she'll be maintaining the content of the site.
Robin Sutherland of web coordinator's office providing templates for UVic standard site.
Stewart will take those templates and create site within them to meet objectives. Will also use project to become familiar with the templates and with the Contribute editor, specifically testing Contribute's abilities with php. Content similar to current, but updated where necessary and centralized where possible.
COMMITMENT:
Andrew Rippin and Jennifer Lefler already maintaining current site (using Contribute) and intend to continue to do so as much as possible.
Jennifer and Andrew willing to apply their current knoweldge of content editing to this new site and to learn enough to do that.
TECHNOLOGY:
Based on UVic standard template, though may be modified to support php includes.
Site will be hosted on unix.uvic.ca
FUNDING AND RESOURCES:
HCMC time and resources out of normal operating budget.
MILESTONES AND END OF THE PROJECT:
Analysis of content and proposed new structure: end of Dec 06
Research into Contribute and how best to use it for this site: end of Dec 06
Prototype approved: end of January 07
Completion of site: end of February 07
Training on maintenance of content: March 07
Likely target date for end of project: March 2007
CRITERIA FOR CESSATION OF PROJECT:
In the unlikely event that the web coordinator announces new templates during the course of this project, this project will be suspended to determine which templates to use.
FIT WITH EXISTING WORK:
Will allow Stewart to become refamiliarized with templates and in better position to comment on needed changes for new templates
Will allow Stewart to become familiar with capabilities and limits of Contribute, and with writing pages (in whatever editor) that are amenable to content editing in Contribute
Derived from work documented in the Depts blog.
Spent some time setting up and testing digitizing from reel-to-reel in preparation for a task next week. Systems is working OK. Threading is OUTSIDE the outside pins, and INSIDE the inside pins.