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Introduction

This short booklet is intended to introduce the commonest non-obvious customization-related tasks for newcomers to DSpace administration. It has been written against the stable version 1.4.2 of DSpace and the Manakin user interface, version 1.1.

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Different parts of DSpace live in different areas on the DSpace server. Because each DSpace administrator decides where some parts of DSpace live, and operating systems have different ideas about where other parts live, we have employed italics to mark missing pieces of file paths. Some directories whose precise location varies among systems require special attention:

• dspace-source - – The directory into which the DSpace administrator unpacks the downloaded DSpace code.
• _manakin-source _-- The directory into which the DSpace administrator unpacks the downloaded Manakin source code.
• dspace - – The directory into which the Java

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  command deposits compiled DSpace code. This location is set in DSpace's configuration file, dspace.cfg, as

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• _tomcat _-- The directory where Apache Tomcat is installed. If you are not using Apache Tomcat, you may wish to customize some of these "how-to" documents to better match your servlet engine of choice (e.g. Jetty, Resin, etc).

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Although this "DSpace How-To Guide" introduces many common customizations currently available within DSpace, it should not be considered a stand-alone document. You should be aware of many other valuable DSpace resources, including:

• DSpace Homepage - – http://www.dspace.org
• DSpace Wiki - – http://wiki.dspace.org/
• DSpace Technical FAQ - http://wiki.dspace.org/TechnicalFaq
• DSpace Resources Listing (including System Documentation and Mailing Lists) - http://wiki.dspace.org/DspaceResources
• Manakin documentation - – http://di.tamu.edu/projects/xmlui/

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• W3Schools Tutorials/Guides - – introductory tutorials, references, and examples for XHTML, CSS, XML, XSLT, SQL, among many others.
• HTML Dog - – HTML and CSS References and tutorials for all levels of knowledge
• Holy CSS Zeldman! - – all things CSS, with intermixed links to good HTML, Javascript, and web design sites.
• MaxDesign - CSS tutorials for web developers. Covers customizing page layout using CSS-based floats, lists and selectors.

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