Hi,
I'm presently researching the use of Omeka for possible mobile learning projects. I was very impressed with the Art in the City project but I can't find any recent information about it. Is the project still active?
On a more general note, I would also love to hear about other examples of Omeka being used with mobile devices.
We developed the Art in the City project last summer with a small grant as a prototype to show what was possible to build using Omeka as a backend with mobile style sheets and plugins.
I don't know of anyone else who is using Omeka for mobile site yet, but it is very possible that some folks are still in the development stages.
We are glad to hear you are interested in using Omeka for a mobile project. Please keep us informed!
I realize this is an old post, but I am currently experimenting with Omeka for a mobile project. However, it doesn't appear that any of the exhibit page layouts would work on a phone screen (I want multiple pictures and text blocks to be stacked above each other, not next to each other, like Art in the City but with multiple images per page). (I then want to use the bar code feature to send people to these pages.) I am a very new user of Omeka, so it's very possible I'm just overlooking something or haven't yet figured out how to do this. But is this possible?
You can create an exhibit layout that fits the needs of your project.
What you see in Art in the City isn't an exhibit page, but rather an items/browse page. It consists of a thumbnail, item title, and tags.
You can also design a theme that will display the items in the way that you wish, just like you would if you were creating another website.
Using the QR Code plugin is a great idea to point visitors to an item's page.
Have you looked at the the Cleveland Historical free iPhone app? They used Omeka for the back end, so it might give you some ideas for structuring your mobile site.
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