Omeka

If you are interested in giving your online users an easy way to browse through documents before they download files, you should view this screencast demonstrating how to install the iPaper plugin. iPaper inserts a viewer on the items/show.php page in your design theme that makes flipping through a variety of document files (pdf, xls, doc, txt) a breeze.

iPaper is quite versatile, but it is not the only document viewer plugin we have available. You may also install the PDFMeNot plugin, but that only works for displaying PDFs.

Screencast Friday is going on hiatus for a few weeks. We hope you learned something new during this summertime series. It will return in the fall as we approach the new Omeka release.

Enjoy the remaining weeks of summer, everyone.

This week’s screencast gives a brief introduction to working with themes, providing an overview of their file structure.

This week’s screencast demonstrates how to create, edit, and delete Omeka backend users. The “How To” section offers a comprehensive list of actions available for each user level to help you determine what works best for your project team members.

Do you have suggestions for future screencasts? Please leave us a comment.

You may find that on some days you want to upload many files into your installation, but, the laziness of summer kicks in and you really don’t want to create new items or associate those files with items at that moment. No problem. The dropbox plugin gives you that flexibility and allows you to upload multiple files into Omeka where they will wait patiently until you (or another user) are ready to deal with them. The dropbox handles volume quite well and helps you to get around any file size restrictions placed upon you by the server administrator through the /items/add interface. If you haven’t already, take a look at the dropbox plugin .

Stay cool and don’t work too hard.

This week’s screencast demonstrates how to use the contribution plugin, which allows you to collect materials from your online visitors. This plugin invites your visitors to share in the creation of content, and to populate your Omeka digital archive with reflections and first-hand accounts.

If you are unfamiliar with collecting projects or want to see the contribution plugin in action, visit the following sites:

• April 16 Archive
• Catawba River Docs
• Hurricane Digital Memory Bank
• Katrina’s Jewish Voices