Hi, Fang, If it is the first time you setup dspace, your first important decision in customization is to decide using the xmlui or the jspui. The xmlui is more modular in design but harder to customize. The jspui is very flexible with minimum restrictions. Some cocoon gurus may disagree but ... forget it.
Do the easy things first: changing the banners, footers, frontpage news, fonts, etc. Study the dspace.cfg in depth. Many configurations there can affect the look of the ui. To step in further, you need some good java programmers to customize the source codes. I my opinion, customizing the UI is not on the top priority in the initial stage of running dspace. You should first focus on developing a good set of policies and procedures about WHO can and should do WHAT in the dspace system, and then think about HOW to enforce these rules. dspace's default rules may not fit everyone. Welcome posting to the mailing list for more discussion or to seek help. Allen Lam. HKU Hub Administrator, http://hub.hku.hk > > On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 12:45 AM, Wang, Fang <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Hello Allen, > > > > I saw your email on the Dspace mailing list. I am a digital > information librarian at Texas Tech University Law Library. Your > university’s Dspace customization is amazing! We are currently > installing Dspace and also planning to customize it. Can you > please share some experience and insights of your organization’s > customization of Dspace? I would really appreciate that. Thanks so > much! > > > > *Fang Wang* > > Digital Information Management Librarian > > Texas Tech University School of Law Library > > 1802 Hartford Ave. > > Lubbock, TX 79409 > > 806-742-3990 ext. 290 > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > > /"Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance." > -Confucius/ > > / / > > cid:[email protected] > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
