portfolio

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A portfolio on the Indieweb is a professional web page (or collection thereof) targeted at paying customers/clients that often shows examples of work and projects.

Why

You should put a portfolio on your site so people looking to hire you can see examples of your work. They can also serve as an archival copy of your past work on your site.

How

How to put (and markup) a portfolio on your site - there are many ways to do so - look for examples of others’ work and see what feels right to you.

Indieweb Examples

Shane Hudson

Shane Hudson has a portfolio on his site at https://shanehudson.net/work since about 2015-06-20. He intends to merge it into the front page of his site at https://shanehudson.net.

Aaron Parecki

Aaron Parecki has a portfolio on his site at https://aaronparecki.com/projects/ since about 2016.

• From 2012-2015, his home page featured portfolio content, and linked to sub-sections in a header bar menu called "Portfolio". An archive of that site can be found at http://2012.aaronparecki.com
• From 2008-2011, there was a separate portfolio section, archived at http://2008.aaronparecki.com/work/portfolio/

Martin Atkins

Martin Atkins' home page is a portfolio, the index page shows thumbnails and a short description, and links to a full page about each project.

Silo Examples

• Clippings.me is a silo service for creating portfolios for writers and journalists.

Articles about portfolios

• 2017-07-12 Richard MacManus: Creating an archive of my online writing, from 2002-2017 (archived)

See Also

• business-models
• JetPack for WordPress provides a portfolio custom post type for creating simple portfolios
• CV and resumé
• https://twitter.com/Videlais/status/979415660093755394
  • "(1 / 10) #pressedconf18
    
    Our names are @videlais (Dan Cox) and @merryquinn (Megan Mize). Hello, everyone! We are talking about “(Not So) Hard-Pressed: WordPress Templates for ePortfolio Adoption” today, a review of how we are using WordPress as part of a larger initiative." @Videlais March 29, 2018
• List of known portfolio-specific websites https://github.com/andybelldesign/personalsit.es/issues/19
• https://lynnandtonic.com/archive/ which is also a good example of using one's own website as an "opportunity to try new things and continue learning."
• https://molly.energy/portfolio
• https://kiriska.com/blog/2022/your-website-is-useless/, article about the value of artists having a portfolio in a social media landscape
• The challenge of creating / redesigning one, you’re not alone: https://twitter.com/FigmaAntichrist/status/1516481288860930048 (and community can help, see replies)
  • "I make websites all day, why can't I design my portfolio? 🙄" @FigmaAntichrist April 19, 2022
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artist%27s_portfolio#Web_design
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lookbook