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Examples of changes or improvements in the community:
Many XMLUI instances out there have nice frontpages and might also have customized the way to edit them. Some code might already be out there. Their developers might be motivated to contribute or work on this.
- Harvard DASH
- Frontpage look? Very large news section with images, regularly being updated
- Backend edit features? Unknown, requesting information
- Implemented by: inhouse
- African Virtual University OER
- Frontpage look? Different newsblocks, each with a title
- Backend edit features? Each newsblock is a different xml file that should be edited in DRI. Each new block requires a change in the sitemap
- Implemented by @mire
A modest look at the competition
http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/
- Introduction text
- Contemporary news with one news item, no links to a news archive
- "At a glance" box with links to top 10 downloads and 60 most recent additions
- "Paper of the Day" box featuring one item
- A line of repository vitals: number of papers, total number of downloads, number of downloads that year
DCAT discussion preparation:
This request touches more broadly on the look & feel of a DSpace frontpage and the essence can be broken down into 3 questions:
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