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Digital Humanities: Building Online Projects. Niall O’Leary, MA, MSc. Introduction. DHO Project Manager (IT) with Digital Humanities Observatory Funding ended August 2013 Independent consultant, trainer and developer http:// www.nialloleary.ie /. Websites. HTML CSS Web Editing Software
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Digital Humanities:Building Online Projects Niall O’Leary, MA, MSc
Introduction • DHO Project Manager (IT) with Digital Humanities Observatory • Funding ended August 2013 • Independent consultant, trainer and developer • http://www.nialloleary.ie/
Websites • HTML • CSS • Web Editing Software • Dreamweaver • Google Web Designer • Amaya • Text Editors – TextPad, Komodo Edit, UltraEdit, Text Wrangler
Websites: Getting Complex • More technologies • More Complexity • More Functionality • Client-side vs. Server-side
Client-side • Plug-ins • HTML 5 • Javascript • Not Java • Libraries • Jquery, Mootools, Leaflet, D3, Exhibit
Server-side • Programming Languages • PHP, Java, C++, Python, Ruby, etc. • Databases • MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle • Repositories • DSpace, Fedora and DuraCloud • Heavy lifting • Scalable • Big Data • Analysis • Processing
FocloirnaNuaGhaeilge • Scanned text files with minimal metadata • Script to convert to • HTML • TEI • E-book • Raw text • http://research.dho.ie/fng/index.php
Content Management Systems • Bespoke Solution • You get what you want • Limited support • Off-the-Shelf solutions • Wordpress, Joomla, Drupal • Less flexible • Large community of developers • Huge array of third-party modules
Thank You • Niall O’Leary, Digital Humanities Specialist • info@nialloleary.ie • www.nialloleary.ie