January 19th, 2010 — 6 Comments
A benefit of building a portfolio using WordPress is you have the ability to use the powerful blog features alongside your portfolio. A blog discussing your work or more about your processes and inspiration will add to the personality and allow potential clients to get to know you more increasing the attractiveness of you as a web designer. WordPress can also act as a more than adequate CMS for displaying your portfolio work.
Previously we’ve looked at Fantastic Presentation Styles of Web Designers’ Portfolios so taking what has been learnt from there, let’s look at WordPress themes which make great portfolio displays. Many people are of the assumption that WordPress is nothing more than a blogging platform but it can easily be adapted to behave more like a traditional content management system as the following themes demonstrate.
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August 13th, 2009 — 13 Comments
When used effectively, icons can add so much to a site’s design. They can help identify list items and make navigation a more visual experience as long as the icons have enough relevance to what they’re representing. A visual representation of content allows a user to scan a page easier than plain text.
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July 13th, 2009 — 34 Comments
Headers are the usually the first thing you see so the examples shown have gone for big, bold and beautiful headers that give the design character while also making them very memorable.
Alexandra Tong
Duirwaigh Studios
Designslurp
Matt Mullenweg
Cosmive
PSD Layout Design
Webstaze
Ectomachine
CSS Leak
CTL
Dragon Interactive
Gummisig
Feed Stitch
Jesús RodrÃguez Velasco
Vidget Inspire
Corvus Design Studio
Pixel Resort
Frisk Design
RCI UK
Mirasim
Squarespace
Firefox 3.5
Delicious Monster
Cult Foo
Versions
Dizzain
Toucouleur
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July 6th, 2009 — No Comments
With the combination of javascript and CSS, navigation doesn’t have to be static transitions between content or just another standard boring menu. Below is a showcase of creative navigation that can make the user experience more interesting and memorable.
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June 23rd, 2009 — 4 Comments
Often the most difficult part of web design is getting a design off the ground. It is important to sufficiently research whatever project you’re working on before you really get stuck into the design. Even then you may find yourself staring at that daunting blank PhotoShop screen. There are a couple of things that can help you get going.
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June 22nd, 2009 — 16 Comments
Following on from our look at fantastic login pages comes a look at more comprehensive form design such as contact forms, order forms, sign up forms and comment forms.
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June 15th, 2009 — 21 Comments
This is an extensive follow up to a post that I wrote on my own personal blog a little while ago before Inspect Element was even a twinkle in my eye. Now time to let the designs to do the talking:
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