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July 18, 2017 6:26 PM Subscribe
Hello, I'm looking for a digital content software that will allow a closed set of contributors post displayable files in a variety of files formats, such as jpeg, PDF, and other common types. Ideally they would be able to tag these posts and comment on them, as well as link them hierarchically to each other. Honestly, it sounds like a private Facebook group might be good for this, but I'm looking for something with a bit more possibility for innovation and that isn't Facebook.
I just led a study abroad program, and I'd like my students to post pictures, emails, journal entries, and text messages related to our trip in a way that provides opportunities for us to link the records together through tagging or metadata. The records would also be organized by subject or event as much as possible. I know that this is asking for a lot, but I'm curious to see what's out there that doesn't have a steep learning curve. Thanks!
I just led a study abroad program, and I'd like my students to post pictures, emails, journal entries, and text messages related to our trip in a way that provides opportunities for us to link the records together through tagging or metadata. The records would also be organized by subject or event as much as possible. I know that this is asking for a lot, but I'm curious to see what's out there that doesn't have a steep learning curve. Thanks!
Besides the costs of security, maintenance, set-up, etc., WordPress would work well for this.
posted by paulcole at 6:49 PM on July 18, 2017
posted by paulcole at 6:49 PM on July 18, 2017
If everybody as a Gmail account you could do that you could quickly set up a site on Google Sites to do that, and just invite the program participants to participate. It would all be point and click to set up.
posted by COD at 7:06 PM on July 18, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by COD at 7:06 PM on July 18, 2017 [1 favorite]
Are you thinking of a media-enabled Metafilter, or more like a group Tumblr? That is, a post-oriented site with everybody else's relevant stuff in response, or a display-with-description page of things with tags, which people can click on to get all of them grouped together? Something else? Post-by-date? Those are the most accessible models for something like this I can think of, and should be easily WordPress-able.
Posting stuff to a website with tags is the generic part. How you want people to interact with what's posted is where the wrinkles come in.
posted by rhizome at 7:32 PM on July 18, 2017
Posting stuff to a website with tags is the generic part. How you want people to interact with what's posted is where the wrinkles come in.
posted by rhizome at 7:32 PM on July 18, 2017
Response by poster: Thanks for the question. I'm looking more for a a display-with-description page of things with tags, which people can click on to get all of them grouped together type of thing. I guess Tumblr might be an option as well.
posted by Fister Roboto at 7:46 PM on July 18, 2017
posted by Fister Roboto at 7:46 PM on July 18, 2017
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