The exhibition continues to dominate discussion and activity. This week we have had to deal with the challenge of what the software will let you do when building an exhibition. Omeka, at the moment, is not letting us get the “look” of the old time photo that we want. We have to also figure out a good timeline function within Omeka. Fortunately, I have the benefit of my husband’s expertise: he is a digital historian and he directed us to Timeline JS3 to embed a really usable, attractive timeline into the exhibition that won’t require too much work. This will allow a great deal of flexibility and we will be able to use virtually any type of media (images, video, music, etc.) within the timeline. Omeka’s ease of compatibility will make this timeline a great addition. Andrew was particularly excited to learn about this, he had never seen Timeline JS3.

As for the “look” we initially wanted, oval images that the viewer clicked on to take you to the profile of the individual, we have decided to re-work the splash page by creating a collage image in Photoshop that will be the banner, but provide individual images below that will be the links.

The compromise will give us the look we are after, along with accommodating the limitations imposed by the software. Of course, this could all change again if someone runs across a solution! The theme here seems to be flexibility and compromise in order to get a good, final product.