Manage the site’s themes and plugins by clicking the Settings button in the top right corner of your Dashboard.

Watch this screencast and learn more about modifying all site settings

Note: Plugins and themes downloaded from Omeka.org will not work on Omeka.net.

Plugins

A plugin extends the basic functionality of an Omeka.net site beyond building a digital collection and archive. Each Omeka.net site comes with 4 plugins to allow you to create basic web pages, build digital exhibits, add links for web visitors to connect with their social networking sites, and to make your data readable by bibliographic web tools.

Activate and deactivate installed plugins from this panel.

Plugin settings page

  • Install – Runs the installer for the plugin and activates the plugin.
  • Uninstall – Runs the uninstaller for the plugin and deletes any information in your installation related to the plugin.
  • Activate – Activates plugin settings and allows you to configure a plugin when necessary.
  • Deactivate – Action merely “unplugs” the plugin but does not delete any data collected while plugin was active.
  • Configure – Some plugins will require additional configuration before they can work with Omeka. If this is the case, a “Configure” link will appear beside the plugin in the admin panel. Click on that link to configure the plugin as needed.

Detailed instructions for each plugin are available by clicking on the plugin’s name, listed in the right column.

Themes

Themes control the public design and presentation of a website.

Choosing a theme: If you want to change the design theme from the default choice, choose from the theme options in the theme tab, and click on the button to the left of the theme’s name. Click “Switch Theme” button to save your new theme choice.

Configuring a theme: Once you have settled on a theme, click the “Configure” button to change the color palette, upload logo, add text to the site’s homepage, or reorder and rename the site’s main navigation.

Configurations are unique for each theme and will be saved with the theme. You must configure each theme when changing designs. But if you return to the original theme, all of your initial configurations will be saved.

Configuring a theme

  1. Choose a logo file. You may upload a logo file that will replace the site title in the header of the theme. Recommended maximum width for the logo is 500px.
  2. Custom Header Navigation: If you want to override the default navigation in the theme header, enter a custom list in this text box. Enter your desired navigation in the following way: ‘Name of Link Text | path/to/page’. Each link should be on its own line. If this field is blank, the navigation will be generated automatically.
    For example if you want the link to the Browse Items page to be called Archive and the Browse Collections page to become Collections, enter this in the text box:
    Archive | /items
    Collections | /collections
  3. Display Featured Item: Check this box if you wish to show a featured item on the homepage.
  4. Display Featured Collection: Check this box if you wish to show a link featuring a collection on the homepage.
  5. Display Featured Exhibit: Check this box if you wish to show a link featuring an exhibit on the homepage.
  6. Homepage Recent Items: Choose the number of recent items to be displayed on the homepage. These appear in the order in which they were mostly recently added to the archive.
  7. Homepage Text: Add some text to be displayed on your homepage above the Featured Items. This is a good place to add a very short tagline or description of your site. Save longer explanations for an About page.
  8. Display Dublin Core Fields: Choose from the Dublin Core metadata fields that you would like to display and in the order you would like to display them on the items/show page. For example, to display only the descriptions, subjects, and creators for every item in your archive, enter: ‘Description, Subject, Creator’. Be sure to spell each field correctly and to separate each field term with a comma. If you misspell or do not use commas, all of the fields will display. Also, if this text box is left blank, all available fields with data will be displayed.

    9. Configuring themes, part 2

  9. Footer Text: Add some text to be displayed in your theme’s footer.This can be a good place to add credits or links to funders.
  10. Display Copyright in Footer: Check this box if you wish to display your site’s copyright information in the footer. Site copyright information is found in the General Settings section.
  11. Click Save Changes at the bottom of of the screen to save all of your customizations.