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FL-Islandora Guide: Errors in Islandora 2.0

A guide for FL-Islandora users.

Dealing with Errors

Dealing with errors can be a frustrating part of any process. In Islandora dealing with errors is no different. This page will try to help with dealing with errors in Islandora. This page will start off with common simple errors and proceed to more complex errors. If you receive an error that is not shown, send a screen shot to help@flvc.org and it will be added with a what it means and how to correct it.

Simple Errors

Errors happening right after clicking the Save button

 

Model Field Error

If the following error message happens: Model field is required. Select a Model from the drop-down message.

Screen shot of Model field is required Error message

 

Title Box Error

If the following happens: The Title box is highlighted with a message to Please fill out this field. Add a title.

Screen shot of Green errors pointing to Title box being empty and to Please fill out this field message

 

 

Date Field error message

If the following Error message happens: Could not parse the date ‘1-2-2015’. Change the date to the following date format:YYYYMMDD.

Screen shot with green arrow pointing to date Error message

Wrong

Screen shot of red arrow pointing to a date in the wrong date format

 

Correct

Screen shot with green arrow pointing to a date in the correct date format

 

 

Errors happening while adding media

If the following happens: The selected file file.tif cannot be uploaded. Only files with the following extension are allowed: png, gif,jpg. Jpeg. Click the Browse button again and select the correct file with the correct file extension.

Screen shot of green arrow pointing to the selected file wrong file type message

Screen shot of green arrow pointing to correct file type

If the following error occurs: Error message Image field is required. An image file was not added. Click the Browse button under Image to add a file. Click the Save button when done.

Screen shot of Error Message Image field is required