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See the [[Main Page]] for other areas of this wiki.
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* [[Introduction|Introduction to EPrints]] and [[History|History of EPrints]]
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= Releases =
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''See also the note on [[EPrints Version Numbering]]''
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The pages linked on the right represent the core pages of the EPrints manual. Other pages on this wiki may be useful as well, but new users should start here.
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= Download =
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{{Download}}
  
See the [[Main Page]] for other areas of this wiki.
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= Installation =
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* [[Recommended Platforms]]
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* [[Required software]]
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* Install Guides
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** [[Installing EPrints on RHEL/Fedora/CentOS]]
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*** Primarily RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and CentOS 7 and 8.
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*** Guides for installing from RPM package and from source.
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** [[Installing EPrints on Debian/Ubuntu]]
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*** Primarily Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and 20.04 LTS.
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*** Guides for installing from Deb package and from source.
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* [[Installation|Generic EPrints installation instructions]]
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* [[How to use EPrints with HTTPS]]
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** [[Setting up HTTPS using Let's Encrypt]]
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** [[HTTPS-only and HSTS]]
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* [[Installing EPrints using Docker]]
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= Post Installation =
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* [[Getting Started with EPrints 3]]
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= Maintenance =
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* [[Backups]]
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* [[Generate Scripts]]
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* [[Alerts]]
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* [[Log Files]]
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* [[Automating your maintenance]]
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* [[Troubleshooting]]
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= Training Materials =
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* [[:Category:Training Video|EPrints Training Course]]
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* [http://www.eprints.org/software/training/ Training materials] provided by EPrints Services.
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= How-to Guides =
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''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howto What is a how-to?]
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* [[:Category:Howto|Orientation/Overview]] <span style="color: #f94; font-size: 130%">(Start here)</span>
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** [[Configuration orientation|New to EPrints 3?]]  - ''before diving into the how-tos, take some time to read through this brief orientation guide and familiarise yourself with the EPrints configuration landscape ...''
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* [[Front Page Warning | Removing the Front Page Warning]] - Your first go at branding
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* [[Branding with confidence]] - ''one of the most common EPrints customisations is to add your own institution's branding and "look and feel" to the interface...''
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** [[Branding, the next level]] - ''how to completely change the interface to your own design''
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* [[OAI]]
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* [[Adding new views]]
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* Workflow
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* Deposit Types
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** [[Removing types]]
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* Metadata
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* Subjects (fold in with Organisation Hierarchy under "controled vocabularies")
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* [[EPrints_3_Organisation_Hierarchy|Organisation Hierarchy]] - ''how to put your own organisation's Hierarchy into EPrints 3''
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* Searches
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* [[Autocompletion and Authority Files (Romeo Autocomplete)]] - ''add autocomplete functionality to the Publication Title input field based on an authority file downloaded from EPrints Romeo...''
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* [[Create Export Plugins]] - ''create a Perl Module that will export your data...''
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* [[Login-Only Repository]] - ''require a username and password to access all pages (including search, browse, and the front page)...''
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* [[Change Deposit Status in Bulk]] - ''move a large number of deposits from inbox to archive.''
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* [[SWORD]] - ''how to configure the SWORD protocol on EPrints.''
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* [[Custom handlers]] - ''how to add a custom handler for intergration with third-party applications.''
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* [[User Deposit Agreement]] - ''How to add a user deposit agreement to the workflow.''
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= How to contribute =
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There's a number of different ways you can contribute to the EPrints project. This section covers all the ones we can think of...
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Always make an entry on http://files.eprints.org/ for your contribution, even if you don't upload the files. This will make it the one-stop place for people to find EPrints extensions.
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* [[:Category:Documentation Needed| Create some of the missing documentation]]
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* [[Contribute: Plugins | Plugins]]
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* [[Contribute: Scripts | Scripts]]
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* [[Contribute: Themes | Themes]]
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* [[Contribute: Translations | Translations]]
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* [[Contribute: Other | Other neighbourly things to do]]
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* [[Extension Packages]]
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= Misc =
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* [[Preservation Support]] in EPrints 3
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* [[:Category:Languages|Language support and translations]]
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= Technical Reference =
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* [[EPrints Directory Structure]] - How code and configuation files are organised.
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* [[EPrints Glossary]] - A listing of terminology used within EPrints.
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* [[User Menu]] - Explaining the menu options available to an EPrints user.
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* [[Admin|Admin Menu]] - Explaining the tools available to a repository administrator.
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* [[Metadata]] - configuring metadata fields.
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* [[Archives/ARCHIVEID/cfg/|Repository Configuration]]
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* [[XML Configuration]] Files
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** [[EPScript]] - documentation for the EP3 Scripting language (for use in citations and workflow files).
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** [[EPrints Control Format]] - the structure used to embed EPScript in an XML configuration file.
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** [[Citation Format]]
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** [[Workflow Format]] - the structure of the EP3 workflow files
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** [[Phrase Format]]
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** [[Template Format]]
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** [[XPAGE Format]]
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* [[XML Export Format]]
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* EPrints data structure
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** of the software
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** of the database (relating the dataobjects to each other using eprints fields)
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* [[Data Object]]s and data sets
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** The [[EPrint Object]]
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** The [[User Object]]
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** The [[Document Object]]
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** The [[Subject Object]]
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** The [[Saved Search Object]]
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** The [[History Object]]
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** The [[Access Object]]
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** The [[Request Object]]
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* [[:Category:Plugins|Plugins]]
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** [[Create Export Plugins|Export]]
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** Import
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** [[Screen Plugins|Screen]]
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* [[Autocompletion]]
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** [[Understanding IDs in Workflow Forms]]
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* [[API]]
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* [[Dynamic Template System]]
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= The EPrints Bazaar =
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* [[:Category:EPrints_Bazaar|The EPrints Bazaar]] (Start Here)
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* The [[EPM Specification]]
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* [[:Category:Bazaar_Package|Bazaar Packages]]
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Latest revision as of 15:44, 4 December 2023

See the Main Page for other areas of this wiki.

Releases

See also the note on EPrints Version Numbering


Download


Installation

Post Installation

Maintenance

Training Materials


How-to Guides

What is a how-to?

How to contribute

There's a number of different ways you can contribute to the EPrints project. This section covers all the ones we can think of...

Always make an entry on http://files.eprints.org/ for your contribution, even if you don't upload the files. This will make it the one-stop place for people to find EPrints extensions.


Misc

Technical Reference

The EPrints Bazaar