Exhibit

Exhibit enables web site authors to create dynamic exhibits of their collections without resorting to complex database and server-side technologies. The collections can be searched and browsed using faceted browsing. Assorted views are provided including tiles, maps, etc. Exhibit is open source software and is licensed under the BSD license. Don't forget to check out our Getting Started Tutorials and HowTo Articles for more information! Also see the Reference Documentation for Exhibit for an explanation of the settings for each View/Facet.

Fundamentals

• Reference Documentation for Exhibit

• Getting Started with Exhibit -- a must-read tutorial on creating your first exhibit.

• An excellent step-by-step guide on Exhibit building from the UK Ensemble Project also available from the project's website (NOTE: this PDF is very large and slow to open)

• Exhibit FAQ

• How-To's -- how-to articles on various Simile widgets, including Exhibit

• Thesis: Creating interactive web pages using the Exhibit framework

• Local Examples -- locally installed examples that demonstrate the functionality of Exhibit

• The Simile Menagerie: An Exhibit of Resources for SIMILE Widget Projects

How To Make An Exhibit

• from a Google Spreadsheet

• from an Excel spreadsheet

• from an EditGrid spreadsheet

• from BibTex files

• from any JSONP data source

• embedded in a WordPress blog

• embedded in the Drupal CMS

• From a semantic MediaWiki

See the How-To Articles for more guides.

Your Data

• Creating, Importing, and Managing your Data

• Understanding Exhibit databases

• Understanding Exhibit expressions

See the Reference Documentation for Exhibit

Templates

These can be copied to kickstart your exhibit

• HTML page

• JSON data file

• __history__.html

See the Reference Documentation for Exhibit

Localization

• Translating Exhibit

Good Tools for making Exhibits

• Text Editors
  • SciTE (Windows)
  • NotePad++ (Windows)
  • TextWrangler (Mac)
  • TextMate (Mac)
  • Smultron (Mac)
  • SubEthaEdit (Mac)
  • Vim (runs on virtually anything)

• Web Page Debuggers
  • FireBug (extension to Firefox)
  • FireBug Lite (for IE, Opera & Safari)
  • Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar
  • Safari's debugger

Credits

This software was originally sponsored partially by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as part of the SIMILE project. Its original author is David François Huynh. Now it is being maintained and developed by members of this open-source community.