I'm a big fan of Open Collection, http://opencollection.org, an open
source collections management system that makes online access to
collections extremely easy. I'm not sure if you could port your data
into it easily from PastPerfect, but you could contact the developers,
who are very nice.
I haven't spent much time with PP Online, but could you paste the
transcriptions into the notes (or a custom) field and set it to display
that field with the object record?
The site you cite as a model, Robert Boyle's workdiaries online, breaks
in any browser but Explorer, and is written in frames. I bet you can
develop something more sophisticated without too much effort.
Honestly, I think you'd be well-served to consult with a web designer
about possibilities and options.
Best,
Suzanne
Suzanne Fischer
Hennepin County Medical Center History Museum
Minneapolis
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> From: Debra Summers <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Starting a catalog online
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> Thanks, we do have Past Perfect but it doesn=27t do what we want it to
> do.
> We want our researchers to view original text along side a transcribed
> readable version of the handwriting. We need something more like
> http://www.livesandletters.ac.uk/wd/view/frames.html=20
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> Deb, have you considered Past Perfect Online? That way you don*t
> really need web people and don*t need to do additional cataloging work
> beyond what you*re already doing. As you probably know, Past Perfect
> links to photographs as well as PDF files so it would meet those needs
> as well. It*s not very expensive and from what I understand they do
> the
> majority of the work for you. It seems like a good option particularly
> if you*re already using Past Perfect.
> Kristine Zickuhr
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