Ken Burns America launched this week on the PBS.org website. In partnering with Kapow, Metal Toad took on the task of modifying and patching the NotreDAM Digital Asset Manager to meet the content repository and asset management goals of the project. From there, we created a lightweight client API to expose NotreDAM's data to the project's Django-based websites, built "NotreDAM Light", an asset browser for Django, integrataed Solr for search, and assisted with SEO and Django app development tasks.
Ken Burns America launched this week on the PBS.org website. In partnering with Kapow, Metal Toad took on the task of modifying and patching the NotreDAM Digital Asset Manager to meet the content repository and asset management goals of the project. From there, we created a lightweight client API to expose NotreDAM's data to the project's Django-based websites, built "NotreDAM Light", an asset browser for Django, integrataed Solr for search, and assisted with SEO and Django app development tasks.
With a stunning design and rich Javascript-based front end from Kapow, the site features an Explore section with a content-rich NotreDAM-backed experience allowing users to interact with Ken's films by map, timeline, or browsing. The project's overarching goal was to provide a look into Ken Burn's 30+ year career and numerous highly acclaimed historical documentaries, and the end result hits the mark.
Congrats to PBS, WETA, and Kapow on this exciting launch! We're happy to have been a part of the project and enjoyed seeing how far we could push NotreDAM as an asset manager.
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