Project Objective: Redesign your personal HTML site to an online portfolio site.
A portfolio site is all about promoting yourself. You are a brand, and your name is a brand name. No one is going to know about your brand unless you get it out there; and if you are a graphic designer, it’s essential that you have a good portfolio website.
Project Period: 4/5 ~ 4/26 (3 weeks)
Project Process:
1. Search on professional portfolio sites, which inspires you;
2. Collect your high quality works, and prepare those images for your online portfolio;
3. Design a logo for your portfolio website and an optional tagline in your header div;
4. Design the page layouts with multiple columns and typographic hierarchies;
5. Build an impressive menu system and a shared CSS (linked) for the entire web site;
6. Apply one of the Javascript slideshows to your online portfolio;
7. Address an easy-going contact information (could be a fake contact info for the project);
8. Validate the CSS(s) and all HTML5 pages by W3C Validator;
9. Add a site blog (optional)
10. Upload the finished website to your web space for the final presentation
• Creating A Successful Online Portfolio
• 10 Steps To The Perfect Portfolio Website — Lee Munroe —
Project Inspiration:
• 50 Creative Portfolio Designs
• 50 Designer Portfolio Sites
http://coolhomepages.com
http://csselite.com
Project Requirements:
• Index page (splash page)
• Home page (about-me page: a statement + a pdf resume)
• Portfolio page(s) [Javascript slideshow(s)]
• Contact me page (with an e-mail link and a Linkedin link)
Project Dateline: April 26, 2012
Project Critique: May 1, 2012 (Final Exam Day)