Hi Pam
Here is another option for you to look at eHive <https://ehive.com/>.
This is an online collection management system created by Vernon Systems
<http://www.vernonsystems.com/>, known for their enterprise software Vernon
Collection Management System.
eHive has a free option that offers all the functions of a paid accound
with restricted storage space. Here you can catalogue up to 200 objects as
an Archive, Archaeology, Art History, Library, Natural Science or
Photography and Multi-Media
WordPress plugins can be found here
<http://developers.ehive.com/wordpress-plugins/> and here
<http://www.goldmuseum.com.au/explore-collection/> is an example of a
WordPress website in action.
All the best
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On 12 January 2015 at 11:05, Mike Ellis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Pam
>
> WordPress is a really good front-end choice, and you've have lots and lots
> of flexibility, but you'll almost definitely need to get your hand dirty
> with theme development, coding, etc. There are some previous threads on
> here about this stuff, so worth going back and digging through the MCG
> JiscMail archive.
>
> If not WP then there are some tools like CollectionsSpace which is gaining
> a lot of ground - open source, free, but again I'm pretty sure you'll need
> to know your geekery - it's built in Java (oh god) but a great solution
> apart from that - http://www.collectionspace.org/
>
> Loads and loads of other possible options - I suspect it'll come down to
> budget and what you mean by "small collection". I would suggest pretty
> strongly though that you avoid the "click and go" options from the
> collections management vendors. I think without exception they're pretty
> awful. Easy, yes, but awful - terribly ugly, bad for Google, inflexible,
> lazy.
>
> Misc other thoughts:
>
> - if no budget / really small collection then forget about the CM system
> and use WP to do it for you (look at "custom fields", in particular the
> "ACF" plugin)
> - we have a plugin which pulls in CG / AdLib (soon KE Emu too) data to
> WordPress, but it's still in beta - http://cultureobject.co.uk/
> - use CultureGrid whatever you do!
>
> I think there's a big chunk of "it depends" here. Happy to talk offline if
> you need, just ping me an email.
>
> Mike
>
>
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>
>
>
> Pam walker wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have just joined the group and hope that I can get some advice for a
>> project I am working on.
>> I am working for a client cataloguing a private family collection, mainly
>> of visual material. There are also archives which have been catalogued
>> separately.
>>
>> The owner would like all this information to be available online and I
>> wondered if anyone could advise me as to which would be the best
>> collections management system to use to link to a website and in particular
>> a wordpress site.
>>
>> As it is a small collection I thought Modes Complete would probably be
>> best but I've heard that this doesn't work well with images online. I would
>> hope to be able to do the work myself so am looking for the most
>> straighforward option.
>>
>> Thank you in advance.
>>
>> Pam
>>
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