Omeka-s ZipImport Install

Omeka S Import/Export
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I have a working Omeka-s website with basic functionality. I now want to upload hundreds of photos.
I’m installing this module on Win11 Laragon and don’t understand some instructions. Well I’m a beginner for websites.
I’ll list the install instructions and indicate which numbers I don’t understand.

  1. Download: Obtain the plugin by downloading the zip file here.
  2. Installation:
  3. Add the zip to the Omeka-S modules folder and unzip it.
  4. Rename the unzipped folder to “ZipImport” if it’s not already named as such.
  5. Open a terminal, navigate to the “ZipImport” folder, and run composer install.
  • Sudo or appropriate permissions may be necessary
  1. Update php.ini:
  2. Find your php.ini file. Make a phpinfo page Apache can serve echo "<?php phpinfo();" | sudo tee /var/www/html/info.php
  3. Ask Apache for it and grep the two lines we need curl -s http://127.0.0.1/info.php | grep -E "Server API|Loaded Configuration File|Additional .ini files parsed"
  4. Adjust the following fields: upload_max_filesize = 1000M max_file_uploads = 100 post_max_size = 1000M
  5. Restart your server with service apache2 restart or the relevant command.
  6. Restart php with systemctl restart php or the relevant command.
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    Number 7. Make a phpinfo page Apache can serve echo "<?php phpinfo();" | sudo tee /var/www/html/info.php. What does this mean?
  7. Ask Apache for it and grep the two lines we need curl -s http://127.0.0.1/info.php | grep -E "Server API|Loaded Configuration File|Additional .ini files parsed" . This also means nothing to me.
  8. Restart php with systemctl restart php or the relevant command. Likwise I don’t understand.

I’d appreciate some guidance here. And thanks for any help.

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When we have to move large amounts of items into Omeka S, we use the CSV import module to import via spreadsheet. It’s reliable and works well, though if you have large amounts of high resolution media, you may need to install libvips onto the machine for the import to actually complete.

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Thanks. I am running the CSV Import Module on Windows/Laragon and am not sure what kind of file reference to supply for the upload image as it’s not working yet. Does the image have to be in the Omeka directories or can it be totally external on the pc?

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Hi, if you want to import images that are stored in a folder on your Omeka server, you may find the File Sideload module very useful.

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Thanks for your reply. I wasted 3 days until you replied. I thought that I could simply use a Windows directory/image url. But no!