2. What is Omeka?
✤ Web-based publishing software to create archives
and web-based exhibits of materials.
✤ Uses PHP and MySQL
✤ Dublin core metadata
✤ Plugins allow for extensibility; Themes allow for
design customization
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6. Omeka Installation
✤ Download latest from omeka.org
✤ FTP to your server.
✤ Requirements at omeka.org/codex/
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9. Omeka Items
✤ Dublin Core metadata for all items
✤ Customizable item types, with fields
✤ Many files per item
✤ Tags, collection, other metadata from plugins
16. Omeka Item Types
✤ Twelve pre-made item types
✤ Can customize fields for each type
✤ Can create unique types
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18. Omeka Users
✤ Super - Can do anything on the system
✤ Admin - Can do anything except access the Settings
button.
✤ Contributor - Can add items, and edit their own
items, but cannot delete items
✤ Researcher - Can see non-public items, but cannot
add/edit/delete items.
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20. Omeka Themes
✤ Easily change look/feel of your public site
✤ Documented helpers to retrieve data
✤ Standards-compliant HTML and CSS
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24. Omeka Plugins
✤ Plugin API allows for additional functionality
beyond core features
✤ Plugins include ExhibitBuilder, SimplePages,
Geolocation, various import/export plugins.
