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DevelopingExhibitswithOmeka
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TableofContents
Introduction...........................................................................................................................4Scopeofthetutorial.........................................................................................................................4
ToolsNeeded.........................................................................................................................4
BuildingExhibits.....................................................................................................................5Preparation......................................................................................................................................5StartingaNewExhibit......................................................................................................................5AddingPages....................................................................................................................................8Buildinganexhibitpagelayout......................................................................................................10AddingContentBlocks...................................................................................................................11Contentblocktypes.......................................................................................................................14
FilewithTextcontentblock...............................................................................................................14Gallerycontentblock.........................................................................................................................18Textcontentblock.............................................................................................................................23GeolocationMapcontentblock........................................................................................................24
Publishing,Featuring,Editing,andDeletinganExhibit...................................................................26Publishing/FeaturinganExhibit.........................................................................................................26EditinganExhibit...............................................................................................................................26DeletinganExhibit.............................................................................................................................27
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Introduction
Scopeofthetutorial TheseinstructionswilloutlinethebasicstepsforcreatingexhibitsinOmekausingtheExhibitBuilderplugin.
ToolsNeededOmeka:Opensourcecontentmanagementsystemfordisplayingdigitalfilesandassociated
metadata.Italsocreatesexhibits,maps,andtimelineinterfaces.TwoversionsofOmekaareavailable:ahostedversionavailableonlineviaomeka.netandthedownloadableversionavailableatomeka.org.Toseeanexplanationofthedifferencebetweenthetwo,pleasesee:http://omeka.org/codex/Org_vs_Net.Thistutorialwillbemostapplicabletofull,downloaded,locallyhostedversionsofOmeka,availablethroughomeka.org.TheremaybesignificantdifferenceswithgenerallyhostedOmeka.netinstances.
ThistutorialwasbasedontheOmekaExhibitBuilderPluginversion3.1.2.InadditiontothemainOmekasoftware,havingtheGeolocationplugininstalledisalsohighlyencouragedinordertousetheGeolocationcontentblockforexhibits.
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BuildingExhibits
Preparation
Priortostartinganexhibit,thecreatorwillneedtohavetwothingsaccomplished:
1. Outlineofexhibit,includingtextandimage/filesneededfordisplay
2. AlldigitalfilesloadedintoOmeka.ForinstructionsonhowtoloadcontentintoOmeka,pleaseseetheUploadingMetadataandDigitalFilesIntoOmekatutorial.
StartingaNewExhibit
1. Tobeginanexhibit,clickon“Exhibits”fromthelefthandsidebar
2. Thenclickonthe“AddanExhibit”buttoningreenatthetopofthepage
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3. Providemetadataabouttheexhibityouwillbecreating,includingthetitle,slug(descriptiveportionoftheURLthatindicatestheexhibitname),credits,abrief
descriptionoftheexhibit,andtagsthatdescribetheexhibit.
a. Note:Thedescriptionwillappearinthe“BrowseExhibits”listcreatedinOmeka’spublicinterface.Keepingthistexttoaminimumwillcreateabetter
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userviewingexperiencefortheuserlateron.
4. Atthetoprighthandcorner,clickon“SaveChanges”tosavetheworkdonesofar.
Checkingtheboxfor“Public”or“Featured”willallowtheexhibittobeviewabletothepublicorfeaturedonthemainpage.Theseoptionscanbeselectedatthistime,ifdesired,butitisadvisabletowaituntilaftertheexhibitisfinalizedtoselecttheseoptions.
a. Note:Theexhibitcreatorhastheoptionto“ViewthePublicPage”atanypoint
withoutmakingtheexhibitpublic.Thisoptionbecomesvisibleoncetheexhibithasbeensavedforthefirsttime.
5. Atthispoint,oranypointlateron,itispossibletochangethelayoutoftheexhibitusingthe“Theme”optiononthismainpage.Thedefaultissettothe“CurrentPublicTheme”whichmeansthattheexhibitwillhavethesamelayoutandthemeasthemainOmekawebsite.
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a. Additionalthemeoptionsarebasedonwhatthemeshavebeenloadedonto
yourOmekasite,similartohowpluginsareadded.
6. Oncetheexhibitissaved,a“ViewPublicPage”buttonwillappearbelowthe“SaveChanges”button.Thisallowsforimmediatelyviewingthecollectionasapatronwouldviewit.
AddingPages
1. Tobegintheactualexhibitportion,clickon“AddPage”atthebottomofthemainexhibitpage.
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2. Createatitleforthefirstpageintheexhibit,aswellastheslugand“SaveChanges”.
3. Thisstepwillberepeatedforallsubsequentpages.Fromthemainexhibitpages,thelistofpagescreatedwilldisplayatthebottom.Pagescanbereorderedbyclickinganddraggingthemtothedesiredplaceinthelist.
4. Pagescanbenestedbyclickingonthepagetitleanddraggingtheboxslightlytotheright.Pagescanbenestedthreelevelsdeep.
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Buildinganexhibitpagelayout
Dependingonthedesiredoutcome,thecreatorwillselectthecorrespondingcontentblock.Theoptionsarelistedbelow.Thenextsectioninthistutorialwilldiscussthespecificationsofeachcontentblock.
FilewithText:Digitalfilethatcanbeanchoredleftorrightwithsurroundingtext.
Gallery:Layoutconcentratesondigitalfiles,butsometextisallowed.
Text:Layoutincludestextonly,withnoassociateddigitalfiles.
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GeolocationMap:Mapwithpinpointsshowingwheredigitalfilesarelocatedonamap.
Asingleexhibitpageincludesoneormorecontentblocksthatcanbe“stacked”oneabovetheothertocreateapagewithmultipleformattypes.Forinstancethefollowingscreenshotshowsa“Filewithtext”contentblockontopofa“GeolocationMap”contentblock:
AddingContentBlocks
1. Toaddacontentblock,selectontheblocktypeandthenclickonthegreenbarthatreads“Addnewcontentblock”.(Pleaseseesection“ContentBlockTypes”formore
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informationonthedifferenttypesofcontentblocksavailabletouse.)
2. Addintheinformationforthatcontentblock.Forcontentblocksthatdisplayorlinktodigitalfiles,selectthedesiredfilesbyclickingonthe“AddItem”iconandsearchingforthedigitalfileusingthepopupsearchmenu.
3. Whenaddingdigitalfilestoacontentblock,youwillhavetheoptiontoselectthespecificdigitalfileyouwant(ifmorethanoneisattachedtoarecord)andincludea
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caption.Thenclickon“Apply.”
4. Repeatthisprocessuntilalldigitalfilesneededforthecontentblockareloaded.Digital
filescanberearrangedbyclickinganddraggingthethumbnails.Theycanalsobedeletedbyclickingonthe“x”intheupperrighthandcornerofthethumbnail.
5. Addtext,ifneeded.
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6. SavetheexhibitperiodicallyusingtheSaveChangesbuttoninthetoprighthandcornerofthescreen.
7. Continuetoaddadditionalcontentblocksasneeded,byrepeatingthesesteps.
Contentblocktypes
FilewithTextcontentblockTheFilewithTextcontentblockallowstheexhibitbuildertoaddoneormoredigitalfileswithexplanatorytextthatwrapsaroundthedigitalfile.LayoutoptionsfortheFilewithTextblockcanvary.Layoutpositionsareavailableunderthe“LayoutOptions”atthebottomofthecontentblock.
Optionsforlayoutsinclude:
FilePositionFilepositionallowstheexhibitbuildertoselectifthedigitalfile(s)willappearleftorrightinthecontentblock.
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Ifthedigitalfileislocatedontheleft,thelayoutlookslikethis:
Ifthedigitalfileislocatedontheright,thelayoutlookslikethis:
Ifaddingmorethanonefile,pleasenotethattheOmekaExhibitBuilderwillstacktheimagesoneabovetheother,withtheorientationaccordingleftorright,accordingtothewhatisindicatedinthelayoutoptions
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Togetdigitalfilestolineuphorizontallyacrossthecontentblockortobeshowninagallery,considerthe“Gallery”option.
FilesizeFilesizeallowstheexhibitbuildertoselectwhatsizethefileshouldbedisplayed:Fullsize,Thumbnail,orSquareThumbail.
Fullsizedisplaysthefullsizeoftheimage.
Thumbnaildisplaysascaleddownversionoftheimage.
SquareThumbnaildisplaysascaleddownversionoftheimage,croppedtoasquareformat.Thiscanbeusefulforgroupingdigitalfilesofdifferingheightandwidth.
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CaptionspositionTheCaptionspositionfeatureallowstheexhibitbuildertoselectifthecaptionsforthedigitalfilewillbecenter,right,orleft.
Choosingcenterwilldisplaythedigitalfilecaptiondirectlyunderneaththeimageandcenteredwiththeframeofthedigitalfile.
Choosingleftwilldisplaythedigitalfilecaptiondirectlybeneaththeimagewiththeedgeofthetextstartingatthelefthandofthedigitalfileframe.
Rightwilldisplaythedigitalfilecaptiondirectlybeneaththeimagewiththeedgeofthetextstartingattherighthandofthedigitalfileframe.
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GallerycontentblockGallerycontentblocksaregenerallyusedtodisplaymorethanonedigitalfile,butthisisnotrequired.Thiscontentblockprovidesmoreflexibilityforlayoutandincludestheoptionoftext.Agallerythatdoesnotincludetextlookscanlooklikethis:
Addingtextwillchangethatgallerylayoutto:
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Forpurposesofdemonstration,thistutorialisincludingtextinthegallerytodemonstratehowthelayoutoptionschangethelookofthecontentblock.Optionsforadjustinglayoutinclude:Showcasefileposition,Galleryposition,GalleryFileSize,andCaptionsposition.
Showcasefile:Thefirstdigitalfilethatisselectedwillbedisplayedlargerthantherest.
GalleryPosition:Anchorsthedigitalfileseitherrightorleftonthewebpage.Thissettingisoverriddenbythesettingfortheshowcasefile,forthefirstitemonly.
Galleryfilesize:Determineswhatsizefileswilldisplay.Optionsinclude:Fullsize,Thumbnail,andSquarethumbnail.Pleaserefertothe“FilewithText”contentblockforadiscussionofthedifferences.
CaptionsPosition:Determineswhetherthecaptionsarecenteredunderneaththedigitalfile,oranchoredtotherightorleft.Pleaserefertothe“FilewithText”contentblockforadiscussionofthedifferences.
TheshowcasefileandthegallerypositionplayimportantrolesinthelayoutoftheGallerycontentblock.Whentheyarebothsettothesamesideofthewebpage,imageswillbestacked.Whensettooppositesidesofthesamewebpage,imageswillstretchacrossthepage.Forinstance:
ShowcasefilepositionShowcasefileallowsforthefirstdigitalfilelistedinthe“Items”sectionofthecontentblocktobedisplayedlargerthantherestoftheitems.Bydefault,itissettohave“Noshowcasefile”,whichwithouttextlookslikethis:
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Andwithtextincluded,willlooklikethis:
Settingapositionofleftorrightfortheshowcasefilewilldotwothings:
1)Makethefirstdigitalfilelistedforthegallerylargerandnesttheremainingfilesunderneaththefirst,sothattheylooklikethis:
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2)Anchorthatfirstfileeithertotheleftorright,dependingonthesetting.Textwillbeappearontheoppositesideofthedigitalfiles.Forexample,iftheaboveexhibitblockweresettohaveaShowcaseFileontheleftANDthegallerypositionisalsosettoleft,theexhibitblockwilllooklikethis:
IftheboththeShowcasefileandtheGallerypositionwerebothsettotheright,theexhibitblockwouldlooklikethis:
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GallerypositionTheGallerypositionchangeswhetherthedigitalfileswillbeanchoredontherightorleftsideofthewebage.Whenthereisnoshowcasefileortext,thegalleryusestheentirewidthofthewebpageandcannotbeanchoredtotherightorleft.Whentheshowcasefileisselected,thegallerypositioncanbeusedtostacktheimagesorstretchthemacrossthewebpage.IfboththeShowcasefileandthegallerypositionaresetforthesameside(leftorright),thedigitalfileswillstackontopofoneanotherwiththeprominentshowcasefileatthetop,asseenintheillustrationabove.
WhentheShowcasefileandtheGallerypositionaresettooppositesides,thedigitalfilesstretchacrossthescreen,withthefirstfiledisplayinglargerthantherest.However,ifthegallerypositionissettotheoppositeoftheshowcaseposition,thelayoutwillstretchacrossthescreen,withoneitemdisplayedlargerthantherest.Forinstance,iftheShowcasefileissettorightandthegallerypositionissettoleft,thecontentblockwilllooklikethis:
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Or,iftheShowcasefileissettoleftandtheGallerypositionissettoright,thecontentblockwilllooklikethis:
TextcontentblockTheTextcontentblockisastraightforwardsectionthatallowsonlyfortextorHTMLcodingtobeinserted.TherearenootherlayoutoptionsbeyondwhatcanbeinsertedintheHTML
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GeolocationMapcontentblockTheGeolocationMapcontentblockcreatesamapshowingthelocationthathasbeenmarkedforthedigitalfilesthatareselectedforexhibit.Thelocationisshownwithpinsthat,whenclickedon,displaythedigitalfile.
SelectingdigitalfilesfortheGeolocationMapcontentblockisthesameprocessasdescribedinthe“AddingContentBlocks”section.However,inorderfortheGeolocationMapcontentblocktowork,theGeolocationpluginmustbeinstalledandenabled,andtheitemsloadedintoOmekamusthavealocationindicatedintheGeolocationmetadata,locatedinthe“Maps”taboftheitemrecords.Instructionsfordoingthatarebelow.(PleasenotethatsimplyindicatingthegeographiclocationintheDublinCoresectionofthemetadatawillnotresultinapinonthemap.Itmustberecordedinthe“Maps”tab.)
1. 1.Topinandigitalfileonamap,firstgotheDashboard,clickonthe“Items”inthecolumnlistontheleft
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2. Selecttheitemyouwanttoeditfromthelist
3. Selectthe“Map”tabandtypeinthelocation.GoogleMapswillpinpointitonthemap.Youcanalsozoominandpickthemostappropriatespotforyouritem.
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Publishing,Featuring,Editing,andDeletinganExhibit
Publishing/FeaturinganExhibitOncefinished,anexhibitcanbepublishedandfeaturedbycheckingthe“Public”or“Featured”boxbelow“SaveChanges.”(seeEx.1)Exhibitsnotmarkedas“Public”arelistedas“(Private)”intheexhibitlist.(SeeEx.2)Checkingthe“Featured”boxwillallowtheexhibittoappearinthe“FeaturedExhibit”sectiononthemainfrontpage.Havingmorethanoneexhibitwiththe“Featured”boxcheckedwillmeanthateachtimethemainpageisloadedadifferentfeaturedexhibitwillappear.Havingonlyoneexhibitcheckedwith“Featured”willsetthesameexhibitbefeaturedeverytimethemainpageisloaded.
Ex.1 Ex.2
EditinganExhibitAtanytime,anexhibitcanbeeditedbyclickingon“Edit”belowthetitleoftheexhibitintheexhibitlist.
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DeletinganExhibitExhibitscanbedeletedfromtwolocations:thelistofexhibits(SeeEx.1)andfrom“SaveChanges”boxthatappearsoneverypagewheneditinganexhibit(SeeEx.2).
Ex.1 Ex.2