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Widgets

Widgets are a more advanced feature of WordPress that allow you even more control over the content on your site. In essence, widgets are small containers of content that can be placed in various areas of your site. Where you can place widgets depends entirely on the theme you are using. Many (most) themes include […]

Installing Plugins

As you begin to use your Omeka install on Reclaim Hosting you may wish to add additional functionality by way of the various open source plugins available at http://omeka.org/add-ons/plugins/. Although Omeka doesn’t currently include an automated installer for plugins, the process of uploading them to your space is outlined here. To get started you’ll want to […]

iOS & Android App

You can download the WordPress app from the iOS App Store or the Google Play Store for your mobile device. Screenshot Setup Tutorial: When you open the WordPress app, tap on Add Self-Hosted Site: Then, you will be able to enter your WordPress site credentials: These credentials come from your Installatron page of WordPress. To access these credentials, first find […]

Managing Spam: Akismet

SPAM! Everyone hates it in their email. If you’re new to WordPress and blogging platforms, spam exists in the form of comment spam – people (or vermin) leave comments promoting their services or schemes, on a post or page. So how do you deal with comment spam when it can come in even more often […]

Neatline Plugin

Building an interactive map using Omeka’s Neatline plugin Neatline is a plugin for Omeka that allows for the creation of interactive maps and timelines. Neatline allows the user to plot points on geospatial layers that, when clicked, reveal text and media. Users may create records from scratch and add them to their Neatline exhibits, or import […]

Installing Scalar

To get started you’ll need to login to your control panel (https://sites.dtcc.edu/dashboard) using your Delaware Technical Community College username and password. Navigate to the Application section and select Scalar. You can also use the search function as well. When you click on the Scalar icon, you will be taken to the Scalar information page. Click install […]

Installing Omeka

To get started you’ll need to login to your control panel (https://sites.dtcc.edu/dashboard) using your Delaware Technical Community College username and password. Once logged in you’ll be on the homepage of your cPanel. Navigate to the Web Applications section of the cPanel and find Featured Applications. Then select Omeka. This page gives you more information about the Omeka software. To begin the […]

Site Privacy

WordPress is a platform intended to allow you to share your thoughts and ideas freely and easily with the world. However, there are options to publish to a more limited audience. The first way is to limit who can find your website. That is done by keeping search engines, like Google, from seeing (known as […]

Working with Omeka Classic

Here are a few tips and tricks that can help make sure you get the most out of the Omeka software. ImageMagick Omeka requires the ImageMagick library in order to resize and generate thumbnails for your images. Delaware Technical Community College provides ImageMagic for all accounts, but occasionally you will need to manually enter the […]

Discussion Settings

What makes WordPress a powerful platform is that not only can you create a dynamic website, but you can also allow dynamic discussions about the content with your visitors. Comments, the bread and butter of the discussion, can add to the overhead of your website management. You have to keep up with responses to your […]