I am in the process of making my portfolio for which I seek some advice. My work is a mix bag of videos, print and digital interactive work. For the same I was considering cargo collective templates. I am looking for ready, good templates that can incorporate videos, along with image based work, without me having to change coding etc. I have been told cargo collective is a good option but so far have not found anything that incorporates videos. I have two questions:
Can someone suggest some good templates, apart from cargo collective’s that would incorporate videos and images as well?
Can i sync videos from youtube on any ready templates?
I use Squarespace for my portfolio site http://www.johnturnerdesign.com. It is more expensive then if you were to host a website yourself ($10-$12), but it’s got a WYSIWYG editor so you don’t need to know coding to make anything on the site. They do have 2 week trials so you can test it out before you decide if you want to get it. http://www.squarespace.com
I like cargo a lot, the social aspect is really nice and they have a great community forum where you can find out how to edit and customize your site almost as much as you’d want. I actually think their $9/mo deal isn’t bad when put in perspective, they offer a good deal of storage and other perks for about an hour worth of work a month.
The templates they offer are nice and clean. Honestly it’s a good thing. You can go pretty far with editing if you know what you’re doing. I have limited experience in html and css but enough to make something that I think doesn’t look too generic or template-y. As with all things, still a wip.
If you know how to do some coding, you could find a nice layout that is to your liking and then buy it. I probably spent an entire night skimming through layouts for my own (still work in progress) website to finally do some minimal coding edits to. All I know how to work with HTML and CSS, but with knowing those I can get a basic understanding for things like PHP and more…
[quote=“[dk]”] http://www.behance.net is also another website builder that nobody has suggested yet.
If you know how to do some coding, you could find a nice layout that is to your liking and then buy it. I probably spent an entire night skimming through layouts for my own (still work in progress) website to finally do some minimal coding edits to. All I know how to work with HTML and CSS, but with knowing those I can get a basic understanding for things like PHP and more…
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Behance also allows you to have a profile where you can put your work experience and other aspects about you. They in some ways are taking the better elements of both linkedin and cargo collective. It is also a growing network.