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Omeka Outreach Month

Six more weeks of winter lie ahead, making the forthcoming frigid days perfect for starting or tweaking an Omeka project. The Omeka team will be working hard as well in February during the newly-designated “Omeka Outreach Month.”
We plan to write a few blog posts, seek assistance with plugin and theme development, and drop a new [...]

License items in Omeka using the Creative Commons Chooser plugin

I’m pleased to announce the release of a frequently requested plugin, the Creative Commons Chooser. This plugin was created by a member of our open source community, Mohit Gupta.
Creative Commons Chooser allows site administrators to associate Creative Commons licenses with individual Omeka items by providing a Commons License Chooser in the admin interface. Items in [...]

Using Jumpbox to install Omeka

Omeka is now supported by JumpBox, a service that simplifies the process of installing open source software. JumpBox gives you the option to run a virtual machine locally on your Windows/Mac/Linux personal computer, or to purchase website hosting that includes Omeka already installed.
If you’re interested in learning more about how to use Omeka with [...]

Omeka 1.1 Drops Today

The leaves are changing in Northern Virginia and it’s time for another Omeka release. Omeka version 1.1 fixes several bugs, includes the newest version of Exhibit Builder, and offers a few new features.
In 1.1., users will have more control over their installation through the admin interface, such as:

Toggling more easily between the public site and [...]

Releasing ExhibitBuilder Plugin (version 0.5)

We are happy to release ExhibitBuilder plugin version 0.5. Here are the major changes for 0.5:

Adds pagination for exhibits in the admin.
Gives Contributor users the ability to add/edit their own Exhibits, adds a function to check user permissions for a specific exhibit.
Fixes the problem of displaying special characters in exhibit layouts.
Fixes CSS bug where [...]

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  • VoicesVT (Voices For the Lake)

    VoicesVT (Voices For the Lake) @omeka Do you know of any projects other than the Feldman Memories site using the Intense Debate plugin? #omeka

  • kazama (Greg Demetrick)

    kazama (Greg Demetrick) Pushed forward on the @omeka plugin work this weekend. Got a lot more done than I expected which is always good.

  • parkview (Andrew)

    parkview (Andrew) playing around with @omeka. It needs a bigger community.

  • patrickgmj (Patrick MurrayJohn)

    patrickgmj (Patrick MurrayJohn) Gracious! I actually wrote a blog post! More thoughts on @omeka and portfolios/CVs/resumes http://www.patrickgmj.net/node/182

  • VoicesVT (Voices For the Lake)

    VoicesVT (Voices For the Lake) Just reviewed designs for our @omeka based website with @kazama . Very excited about creating a digital storytelling archive for Voices!