Making A Portfolio Website

Step Five

Step Five: Write Good Content

Writing meaningful content is probably one of the most neglected practices there are when it comes to posting your portfolio website. I do understand that most portfolios are centered around examples of different kinds of work, and with the exception of writers portfolios I find that designers rely too heavily on their work to speak for it's self. Why make your potential employer guess about the details of the work you have on display? As a rule of thumb every page on your Website must have at least a paragraph of meaningful content, It will be easy to tell if its mumbo jumbo. And on top of that each portfolio piece should have a description of the medium, software used, techniques and methods. The more you explain to your potential employers the better, this is your chance to sell not only your work but you self. No one likes a boring quiet guy around the office, and if your portfolio website has no content that is the impression you are giving: that you only do what you do, and are not outspoken or opinionated about your work and the decisions you made leading up to the final piece.

The origins of this tutorial

Welcome to the comprehensive portfolio website resource center.
What started out as Steve's portfolio website "Platt daddy" has now become so much more! As well as being a example of an experienced web designers advanced CSS driven HTML based portfolio web site. This tutorial section of platt daddy is dedicated to the sharing of knowledge and exchange of relevant information.

If none of this strikes you as exciting or you feel as though creating an entire website from scratch is something that you are not ready for, just skip all of this hassle. Get your portfolio website made by me, a professional webmaster, creator of this site and countless other portfolio website designs. I always have my clients projects done quickly and correctly for a fair price. If you are interested in buying a portfolio website I can discuss several options and offers that I have available for visitors of this site.

I outline the required skills in the beginning of each section so that you know what you will need to have a basic understanding of before you dive into that particular section. This is a Free portfolio and resume website help Center. If you cannot find the answer you are looking for in here or through any of the suggested resources, you may just need to hire someone to make your portfolio website.

Personalized Portfolio

I set out to provide the information and resources that are needed in order to create a portfolio website. The aim with the portfolio website is to show off your portfolio work and explain a bit about your process or technique that you used.

The point of the portfolio website is to showcase what you feel you do best. The goal should be to find a middle ground between your own artistic sensibility and your own technical limitations.

Your own personal scene of style, and personality, needs to be a part of your portfolio website and I encourage designers to go nuts as long as the final design is instinctively usable. So that if Mr. BigWig sits down to browse through your gallery of artwork he will not get confused in any way by the interface and layout of your website.

Now this is important, because allot of designers miss a large chunk of their audience through just plain old fashion confusion! So to wrap this up : make sure your portfolio website is a delicate balance of creativity and usability, efficient and functional yet creative and interesting.

Just because something works well for the next guy dose not guarantee that if you copy his strategy exactly you will receive his results.

Try to avoid trends or doing something because its a convention. Like having le nave down the left side, maybe that just wont work for your needs, then that's fine for you to do what you need to to make your site work. However that is a very slippery slope, because you definitely do not want to be the designer who defy's convention at every turn in an effort to be "different" (Difficult is more like it!) . Just remember that the internet thrives on conformity, with standards and conventions up and out the wazoo.

Maintaining a professional portfolio website provides you with a distinct advantage over other applicants.

Step Five: Sharing Information

I always believe in sharing information. if I think its useful enough to write about and I have some experience that I might be able to pass along some good tips and tricks. When you dedicate your self to something, there is a tenancy to get so wrapped up in the technical nittie gritty that I end up in my own little bubble. Sometimes it is hard for potential employers to see through your bubble to your true genius. I like to help my visitors by explaining the simple stuff and leaving the topic open for discussion or comments or whatever after that. This way when your potential boss visits your new portfolio website he can read for himself just the difficulties that went into your projects as well as get a feel for how creative you are by reading about the solution you used or technique you demonstrated.
For instance I recently created this web development tutorial detailing the process of fabricating cutting edge CSS drop down menus with a shot of JavaScript to make sure they are as browser friendly and Search Engine Accessible as is humanly possible. Please learn from these bad boys.. I feel like its the only way for all the time I spent on these demonstration and CSS design challenge journals:

Try my Search Engine Spider Nest Navigationdrop down menu Tutorial - CSS Drop Down Menu Journal:
that search engines love to crawl.

Tutorials, like this one, make it easy to teach yourself any of these methods and familiarize yourself with all of the suggested services, articles, products, and other portfolio web site resources that are provided throughout the tutorial. Valuable tips and time saving tricks for working with many languages such as: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, ASP, to name a few.Step by step directions explaining and outlining the process of portfolio web site making and providing an overview of the development process. I outline the required skills in the beginning of each section so that you know what you will need to have a basic understanding of before you dive into that particular section. This is a Free portfolio and resume web site help Center. If you cannot find the answer you are looking for in here or through any of the suggested resources, you may just need to hire someone to make your portfolio web site.

Pay for your Portfolio

If none of this strikes you as exciting or you feel as though creating an entire web site from scratch is something that you are not ready for, just skip all of this hassle. Get your portfolio website made by me, a professional webmaster, creator of this site and countless other portfolio website designs. I always have my clients projects done quickly and correctly for a fair price. If you are interested in buying a portfolio website I can discuss several options and offers that I have available for visitors of this site. For more information or to request an interview with Steve please direct all comments to the comment form.

For more information or to request an interview or schedule an appointment please fill out my contact form and I will see to your needs as if they were my own. I am eager to get started on the project you have in mind.

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