- went through scripts on warthog.uvm.edu with fined toothed comb, looking for keepers, mission critiical apps, and junk. Created and discussed master list with f swasey. scripts are being migrated from AIX to Linux
- prepared time estimate for paul bierman regarding changes to landscape code
- more video server testing
Activity Log
Activity Log
- investigated Java installation in Mac OS X issues for J Bellum
- investigated UVM Template printing problems
Activity Log
- tracked down issue with new Tiger iCal application and CT_Cal.pl related to meetings displayed in UTC rather than local time
- provided consulting to D Jacobowitz for perl CGI-BIN programming at UVM
- tested new Cisco VPN clients
- finally figured out how to get "SDP Announce" method to work with QuickTime broadcaster and quicktime.uvm.edu
Moose is Loose
Saw a big ol’ Moose chowing down in the Hollow Brook Swamp last night on my way home from work, about a mile and a half from my house. I burst in the door to tell Vickie, and was almost tackled by William, who loudly exclaimed, “Daddy, we saw a moose!” But the one they saw was about a mile and a half away from the house in the other direction. Unless that moose — who seemed equally content dining right where it was at — suddenly picked itself up and hoofed it three miles down the road and over the hill in less than an hour, it appears my neighborhood is swimming in moose. Now, which of them left the 4″ deep hoof tracks in my yard back in April?
Activity Log
- more software research for t lyman
- more video server testing and debugging
- researched utilities to convert WMV to MOV file formats for A Quinn
- explained realproducer settings to b bittman/wruv
Landscape Change Project: Adding new fields
On May 12, 2005, at 11:29 AM, paul bierman wrote:
Adding fields to database tables is easy.
Fields and Dublin Core approximates
- photographer => contributer.photographer > is already there — just doesn’t appear on all the forms
- scan date => date.created
- scan equipment => format.creation
- archive image quality => format.extent
- original title => title.alternative
- image collector => contributer.collector ?
- originating archive identifier => identifier.citation
- image creator or publisher => publisher
- special collection identifier = identifier.other
Fixing the scripts is the ugly part. The variations on workflow (Public Submission; Management Submission; Single Historic, Single reshoot, or both; Submission approval; Archive edit) and script locations, names, and functions is more than mildly confusing.
from http://www.uvm.edu/perkins/landscape/LS_Manage0.html (Landscape Change Program Management Procedures) we can go to
- "Submit Historic Pair" http://www.uvm.edu/perkins/landscape/submitting/LS_Submit4.php (which calls LS_PROCESSX5.php to process the submission)
- "submit reshoot" http://www.uvm.edu/perkins/landscape/submitting/LS_SingleSubmit.php (which calls LS_PROCESSX5_Single.php)
from http://www.uvm.edu/perkins/landscape/submitting/ submit_options.htm (Public Submit a photo pages) we can go to both of those, and
- "submit single historic" http://www.uvm.edu/perkins/landscape/submitting/ LS_Submit_Singl_Hist_photo.php (which calls LS_PROCESSX5.php)
from http://www.uvm.edu/perkins/landscape/LS_Manage0.html (Landscape Change Program Management Procedures) we can also go to
- TEMPORARY FILES (LIST, VIEW, MODIFY, PROCESS, or DELETE) https://www.uvm.edu/perkins/landscape/WORKING_FOLDER/LS_Manage1.php
which takes us to
- SUBMISSION REVIEW (Temp files) https://www.uvm.edu/perkins/landscape/WORKING_FOLDER/ LS_CheckTransfer.php (which calls LS_PROCESS3.php)
- ARCHIVE FILES (LIST, VIEW, MODIFY, or DELETE) https://www.uvm.edu/perkins/landscape/WORKING_FOLDER/LS_Manage3.php
which takes us to
- SUBMISSION REVIEW (archive files) https://www.uvm.edu/perkins/landscape/WORKING_FOLDER/ LS_ArchiveDisplay.php (which calls LS_PROCESS4.php)
And if you click the "Add Another File" button here
- SINGLE SUBMIT FORM FOR EXISTING SET: Admin Versions https://www.uvm.edu/perkins/landscape/WORKING_FOLDER/ LS_SingleSubmit.php (different from /submitting/LS_SingleSubmit.php ?)
which calls LS_ProcessSingle.php
So, by my count, the following scripts need to be edited to account for additional input information
- http://www.uvm.edu/perkins/landscape/submitting/LS_Submit4.php
- http://www.uvm.edu/perkins/landscape/submitting/LS_SingleSubmit.php
- http://www.uvm.edu/perkins/landscape/submitting/ LS_Submit_Singl_Hist_photo.php
- http://www.uvm.edu/perkins/landscape/submitting/LS_PROCESSX5.php
- http://www.uvm.edu/perkins/landscape/submitting/ LS_PROCESSX5_Single.php
- https://www.uvm.edu/perkins/landscape/WORKING_FOLDER/ LS_CheckTransfer.php
- https://www.uvm.edu/perkins/landscape/WORKING_FOLDER/ LS_PROCESS3.php
- https://www.uvm.edu/perkins/landscape/WORKING_FOLDER/ LS_ArchiveDisplay.php
- https://www.uvm.edu/perkins/landscape/WORKING_FOLDER/ LS_PROCESS4.php
- https://www.uvm.edu/perkins/landscape/WORKING_FOLDER/ LS_SingleSubmit.php
- https://www.uvm.edu/perkins/landscape/WORKING_FOLDER/ LS_ProcessSingle.php
It took me better than an hour just to figure this out. It could be another 16-24 man hours to make it all work. So, I could do it — but it will cost you. I just don’t know what.
Activity Log
- discovered limitations of webdav with respect to php files (they get parsed!)
- began to build test structure for new landscape change project edits
- researched software prices for t lyman
WordPress upgrade part 2: Making UVM a Theme
As part of the 1.2 to 1.5 WordPress upgrade, I thought I would try to see if the UVM template would work in the context of the new Themes mechanism.
Yes, it does.
Here’s how I got there:
basically, followed instructions . Converted to unix commands in the context of my blog folders, this amounted to
- cd public_html/wordpress/wp-content/themes/
- mkdir uvm
- cp ../../default.php uvm/index.php
- cd ../..
- mv index_orig.php default.php
- pico wp-content/themes/uvm/index.php
- cp waw.css wp-content/themes/uvm/style.css
- pico wp-content/themes/uvm/style.css
RSS2 link still broken. Looking into that now.
Upgrading WordPress 1.2.x to 1.5.1
1) rename ~/public_html/wordpress and ~public_html/wordpress-1.2.2
2) download and unpack distribution file
3) rename resultant folder wordpress-1.5.1
4) make logical link wordpress => wordpress-1.5.1
5) copy wordpress-1.2.2/wp-config.php to wordpress-1.5.1/
6) run http://www.uvm.edu/netid/wordpress/wp-admin/upgrade.php
7) Copy folder wordpress-1.2.2/wp-content to wordpress-1.5.1/
That’s about it for “normal” users. Now comes the tricky part….
making it use the UVM template
8 ) rename wordpress/index.php wordpress/index_orig.php
9) copy wordpress-1.2.2/magicscript.php to wordpress-1.5.1/
10) copy wordpress-1.2.2/defaultmenu.html to wordpress-1.5.1/
11) copy wordpress-1.2.2/default.php to wordpress-1.5.1/
12) copy wordpress-1.2.2/waw.css to wordpress-1.5.1/
So far, so good. Except now most ever link is busted.
A return to the drawing board reveals that the WordPress folks made
some big changes to their code that actually favors the UVM template.
I had previously altered:
wp-settings.php : changed the value of $querystring_start
from ‘?’ to ‘&’;
database table xxx_options, field blogfilename=default.php
database table xxx_options, field home=http://www.uvm.edu/~waw/
wordpress/?Page=
Well, now there is no $querystring_start defined in the new wp-
settings.php, database table xxx_options, field blogfilename is
empty, and database table xxx_options, field home=http://www.uvm.edu/
~waw/wordpress/
Links OK now, but comments section of default.php template generating
errors. Changed
to
wp-comments.php doesn’t exist anymore. Replacement code from sample
wp.php file.
Now it looks like the only thing now working quite right is the RSS2
link. Maybe that will get fixed when I convert to the new 1.5 Themes
format.
Activity Log
- more media server configuration testing (quicktime broadcaster)
- addressed access issues with https://www.uvm.edu/video
- upgraded my wordpress installation from 1.2.2 to 1.5.1
- reconfigured wordpress to use UVM template as a "Theme"