Ways to Share Your Website

Concept

The more websites that link to your PastPerfect Online website, the more exposure your collection will have. In addition to having a link to your site from your museum's home page, you can use Facebook and Twitter to highlight featured collection items.

You may also want to consider setting up a custom email signature or creating a blog as additional ways to share your PastPerfect Online website.  This topic will focus on sharing your collections with Facebook and Twitter.

Task

When sharing collection items using Facebook or Twitter, begin by locating a record from your PastPerfect Online site that you would like to share and then copying the URL for the record.

URL of catalog record for sharing on Facebook and Twitter.

Sharing with Facebook

  1. Go to your organization's Facebook page and paste the link for your collection item into a new post.
  2. In addition to listing the URL, Facebook may include a thumbnail image of the item and create a brief description by combining information from the record's fields.

Sharing with Twitter

  1. Twitter has a 140 character limit for tweets, so the entire URL for your record will not fit. Use an online URL shortening tool to shrink your URL. There are many tools available for free online, a few are listed in the References section at the end of this topic.
  2. Log into your Twitter account and create a new Tweet with your shortened link.

References