Installing Omeka for CEDEUS

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Installing Omeka

Setup of Omeka VM

Setup of VM based on Ubuntu 1404 VM

1. copying basicubuntu1404.vdi file and renaming to omeka_ubuntu.vdi (note, accidentally I i used the nominatim VM disc, so I copied and renamed the VDI file to omeka_w_nominatim.vdi)
2. creating the omeka VM on CedeusDB (ip.18):
   • VBoxManage createvm --name omeka --ostype Ubuntu_64 --register
   • VBoxManage modifyvm omeka --memory 8096
   • VBoxManage modifyvm omeka --cpus 4
   • VBoxManage modifyvm omeka --nic1 nat
   • VBoxManage storagectl omeka --name "SATA Controller" --add sata --controller IntelAhci
   • VBoxManage internalcommands sethduuid omeka_w_nominatim.vdi
   • VBoxManage storageattach "omeka" --storagectl "SATA Controller" --port 0 --device 0 --type hdd --medium omeka_w_nominatim.vdi
   • VBoxManage storagectl omeka --name "IDE Controller" --add ide --controller PIIX4
   • VBoxManage modifyvm omeka --natpf1 "ssh,tcp,,20022,,22"
   • VBoxManage modifyvm omeka --natpf1 "apache,tcp,,20080,,80"
   • VBoxManage modifyvm omeka --vrdeport 7764
3. start VM and change the computers name:
   • VBoxHeadless -s omeka --vrde on &
   • change computers name in /etc/hosts and /etc/hostname to omeka
   • restarting Apache gives the error message: "apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1 ..."

   => solve this by adding ServerName nominatim as the last line in /etc/apache2/apache2.conf file

   • add additional users

Notes on Omeka

starting to use Omeka

• Make a plan on how it should be used first, as described here: http://omeka.org/codex/Site_Planning_Tips
• items and collection (formed of items) are the basic elements:
  • items: http://omeka.org/codex/Managing_Items_2.0
  • collections: http://omeka.org/codex/Managing_Collections_2.0

public vs private items

see:

• http://omeka.org/forums/topic/issues-with-contributor-user-role
• plugins:
  • http://omeka.org/codex/Plugins/Contribution_2.0 and, corresponding "guest user plugin":
  • http://omeka.org/codex/Plugins/GuestUser_2.0
• and, perhaps ??? for (filter) plugin development: http://omeka.org/forums/topic/ability-to-set-files-to-public-or-private

changing file upload size

Omeka uses the PhP default settings. So how to do that see http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-unix-apache-increase-php-upload-limit/

• open /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini
• set the following variables:
  • upload_max_filesize (I chose 60MB)
  • memory_limit (I chose 128MB)
  • post_max_size (I chose 80MB)

Zotero and Omeka

Omeka can import data from a Zotero Group, so...

• I created a new Zotero group with my account (public visible, but private membership): https://www.zotero.org/groups/observatorio_cedeus
• Then I generated an API access key for this group (from my Zotero home/account page) that allows read access only to this new Observatory group
• Then I copied the Atom Feed URL to the Omeka Form, including the Zotero Access key
• Then I was able to select/and access stuff stored in the new group library (Ebrhaims 2015 IJGI paper) and importing it as item into Omeka.

  => Note, the pdf of the publication was not attached! I added the pdf file later manually from my desktop using Item > Editar > Archivos.