Omeka.net

We are pleased to announce a new partnership with ARTstor to make the Shared Shelf Link plugin available to all Omeka.net users. For users of ARTstor’s Shared Shelf program, this plugin allows you to bulk publish image files and associated metadata to collections in Omeka.net. Shared Shelf is a cloud-based image management platform created by [...]

Good news for Omeka.net users who want more interaction with their users! The popular Commenting plugin from stand-alone Omeka sites is now available for Omeka.net users with plans at the Silver level or above. Commenting allows site administrators to configure comment options so that different roles have the ability to leave comments and view comments, [...]

The Omeka.net team revised our Terms of Service and added a new Privacy Policy. We encourage users to take a few minutes to review these policies. Additionally, we have made two new plugins available that will help you maintain consistent metadata entry across your website. Library of Congress Suggest is now available for all users. [...]

From the earliest stages of testing Omeka.net, many of you asked for a way to track web traffic to your websites. Now, you can with the new Google Analytics plugin. We are rolling out the plugin to all plans in stages, with our Alpha users getting first dibs. Visitors stats will be managed through a [...]

For those of you waiting for a way to batch import items in your Omeka.net websites, the CSV plugin is on its way. The CSV Import plugin will enable you to batch import items using a common database and spreadsheet file export format: comma separated value (CSV). It is possible to import files if they [...]

Since launching Omeka.net last spring, nearly 1500 users are working on more than 1,000 new websites. Many of these sites are works-in-progress created by historians, librarians, archivists, enthusiasts, educators, and students. Here are a few examples of what people are building and sharing in their Omeka.net sites. Robert & Monnoyer: French Botanical Artists of the [...]

After more than two years of planning and development, and six months of Alpha testing, CHNM is pleased to announce the public launch of Omeka.net Beta. Anyone may sign up for an account today. Omeka.net is a hosted web service that brings standards-based online collections and exhibitions to the internet cloud. Simply create a username [...]

(originally posted April 29, 2010 on Omeka.org) We are very excited to announce that the Omeka.net Alpha has launched! The Omeka and Omeka.net teams have been working hard during the past few months to develop this new hosted service. The current Omeka.net Alpha showcases Omeka’s core functionality: building a website with an archive of items. [...]

(originally posted March 9, 2010 on Omeka.org) The Omeka team is reaching for the clouds. After more than a year of planning and development, we are very pleased to announce the impending arrival of Omeka.net, a hosted web service that will bring standards-based online collections and exhibitions to the internet cloud. Be first in line [...]