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October 06, 2016

Blog or News roll on Omeka

Writing about web page https://github.com/digihum/omeka-plugin-ItemsPartialShortcode

Having not found anything on Omeka sites that looks like it gives us what this project wants 'out of the box', here is a recipe using available materials. We're looking for a Blog-like setup or News feed with the following features:

entries ordered by date on a listing page
pull a feed of 'teasers' through to other pages
enable embedding tweets

The solution looks like:

Created two new Item Types. One called 'News', which has just one box 'Text' in the Item Type Metadata. The other is 'Tweet' which has 'Embed Code'.
Create a Collection called 'News and Events' to hold all entries whether tweet or news item
Use shortcodes to pull a feed ordered by date [items num=5 collection=5 sort="Dublin Core,Date" order=d] which works well, but the display isn't quite there, so some manipulation is needed. A little plugin coding later and we have a new template-able shortcode [itemspartial template=teaser num=5 collection=5 sort="Dublin Core,Date" order=d]
To add an entry do the following:

Create new item
If you want a title, enter it in the DC Title field
Fill in the description if you want to customise the way the post appears in the teaser text
Scroll down to Date, and enter today's date
Add to the 'News and Events' Collection
Tick the 'public' button if you want to publish right away
Change to the Item Type tab and select 'News' or 'Tweet' from this list
Change to the Files tab to add a photo or other media
Add the content for this specific type
Save your entry and check it has come out right

The shortcode plugin is here: https://github.com/digihum/omeka-plugin-ItemsPartialShortcode

See this implemented in the wild at https://projectionproject.warwick.ac.uk

Steve Ranford : 06 Oct 2016 15:54 | Tags: Omeka | Comments (0) | Close comments | Report a problem