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Course Packet
October 12, 2009 | | Leave a Comment
Disclosure
This process of integrating Zoomify into CONTENTdm is based on my experiences with the Lowcountry Digital Library, and I cannot fully assure you that your attempts will completely mirror mine. This presentation is based on the implementation of the Zoomify Design Viewer into a locally hosted CONTENTdm server version 5.1, which runs on a Windows 2008 server with Internet Information Services (IIS) version 7. I cannot with confidence speak to the effectiveness of this strategy if you: are on a hosted server; run an operating system other than Windows on your server; are using a version of CONTENTdm earlier than Version 5.
Also, before attempting to integrate Zoomify on your CONTENTdm server, I highly suggest the following: back up your files; have a solid background in PHP and HTML; clear any changes you plan on making with your systems administrator.
Agenda
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• Lowcountry Digital Library background
• Comparing image viewers
• What is Zoomify?
• Pros and cons of the Zoomify image viewer
• Using Zoomify on your CONTENTdm server:
• workflow
• Configuring CONTENTdm system files to use Zoomify viewer
• Q & A
• Other useful CONTENTdm customizations
CONTENTdm System Files
We will edit the following files during the session. To save to your computer, right click the link and choose “Save Link As.” Be sure to save the files to the desktop so that they’re easy to find!
Viewers
The Zoomify viewer will work across your entire CONTENTdm system once you embed it within these four files. These files are from a clean installation of CONTENTdm version 5.1 and have not been edited.
• pan_view.txt
• doc_pan_view.txt
• compare_viewer.txt
• viewer.txt
Don’t forget to make backup copies of these files before you start editing them on your server!
CONTENTdm Global Header
Time permitting, I will demonstrate how to edit the global header file to assign banners on a collection by collection basis.
Code Snippets
We will insert these snippets of PHP and HTML code into the system files above.
• Zoomify
• Global Header