Training Video:Add A Field
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Contents
Introduction
Walkthrough of adding a metadata field to a repository.
What You Will Learn
- How to add a field to the repository without editing core configuration files
 - How to add new phrases and to include the new field in the Workflow
 - How to add the field to the Abstract page
 
What You Should Already Know
- Be familiar with the structure of EPrints and the relationships between configuration, phrase and workflow files
 - How to login as administrator and to edit text files on the server
 - How to restart Apache
 
Resources
Video
The Video can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B5_dHStUTQ.
Index
- 00:00 Introduction
 - 00:18 Command line intro and basic set-up
 - 00:45 Look over the file: eprint_fields.pl
 - 01.39 Add new field to new file: z_local_eprints_fields.pl
 - 02.33 Use the add_dataset_field function to add the field
 - 03.39 Creating field of type ‘set’
 - 04.28 Commit the new field by using ‘epadmin update repoid’
 - 05.28 Add the new field to the eprint Workflow
 - 06.34 Add the phrases, set names and help text for the new field using the web UI
 - 08.35 Add the new field to the eprint Abstract page
 - 09.15 Overview of ‘eprint_render.pl’ file
 - 10.45 Run regenerate_abstracts to request and update to the Abstract page
 - 11.35 Move the phrases created using the web UI from zz_phrases.xml to z_local_fields.xml
 
The Video
Notes, Errata and Additional Information
- EPrints 3.3.14
 - Ubuntu 15.04