Online Portfolio

There are quite a few different options for an online portfolio out there but I found most of them to either be difficult to modify or have too many features that I didn't need or want. So I took a shot at building my own. I would really appreciate your feedback and whether you think this is up to scratch as a professional online portfolio.
Portfolio Template
Thanks.

Well, the answer is yes and no. It depends what you want to do with it.
Personally I "recognize" that it is a quite basic portfolio, but not as a professional one. I am missing a bit more depth, e.g. more navigational elements so that you can show more projects on different pages.The larger the body of excellent work and sets, the more this single page will get overload.
Additionally, I was wondering if it wouldn't be really nice to give the photos more space. We are not living in 800*600 anymore, luckily. Just think about the difference between a small photo and a full-screen displayed photo... It is just more striking and impressive.
These is my humble opinion, - and btw I love the idea of the little "About" link that pushes the page down to display more info. Add some more lovely ideas like that, since you have already a very good basis!

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Hello,
I am creating a webpage to be my online portfolio for my
graphic design work. I used a template, which originally uses a
flash slideshow to navigate through the portfolio pieces. I would
like to have it html instead, and give the user the ability to
navigate at their own pace.
Everything on the page stays the same always, except for the
box that is the actual portfolio. What I did is create the index
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the website and all the images get stored in the cache. For first
time visit, you can obvioulsy see the loading process, and it
creates sort of a flickering with the background image of the
website.
Here is the website so far, so that you can see exactly what
I mean: www.jelenaboskovic.com
I already created the website, so to recreate it in frames is
not my first choice. And I heard that frames are not always
recommended. I am a novice webdesigner, so any help would be really
appreciated. I mainly would like to know if there is any other ways
to navigate through my portfolio, without the use of frames, and
without the flickering that it has currently the way that I
designed it.
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I also found a webpage that does exactly what I want:
http://www.pepfx.com/web_design/website-design1.php#website1
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Online Portfolios

Hi,
I know this isnt exactly on topic, but i do appreciate the thoughts of fellow Illustrator users and Im having a hard time with this..
For those of you that have online portfolios...what do you think is the best/easiest way of starting one? I do not have dreamweaver, nor do i code, so that is out at the moment. Im not looking to necessarily buy a domain or start my own website quite yet. I just need something to direct people to my work.
So really, what are good sites for those wishing to show illustration/graphic work? good flexibility with layout as well?
I am willing to pay for something if its worth it....
thanks in advance!
kevin

If you do some research you will find service providers for a couple of hundred per year plus 10 to 20 dollars for the domain name. some of these provide wizards for making quick web sites and other require you to code. the latter is actually better as you have more control over what your website will look like.
Both Bridge and Lightroom are capable of generating a slideshow or image gallery in either html or flash. The code may not be up to par, but it will work.Just don't tell any html buffs I said its ok to do this, they are quick to shoot down any adobe program except dreamweaver for doing html code.
As for your normal files that are not images, take a screen grab and scale it down for the thumbnail and let it link to your original file. Now that I said that, here is a disclaimer. Don't do it unless you absolutely need to. Why, so your clients or the general public for that matter can not use your files without your permission, Doing so will reduce your income. Its better to show jpg's and or pdf's.that are flattened. Pdf's may need thumbnails so lets call that the exception.
Want a free way to show images and pdf's? Try acrobat.com and photoshop.com also don't rule out yahoo, google, youtube, and vimeo.Some of these will allow you to post a link on facebook or twitter. Plus Lightroom is capable of syncing with some of these sites.

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I'm a clothing designer, and in my sector, portfolios are usually in a book format. I'd like to mimic that format in my online portfolio. The closest I can come is with the slideshow feature: I do a picture page containing all the pages of the "book", and then hope that my viewer will select "slideshow". Has anyone found a way to bypass (or hide) that initial picture page and go straight to the slideshow?
OR could I somehow embed the "book" as a multi page pdf file and have it open in the browser for multipage view through the browser?
Lastly, can anyone suggest something that I'm not thinking of? Maybe templates for this available somewhere?
Any ideas are appreciated!
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This is the code I use:
<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="/_Demo/paulsmith/main.swf"
width="100%" height="50%" style="" id="loader" name="loader"
bgcolor="#111C22" quality="true" align="middle" scale="noborder" salign="t1"
flashvars="image1=/_Demo/paulsmith/image-1.jpg
&image2=/Demo/paulsmith/image-2.jpg&image3=/Demo/paulsmith/image-3.jpg
&image4=/Demo/paulsmith/image-4.jpg&image5=/Demo/paulsmith/image-5.jpg"></embed>
You paste the embed code in the HTML Snippet.
I added carriage returns for display in this post. Remove them when you use it.
This is the flash file (right-click to download):
http://www.wyodor.net/_Demo/paulsmith/main.swf
The pictures used are in the same folder.
Paul Smith uses a JavaScript. Make sure he doesn't notice you use his samples.
I now notice that I didn't even bother to change the name of the folder.
Perhaps it's better to create something yourself with free tools. Here's a page that explains it:
http://www.wyodor.net/iWebBlogTest/Wyodor_1/WebBanner.html
And here's another iWeb page with a similar slideshow:
http://www.wyodor.net/_Demo/MyHouse/Huis.html
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I've been scouring the internet for an answer to my problem, but have yet to find one.
I've set up a fairly simple online portfolio housing my animation, everything else runs smoothly, except when you get the portfolio section (as you can see if you go to my site: http://www.sugarpollution.com/). I've tried to have it so that videos will pop up and play and then you can exit them by clicking on the X button (which loops back to portfolio section on the timeline). However I have come across several errors that I cannot seem to fix ~ the sound of the video will play in the background if you prematurely exit it and then none of the links above the video buttons will work (which doesn't seem to happen except when you view a video).
I'd paste the action script ~ but now I can't seem to find it which is perplexing, as it runs fine in the preview window.
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Hi All.
I'm using mobile me to show work and this both involves a click on an active link and it involves an external vendor (mac) with a readily identifiable site (mobile me).
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Online Porfolio

First let me say, I am a print designer, so web is a bit
foreign to me. I am attempting to create an online portfolio
website for my print design work, and have run into a few problems.
Does anyone know how to make a button proceed to the next
frame when it is pressed, but not go past a certain frame number? I
assume it requires an if else statement, but I'm a bit lost.
Also, I need the same thing only going backwards. These
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