From: Demian K. <dem...@vi...> - 2014-01-23 17:26:21
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Thanks again for all this work -- just took a closer look, and all of the changes look like improvements to me! I've copied over from the playground into the real page. If you feel the urge to make further adjustments, feel free to edit the page directly. We always have the edit history to fall back on if there's any issue (which seems unlikely anyway). - Demian ________________________________ From: Chris Keene [chr...@gm...] Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 2:34 PM To: vuf...@li... Subject: [VuFind-Tech] Vufind 2 multisite Hi all I've been taking a look at vufind's new(ish) multi-instance functionality in vufind2. I want to say upfront I think this is really useful and and great feature to have. In particular I'm finding vufind useful as a backoffice tool as much as a public service (we have a vufind1 service we run for a specific school at our University). For example I've used the multi-instance functionality to set up sites that contain: - the full marc dump file from our ILS for Primo. As Primo as a complex beast, this instance was useful to see exactly what was in the dump file. - the marc output from our link resolver (SFX, had to edit marc.properties a bit). - the marc files supplied to our by ebook vendors, and in particular PDA (Patron Driver Acquisition) Plan records (ie ebooks we haven't yet purchased). The ability to create new instances quickly to help solve problems or gain insight in to a particular huge MARC file is very useful and saved time. Thanks! Playing with the multi-instance functionality was my first experience with version 2. Based on my experience I've attempted to update (and hopefully improve) the multi-instance page. I didn't want to edit the live page, though have made my changes to the playground page Take a look https://vufind.org/wiki/playground:playground The live page is here for comparison https://vufind.org/wiki/vufind2:installing_multiple_instances A few notes: - I've created a section at the top about 'decisions' regarding solr/apache/mysql - When I tried to set up my first multi-instance I missed the instruction in the current page about going to /Install/Home - it was there, but my eyes kept on skipping it. So I tried to make the page more linear - I (IMO) tidied up some of the points and made some locations of files more explicit - For the Solr Options, I moved what I though would be the common option in to the main set of instructions, and the 'advanced' option kept at the end of the page. - I've included a full transcript of setting up a new site. - I've tried to hint at the idea of using the same string in various places when using multisite to make it each to maintain (i use springfield in my example) Feel free to edit; or suggest edits to me. If people think it is better than the current version then feel free to move it (or parts of it) to the live page. Some links are broken on the playground page but they should automatically fix if copied to the live page. Regards Chris Keene University of Sussex Library - UK |