Sites Built with Xanthan

Examples of websites built on Xanthan templates — class projects, scrollstories, portfolios, and research collections.

Campus Histories

Card collections for histories of campus buildings and spaces, showing how to build ongoing, multi-contributor collaborative student projects over time.

class project

Metahistory

A multi-course collaboration demonstrating various layout variations and more traditional essays as student projects.

class project

Medieval Elite Marriages

Object-centric website featuring historical artifacts and their significance in medieval society.

digital exhibit

A Cultural History of Arkham Asylum

Deep scrollstory with many images, demonstrating how visual analysis and narrative layering explore complex cultural history.

scrollstory

Santa Fe Trail Sites

Directory with map integration and linked location pages, showing how geographic navigation connects historical sites.

class project map

Histories of the Future

A thematic essay collection exploring how historians and science fiction imagine technological futures — built with Xanthan to preserve the work of a small w...

workshop archive

Starting Templates

Clean starting points for each template type. Fork one on GitHub to make it your own.

Portfolio Template

A clean starting point for personal or professional academic sites. About page, CV, and sample project pages — fork it, add your content.

template

Class Project Template

A collaborative archive template with card directories and sample student essays. The instructor sets up the structure; students fill it in.

template

ScrollStory Template

An immersive scroll-driven narrative template showing the full range of scrollstory components: fixed backgrounds, text panels, image carousels.

template

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