http://omeka.org/forums/ Forums Forum: Getting Started en Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:06:07 +0000 http://omeka.org/forums/topic/installation-error-parse-error#post-689 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:59:02 +0000 DaveLester 689@http://omeka.org/forums/ <p>What version of Omeka are you using? </p> http://omeka.org/forums/topic/installation-error-parse-error#post-688 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:02:06 +0000 mjcpl 688@http://omeka.org/forums/ <p>I'm doing a test installation on the infamous 1and1.com</p> <p>I've read people having occasional problems, but none of the posts ring a bell for me on this error. </p> <p>I uploaded everything including the .htaccess files. Set the database info in the db.ini file. I set archive and enclosed to 777 as directed. I went to the home url and *poof* I get this message...</p> <blockquote><p>Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or '}' in /homepages/12/d87796153/htdocs/Omeka/application/libraries/Omeka/Core.php on line 14</p></blockquote> <p>any thoughts? </p> http://omeka.org/forums/topic/dropbox-supports-what-file-formats#post-687 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:02:57 +0000 tomgoskar 687@http://omeka.org/forums/ <p>Thanks for the news Jim, I've subscribed to the blog :-) </p> http://omeka.org/forums/topic/dropbox-supports-what-file-formats#post-686 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:44:24 +0000 jsafley 686@http://omeka.org/forums/ <p>We apologize for the delay on our data import plugins. We just released an alpha version of a new Omeka release (0.10), which includes a brand new data model. We'll begin releasing import plugins once the software and database have been thoroughly tested -- i.e. after the final version comes out. For now our priority is writing an OAI-PMH harvester, but a CSV import plugin is probably next in line. We'll keep you posted on our blog when we release these plugins: <a href="http://omeka.org/blog/" rel="nofollow">http://omeka.org/blog/</a> .</p> <p>-Jim </p> http://omeka.org/forums/topic/dropbox-supports-what-file-formats#post-684 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:38:35 +0000 tomgoskar 684@http://omeka.org/forums/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>Is there any news on the CSV import plugin? I'm looking at Omeka to create a website for an important archaeological metalwork collection of about 4000 records (+photos), and it would be rather handy!</p> <p>Any news or tips would be greatly appreciated.</p> <p>Cheers,</p> <p>Tom </p> http://omeka.org/forums/topic/comments#post-677 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:43:54 +0000 DaveLester 677@http://omeka.org/forums/ <p>Both of these features would be useful plugins that extend the basic functionality of Omeka. If you have any PHP programming experience I'd invite you to discuss the ideas on the developers group (http://groups.google.com/group/omeka-dev/) where we can answer questions about developing plugins and provide technical suggestions for implementing them into your Omeka installation. </p> http://omeka.org/forums/topic/comments#post-676 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:58:45 +0000 SheilaBrennan 676@http://omeka.org/forums/ <p>Hi brix11, </p> <p>We have discussed commenting on items, but it is not planned for the .10 release. </p> <p>As for linking, we don't have the same type of linking that Zotero offers in their "related" function. But, in the new release you can more easily hyperlink text in the fields through an optional WYSIWYG editor. In the "relation" Dublin Core field, for instance, you could link to other item URLs.</p> <p>Sheila </p> http://omeka.org/forums/topic/omeka-ubuntu-vmware-win-or-mac#post-675 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:53:03 +0000 msilva 675@http://omeka.org/forums/ <p>Thanks, Bruce. I look forward to the VMs. </p> http://omeka.org/forums/topic/comments#post-672 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:12:15 +0000 brix11 672@http://omeka.org/forums/ <p>Does Omeka have a system for discussion or comments about items? Can items easily be linked to one another? </p> http://omeka.org/forums/topic/server-specs#post-667 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:49:52 +0000 DaveLester 667@http://omeka.org/forums/ <p>This is an interesting question, and one I don't think we've run into yet. Omeka is built using the Zend Framework, so I checked with no such luck to see if they have any hardware guidelines.</p> <p>My estimation, based upon experiences over the past 7 months of helping individuals and institutions set up Omeka is that once software requirements are met, Omeka can run on standard and pretty basic hardware. Perhaps one of the other developers have thoughts about memory and processor speed -- </p> http://omeka.org/forums/topic/server-specs#post-657 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:46:09 +0000 ecorrado 657@http://omeka.org/forums/ <p>I have seen the software requirements on the Omeka Web site, but I didn't see anything about hardware. Being that people are hosting it on Dreamhost and other web hosing platforms, my guess is that the requirements, especially for a low use site, are not very great. However, I was wondering if anyone had any guidelines as to what speed processor and how much memory is required to run Omeka. Any thoughts? </p> http://omeka.org/forums/topic/importance-of-php-52x-or-greater#post-638 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:06:05 +0000 Sean 638@http://omeka.org/forums/ <p>Hi ewb,</p> <p>I don't know enough about PHP to know what possible issues might exist, but so far it's all good and we've been working on our site for a few months now. We're not using a lot of plugins at the moment, just DropBox, COinS, and Sitenotes. All are working well. We did test the Contribution plugin and that seemed to work too.</p> <p>Just follow Dave Lester's post in the link Sheila Brennan provided and it should work. By the way, we're using PHP 5.1.6.</p> <p>Sean </p> http://omeka.org/forums/topic/importance-of-php-52x-or-greater#post-637 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:20:32 +0000 ewb 637@http://omeka.org/forums/ <p>thanks </p> http://omeka.org/forums/topic/importance-of-php-52x-or-greater#post-636 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 01:59:24 +0000 SheilaBrennan 636@http://omeka.org/forums/ <p>Hi ewb, </p> <p>Others have asked about the requirements and this post seems to be the most relevant: <a href="http://omeka.org/forums/topic/php-version-requirement#post-502." rel="nofollow">http://omeka.org/forums/topic/php-version-requirement#post-502.</a> </p> <p>We have not been testing in anything other than PHP 5.2 so cannot verify Omeka's effectiveness in 5.1x but there is a work-around that another user tried (in the post linked above ) that might be helpful for you too.</p> <p>Please let us know how things work out. </p> <p>Sheila </p> http://omeka.org/forums/topic/importance-of-php-52x-or-greater#post-633 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:04:20 +0000 ewb 633@http://omeka.org/forums/ <p>Our servers run PHP 5.1 and we are unlikely to upgrade to 5.2 in the next short while. What are the implications of running Omeka with 5.1? </p> http://omeka.org/forums/topic/omeka-ubuntu-vmware-win-or-mac#post-630 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:50:22 +0000 TomScheinfeldt 630@http://omeka.org/forums/ <p>Thanks, Bruce. That sounds fantastic. Congratulations on your IMLS grant. Please let us know (online or off) if there's anything we can do to help.</p> <p>Take care,<br /> Tom </p> http://omeka.org/forums/topic/omeka-ubuntu-vmware-win-or-mac#post-628 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:22:25 +0000 brucefulton 628@http://omeka.org/forums/ <p>Well, vmware fusion is definitely low-cost at $40 now with rebates or $40 outright with academic discount. But, I do get your point. The U of AZ School of Information Resources and Library Science (my institution) has just been awarded a major IMLS research grant (see <a href="http://imls.gov/news/2008/091008a_list.shtm#AZ" rel="nofollow">http://imls.gov/news/2008/091008a_list.shtm#AZ</a>) and part of that involves dissemination. I'll be posting at least a couple preconfigured VMs after this fall's advanced digital collection classes conclude (I want to see what we run into to make sure the images are solid). And although I haven't tried them yet, there are some posts on the net that discuss how to convert a vmware image to virtual box. So, I think this will come together over the next few months. I'll post back anything related to Omeka here. </p> http://omeka.org/forums/topic/omeka-ubuntu-vmware-win-or-mac#post-622 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:11:50 +0000 msilva 622@http://omeka.org/forums/ <p>If you could provide a pre-configured Ubuntu VM with Omeka, I think that would really go a long way to get a lot of people started. The thing is, as a Mac user, I'd be cutoff because there is no free vmware player (although they exist for Windows and Linux). You could maybe also release a pre-configured VirtualBox VM, as it is free in all 3 platforms, if you have the spare time or know someone that does. </p> http://omeka.org/forums/topic/server-choice#post-604 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:07:16 +0000 brucefulton 604@http://omeka.org/forums/ <p>Even if your primary system is mac or windows, you can still run/host production linux applications using free virtualization software (VMWare server, Fusion, VirtualPC, Virtualbox) on your Mac or Windows box. </p> http://omeka.org/forums/topic/server-choice#post-601 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:03:15 +0000 SheilaBrennan 601@http://omeka.org/forums/ <p>JLyles,<br /> Omeka is a free and open source project and so we wanted to build it on a system that is also free and open source.</p> <p>We understand that not everyone has access to a Linux server, and we are planning to offer a hosted version of Omeka late next year. </p> <p>Sheila </p> http://omeka.org/forums/topic/server-choice#post-600 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:21:24 +0000 jlyles 600@http://omeka.org/forums/ <p>Why Linux?? </p> http://omeka.org/forums/topic/omeka-ubuntu-vmware-win-or-mac#post-599 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:04:12 +0000 AlGordon 599@http://omeka.org/forums/ <p>Thanks Bruce, all seems to be working fine now...hope you escape the storms!</p> <p>Alastair </p> http://omeka.org/forums/topic/omeka-ubuntu-vmware-win-or-mac#post-597 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:44:04 +0000 brucefulton 597@http://omeka.org/forums/ <p>Much of the UA infrastructure was down this am due to storms and power outages. Everything should be back up now. </p> http://omeka.org/forums/topic/omeka-ubuntu-vmware-win-or-mac#post-594 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:01:05 +0000 AlGordon 594@http://omeka.org/forums/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>The link to the pdf doesn't seem to be working any more. Any ideas?</p> <p>Alastair </p> http://omeka.org/forums/topic/omeka-ubuntu-vmware-win-or-mac#post-593 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:07:28 +0000 SheilaBrennan 593@http://omeka.org/forums/ <p>Thanks, Bruce. </p> http://omeka.org/forums/topic/omeka-ubuntu-vmware-win-or-mac#post-592 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:24:03 +0000 brucefulton 592@http://omeka.org/forums/ <p>By the way, it looks like the link above includes the period at the end of the sentence. If you get a file not found, just backspace over the period or try this:</p> <p><a href="http://digin.arizona.edu/files/omeka.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://digin.arizona.edu/files/omeka.pdf</a> </p> http://omeka.org/forums/topic/omeka-ubuntu-vmware-win-or-mac#post-591 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:21:07 +0000 brucefulton 591@http://omeka.org/forums/ <p>Be my guest! </p> http://omeka.org/forums/topic/omeka-ubuntu-vmware-win-or-mac#post-590 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:59:04 +0000 SheilaBrennan 590@http://omeka.org/forums/ <p>Hi brucefulton, </p> <p>This is so great. We also will be very interested in feedback from your class on their Omeka experiences.</p> <p>Do you mind if we post this on our Codex?</p> <p>Sheila </p> http://omeka.org/forums/topic/omeka-ubuntu-vmware-win-or-mac#post-589 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:30:43 +0000 brucefulton 589@http://omeka.org/forums/ <p>I've created a fairly detailed document explaining how to install Omeka in a VMWare virtual machine running Ubuntu Linux on Mac (VMWare Fusion) and Windows (VMWare server and workstation) desktop platforms. This is useful for demo/development/checkout/ and classroom instruction. It may also help with installation procedures on a standalone Ubuntu server. The document is available at <a href="http://digin.arizona.edu/files/omeka.pdf." rel="nofollow">http://digin.arizona.edu/files/omeka.pdf.</a> If you have questions or comments, let me know. If there is demand, I could also provide a downloadable pre-configured virtual machine. We're using this and other virtualized digital repository applications in our Advanced Digital Collections course for the University of Arizona's Digital Information Management Certificate program (http://digin.arizona.edu), which, by the way, is also partially funded by IMLS. </p> http://omeka.org/forums/topic/simple_search-field-value-modification#post-566 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:19:12 +0000 rcsampang 566@http://omeka.org/forums/ <p>Thanks!</p> <p>Your instruction provided the solution to my problem, surely it saved me a lot of time from looking for the simple_search function. </p>