Re: [Hampshire] Village History Website

[Brad Rogers via Hampshire]

On Tue, 3 May 2016 16:56:16 +0100
Chris Dennis via Hampshire  wrote:

Hello Chris,

>guessing that there is a fairly small audience for this sort of local
>interest stuff).

You might be surprised - Family historians/genealogists *love* this type
of thing as it helps them to add context to what might otherwise be a
rather 'dry' read.

Sure, it's never going to beat youtube, but that's not the point.

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[Hampshire] Village History Website

[Chris Dennis via Hampshire]

Hello HantsLUGgers

I'm starting work on a project to create a history website for a local village. 
 We have very limited funding from the AONB development fund and another 
similar source.

The plan is to put a considerable quantity (thousands, adding up to 10 -- 20 
GB) of scanned documents, photos, maps, etc., along with explanatory text, onto 
the site.  There will be a pilot phase with a small selection of the data.

Once I've set up the site, a few non-techie people will work on adding all the 
data.  The data will then be freely viewable by the general public (although 
I'm guessing that there is a fairly small audience for this sort of local 
interest stuff).

It needs to look 'modern' and interesting, rather than just being page after 
page of dry documents.  So it needs clear structure, flexible layout, and 
moderate use of whizzy graphical effects -- such as zooming in to maps.

So I'm wondering what sort of framework to use.

I think WordPress would quickly become unmanageable with so much data.

I've considered Foswiki, but I don't think the wiki approach really fits -- the 
site will be read-only to most of the visitors.

I've had a look at other local history sites around the country, and most of them are 
somewhere between awful and broken.  I haven't found one yet that makes me think 
"Yes, we'll do it like that."

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Cheers,

Chris

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