Digital Asset Management Systems for African Digital Collections
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 12th, 2010
High resolution files can be accessed from your MEMAT site directly by anyone that you authorize. You have different options on the access you can give. There are 2 major options: DOWNLOAD STATUS: you can give full access to someone allowing them to download any files from the site. For image files you can decide […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 12th, 2010
The default home page for a memat site is your about us page. You can either select another page of the site, such as the browse page, as your home page, or you can direct your home page to any other page that your designer might create, all you need is the url. If you […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 12th, 2010
This step is only required for setting up sites with ecommerce 1. Login as the site administrator 2. Click on Website Dashboard 3. Select “Edit invoice details” and a page loads that looks like this one: 4. Fill in all the details that you would like to have appear at the top of the invoice […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 8th, 2010
Online Upload System 1. Log in using your username and password on any page of your site. 2. Three tabs will appear at the top of the page. Click on the Upload tab 3. That will bring you through to a page with a list of checks. At first you will see the panel for […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 8th, 2010
Online Upload System 1. Login as supplier on any page of your website. You need to use the login of the supplier whose files you are uploading. This is very important otherwise the files will be attributed to the wrong person. 2. Three tabs will appear at the top of the page. Click on the […]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 10th, 2010
There are two ways in which you can upload image files. The simplest and most immediate is by logging in to your site with your administrator login you can upload using the online upload system. If you have a large number of files that need to go online, however, you may elect to send Africa […]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 10th, 2010
Editing your top and bottom includes Unless you understand something about HTML, you may need to get your web designer to create and edit your top and bottom includes as it is easy to create a mess if you do not know what you are doing. If you do, or you are a web designer, […]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 10th, 2010
Editing your About Us and Contact Us pages An essential part of setting up your MEMAT site is to populate the About Us and Contact Us pages with information that is going to help visitors to your digital archive to understand what it is all about and to know how to get in touch with […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 9th, 2009
Submissions Standards for Image Files The following are Africa Media Online’s technical submission standards for image files. Compliance with these standards will ensure that images are speedily processed and put online with minimum rejection on technical grounds. Image Specifications File Type: Jpeg Compression: Highest quality (in Photoshop level 10-12) Open File Size: This is the […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 9th, 2009
Image Metadata Specifications Metadata is information about the image. It is as important in picture sales as the image itself. To ensure this information is not separated from the image, it is embedded in the image file itself using a system developed by the International Press and Telecommunications Council (IPTC). You can input metadata into […]