History Nexus / History Websites
Launched by the Center for History and New Media at the beginning of 2008, Omeka is a new Content Management System designed for publishing collections and exhibitions online.
Omeka, in Swahili, means "to display or lay out goods or wares; to speak out; to spread out; to unpack".
As a CMS it has the following features:
Dublin Core metadata structure and standards-based design that is fully accessible and interoperable
Professional-looking exhibit sites that showcase collections without hiring outside designers
Theme-switching for changing the look and feel of an exhibit in a few clicks
Plug-ins for geolocation, bi-lingual sites, and a host of other possibilities
Web 2.0 Technologies, including:
Tagging: Allow users to add keywords to items in a collection or exhibit
Blogging: Keep in touch with users through timely postings about collections and events
Syndicating: Update your users about your content with RSS feeds
It's free to download and use and soon there will be a free platform just like there is for Wordpress or Blogger.
I'll be reviewing this CMS sometime in the future for Future / Retro. As there are already so many advanced CMS' out there I'm interested in what Omeka can bring to the table, particularly for digital humanities.
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Omeka, in Swahili, means "to display or lay out goods or wares; to speak out; to spread out; to unpack".
As a CMS it has the following features:
Dublin Core metadata structure and standards-based design that is fully accessible and interoperable
Professional-looking exhibit sites that showcase collections without hiring outside designers
Theme-switching for changing the look and feel of an exhibit in a few clicks
Plug-ins for geolocation, bi-lingual sites, and a host of other possibilities
Web 2.0 Technologies, including:
Tagging: Allow users to add keywords to items in a collection or exhibit
Blogging: Keep in touch with users through timely postings about collections and events
Syndicating: Update your users about your content with RSS feeds
It's free to download and use and soon there will be a free platform just like there is for Wordpress or Blogger.
I'll be reviewing this CMS sometime in the future for Future / Retro. As there are already so many advanced CMS' out there I'm interested in what Omeka can bring to the table, particularly for digital humanities.
2 Comments
History Nexus is a new on-line history community site.
Submit and recommend a history website to others.
Submit and recommend a history website to others.
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History Nexus Widget
Grab the History Nexus widget and place it on to your blog or website. It will inform your readers when new sites are added. It's easy to place the code onto all major blogger software. You can even place it on your MySpace or Facebook page. Go to the Widgetbox site here for further information.
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This is a cool concept. Is there somewhere we can see and play with a demo?
No, I don't think so, they're lacking in that.
I, too, would be interested in having a peak around the back end of an installation.