Steven .. I have used the following software for years .. They allow me to design and maintain many small web sites. Might be worth a look. -DonW-
Web Design: http://www.xara.com/us/products/designer/ http://www.lauyan.com/en/tw-home/index.html http://www.dbqwikedit.com/ Making SlideShows with Photos and Movies: http://www.wnsoft.com/picturestoexe/ http://www.magix.com/ca/photostory-on-cd-dvd/deluxe/ Photo Editing: http://www.acdsee.com/en/products/acdsee-pro-5 http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/cambridge/projects/autocollage/ http://www.portraitprofessional.com/ Video: http://www.avs4you.com/AVS-Video-Editor.aspx http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/download/trials/moviestudiope http://www.nchsoftware.com/videopad/index.html?gclid=CIODqrzLz64CFcoZQgodPns hXw Visual Processor: http://www.smartdraw.com/product/ Flash: http://www.flashslider.com/ http://aleosoft.com/ http://koolmoves.com/ Audio: http://coolrecordedit.com/ http://www.nextup.com/TextAloud/ http://www.magix.com/us/music-maker/ http://www.chordpulse.com/index.html Data Management: http://www.treepad.com/ http://www.exe-ebookcreator.com/ http://www.treepad.com/treepad_pdf/ http://www.treepad.com/treepadfreeware/ http://www.bookmarkbuddy.net/index.php http://softi.co.uk/scanwiz.htm From: OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson [mailto:orionwo...@charter.net] Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2012 8:14 AM To: Vortex Subject: [Vo]:Requesting recommendations on Web Authoring tools & animation generation packages For more than five years now I have occasionally spent highly focused periods of time exploring a personal interest of mine, an interest that has involved exploring computer algorithms often used to simulate the physics associated with celestial mechanics. Actually, the scope of my on-going research is much broader than categorizing it as work specific only to the field of Celestial Mechanics. Much of the research eventually ended up exploring various aspects associated with chaos theory. In my research I think I've occasionally stumbled across interesting characteristics (or artifacts) that, as best as I can tell, may have been routinely dismissed and/or ignored by others, perhaps as nothing more than unimportant side-effects of little value and not worth exploring. If that's an accurate assessment, I beg to differ! Some of what I have been exploring appears eccentric enough that it would not surprise me if most simply discarded the results. Meanwhile, the only way to determine if what I've uncovered merits further research is to publish the results. The most expedient (and cheapest) way to "publish" in today's society is to place one's work on-line. In my own case, this would involve either creating a new subdirectory out on my current OrionWorks.com web site - or by securing a new domain name, such as OrionWorks.org. The latter idea actually sounds better to me since the subject material would focus on scholarly research, not just artistic pursuits. This leads me to ask the Collective for advice on what others might recommend as simple easy-to-use web authoring tools. I must confess the fact that my current OrionWorks.com website has been stuck in the ancient past. I still use Microsoft's antiquated FrontPage 2003 package to sporadically update certain links. Because I have not needed to update the website frequently it has not been a high priority to explore new web authoring tools. However, if I'm going to start putting together a collection of research papers that include lots of graphics (Charts and Graphs), and possibly a few animated simulations as well... well then, it's time to explore what's available, and also what's affordable! I want to employ the KISS approach. At present I have little interest in building a sophisticated website that possibly ends up incorporating fancy database search features employing SQL. However, if someone can convince me that to do so would not be too difficult...I might reconsider. My primary goal is to publish personal articles and research papers that allows others easy access. I want to give users the ability to download papers and articles in popular formats, like PDF. One of the goals would be to give everyone the ability download articles onto tablets. BTW, as hinted at, some of my computer simulations have produced extensive animated graphics. Technically speaking, it would be more accurate to say that my some of computer simulations generate individual graphic files that in turn need to be assembled into a video file in order to comprehend what's happening. Can anyone recommend economical software packages that allow one to assemble batches of individual/still graphics into an animated video clip? Thank you for letting me bend your Collective ears. I'm am now all ears! Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
