PressForward Presentation at the Museum Computer Network Meeting, November 2013
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Joan Troyano @joanftroyano Sheila Brennan @sherah1918 Museum Computer Network Meeting November 2013 Montreal RE-MAKING THE MUSEUM BLOG A few ideas to make a standard WP site a little more dynamic using
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Presentation by Project Director Joan Fragaszy Troyano and Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media colleague Sheila Brennan at the Museum Computer Network Meeting, November 23, 2013, Montreal. Panel: New Approaches to Museum Publishing
Transcript of PressForward Presentation at the Museum Computer Network Meeting, November 2013
Joan Troyano @joanftroyano
Sheila Brennan@sherah1918
Museum Computer Network MeetingNovember 2013
Montreal
RE-MAKING THE MUSEUM BLOG
A few ideas to make a standard WP site a little more dynamic using
http://www.walkerart.org/
WANT A WALKER-STYLE SITE?
What is important for your museum?Capturing discussion around public programs?Daily visitor engagement?Highlighting collections and reactions?Developing topical communities?
Pull in writing, social media, from enthusiasts, members into Museum’s webspace
OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE & BUILD ON EXISTING COMMUNITIES
WordPress
Plugins: PressForward for reviewing/selection Feed WordPress for automatic publication
Content Sources: RSS Twitter Instagram Flickr
BASIC NEEDS
http://digitalhumanitiesnow.org
DIGITAL HUMANITIES NOW
http://pressforward.org
PRESSFORWARD
http://chnm.gmu.edu/mcn/2012/
EXPERIMENT IN LIVE AGGREGATION:
MCN 2012
http://chnm.gmu.edu/mcn/2011proceedings/
REPRESENT EVENT: MCN 2011
FORMALIZE PROCEEDINGS
WordPress + PressForward:aggregate sourcesread feedsnominate itemsdiscuss contentreview prospective materialsmove content to publishing dashboard
Try It: http://pressfwd.chnm.org/plugin/wp-admin/
guest pressforward@CHNM
http://pressfwd.chnm.org/plugin/wp-admin/
PRESSFORWARD PLUGIN FOR WORDPRESS
AGGREGATE:FEEDS
SELECT: NOMINATE THIS BOOKMARKLET
SELECT: ALL CONTENT VIEW
REVIEW: UNDER REVIEW SECTION
PUBLISH: WORDPRESS
http://imlswebwise.org/wwnow
WEBWISE NOW
PRESSFORWARD PLUGIN
• https://github.com/PressForward/pressforward
• Google group user support• Extensive Documentation mid-2014• PressForward.org for case studies
Thank you!
Joan Troyano [email protected], @joanftroyanoSheila Brennan: [email protected], @sherah1918
TRY IT OUT, LET US KNOW
Plugin on GitHub: https://github.com/PressForward/pressforward
DHNow Editor-at-Large instructions: http://digitalhumanitiesnow.org/editor-at-large-instructions/
MCN 2011 Proceedings: http://chnm.gmu.edu/mcn/2011proceedings/
MCN 2012 Live Aggregation: http://chnm.gmu.edu/mcn/2012/
Instructions for 2011 and 2012: http://dhnow.org/1dhG5G4
Web Wise Now: http://imlswebwise.org/wwnow/
Help: http://pressforward.org
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