resources

PROFESSIONAL WEBSITE

tools

HTML tutorials

HTML Dog

HTML/CSS templates — no drag-and-drop website builders (e.g., Wix, SquareSpace)

free!

$$$$!

web building resources

fonts

icon resources

favicon resources

tiling background images

responsive design

accessible design

design & coding inspiration & discussion

website analytics

websites


MULTIMEDIA PROJECT

WordPress resources

Web writing guidelines

excellent WordPress sites

blogging resources


multimedia generative AI resources

text: Claude (Anthropic); ChatGPT (OpenAI); Bing (Microsoft); Gemini (Google); Quillbot (paraphrasing tool); Liner (research helper); Pi (conversation partner)

images: Ideogram, DALL-E 3 (OpenAI), ImageFX (Google), Image Creator/Copilot (Microsoft Designer), DreamStudio, NightCafe, Leonardo, Stable Diffusion, Midjourney, Craiyon AI; Remini; DaVinci (app); Canva Magic Studio

videos: Sora (OpenAI), InVideo, Elai, Runway, ZMO.ai, Lumen5, Emu (Meta); Canva Magic Studio; Viggle

audio


other multimedia tools

  • ScreenPal: use this or another screencasting program to create tutorial videos
  • Knightlab: a suite of open source tools for digital storytelling; developed for journalists and media makers, but easy to use and engaging for novice users
    • Juxtapose: compare two images
    • Timeline JS: present a story that occurs over time
      • can include text, image, and video to present and analyze an event
      • also great for an interactive resume
    • Storymap: present a story in a specific location
    • Soundcite: add soundclips to text
      • here’s a soundclip you can use: http://sorapure.net/guitar.mp3 (just paste this where Soundcite prompts you for an audio URL)
      • works best with WordPress; in other words, create the soundclips in Soundcite and attach them to text that you publish with WordPress
    • Storyline: attach annotations to a basic line chart to tell the story behind the numbers (still in beta but works fine)
      • here’s my example with numbers from the Professional Writing Minor