Presentation for the Modes Users Association Annual Meeting 25.9.2013. Outlines new developments for publishing Modes data online using using WordPress plugins.
2. Wordpress
Popular framework for developing web sites
Particular emphasis on supporting blogs
Free, Open Source
Increasingly used for museum web sites, e.g.
Toledo Museum of Art: http://www.toledomuseum.org/
Ukrainian Museum-Archives
Margate Museum
John Gray Centre (w. Orangeleaf)
3. Wordpress plugins
Popular way of adding functionality to Wordpress
sites, e.g.
Spam filter for comments
Calendar
Contact form
Simply download and install
Fit within overall site design/theme
Standard themes provided with Wordpress
Specialist museum themes (http://museumthemes.com/)
4. Modes Wordpress plugin
Allows you to include Modes data within a Wordpress
site
Live data access
Straightforward to set up
Can access local data, or remote files if published as
Modes Linked Data
5. Adding “shortcodes”
To add Modes plugin features to your site, simply
include “shortcodes” in your Wordpress page:
10. Easily update your search
Click on a facet term to add it to your search
Current search terms are displayed, and can be cleared
if not required:
15. Multiple data sources
In this test implementation three Modes files are
being searched in parallel
Two are local files; one is remote, accessed via the
Modes Linked Data Framework
Data from the remote site is displayed in the format
specified by the owner of that site
21. Development plans
Working with Swansea Museums to develop an initial
“proper” implementation
Interested in partnering with other Modes users who
are planning a Wordpress-base site
Option of additional features, e.g.
More structured input (-> collections management)
Easily drop single records into a page
Possibly extend support to other CMS platforms, e.g.
Drupal, if there is the demand