Viewshare Help

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Read

The best way to start working with Viewshare is to read three short documents that walk you through the Viewshare workflow:

Learn how to import collection data
Learn how to generate views from collection data
Learn how to embed and share collection data

Beyond these three guides the Viewshare user guide provides more comprehensive information about each individual feature.

The Viewshare FAQ page can help you find quick answers to specific questions about the site.

The Viewshare User Stories demonstrate they ways specific institutions have utilized Viewshare's features to enhance and promote their cultural heritage collections.

If you run into trouble, or can't figure something out, post a question in the troubleshooting section of the Feedback forums.

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Create

Don't have any data to get started? Don't worry, you can use some of ours! First, download any of the following sample files ...

An Excel spreadsheet of digitized postcards from Fairfax County, Virginia.
An XML mods file of California Elections in 2004
A small database snapshot of the University of Louisville, Jean Thomas, The Traipsin' Woman Collection

Now, upload this file from your hard drive to Viewshare!

Follow

You can track data files and Collections as they are uploaded; just subscribe to the appropriate news feed!

Track the latest Collections added to the system
Track latest data files added to the system
The most recent Collections created by a particular user can be tracked by:
- http://viewshare.org/feeds/views_atom/username
Similarly, the latest data files uploaded by a particular user can be tracked by subscribing to the following news feed pattern
- http://viewshare.org/feeds/data_atom/username