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This is a "living" research document that was create for the "Creating a Digital Presence” session for the USITT 2012 National Conference in Long Beach CA. The presenters were Jacob Coakley, editor of Stage Directions Magazine, Justin Lang editor of PLSN Magazine and Todd Proffitt Lighting Designer SUNY-Fredonia. Currently this is being adapted into an article for TD&T magazine. As I find new services and tips I will add them.
If you have feedback for this document or have any additions or more examples please email me at Todd.Proffitt@gmail.com
Current as of 9/18/2012
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Headings Below IncludeSitesSplash PagesPhoto Sharing SitesOther Digital SolutionsiPad PortfoliosBackup Solutions
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Html Tutorials Hosting SitesDomain Registry Portfolio tipsPhoto Organizing SoftwareExamples
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Sites
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SiteLinkPriceStorageUpgradesProsConsFlexibilityLookEase of UseOverall RatingExamples
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Deviant Art Portfoliohttp://portfolio.deviantart.com/FreeUp to 100 images$4.95month or $29.95yr unlimited portoflios, domain name and moreEase of Use, Looks niceOnly one or two themes, not customizable2/105/109/10http://toddproffitt.daportfolio.com/http://rongrimshaw.daportfolio.com/
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SquareSpacehttp://www.squarespace.com$12month2gb, 20pages$16 with unlimited storage/pagesLots of Tutorials, Looks great, Won't go downCost, a small learning curve, 2week trial9/108/106/10http://toddproffitt.com
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WordPress .comhttp://wordpress.comFree3gb$13-$75yr Upgrades for more storage, themes, videos or othersPrice, some customizationDesigned for Blogs, no custom html, 6/107/107/10http://www.colinchauche.com/
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WordPress .orghttp://wordpress.orgFree+ Hosting $60-$120yrDepending on HostingYou get full service software for freeFree software, Very customizable, Great themes, Custom htmlHosting can be expensive and a larger learning curve, choose a hosting service that supports wordpress.8/108/106/10
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Wordpress plug-inshttp://www.enfew.com/top-10-portfolio-plugins-for-wordpress-to-showcase-your-work/
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Wordpress Themeshttp://www.tripwiremagazine.com/2012/03/wordpress-portfolio-themes.html
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Free Wordpress themeshttp://wpmu.org/21-free-wordpress-portfolio-themes/
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http://www.tripwiremagazine.com/2012/09/wordpress-portfolio-themes.html
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Behancehttp://www.behance.net/FreeEasy to useAll the sites look the same and not that goodhttp://www.behance.net/theresapierce
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Wixhttp://Wix.comfree? under 500mb$4.08m-$16.17 for more storage, ad free and more customizationLooks great, manages photos well, has a mobile versionFlash based, Mobile version has to be set up separately.9/108/107/10http://www.wix.com/toddproffitt/lightinghttp://m.wix.com/toddproffitt/lightinghttp://www.wix.com/mors4982/tmorsephotography
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Other Peoples Pixelshttps://otherpeoplespixels.com$16.00m2500 images$16.00-$24.00 2,500-10,000 images
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Vista Printhttp://www.vistaprint.com/websites.aspx$4.99m25mb$4.99-$24.99m up to 500mb storageLooks great, Does not use flashMust enter credit card for Free Trialna7/10nahttp://www.annaslocum.com/default.html
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Carbonmadehttp://carbonmade.com/free35 photos$12m or $120yr to get a few more cusomizationsReally easy to use, nice lookNot flexible, no resume4/107/109/10http://kirstenfletcher.carbonmade.com/http://toddproffitt.carbonmade.com/
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Share My Artworkhttp://sharemyartwork.comfree10 photos$9.95m Get more customization and more pictures Several templates to choose fromTakes more time because you choose each picture individually. Limited to 10 photos5/107/105/10http://ariellalebowitz.sharemyartwork.com/portfolio/http://toddproffitt.sharemyartwork.com
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Coroflothttp://www.coroflot.com/default.aspfreeunlimitedI cant find an upgradeFree with no limitsCrashed twice during upload, could only upload 1 pic at a time, no customizable theme or layouthttp://www.coroflot.com/kaglass
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FolioSnaphttp://www.foliosnap.com/$18.99mthree galleries $18.99-$58.99 upgrade to free galleries full screen photos and moreNice layoutsVery expensive7/107/10?http://www.cjbdesigns.org/#home
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Google Siteshttp://sites.google.com/ freeFree, integrates with google productsHard to use,not intuitive, not sure how much longer google will support
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Qfoliowww.qfolio.com(depends on portfolio) à la carte pricing. Looks great, will sell you a hard portfolio that matches your site can get
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Weeblyhttp://www.weebly.com/free39.95 10 sites per account 100 MB file uploads
Audio player Video player new!
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Even more siteshttp://speckyboy.com/2008/11/26/8-amazing-free-online-creative-portfolio-community-sites-share-and-inspire/
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Prezihttp://prezi.comfree100mb and core featuresupgrade to $59uyear to $159yr for more storageits really a powerpoint compeditor but great for visual presentations, can be downloaded to a computer or ipad.hard for user to jump around and be a self guided tour7/109/106/108/10
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Droprdropr.comfreeLimited to 20-50 uploads but you get 1 each monthupgrade $99yr for unlimited uploadesEasy to use. I made one in 20 minutesto keep it updated you may burn thourgh downloadshttp://tm204.dropr.com
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About .mehttp://about.mefree3/107/108/10http://about.me/toddproffitt
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Flavors .mehttp://flavors.mefreeNA$20 yr for more customization and mobile siteVery Quick, elegant design, upgrades make it more versatile Need sperate sites to host portfolio and resume, limits services4/107/108/10http://flavors.me/tm204
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Tumblrwww.tumblr.com/http://catherinedawntheatredesign.tumblr.com/
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Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/http://liamdoona.blogspot.com/
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Posterious https://posterous.com/
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Photo Sharing Sites
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Flickrhttp://flickr.comfree2vid+300mb month$44 year unlimited photosEasy to use, great slide shows, more for storing photossite is not customizable
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Photo Buckethttp://photobucket.com/
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Full Article on Photo Siteshttp://dt4pa.wordpress.com/2010/02/17/put-those-photos-online-a-review-of-photo-sharing-sites/
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Other Digital Solutions
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Power Pointhttp://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/$150.00msrp(full office suit)Easy to use, lots of people know it, looks good, most people own it.making it into a website makes it look bad, hard to put online
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Keynotehttp://www.apple.com/iwork/keynote/$19.99Easy to use, works with other apple products, has an ipad versiononly on mac platform, hard to share online
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Open officehttp://www.openoffice.org/free
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Google Docs Presentationhttp://www.google.com/google-d-s/presentations/freeEasy to put on-line and sharelooks good and funciotnal but not as many functions as other presentation programs
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Portfolio for iPadhttp://itunes.apple.com/us/app/portfolio-for-ipad/id384210950?mt=8
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iphoto for ipad (journal)https://www.icloud.com/journal/#p=01&t=CAEQARoQ5TgzK9NR62QOPhaX1HAe9w==&f=/82J93X7T25~com~apple~mobileiphoto/Public/DEDCE480-4314-4755-8346-97B05AE88A16.jb/index.jsonhttp://bit.ly/usitt2012icloudhttps://www.icloud.com/journal/#p=01&t=CAEQARoQ5TgzK9NR62QOPhaX1HAe9w==&f=/82J93X7T25~com~apple~mobileiphoto/Public/DEDCE480-4314-4755-8346-97B05AE88A16.jb/index.json
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Backup Solutions
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digital storage tutorialhttp://shutha.org/digital-storage
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321 backuphttp://www.dpbestflow.org/backup/backup-overview#321
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Dropboxhttp://dropbox.comFree2gb100gb $99yr16gb free with referrals. Several Paid plans
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Google Drivedrive.google.com/startFree5gb100gb $2.49m
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Sky Drivehttps://skydrive.live.com/Free7gb
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Carbonitewww.carbonite.com/$59.00 yrunlimited
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Html Basichttp://youtu.be/eX6tWWOoXdk
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Html Basics pt 1http://youtu.be/v4oN4DuR7YU
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Html Basics pt 2http://youtu.be/b2BRS90baOY
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Html Basics pt 3http://youtu.be/XAPPTnAJ5Pk
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Html Basics pt 4http://youtu.be/B331GhDN130
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WIX/resumehttp://www.wix.com/support/forum/flash/editor/other/adding-a-downloadable-pdf
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Godaddyhttp://www.godaddy.com/
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Host Gatorhttp://www.hostgator.com/
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Hostmonsterhttp://hostmoster.com
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Blue Hosthttp://bluehost.com
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Domain Registry
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Godaddyhttp://www.godaddy.com/
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Hoverhttps://www.hover.com/
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http://the99percent.com/tips/7127/6-Steps-To-Creating-A-Knockout-Online-Portfolio
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http://freelanceswitch.com/finding/build-a-killer-online-portfolio-in-9-easy-steps/
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common pitfallshttp://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/03/04/creating-a-successful-online-portfolio/
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40+tipshttp://www.1stwebdesigner.com/design/creating-online-portfolio-tools-inspirations/
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https://www.google.com/search?client=browser-rockmelt&channel=omnibox&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=online+portfolio+tips
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Photo Website Tipshttp://masteringphoto.com/one-picture-or-one-minute-orhow-to-make-your-homepage-work/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=post&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=SBU4_SCS_2PR_2tw_1PHO_00000_website
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Convert PDF to jpghttp://www.wikihow.com/Convert-PDF-to-Jpeg
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