This document discusses using a "pseudo-wiki" system to enable non-technical staff to author rich web content for a museum website. It describes how the system builds on wiki markup syntax but extends it with custom elements to support features like image galleries and slideshows. The system aims to balance rich multimedia authoring with an intuitive interface, addressing the bottleneck of technical skills needed for website content production.
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MW2010: E. Bachta and R. Stein, Breaking the Bottleneck: Using Pseudo-Wikis to Enable Rich Web Authoring for Non-Technical Staff Members
1. Breaking the Bottleneck:Using Pseudo-Wikis to Enable Rich Web Authoring for Non-Technical Staff Members Robert Stein Chief Information Officer Indianapolis Museum of Art rstein@imamuseum.org Edward Bachta Applications Developer Indianapolis Museum of Art ebachta@imamuseum.org
5. Goals Enable Rich Media Authoring by Content Experts Approximate Print Layouts Online Enable Sophisticated and Robust User Interface Stuff Fuse Museum Datasets with Content Authoring
6. Simple Right? Resize images to correct width Upload images to correct folder on server Include images with correct <img> tag Align Images “right” with appropriate <div> container
16. CMS - Roles Permissions Anonymous / logged in / member / admin Workflow Actions & triggers
17. Wiki - terseness <div class='art-carousel grid_7 height-specified alpha omega'> <h3><a name='highlights-of-the-asian-art-collection'></a>Highlights of the Asian Art Collection</h3> <div class='scrollable' style="height:140px"> <div class='items'> <div class='item grid_2' style="height:140px"> <a href="/art/collections/artwork/stem-cup-long-pierced-bulbous-stem-"><img src="http://www.imamuseum.org/sites/default/files/mercurycache/2_column/ima-collections/images/8F/DC/8FDC6DFC-F3D8-4C7E-A1D7-03F0E0D1F302/8FDC6DFC-F3D8-4C7E-A1D7-03F0E0D1F302_x.jpg" alt="stem cup with long, pierced bulbous stem" title="" height="140" width="140" /></a> <div class='info'> <span class='creator'>Neolithic</span> | <span class='title'>stem cup with long, pierced bulbous stem</span> </div> </div> … (previous x the number of objects) … </div> </div> <div class='toolbar'> <a class='prev'> </a> <div class='info-wrapper'><div class='info'>Loading images...</div></div> <a class='next'> </a> </div> </div>
18. Wiki - terseness {{carousel:2004.68, 60.43, 2005.1, 60.75,1996.320, 47.131, 60.103, 2004.13, 1997.45, 60.116, 59.29, 2000.61, 2000.64, 2002.132, 2004.18, 60.12|width=7,crop=y,thumbsize=2,image_height=140px|Highlights of the Asian Art Collection}}
51. Future Challenges Readability of wiki text Syntax highlighting Previewing Support for advanced filters, AJAX rendering Workflow Contributors vs. publishers