Free and Easy Website Design for Museums and Historic Sites (American Association for State and Local History)
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| Rating | : | 4.20 (517 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1442255803 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 290 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-29 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. S. Ransick received her Bachelor’s Degree from University of San Francisco and her Master’s Degree from University of Delaware, focusing on museum studies and medieval and early modern European history. She has done curatorial and archival work, web design, and sundry other tasks that come up when working at a small museum. Kelsey J. Originally from Colorado, she is currently a museum professional in the Philadelphia area
"You Don't Have to be a Small Museum" according to KB. As a writer, I knew I would have to have my own web site. I struggled for years with this and that provider. I was about to give up altogether, when a co-worker suggested Weebly. Never heard of it. She helped me construct a simple site and showed me how
Concerns over resources make coding and designing (or hiring someone to do so) daunting and expensive. Content creation is inescapable when making a website, but designing and constructing a unique website can be as simple as taking an afternoon to use a color chart to pick a color scheme and paste in text from a Word document.All of the tools discussed in the book are free at the base level, and some offer upgrade packages with even more features. Every museum professional has come across issues when adapting general software for an institution’s specific needs, and the information in this book will anticipate some of these needs by offering easy to implement workarounds and information on related software or services that integrate with each website.Features include:Howto guides for Wix, Weebly, WordPress, and Google SitesDetailed comparisons of WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editors by cost, features,
. S. Originally from Colorado, she is currently a museum professional in the Philadelphia area. Ransick received her Bachelor’s Degree from University of San Francisco and her Master’s Degree from University of Delaware, focusing on museum studies and medieval and early modern European history. About the AuthorKelsey J. She has done curatorial and archival work, web design, and sundry other tasks that come up when working at a small museum