Other E-Learning Resources
Books in print:
Build a Great Drupal Website with Your New Theme from TopNotch Themes.
A free .pdf download at: http://www.topnotchthemes.com/files/TopNotchThemes-basics-guide.pdf
(This .pdf is a large file and takes a while to download. Please be patient.)
Building Online Communities with Drupal, PHPBB, and WordPress, by Robert Douglass. Excellent introduction to three free applications. Enough detailed instruction to get you started.
Check out this free online copy of Building Online Communities!
Fundamentals of Photography: The Essential Handbook for Both Digital and Film Cameras, by Tom Ang. A wide introduction to photographic equipment and techniques. Many photo illustrations.
Grokking the Gimp, by Carey Bunks. A detailed, illustrated guide to using the Gnu Image Manipulation Program, a free graphics editor comparable in many ways to Photoshop.
How to Do Everything with HTML, by James Pence. An HTML and CSS primer that takes you from the basics to advanced techniques.
HTML for the World Wide Web, by Elizabeth Castro. Excellent illustrated, step-by-step guide to writing HTML and CSS code.
Making Documentary Films and Videos, by Barry Hampe. Not written for home movie shooters, this book offers guidance to serious film makers. Nevertheless, makers of YouTube short films may still glean some good pointers from it.
Managing Online Forums, by Patrick O’Keefe. Not very technical. Sound advice about organizing and administering, including how to raise money through online forums.
Photoshop CS5 Digital Classroom, by Jennifer Smith. Comes with CD study materials to compliment the step-by-step guidance in the book. One of the best respected how-to books for Photoshop.
Web Empower Your Church: Unleashing the Power of Internet Ministry, by Mark Stephenson. An excellent guide to organizing web teams in order to maintain a dynamic, interactive church web site.
CyberKen post: Review of Web-Empower Your Church
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Online E-Learning resources:
Posts on CMSes (Content Management Systems):
“Drupal and Joomla: Which is Right for You?”
Drupal E-Commerce with Ubercart 2
Free Quickstart Drupal Web Site Building Guides
On HTML and CSS coding:
CSS Guide for PbWorks wiki users
Web Building Tutorials from W3Schools.com
On Video-making:
Getting Permission for Music in Your Videos
CyberKen post: Light Equipment for Video Photo Journalism
CyberKen Post: “How to Synchronize a Narration Track with Slides, Using Windows Movie Maker”
On stock photo online companies:
Helps for photographers:
10 Online Photo Editors, Reviewed
Websites for Photographers, Artists, and Creative Professionals
CyberKen post: “A Photography and Live Lesson: Anticipating the Decisive Moment”
On learning your way around social networks:
Delicious, a Social Network for Sharing Bookmarks
How to Use Facebook–How-To Video Guides to Various Facebook Features
Review of Ning.com, where you can set up your own social network
Reviews of Flickr.com, a huge photographers’ social network
Reviews of Shutterfly.com, an online printing company
10 Great Photo Sharing Web Sites
Other resources:
Collages.net, for excellent and modestly priced photo book printing
An Introduction to Cygwin: Enables users to run Linux commands in a terminal on a Windows computer.
Introduction to Open Source Software
CyberKen post: “Website Tips for Smaller Congregations”
Three excellent hosting companies, reviewed: