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This will take you to the collection's administrative page.

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Click the 'Collection' button

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This will bring up a list of ways to manipulate the collection.

5. Choose 'Add an object to this collection'

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This beings up the form for a single-object ingest.

If the collection you are ingesting the object into has more than one Content Model applied to its Collection Policy, the first screen that comes up will contain a drop-down menu similar to the following:

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Simply choose the Content Model that fits the file you wish to upload, and click 'Next'.

6. Fill out the object's metadata form

The form for an object varies from Content Model to Content Model. In addition, some content models may have multiple forms one can choose from; this can also depend on the needs of the organization who installed Islandora. For production installations of Islandora, it is best to check with the organization who runs the site for policies regarding which form to use in what situation, and which fields need to be filled in what way.

7. Upload and ingest a digital file

This can be done in three steps:

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  1. Browse for the file inside your computer
  2. Upload the file to the server
  3. Click the 'Ingest' button to let Fedora turn it into a new object
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Below the text box in the image above, you will notice two stipulations - that the file has both size and type restrictions. Size restrictions can be manipulated by your site administrator by making changes to the site's php.ini file, to the post_max_size and upload_max_filesize lines. Type restrictions are set in place by the Content Model being used and cannot be modified.

8. View your file in the repository

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Upon completion, you will be brought to the new object's page in the collection; you may now manipulate the file or verify its details.