Use RAMP as your Default Viewer

Canopy IIIF comes preconfigured to use either the CloverIIIF (opens in a new tab) or RAMP (opens in a new tab) viewers. This guide will explain how to use RAMP instead of CloverIIIF as the viewer for your collections.

Currently, Canopy has no method of determining the work type of a IIIF work. Since RAMP is designed for Audio Visual content only, RAMP should only be used when all of the content is audio or video works.

Use Case

You are a curator who wants to create a digital exhibit on a collection of audio visual content. The manifests that represent each work include structures and ranges and you want to be able to display these to your users.

Implementation

Modify Config to Use an A/V Collection

Select a IIIF Collection that contains only A/V works and modify your canopy.json file to use it.

config/canopy.json
{
  "collection": "https://digital.lib.utk.edu/assemble/collection/collections/rfta",
  "metadata": ["Place", "Date", "Subject"]
}

Add a Components Section to Your Config

Add a new components section to your canopy.json file.

config/canopy.json
{
  "collection": "https://digital.lib.utk.edu/assemble/collection/collections/rfta",
  "metadata": ["Place", "Date", "Subject"]
  "components": {
    "viewer": "ramp"
  }
}

View and Navigate Works in the RAMP Viewer

Once your site has been updated and it is finished rebuilding, navigate to a work to explore it with RAMP.

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