this is very good plugin,i have been using exhibit extensively, i'd use this with my blogs if there was a way to center on the markers if only using part of the map. it only shows world wide view
On Apr 2 2009, 1:52 pm, David Karger <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.htmlfor a limited start) > > >> A few thoughts onDatapress, 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 > >>>DataPressbefore 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 offerDataPressas 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.
