Bassi Veratti Collection

This is a Blacklight application for the Bassi Veratti Collection at Stanford University.

Getting Started

Note that rake/rails calls may need to be prefixed with bundle exec.

Checkout the code

git clone [email protected]:sul-dlss/bassi_veratti.git
cd bassi_veratti
git submodule update --init

[Optional] If you want to use rvmrc to manage gemsets, copy the example file:

cp .rvmrc.example .rvmrc

Install dependencies and migrate database:

bundle install
rake db:migrate db:seed
rake db:migrate db:seed RAILS_ENV=test

Load the fixtures

Note: loading fixtures may take some time

rake bassi:index_fixtures

Start Rails and Access App.:

rails s

Then browse to http://localhost:3000.

Deployment

cap prod deploy  # for production
cap stage deploy     # for staging
cap dev deploy # for development

You must specify a branch or tag to deploy. You can deploy the latest by specifying master.

Testing

You can run the test suite locally by running:

rake ci

This will force you into the test environment, start solr, index all fixtures in spec/fixtures, run db:migrate, then run the tests.

Caching

The map on the home page and the collection inventory page are stored in a fragment cache to speed up delivery.
Caching is currently enabled in all environments (including development) and stored on disk in the tmp folder of the app. Fragment caches should be automatically purged on an EAD re-index or deployment via the following rake task (which can be run manually if needed):

rake bassi:expire_caches

Collection Highlights

The collection highlights shown on the home page are stored in MySQL. The database entries are created in db/seeds.rb. For each collection highlight, you need a name in English and Italian, a local placeholder image to show (placed in the assets/image folder), and a description (not shown). You also need a list of IDs that belong in the collection.