This page describes how to configure Omeka S. Before taking these steps, you need to install and set up Omeka S on your server

Configuring Omeka S

These instructions also explain the main steps you must take to complete assignment #2 (see last step).

These instructions assume that you already have a working Omeka S instance, and that you know how to sign in to your server. (Those steps were covered in the install guide.)

  1. Make sure that you write down and save somewhere your cPanel login credentials.
  2. You will receive an email from the Omeka S installation. Save that, and also save your login credentials. Keep all of these items in a place where you can find them and where they are relatively safe.
    • For example, use the write it down in a notebook method
    • Or, pdf your emails and keep them in a folder on your computer.
  3. Create a main user account beyond the Global administrator, which you will use for most of the activity that you undertake for the assignments.
    • Keep a list of all the users, associated emails, and for those accounts you control, passwords.
    • I recommend a password manager (for all but the most sensitive login credentials), if you don’t already use one (Chrome and other web browsers typically have this built in; also, there are extensions you can install for most browsers that will help to generate random, secure passwords.)
  4. Create a user for Jesse Johnston (supervisor level), using the email jajohnst@umich.edu.
  5. Add in modules (we will go over the process in class, it involves FileZilla and SSH, and is explained in the Omeka S Modules guide). You must add:
  6. Add at least one additional vocabulary. This process is described in more detail in the Guide to Installing Vocabularies in Omeka S. For a quick start, use MODS (Metadata Object Description Schema). Use the “Vocabularies” option in the left menu, choose the “Import New Vocabulary”, then:
    • Name/Label: MODS 1
    • Namespace URI: http://www.loc.gov/mods/rdf/v1
    • Namespace prefix: mods
    • Vocabulary URL: https://www.loc.gov/mods/modsrdf/v1/modsrdf.owl
    • File format: RDF/XML
    • Note: you may consider adding other vocabulary namespaces, but for this to happen smoothly with Omeka, any vocabulary you choose will need to be expressed in a standard linked data format specification (like RDF or OWL).
  7. Create at least one site (Omeka S allows you to administer multiple sites/collections)
    • Create an about page, with at least one image asset attached and a descriptive statement.
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