Apologies, sent too soon before I'd included some examples...! http://swcollectionsexplorer.org.uk (about 17,000 records)
http://salfordandcheethaminfocus.co.uk/object/ (~4,000 records) http://americanmuseum.org/object/ (~100 objects but with aim to grow rapidly soon) Cheers Mike _____________________________ Mike Ellis home: http://variousbits.net work: http://thirty8.co.uk book: http://heritageweb.co.uk 0800 808 54 38 On 27 Sep 2016 8:19 p.m., "Mike Ellis" <mike.el...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Stan > > We develop an open source plugin for WordPress built for exactly this. > Once installed you can import data from a number of museum sources: AdLib, > KeEmu, etc - but also CSV. > > See more here: > > http://cultureobject.co.uk > > It basically takes the approach Sina suggests (CPT's) but deals with > import for you. > > We are also working on a display plugin which works alongside it, and a > "story builder" plugin - all of which will be open sourced soon. > > Ping me on or off list for more info, or if you need help implementing > anything. Happy to throw together a demo site for you or any other list > members if you'd like to see it in action. > > Cheers! > > Mike > > _____________________________ > > Mike Ellis > > home: http://variousbits.net > work: http://thirty8.co.uk > book: http://heritageweb.co.uk > > 0800 808 54 38 > > > > On 27 Sep 2016 7:42 p.m., "Matt Morgan" <m...@concretecomputing.com> > wrote: > >> Here's something built in almost exactly the way Sina describes: >> >> http://bealearninghero.org/learning-tools/ >> >> Though I have to say, using an eCommerce platform for this is pretty >> clever, and it might have "you may also like" features that work out of the >> box, etc. On the other hand it may have lots of features that get in your >> way (shopping carts). >> >> On 09/27/2016 02:38 PM, Sina Bahram wrote: >> >>> If you don't need to, or aren't trying to, sell anything, then I suggest >>> simply making a custom post type (CPT) of Butterfly with the requisite >>> fields you wish to track. Then use "Search and Filter" as well as >>> "Relevanssi". There are several ways of making the CPTs in a GUI-like way, >>> not the least of which is either ACF for adding custom fields, as its name >>> suggest, or using the PODs framework for achieving the same. ACF is a bit >>> less complicated than PODs, and probably does everything you need. >>> >>> You can then customize the all of two or three files for single page and >>> archive views for Butterflies, and in a day or two have yourself a rather >>> marvelous DB-driven search aspect of your site, all within WP, and all >>> under your control. >>> >>> Plus, all of this is free, except for "Search and Filter Pro", but trust >>> me, it is beyond worth the $20 or $40 they charge. It saves hours upon >>> hours of billable time. >>> >>> Hope that helps, and good luck! >>> >>> Take care, >>> Sina >>> >>> President, Prime Access Consulting, Inc. >>> Twitter: @SinaBahram >>> Company Website: http://www.pac.bz >>> Personal Website: http://www.sinabahram.com >>> Blog: http://blog.sinabahram.com >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of >>> Stan Orchard >>> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2016 2:26 PM >>> To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <mcn-l@mcn.edu> >>> Subject: [MCN-L] Online Catalog >>> >>> Hello! >>> >>> I’m working on a project where we want to allow users to search our >>> database of butterflies that populate our butterfly house…search by >>> color(s), wing shape, maybe some other criteria. We use Wordpress so it >>> seems Woo Commerce is a safe bet with maybe another plugin to turn off >>> certain elements such as price. We’ll have 150-200 entries in this >>> database. This will utilize the same Wordpress theme we’re using and it >>> will be on the same domain, so part of our main site. I’m looking for any >>> examples of such a thing. Or any advice anyone may have regarding this type >>> of project. Should we set this up off our main site? Any >>> advantage/disadvantage to doing that? I have a feeling we’re missing >>> something as we work through this. Thanks. >>> >>> Stan Orchard >>> Pacific Science Center >>> Seattle, WA >>> _______________________________________________ >>> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum >>> Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) >>> >>> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu >>> >>> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >>> http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >>> >>> The MCN-L archives can be found at: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum >>> Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) >>> >>> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu >>> >>> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >>> http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >>> >>> The MCN-L archives can be found at: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/ >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum >> Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) >> >> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu >> >> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >> http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >> >> The MCN-L archives can be found at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/ >> >
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