what's the point about comments? since the exhibit is in an article, can't you just comment on the article?
Adam Marcus wrote: > Thanks for the comments, John! We're excited to hear you're working > on a Drupal version of this. In working on a centrally hosted > version, Ted and I hope to make the configurator a stand-alone > component (all-javascript to the extent that it can be) so that it > will be easier to plug it into any other blogging or CMS tool. > > Respondses to your suggestions are inlined: > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 8:08 PM, John Callahan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Very cool. Great idea. I've been trying to get people using Exhibit >> through Drupal CMS because of it's ease of use. Of course, that >> plugin/module doesn't help much with the javascript/html coding, most >> the data part. I think both the plugin and your distribution site >> sounds like great ideas. Just earlier today I was browsing the web >> looking for SIMILE projects *in the wild.* It's a fun exercise looking >> how others use the same tools. >> (http://geo42.com/sites/simile/resources.html for a limited start) >> >> A few thoughts on Datapress, well, mostly it's future plans... Feel >> free to ignore everything I say! (I'm just getting started with SIMILE >> projects and semantic web concepts.) >> >> - I'm not sure I would have each exhibit actually load the data while >> browsing. I would just use screenshots with basic metadata about each, >> such as number of entries, type of features, organization, etc... I'd >> love to see which entries use a timeline, ve mapview, use timeplot, ve >> different types of data streams, etc... >> > > We kept going back and forth on this one. When we had a > representative static version of the exhibit, we couldn't design one > that was representative enough. We settled for the actual exhibit > since we didn't have the designers touch, but any suggestion as to how > to speed this up while still making it look good would be appreciated. > > >> - A nice ajax-like search would go well here. Either a "exhibit of >> exhibits" or probably better would be a server-based faceted search >> engine like apache solr. >> > > Neat idea. So each blog would have a listing/exhibit of all exhibits > on the site? That shouldn't be too hard to make! > > >> - When "playing" an exhibit, how about just showing the exhibit on it's >> own page? I use lightbox/thickbox for several items myself and not sure >> if it really works here. If you're sticking with Wordpress for the >> Youtube-like implementation, I would think of each exhibit as a >> page/post. Just a thought. >> > > It should probably be a user option. The reason we lightboxed is that > some exhibits are two wide for typically narrow-width blog themes, so > we decided to give people the ability to have the exhibit "on the > page" without it interfering with the theme. > > >> - How about offering comments on each exhibit? Maybe ratings as well? >> This could work with a hot topics area, or most viewed, or highest >> rated, etc... >> > > A bit harder, but definitely possible! > > >> - It be nice to offer various skins, layout plus color schemes. Based >> on what features they add (facet side bars, timeline, etc..) you could >> suggest a layout style. Maybe build this around Wordpress themes. I >> wonder in Wordpress is you can display separate pages with it's own >> theme? (I have some experience in Wordpress but not much.) >> >> > > Also cool---probably useful in a second pass, once we've gotten > everything else working well:) > > >> Again, very cool, just like most things coming out of the SIMILE projects! >> >> - John >> >> > > Thanks for your comments and suggestions! > > -Adam > > >> ************************************************** >> John Callahan >> Geospatial Application Developer >> Delaware Geological Survey, University of Delaware >> 227 Academy St, Newark DE 19716-7501 >> Tel: (302) 831-3584 >> Email: [email protected] >> http://www.dgs.udel.edu >> ************************************************** >> >> >> >> >> Adam Marcus wrote: >> >>> Hello Simile Widgets friends! >>> >>> A few of us from Haystack have been working on a way to allow the >>> average person with a web presence to configure an Exhibit by way of a >>> graphical user interface. We've started with a WordPress plugin that >>> introduces Exhibit to the blogging world. Our plugin is called >>> DataPress, and is available here: >>> >>> http://projects.csail.mit.edu/datapress/ >>> >>> If you have a wordpress installation and want to include exhibits in >>> your posts or pages without doing a lot of html and javascript >>> hacking, take a look at this plugin. If you want to play around with >>> DataPress before installing it, we've set up a demo site at: >>> >>> http://projects.csail.mit.edu/datapress/demosite (username/password = >>> demo/demo) >>> >>> Our next steps will be to offer DataPress as a centrally hosted option >>> (think YouTube or ManyEyes) so that it can be embedded in any web page >>> while still being configured through a more convenient web interface. >>> Since this is an early release, we're looking for any suggestions you >>> might have as to how to improve our tools. We're excited to get your >>> advice and comments, and to see how bloggers use the tool! >>> >>> -Ted and Adam >>> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SIMILE Widgets" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/simile-widgets?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
