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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