Want to get your listings and resources on the most comprehensive database of its type in the UK?
Culture24 listings pop up all over the web and power several of our own websites and partner sites. They also sit in our new subject sections - just tag your information (assign it keywords relating to subjects, historical time, the curriculum and so on) and it appears in relevant sections, next to relevant news stories, reviews and features on the Culture24 website.
How to use the Culture24 Direct Data Entry (DDE) System.
If you are a regular user, and you’re looking for the link to log in, here you go: www.24hourmuseum.net/production/dataentry
If you are new to Culture24's DDE system, here's what to do:
Step 1
You need a username and a password to access the Culture24 Direct Data Entry (DDE) system.
If you have lost or forgotten your username and/or password (or didn’t know them to begin with), simply go here, fill out a short form, and someone will get back to you with your details.
If your institution is not on Culture24 at all and you would like to sign up, you can do that here.
At the moment, we hand-crank this part of the process. We try to do this as quickly as possible, but sometimes it can take a day or two for a reminder and up to five working days to be set up from scratch, but it tends to be quicker than that. Soon, this bit will be automatic and much, much faster.
Step 2
Once you have your username and password, you need to log in to the system. Go to: www.24hourmuseum.net/production/dataentry. A popup window will appear. Type in your username in capital letters, and password in lower case.
And you’re in!
If for some reason you’re not in, email ruth@culture24.org.uk and she will do her best to find out what’s gone wrong – and then do her best to fix it.
How do I use DDE?
When you have logged into the system, you will see your main organisation admin page. There are five sections you can add information to:
Manage your organisation details
Manage your collections
Manage your educational resources
Manage your events
Preview your entry
Each of these links to a page where you can add and change information. There are detailed instructions on each page to guide you through the process. If you are stuck or are finding something confusing, get in touch with Ruth Harper ruth@culture24.org.uk and she’ll try to set you straight.
Here’s a brief description of what goes in each section:
Manage your organisation details
This section is for your general information. You can add or edit your contact details and opening hours as well as adding more information like a description and a picture of your venue. The more information you can add to this page, the better.
A brief version of institutions’ details are displayed on nearly every page of our website, along with a picture – so we heartily recommend that you add an image to your entry if you don’t already have one!
Manage your collections
This is the section where you can describe what collections, or specialisations your institution has. If you don’t have a static collection, it’s worth mentioning in this section what sorts of things you tend to do: This section, along with the ‘manage your institution details’ section, will be changing over the next few months as we introduce a full taxonomy for you to use.
Manage your educational resources
Educational resources aren’t just for teachers; in this section, you can list any resources you have – either for schools (which you can tag to the National Curriculum), or for the general public.
It is worth paying attention to the special programmes we run. For example, if your resource relates to the built environment, just tick the Engaging Places box, and it will also be displayed on the Engaging Places website.
Manage your events
We think of an ‘event’ as anything with a start and end date; so any temporary exhibitions, lectures, workshops, one-off guided tours or performances should go in here.
Events information is linked across the site as ‘related listings’, as well as being shared with other organisations like Visit Britain.
Preview your entry
Click the link to see what your entry will look like on our site.
The DDE Home link at the top right of the screen will always take you back to your main venue admin page.
To save information you have added to a section, scroll to the bottom of the page and click ‘submit’. Your changes will go live the next time the site is published; usually at 8.30 each morning, but sometimes this can be up to four times a day.
Deleting Events
If you would like to delete an event from your entry, please email the number (starting EDR) and the title to Ruth Harper (ruth@culture24.org.uk). Since we have changed our main site from 24 Hour Museum to Culture24, there’s a small extra step we need to take to completely remove events from the system. This is a temporary situation -just until we have a new version of DDE.
Send us your press releases.
We read every press release we’re sent and our editorial team covers a huge range of venues, large, small and in-between. While we can’t cover everything we’re sent, we will do our best to make sure you’re covered at some point. Our staff writing team and volunteer journalists make a big effort to visit you and see things for themselves.
Press releases should be sent to newsdesk@culture24.org.uk. This address goes to a mailbox, read daily by the entire editorial team.
How to send us a press release.
Using these simple guidelines will make our lives easier when you send us your releases.
We prefer email to post.
It really helps if you make the subject of your release clear in the subject line of your email. We get a lot of releases every day, and this helps us find yours. Please email press releases as .doc word attachments.
Pictures
Please send pictures as attachments to the same email as your press release. Try not to crop the pics too much, or make them too small. Around 100 to 500 kb in filesize is best, although we can handle bigger at a pinch.
Please, please don't add the images into the Word press release file. This makes it into a really big file which has been known to make our mailserver cry.
Helpful contacts:
For DDE passwords, email dde@culture24.org.uk
For DDE queries, email ruth@culture24.org.uk
To send us a press release, email newsdesk@culture24.org.uk
For Engaging Places password and database queries, email ruth@culture24.org.uk
For Engaging Places general enquiries, email engagingplaces@cabe.org.uk
For any other enquiries, email info@culture24.org.uk
Or if you’d rather talk to someone phone 01273 623266.
