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Book SynopsisMuseums and historic sites faced with small budgets and staff can find it intimidating to redesign or create a website from scratch. Concerns over resources make coding and designing (or hiring someone to do so) daunting and expensive. It does not have to be so. 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. The advice and techniques are all created with an eye to making websites work for smaller institutions with limited budgets and timeframes. 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 easytoimplement workarounds and information on
Table of ContentsList of Tables Foreword Acknowledgements Preface Introduction: Mythbusting Part I: Prepare Your Website Chapter 1: Planning Your Website Chapter 2: Designing Your Website Part II: Craft Your Website Chapter 3: Getting Your Website Started on Weebly Chapter 4: Getting Your Website Started on Wix Chapter 5: Getting Your Website Started on WordPress Chapter 6: Getting Your Website Started on Google Sites Part III: Expand Your Website Chapter 7: Using Basic HTML Chapter 8: Showcasing Your Collection Chapter 9: Moving Forward Appendices Appendix A: Additional Resources and Software Appendix B: Website Planning Guide Appendix C: Webmaster’s Keyboard Shortcuts Appendix D: Color Names for HTML Appendix E: HTML Tags Appendix F: Stop Words Glossary Bibliography Index About the Author
