Branding, the next level - Revision history

Pm705 at 12:49, 20 March 2010

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‎Step One: design

2007-03-28T13:35:11Z

‎Removing items from the user list

2007-03-28T13:30:57Z

‎Changing the actual format

2007-03-23T19:53:24Z

General clean-up

2007-03-02T00:22:04Z

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‎Step One: design

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	This document describes how to completely customise the template of your EPrints 3 repository. Not just changing some colour schemes and images, but a reworking of the structure of the HTML.		This document describes how to completely customise the template of your EPrints 3 repository. Not just changing some colour schemes and images, but a reworking of the structure of the HTML.

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 This document describes how to completely customise the template of your EPrints 3 repository. Not just changing some colour schemes and images, but a reworking of the structure of the HTML.

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	This document describes how to completely customise the template of your EPrints 3 repository. Not just changing some colour schemes and images, but a reworking of the structure of the HTML.		This document describes how to completely customise the template of your EPrints 3 repository. Not just changing some colour schemes and images, but a reworking of the structure of the HTML.

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 == Step One: design ==
 Get the design right.<br/>
-Speak to Web Designers/Greaphic Artists about layout/graphics/composition.<br/>
+Speak to Web Designers/Graphic Artists about layout/graphics/composition.<br/>
 Speak to xhtml coders and CSS monkeys about accessibility, cross-browser compatibility, and good practice.<br/>
 Make up some static pages to get the page right ''before'' you edit any EPrints files.

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 # option to disable the functionality all together
 $c->{plugins}->{"Screen::User::SavedSearches"}->{params}->{disable} = 1;
-# option to keep the functionality, but leave it out the toolbar
+Where <code>Screen::User::SavedSearches</code> corresponds to <code>perl_lib/EPrints/Plugin/<strong>Screen/User/SavedSearches.pm</strong></code>
 === Changing the actual format ===

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 The toolbar is created in <code>perl_lib/EPrints/Session.pm</code>, in a function called <code>render_toolbar</code>.
-This needs to be changed in several places, however in essence, to need to replace:
+This needs to be changed in several places, however in essence, you need to replace:
 <pre>
   my $first = 1;

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 This document describes how to completely customise the template of your EPrints 3 repository. Not just changing some colour schemes and images, but a reworking of the structure of the HTML.
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 Edit the default template for your repository:
 <pre>
-vi archives/deposit/cfg/lang/en/templates/default.xml
+vi archives/ARCHIVEID/cfg/lang/en/templates/default.xml
 </pre>
 Edit the file, or delete all the contents and start again.
-=== the head section ===
+=== Head section ===
 <pre>
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 * <code><epc:pin ref="head"/></code> is a pin-holder for any extra head-section tags that are defined (''where?'')
-=== the body section ===
+=== Body section ===
 <pre>
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 The rest is all design and layout (and there is a ''lot'' of design and layout in <code>/style/eprints.css</code>
-== The toolbar ==
+== Toolbar ==
 === Changing the separator ===
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 (Thanks to Ben Wheeler for that)
-== rebuild the web pages ==
+== Rebuild the web pages ==
-Every time you alter <code>archives/deposit/cfg/lang/en/templates/default.xml</code>, you need to regenerate the pages of the service:
+Every time you alter <code>archives/ARCHIVEID/cfg/lang/en/templates/default.xml</code>, you need to regenerate the pages of the service:
 <pre>
 bin/generate_static ''archiveID''

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		+	This document describes how to completely customise the template of your EPrints 3 repository. Not just changing some colour schemes and images, but a reworking of the structure of the HTML.
		+
		+	== Introduction ==
	The redesign process is not an easy one.<br/>		The redesign process is not an easy one.<br/>
	No, let me rephrase that: When designing a complete re-branding, altering the EPrints files is pretty - easy however the design, the xhtml and the css all requires some skill and knowledge. That part of the process is not discussed here, sorry.		No, let me rephrase that: When designing a complete re-branding, altering the EPrints files is pretty - easy however the design, the xhtml and the css all requires some skill and knowledge. That part of the process is not discussed here, sorry.

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 Speak to Web Designers/Greaphic Artists about layout/graphics/composition.<br/>
 Speak to xhtml coders and CSS monkeys about accessibility, cross-browser compatibility, and good practice.<br/>
-Make up some static pages to get the page right ''before'' you edit the EPrints files.
+Make up some static pages to get the page right ''before'' you edit any EPrints files.
 This is the design I'm going to talk about:
 [[Image:overview.png]]
-== Step Two: impliment ==
+== Step Two: implement ==
 Let us assume that you have configured the basic repository, created the database, and created an admin user.<br/>
 Let us further assume that you are at the top of the installed EPrints software (<code>/opt/</code> or <code>/usr/local</code> or <code>/home/eprints</code> or wherever you've installed it)
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 The toolbar is created in <code>perl_lib/EPrints/Session.pm</code>, in a function called <code>render_toolbar</code>.
-This needs to be changed in several places, however in essence, to need to replace
+This needs to be changed in several places, however in essence, to need to replace:
 <pre>
   my $first = 1;
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+   }
 </pre>
-with
+with:
 <pre>
   foreach my $tool ( @core )