1. Here are some things you can do while you wait 1.Open your omeka.net site in your browser (e.g. http://rebecca.omeka.net)http://rebecca.omeka.net 2.Open a new tab and open your omeka.net admin view in your browser (e.g. http://rebecca.omeka.net/admin) http://rebecca.omeka.net/admin 3.Find and open your workshop folder on your laptop

2. Omeka!

3. Quick introductions Flickr Commons: http://www.flickr.com/photos/8623220@N02/2162710987http://www.flickr.com/photos/8623220@N02/2162710987

4. What is Omeka? a “a free, flexible, and open source web- publishing platform for the display of library, museum, archives, and scholarly collections and exhibitions” –Omeka team’s definition a “system for storing digital objects (photos, PDFs, video, etc.) and their metadata, and creating digital collection and exhibitions around those objects” –my definition

5. What isn’t Omeka? If you need a quick-and-dirty way to put content online…use Wordpress or other blogging software If you need a quick-and-dirty way to put images online…use Flickr If you need a digital asset management system…use ContentDM, or an open source DAMS like ResourceSpace

6. How does Omeka work? Administrative and public interface: no coding or HTML required Customize your site with themes and plugins Two options: free/paid hosting (account at omeka.net) or self-hosting (download software from omeka.org and install it on a server)

7. Self-hosted OmekaOmeka.net LAMP server requiredNo server required FTP client requiredNo FTP client required Customize themes and plugins by editing server files (PHP and CSS) Customize themes and plugins through the admin interface only Storage space determined by your server and/or server administrator Storage space according to the plan you choose Unlimited number of plugins and themes Plugins and themes determined by the plan you chose File size limitations determined by your server administrator File size limitations: 64mb One site per installation Multiple sites, depending on your plan, per user account Free Free basic plan, other options cost $ Mostly copied from http://info. omeka.net/ about

8. Let’s look at the public interface Watch my screen!

9. Basic content types Items Collections Exhibits Simple Pages

10. Items! Item = files(s) + metadata Files can be images, PDFs, audio, video…

11. Collections! A grouping of items Displays with a description of the collection (if you provide one) followed by a list of thumbnails and links to all items in the collection Omeka doesn’t care how you create collections. You could do it by archival collection, by creator, thematic, etc. Omeka 1.5 (the latest version) allows you to create sub-collections Collections don’t allow HTML input or text formatting

12. Exhibits! A grouping of items with the option to add narrative text and captions Organized into sections with pages You can choose different page layouts and add captions Each exhibit can have its own theme, which can be different from the overall site theme Exhibits allow HTML input and text formatting

13. Collections vs. Exhibits Collections provide space to describe a set of items (or subsets, in Omeka 1.5) Collections are easier and faster to create Exhibits provide space to describe sets, subsets, and individual items, and control over text formatting and page layouts You can add items to a collection, but not to an exhibit—you have to add them to a page within an exhibit Collections are for organizing items, and exhibits are for displaying items

14. If it doesn’t work as a collection or exhibit…make a simple page About page Site credits News Simple pages can link to items, collections, exhibits, or any other content on your site. You can add HTML or PHP content, so these pages can be simple or pretty complex.

15. Let’s look at the administrative interface Watch my screen!

16. Let’s set up our site Go to your browser!

17. Let’s add some content 1.Create items using the CSV Import plugin 2.Create an item through the Items tab 3.Create a collection through the Collections tab 4.Batch edit some items 5.Create an exhibit, and add items to it 6.Create a simple page

18. Questions? Flickr Commons: http://www.flickr.com/photos/7167652@N06/3595037911http://www.flickr.com/photos/7167652@N06/3595037911

19. Play on your own Add another item Batch edit your items Add a new collection Update your site information Add more Simple Pages, and create a hierarchy Explore item types Activate and play with other plugins

20. Self-hosted Omeka admin interface With self-hosted Omeka, you can Change the default sizes for full-size images and thumbnails Change which file types are allowed Upload new themes and plugins via FTP

21. Let’s download a new theme and a new plugin 1.Go to http://omeka.org/add-onshttp://omeka.org/add-ons 2.Click on ALL THEMES 3.Under Berlin (the first theme), click the Download Latest button, and save the file to your workshop folder 4.Go back to http://omeka.org/add-ons and click on ALL PLUGINShttp://omeka.org/add-ons 5.Scroll down to Simple Contact Form, click the Download Latest button, and save the file to your workshop folder

22. Let’s open Filezilla Let’s configure Filezilla to work with jEdit

23. Filezilla connection information Host: sftp://marac.dreamhosters.com Username: [REDACTED] Password: [REDACTED] Host: [leave blank] WAIT to click the Quickconnect button until Rebecca says so! In the Remote Site box, click on marac.dreamhosters.com, then capemay, then your Omeka site

24. What does an FTP client do? Transfers files from your computer (local site) to a website (remote site) You can transfer one file at a time, multiple files, or entire directories (folders) Your account to log into a website and your FTP account are separate

25. Upload a theme

26. Upload a plugin Same as for themes, but upload it to the plugins folder instead

27. Let’s activate our SimpleContactForm plugin and choose our Berlin theme Log in to your site (in your browser, not FTP) Plugin: click Settings  Plugins. Click the Install button next to Simple Contact Form. This will automatically take you to the Configuration page. You can configure it or just click Save Changes at the bottom. Theme: click Settings  Themes. Under Change Theme, select Berlin.

28. HTML and CSS in 60 seconds (You should) use HTML to control content, and CSS to control appearance HTML and CSS documents are connected through links on HTML pages Linking multiple HTML pages link to the same CSS document is a way to keep your site’s appearance consistent across different pages The C in CSS is for Cascading, and different CSS rules have different priorities

29. Let’s edit the Berlin theme

30. Let’s upload our edited theme

31. Don’t edit themes the way we just did! To edit an existing theme: – Make a copy of the theme, and give the top-level folder (e.g. Berlin) a new name (e.g. Berlin-edited) – Open the theme.ini file, and update the author, title, and description fields

32. Free self-hosting for Omeka Dreamhost offers FREE website hosting to non-profits, and they have a one-click Omeka install option http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Non- profit_Discount http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Non- profit_Discount

33. Questions? Flickr Commons: http://www.flickr.com/photos/7167652@N06/3595037911http://www.flickr.com/photos/7167652@N06/3595037911

34. Extra activities Watch me install an Omeka site on Dreamhost Download and install additional plugins