As an assignment, my students create virtual museums using Wordpress.com. In addition to a diversity of available themes and the potential for multi-layered menus, the most important feature of this CMS platform is the ability to designate a home page other than the page showing blog posts. For the longer term, Wordpress is great because of its system of painless upgrades for each new version of the software.

Dave Barr

Prof. of Culture & Heritage Site Management

Centennial College

On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 5:08 PM, Yancey, Kathleen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

I am working with three gradaute students who are creating a virtual museum of everyday writing. They have been working in Omeka but are exploring other sites, thus far Wordpress and Square Space.
For each of these, there is a downside: lack of design and user support in Omeka, eg; the need to customize in Wordpress and Square Space.

If you are involved in such a museum, can you comment on the platform you chose and your rationale for it?

Thanks!

kathleen yancey
Florida State University
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