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            <title><![CDATA[Deploying new client sites to emeraldintouchcom]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Jul 14, 2008 - 10:12am</pubDate>
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    <p><p>These pages are designed to help Emerald staff deploy new client sites to the Emerald InTouch client domain, emeraldintouch.com.</p><p>At the time of writing, two client sites exist:</p><ul><li>mdx.emeraldintouch.com</li><li>kentz.emeraldintouch.com</li></ul><p>To deploy a new site, e.g newsite.emeraldintouch.com please follow these steps</p><ol><li>Request to IT/Claritas to create new sub-domain &#39;newsite.emeraldintouch.com&#39; and ask that the new sub-domain points to IP address 83.138.175.85</li><li>From the site files for emeraldintouch.com open the file config.php</li><li>For the new site, include the following lines:</li><ol><li>if($DomainName == &quot;newsite.emeraldintouch.com&quot;)<br />{<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; include(&#39;NEWSITE_config.php&#39;);<br />}</li><li>Save the file and upload to the site<br /></li></ol><li>Make a copy of the file &#39;Original Config.php&#39; and rename the copy to the name referred to in step 3, e.g. NEWSITE_config.php</li><li>There are a number of modifications to make to the new confg file. Follow this link to discover the changes you need to make, and why <a href="http://intouch.emeraldinsight.com/randd/page/InTouch+Configuration+File+Changes+for+New+Sites">InTouch Configuration File Changes for New Sites</a></li><li>The new site will require its own template for presenting the content and site according to particular design requirements.</li><li>The default template fiels are found in the site file in the folder /_templates/Default_template</li><li>Make a copy of this folder and paste the copy to the folder /_templates</li><li>Give the new folder a name. The name should be the same as the site, and is referred to from the modified config.php file you created in step 5.</li><li>To give the site some identity edit the CSS file, intouch.css</li><li>Should you wish to upload and include a logo file the file should be in the format .gif or .jpeg. The image file must be uploaded to the folder &#39;img/surround/&#39;.</li><li>To include the new logo, open the file &#39;pageshell&#39; from your new Template folder and change the reference to &#39;SpacesLogo.gif&#39; to your new image filename.</li></ol><p>Your new EmeraldInTouch site is ready. Upload the amended files to the appropriate new folders and test by visiting</p><p>http://newsite.emeraldintouch.com</p><p>For a new Installation you will see a screen annoucing the success of the datatabase creation procedures. Scroll to the bottom of the screen to click continue to open the site.</p><p>If Wiki pages are installed then you must make one final step. You must log in as the administrator. A new installation creates the user &#39;news&#39;, with the password &#39;password&#39;.</p><p>Log in as this user and go to the page</p><p>http://newsite.emeraldintouch.com/mod/folio/html/setupdb.php</p><p>The wiki pages Database is created.&nbsp;</p><p>Congratulations! your new Emerald InTouch client site is ready for new users.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p></p>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Coyne]]></dc:creator>
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            <title><![CDATA[RD meeting minutes  July 12 2007]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Feb 27, 2008 - 4:41pm</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Participants</strong>:&nbsp; Amanda Briggs<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rebecca Marsh<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; John Peters<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Eric Sandelands</p><p>&nbsp;1.0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong><font size="3">Review of actions from June meeting</font></strong></p><p>Concluded that June follow-up had been completed, with the exception of some field research by David Lamond that will be available in the next few days. Other points covered under agenda items below.</p><p>&nbsp;2.0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong><font size="3">Emerald Gateway &ndash; confirmation of decision not to proceed? Inform Chris Milligan of rationale?</font></strong></p><p>Confirmed the June decision not to proceed with Emerald Gateway. Amanda will brief Chris Milligan on the rationale for this.</p><p>&nbsp;3.0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <font size="3"><strong>Asian Graduates Service</strong></font></p><p>3.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Review of discussions with David Weir, actions from David Lamond</strong></p><p>Noted the outcomes of the interview with David Weir and the fieldwork being conducted in Thailand by David Lamond. Expressed thanks to both for their involvement. Discussed David Weir&rsquo;s comments on the nature of the market and opportunities for Emerald.</p><p>3.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Product positioning</strong> </p><p>Noted that the main strengths of the service would be Emerald&rsquo;s brand and networks, yet concern was expressed that harm could be done to Emerald&rsquo;s brand and core relationships by the nature of the service being proposed.</p><p>3.3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Involvement of stakeholder groups</strong></p><p>Noted that the decision-making unit for students to study overseas is a complex one with extended family involvement and recommendations from favorite lecturers, etc. </p><p>3.4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Approach to Henry Nagel?</strong></p><p>Examined two Websites produced by Henry Nagel&rsquo;s organization, noting content and advertisers. Decided not to proceed and discuss issues with Henry Nagel, rationale: concerns re: Emerald&rsquo;s brand and networks, concerns regarding the nature of the competition, concerns regarding cost/ risk versus benefit.</p><p>3.5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Approaches to other parties?</strong></p><p>Decided not to proceed on the basis outlined above.</p><p>3.6&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>General discussion &ndash; external research</strong></p><p>Decided not to proceed on the basis outlined above.</p><p>3.7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Next actions</strong></p><p>Rebecca to inform Jay Kandampully of decision not to proceed and rationale. Eric to similarly inform David Weir and David Lamond.</p><p>&nbsp;4.0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<strong><font size="3"> Climate Change &amp; Environmental Impact</font></strong></p><p>4.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Review of discussions with Walter Leal (and support materials)</strong></p><p>Discussed the interview with Walter Leal, identifying an understanding of specialist industry sectors, and taking along-term perspective as key. </p><p>4.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Discussions with stakeholders &ndash; 1) organizations/ corporations (potential paying customers); 2) universities/ research institutions (contributors &ndash; content, &ldquo;experts&rdquo;); 3) associations &amp; related (partners? &ndash; content, memberships, events)</strong></p><p>Determined that the next steep would be an internal meeting involving Dr Keith Howard. That Emerald has a strategic objective to be the number one publisher in this area and that this will be the basis for the discussions. Elements are likely to involve: a model based on Management First combined with networking (on the InTouch and Research Connections model); re-purposing of content; acquisitions and journal launches in the area.</p><p>4.3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Product positioning</strong></p><p>Strategically Emerald is seeking to be the world&rsquo;s number one publisher in the field. In terms of future development, a Web 2.0 solution is envisaged that connects research with practice.</p><p>4.4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Next actions</strong></p><p>A roundtable meeting will take place within a couple of weeks involving the senior management team and Dr Keith Howard.</p><p>Eric to test ideas with Kentz managers.</p><p>&nbsp;5.0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <font size="3"><strong>Any other business</strong></font></p><p>There being no other business the meeting closed.</p>]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[InTouch Sites - access details]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Jan 18, 2008 - 1:56pm</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>PUBLIC SITE </strong></p><p><strong>This is for intouch.emeraldinsight.com, the public site<br /></strong></p><p>IP: 3.138.144.214<br /><br />FTP:<br />username: emeraldspace<br />password: fad45fgTrf5fdf</p><p><strong>INTOUCH CUSTOMER SITES:</strong></p><ul><li>kentz.emeraldintouch.com</li><li>dsg.emeraldintouch.com</li><li>mdx.emeraldintouch.com&nbsp;</li></ul><p>IP: 83.138.175.85<br /><br />FTP:<br />username: emeraldintouch<br />password: gaft65Fgt4tr </p><a href="http://intouch.emeraldinsight.com/randd/page/new+page">new page</a>]]></description>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Coyne]]></dc:creator>
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            <title><![CDATA[Asian Graduates Service - Perspectives]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Jul 5, 2007 - 8:43pm</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[<strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Perspectives on Asian Graduates Service</font></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Times New Roman">ES/ June 29, 2007</font></span><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Sales perspective</font></span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Unstructured face-to-face interview with Shariq Mumtaz and Dan Scott conducted on June 29, 2007.</font></span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></span> <table border="1"  cellspacing="0"  cellpadding="0"  style="border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none"><tbody><tr><td width="103"  valign="top"  style="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; width: 77.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; background-color: transparent; border: windowtext 0.5pt solid"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Interviewee</font></span></strong></td><td width="465"  valign="top"  style="border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; border-left: #e0dfe3; width: 348.7pt; padding-top: 0cm; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; background-color: transparent"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Main points</font></span></strong><font size="2"><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;<strong><span style="font-size: 12pt"></span></strong></font></font></td></tr><tr><td width="103"  valign="top"  style="border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #e0dfe3; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; width: 77.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; background-color: transparent"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Shariq</font></span></td><td width="465"  valign="top"  style="border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #e0dfe3; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; border-left: #e0dfe3; width: 348.7pt; padding-top: 0cm; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; background-color: transparent"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol">&middot;<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Times New Roman">The tide is changing and Asian institutions, partnering with western universities, are gaining prominence &ndash; e.g. Hong Kong UST, Fudan, etc. Partnering institutions include Wharton and Kellogg;</font></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol">&middot;<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Just presented to a conference in Korea &ndash; EMBAs rising importance and may be the niche for this service;</font></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol">&middot;<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Emerald would need to be clear of their positioning and value being added in the virtual cycle for institutions<span>&nbsp; </span>&ndash; improved training &ndash; improved networks &ndash; excellent alumni &ndash; enhanced reputation &ndash; bigger applicant pool;</font></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol">&middot;<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Would provide a link between students and schools &ndash; deans, programmes, resources;</font></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol">&middot;<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Would need an investment in content creation of specialist material;</font></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol">&middot;<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Times New Roman">There is an increased reluctance for companies to sponsor MBAs given defection rate &ndash; customized MBAs need to add value to the company.</font></span><font size="2"><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 12pt"></span></font></font></td></tr><tr><td width="103"  valign="top"  style="border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #e0dfe3; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; width: 77.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; background-color: transparent"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Dan</font></span></td><td width="465"  valign="top"  style="border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; border-top: #e0dfe3; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; border-left: #e0dfe3; width: 348.7pt; padding-top: 0cm; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; background-color: transparent"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol">&middot;<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Times New Roman">There is a very competitive market for this type of revenue through the traditional routes of MBA fairs, advertising, etc&rsquo;</font></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol">&middot;<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Sceptical as to whether this would work as an advertising revenue generated model (based on past experience including Daily Telegraph);</font></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol">&middot;<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Not a million miles away from <em>Research Connections </em>in bringing together students and schools &ndash; may be some added value in adding this to existing services, but not sure if it will be commercially viable.</font></span><font size="2"><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 12pt"></span></font></font></td></tr></tbody></table><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Times New Roman">External relationships and horizon scanning</font></span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Times New Roman">General discussion with Mark Hindwell and Jim Bowden &ndash; 29.06.07.</font></span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol">&middot;<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Highlighted a trend of seeking to stop the brain drain among Asian countries (e.g. China) &ndash; students are studying overseas and not returning;</font></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol">&middot;<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Discussed that there still remains a lot of kudos in studying abroad for Asian students;</font></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol">&middot;<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Not the specialist area for Mark and Jim, but connections offered to make connections with &ldquo;insider externals&rdquo; &ndash; David Lamond, plus other editors active in this area;</font></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol">&middot;<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Jim highlighted services such as Association of Indian Management Schools and their ATMA diagnostic to locate institutions, plus support, also the Graduate Management Admissions Council and their GMAC testing;</font></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol">&middot;<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Noted that Deans and Directors are often hard to gain feedback from;</font></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol">&middot;<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Noted that around 50% of users of <em>Research Connections </em>are from these markets (around 40% from India), but that quality is questionable. </font></span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></span><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Times New Roman">R&amp;D and publishing perspective</font></span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Discussed interim findings with Rebecca and Amanda &ndash; 29.06.07. As per meeting minutes, determined to follow up with &ldquo;insider externals&rdquo; David Lamond and David Weir in first instance, review and possibly extend.</font></span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></span><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Strategic perspective</font></span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Meeting with John Peters &ndash; 29.06.07.</font></span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol">&middot;<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Discussed the economic transformation being brought to cities by the influx of overseas students;</font></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol">&middot;<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Highlighted the significance of the Asian Students market;</font></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol">&middot;<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Times New Roman">Focused a lot on the notion of <em>transforming Web traffic into advertising revenue </em>as a growth stream. Will pursue a partnership model where among the skills Emerald brings are traffic, content and networks, and a private equity/ venture capital partner is sought together with an advertising savvy partner &ndash; News International? Economist? Pearson? Etc. Eric will pursue with John aside from focused work on Asian Students.</font></span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></span><span style="font-size: 12pt"><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></span>]]></description>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Sandelands]]></dc:creator>
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            <title><![CDATA[Deploying new client sites to emeraldintouchcom]]></title>
            <link>http://intouch.emeraldinsight.com/randd/page/Deploying+new+client+sites+to+emeraldintouchcom</link>
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            <pubDate>Jul 5, 2007 - 1:15pm</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>These pages are designed to help Emerald staff deploy new client sites to the Emerald InTouch client domain, emeraldintouch.com.</p><p>At the time of writing, two client sites exist:</p><ul><li>mdx.emeraldintouch.com</li><li>kentz.emeraldintouch.com</li></ul><p>To deploy a new site, e.g newsite.emeraldintouch.com please follow these steps</p><ol><li>Request to IT/Claritas to create new sub-domain &#39;newsite.emeraldintouch.com&#39; and ask that the new sub-domain points to IP address 83.138.175.85</li><li>From the site files for emeraldintouch.com open the file config.php</li><li>For the new site, include the following lines:</li><ol><li>if($DomainName == &quot;newsite.emeraldintouch.com&quot;)<br />{<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; include(&#39;NEWSITE_config.php&#39;);<br />}</li><li>Save the file and upload to the site<br /></li></ol><li>Make a copy of the file &#39;Original Config.php&#39; and rename the copy to the name referred to in step 3, e.g. NEWSITE_config.php</li><li>There are a number of modifications to make to the new confg file. Follow this link to discover the changes you need to make, and why <a href="http://intouch.emeraldinsight.com/randd/page/InTouch+Configuration+File+Changes+for+New+Sites">InTouch Configuration File Changes for New Sites</a></li><li>The new site will require its own template for presenting the content and site according to particular design requirements.</li><li>The default template fiels are found in the site file in the folder /_templates/Default_template</li><li>Make a copy of this folder and paste the copy to the folder /_templates</li><li>Give the new folder a name. The name should be the same as the site, and is referred to from the modified config.php file you created in step 5.</li><li>To give the site some identity edit the CSS file, intouch.css</li><li>Should you wish to upload and include a logo file the file should be in the format .gif or .jpeg. The image file must be uploaded to the folder &#39;img/surround/&#39;.</li><li>To include the new logo, open the file &#39;pageshell&#39; from your new Template folder and change the reference to &#39;SpacesLogo.gif&#39; to your new image filename.</li></ol><p>Your new EmeraldInTouch site is ready. Upload the amended files to the appropriate new folders and test by visiting</p><p>http://newsite.emeraldintouch.com</p><p>For a new Installation you will see a screen annoucing the success of the datatabase creation procedures. Scroll to the bottom of the screen to click continue to open the site.</p><p>If Wiki pages are installed then you must make one final step. You must log in as the administrator. A new installation creates the user &#39;news&#39;, with the password &#39;password&#39;.</p><p>Log in as this user and go to the page</p><p>http://newsite.emeraldintouch.com/mod/folio/html/setupdb.php</p><p>The wiki pages Database is created.&nbsp;</p><p>Congratulations! your new Emerald InTouch client site is ready for new users.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>]]></description>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Coyne]]></dc:creator>
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            <title><![CDATA[Deploying new client sites to emeraldintouchcom]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Jul 5, 2007 - 1:11pm</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>These pages are designed to help Emerald staff deploy new client sites to the Emerald InTouch client domain, emeraldintouch.com.</p><p>At the time of writing, two client sites exist:</p><ul><li>mdx.emeraldintouch.com</li><li>kentz.emeraldintouch.com</li></ul><p>To deploy a new site, e.g newsite.emeraldintouch.com please follow these steps</p><ol><li>Request to IT/Claritas to create new sub-domain &#39;newsite.emeraldintouch.com&#39; and ask that the new sub-domain points to IP address 83.138.175.85</li><li>From the site files for emeraldintouch.com open the file config.php</li><li>For the new site, include the following lines:</li><ol><li>if($DomainName == &quot;newsite.emeraldintouch.com&quot;)<br />{<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; include(&#39;NEWSITE_config.php&#39;);<br />}</li><li>Save the file and upload to the site<br /></li></ol><li>Make a copy of the file &#39;Original Config.php&#39; and rename the copy to the name referred to in step 3, e.g. NEWSITE_config.php</li><li>There are a number of modifications to make to the new confg file. Follow this link to discover the changes you need to make, and why <a href="http://intouch.emeraldinsight.com/randd/page/InTouch+Configuration+File+Changes+for+New+Sites">InTouch Configuration File Changes for New Sites</a></li><li>The new site will require its own template for presenting the content and site according to particular design requirements.</li><li>The default template fiels are found in the site file in the folder /_templates/Default_template</li><li>Make a copy of this folder and paste the copy to the folder /_templates</li><li>Give the new folder a name. The name should be the same as the site, and is referred to from the modified config.php file you created in step 5.</li><li>To give the site some identity edit the CSS file, intouch.css</li><li>Should you wish to upload and include a logo file the file should be in the format .gif or .jpeg. The image file must be uploaded to the folder &#39;img/surround/&#39;.</li><li>To include the new logo, open the file &#39;pageshell&#39; from your new Template folder and change the reference to &#39;SpacesLogo.gif&#39; to your new image filename. </li></ol><p>&nbsp;</p>]]></description>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Coyne]]></dc:creator>
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            <title><![CDATA[InTouch Configuration File Changes for New Sites]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Jul 5, 2007 - 1:02pm</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>This is a cut down version of the InTouch config.php file that requires modifcation when a new site is deployed. For brevity only the lines that are relevent are included in this page. Items in <strong>BOLD </strong>indicate lines that should be, or may be altered to meet the requirements of the new site.<br /> </p><p>&lt;?php<br /><br />// Emerald InTouch system configuration parameters.<br /><br />// Name of the site (eg Elgg, Apcala, University of Bogton&#39;s Learning Landscape, etc)<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>$CFG-&gt;sitename = &#39;Kentz InTouch&#39;;</strong><br /><br />// External URL to the site (eg http://elgg.bogton.edu/)<br />// NB: **MUST** have a final slash at the end<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>$CFG-&gt;wwwroot = &#39;http://kentz.emeraldintouch.com/&#39;;</strong><br /><br /><br />// Email address of the system (eg elgg-admin@bogton.edu)<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>$CFG-&gt;sysadminemail = &#39;pcoyne@emeraldinsight.com&#39;;</strong><br /><br />// Country code to set language to if you have gettext installed<br />// To include new languages, save their compiled .mo gettext<br />// file into languages/country code/LC_MESSAGES/<br />// (the file within this folder must be called elgg.mo)<br />// An Elgg gettext template is included as /elgg.pot<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong> $CFG-&gt;defaultlocale = &#39;en_GB&#39;;</strong><br /><br />// The following should be set to false if you don&#39;t want the<br />// general public to be able to register accounts with your<br />// Emerald InTouch site.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong> $CFG-&gt;publicreg = false;</strong><br /><br />// The following should be set to false if you don&#39;t want users<br />// to be able to invite new users into the system.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong> $CFG-&gt;publicinvite = false;</strong><br /><br />// Set this to 1 to enable a walled garden - i.e., if you&#39;re not logged in,<br />// all you can see is the login page.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>$CFG-&gt;walledgarden = 1;</strong><br /><br />// If the following string is non-blank, it must be present within<br />// the domains of email addresses of people signing up. For example,<br />// if you set it to yourinstitution.edu, a user with the email address<br />// foo@bar.yourinstitution.edu will be able to sign up.<br />// This rule will hold true for both public registrations and invitations<br />// from within the system (if either are enabled).<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong> $CFG-&gt;emailfilter = &quot;&quot;;</strong><br /><br />// The following sets the default access level within the Elgg<br />// site. Possible values include:<br />//&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; PUBLIC&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; :: available to everyone<br />//&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; LOGGED_IN&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; :: available to logged in users only<br />//&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; PRIVATE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; :: available to the user only<br />//&nbsp;&nbsp;  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;   COMMUNITY&nbsp; :: available to the Community by default</p><p><br /><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; $CFG-&gt;default_access = &quot;COMMUNITY&quot;;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;$CFG-&gt;disable_publiccomments = true;</strong><br /><br /><br />// need to set this to $CFG-&gt;prefix to a Unique ID, e.g kentz, or mdx= &#39;&#39;;<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong> $CFG-&gt;prefix = &#39;elgg&#39;;</strong><br /><br />// Number of days to keep incoming RSS feed entries for before deleting them.<br />// A value of 0 disables automatic deletion.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>$CFG-&gt;rsspostsmaxage = 0;</strong><br /><br /><br />// TEMPLATES HANDLING<br />//For the new site to look and feel like the a new site it must have it&#39;s own template. <br />//change this line $_SERVER[&quot;DOCUMENT_ROOT&quot;].&#39;/_templates/kentz/&#39;;<br />//to&nbsp; $_SERVER[&quot;DOCUMENT_ROOT&quot;].&#39;/_templates/newsite/&#39;;<br /><br /><strong>$CFG-&gt;templatesroot = $_SERVER[&quot;DOCUMENT_ROOT&quot;].&#39;/_templates/kentz/&#39;;<br /></strong><br />?&gt;</p>]]></description>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Coyne]]></dc:creator>
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            <title><![CDATA[InTouch Configuration File Changes for New Sites]]></title>
            <link>http://intouch.emeraldinsight.com/randd/page/InTouch+Configuration+File+Changes+for+New+Sites</link>
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            <pubDate>Jul 5, 2007 - 1:01pm</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>This is a cut down version of the InTouch config.php file that requires modifcation when a new site is deployed. For brevity only the lines that are relevent are included in this page.&nbsp;</p><p>&lt;?php<br /><br />// Emerald InTouch system configuration parameters.<br /><br />// Name of the site (eg Elgg, Apcala, University of Bogton&#39;s Learning Landscape, etc)<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>$CFG-&gt;sitename = &#39;Kentz InTouch&#39;;</strong><br /><br />// External URL to the site (eg http://elgg.bogton.edu/)<br />// NB: **MUST** have a final slash at the end<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>$CFG-&gt;wwwroot = &#39;http://kentz.emeraldintouch.com/&#39;;</strong><br /><br /><br />// Email address of the system (eg elgg-admin@bogton.edu)<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>$CFG-&gt;sysadminemail = &#39;pcoyne@emeraldinsight.com&#39;;</strong><br /><br />// Country code to set language to if you have gettext installed<br />// To include new languages, save their compiled .mo gettext<br />// file into languages/country code/LC_MESSAGES/<br />// (the file within this folder must be called elgg.mo)<br />// An Elgg gettext template is included as /elgg.pot<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong> $CFG-&gt;defaultlocale = &#39;en_GB&#39;;</strong><br /><br />// The following should be set to false if you don&#39;t want the<br />// general public to be able to register accounts with your<br />// Emerald InTouch site.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong> $CFG-&gt;publicreg = false;</strong><br /><br />// The following should be set to false if you don&#39;t want users<br />// to be able to invite new users into the system.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong> $CFG-&gt;publicinvite = false;</strong><br /><br />// Set this to 1 to enable a walled garden - i.e., if you&#39;re not logged in,<br />// all you can see is the login page.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>$CFG-&gt;walledgarden = 1;</strong><br /><br />// If the following string is non-blank, it must be present within<br />// the domains of email addresses of people signing up. For example,<br />// if you set it to yourinstitution.edu, a user with the email address<br />// foo@bar.yourinstitution.edu will be able to sign up.<br />// This rule will hold true for both public registrations and invitations<br />// from within the system (if either are enabled).<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong> $CFG-&gt;emailfilter = &quot;&quot;;</strong><br /><br />// The following sets the default access level within the Elgg<br />// site. Possible values include:<br />//&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; PUBLIC&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; :: available to everyone<br />//&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; LOGGED_IN&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; :: available to logged in users only<br />//&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; PRIVATE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; :: available to the user only<br />//&nbsp;&nbsp;  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;   COMMUNITY&nbsp; :: available to the Community by default</p><p><br /><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; $CFG-&gt;default_access = &quot;COMMUNITY&quot;;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;$CFG-&gt;disable_publiccomments = true;</strong><br /><br /><br />// need to set this to $CFG-&gt;prefix to a Unique ID, e.g kentz, or mdx= &#39;&#39;;<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong> $CFG-&gt;prefix = &#39;elgg&#39;;</strong><br /><br />// Number of days to keep incoming RSS feed entries for before deleting them.<br />// A value of 0 disables automatic deletion.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>$CFG-&gt;rsspostsmaxage = 0;</strong><br /><br /><br />// TEMPLATES HANDLING<br />//For the new site to look and feel like the a new site it must have it&#39;s own template. <br />//change this line $_SERVER[&quot;DOCUMENT_ROOT&quot;].&#39;/_templates/kentz/&#39;;<br />//to&nbsp; $_SERVER[&quot;DOCUMENT_ROOT&quot;].&#39;/_templates/newsite/&#39;;<br /><br /><strong>$CFG-&gt;templatesroot = $_SERVER[&quot;DOCUMENT_ROOT&quot;].&#39;/_templates/kentz/&#39;;<br /></strong><br />?&gt;</p>]]></description>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Coyne]]></dc:creator>
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            <title><![CDATA[Deploying new client sites to emeraldintouchcom]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Jul 5, 2007 - 12:46pm</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>These pages are designed to help Emerald staff deploy new client sites to the Emerald InTouch client domain, emeraldintouch.com.</p><p>At the time of writing, two client sites exist:</p><ul><li>mdx.emeraldintouch.com</li><li>kentz.emeraldintouch.com</li></ul><p>To deploy a new site, e.g newsite.emeraldintouch.com please follow these steps</p><ol><li>Request to IT/Claritas to create new sub-domain &#39;newsite.emeraldintouch.com&#39; and ask that the new sub-domain points to IP address 83.138.175.85</li><li>From the site files for emeraldintouch.com open the file config.php</li><li>For the new site, include the following lines:</li><ol><li>if($DomainName == &quot;newsite.emeraldintouch.com&quot;)<br />{<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; include(&#39;NEWSITE_config.php&#39;);<br />}</li><li>Save the file and upload to the site<br /></li></ol><li>Make a copy of the file &#39;Original Config.php&#39; and rename the copy to the name referred to in step 3, e.g. NEWSITE_config.php</li><li>There are a number of modifications to make to the new confg file. Follow this link to discover the changes you need to make, and why <a href="http://intouch.emeraldinsight.com/randd/page/InTouch+Configuration+File+Changes+for+New+Sites">InTouch Configuration File Changes for New Sites</a> </li></ol><p>&nbsp;</p>]]></description>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Coyne]]></dc:creator>
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            <pubDate>May 3, 2007 - 12:47pm</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>This is the R&amp;D Dept. Wiki space. For work-in-progress collaborative documents - plans, proposals and so forth. </p><p>Recommend that final documents are stored in the Community file store, or the Networked drive.</p>]]></description>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Coyne]]></dc:creator>
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