In previous semesters, we asked students to examine some possible portfolio platforms, considering these questions:
- Is it able to have all of the required items we are asking for? Home page, bio, resume, work examples, home button on each page, photos, videos, contact info.
- Is it customizable?
- Is there a cost?
- Does it insist on keeping the company’s logo in a visible spot?
- Is it attractive?
- Can you incorporate your social media links?
- How many in your group would like to use it?
- Of the two you are reviewing, which one does your group prefer?
A - group 2
CMS sites for your portfolio (some free, some not)
Questions:
- Is it able to have all of the required items we are asking for? Home page, bio, resume, work examples, home button on each page, photos, videos, contact info.
- Carbonmade: Everything but resume and video is free.
- Dunked: Yes, along with a $6 per month fee.
- Is it customizable?
- Carbonmade: Yes
- Dunked: Yes
- Is there a cost?
- Carbonmade: No, it is free for basic needs, but not all (like resume and video).
- Dunked: Yes, $6 per month.
- Does it insist on keeping the company’s logo in a visible spot?
- Carbonmade: Yes - always on the bottom.
- Dunked: No, only sometimes visible.
- Is it attractive?
- Carbonmade: Yes, because you have several options for the design.
- Dunked: Yes, definitely, because it is organized and has a clean design.
- Can you incorporate your social media links?
- Carbonmade: Yes, including Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Vimeo
- Dunked: Yes
- How many in your group would like to use it?
- Carbonmade: None, because basic needs are not met even with the extra price.
- Dunked: None. Basic needs of a portfolio are met, however, the price is not worth it.
- Of the two you are reviewing, which one does your group prefer?
- Dunked!
B - group 2
1.) Almost; more of a photo site; Websites are able to have the following links:
· Home
Soulmates
Weddings
o Getting Ready
o Ceremony
o In Love
o Party
o Kids
o Galleries
o About
o Contact
o Blog
2.) To a degree; has certain layouts you can pick from: light or dark, where you want the toolbar
3.) Free for basics:
o Complete unique website w/ customizable design
o Create and manage your site with your web browser
o Clean and commercial-free
o Hosting of 40 images
o Extra: All PRO-templates unlocked for 30 days
Not free for PRO: 6.9 USD/month
· Hosting
· Design
· Marketing
· Support (free)
4.) Doesn’t appear so; can’t find logo in the examples
5.) Yes!
6.) Yes! → found links to tumblr/facebook/twitter in some sites
7.) We prefer portfoliobox
Strikingly.com
- Is it able to have all of the required items we are asking for? Home page, bio, resume, work examples, home button on each page, photos, videos, contact info.
Yes, you can personalize the templates they offer for free.
- Is it customizable?
Yes you can upload your own photos and videos plus use different logos they have to offer.
- Is there a cost?
No it’s free
- Does it insist on keeping the company’s logo in a visible spot?
Yes, you can’t move the templates. You have to follow the design in place.
- Is it attractive?
Yes.
- Can you incorporate your social media links?
Yep.
- How many in your group would like to use it?
I’d probably look at other options beside this one.
- Of the two you are reviewing, which one does your group prefer?
Portfoliobox>>>>Strikingly: cannot code
C
Easily able to link other social media sites together. Gives you the option to link with Facebook/Twitter.
It’s attractive but is it professional?
Yeah, resume can be added in ‘backstory’.
Seems to be free.
Company logo is in the top left of the page.
Very attractive and very customizable.
Yes you can incorporate other sites.
I want to use it, Fino seems to like it.
About me, Wordpress.org, Wordpress.com in that order.
- Wordpress.com is easier to work with, but less flexibility compared to wordpress.org; however, you have to pay for host space with wordpress.org.
- Wordpress.org is essentially wordpress.com on steriods. Like previously stated, wordpress.org gives your page more customizable options.
2. They are all customizable, with wordpress.org have the most flexibility. About.me and wordpress.com are both easy and fairly simple. About.me is a super simple profile that is linked to social media (which could be dangerous)
3. No cost for about.me or wordpress.com; wordpress.org is free until you need host space.
4. Yeah. wordpress.com does not.
5. About.me is attractive but looks simple and unprofessional. Wordpress is organized and simple, but wordpress.org seems to be the best for professionalism.
6. Yes, they are all able to include social media links.
7. They all seem usable and depending on the individual’s material they want to include, each would suit different needs.
8.
D
1. Is it able to have all of the required items we are asking for? Home page, bio, resume, work examples, home button on each page, photos, videos, contact info.
Only offers links to stories, not photos or other documents. Cannot see any demos, would have to sign up.
2. Is it customizable?
Can incorporate social media links, but not that customizable
3. Is there a cost?
The free website, only lets you display 12 stories.
4. Does it insist on keeping the company’s logo in a visible spot?
Every page the logo is constantly at the bottom on the profiles themselves.
5. Is it attractive?
All green black and white from what we could see.
6. Can you incorporate your social media links?
Yes you can incorporate social media links at the bottom.
7. Nobody in our group wants to use it.
8. Our group prefers to use neither
1. Is it able to have all of the required items we are asking for? Home page, bio, resume, work examples, home button on each page, photos, videos, contact info.
Unreviewable for the free demo therefore we can’t see if the required items for our project are available.
2. Is it customizable
Yes customizable, can show off your work. Pretty basic though.
3. Is there a cost?
Yes, different plans with different prices, $179/ month for standard advanced plan is $269/ month. Unreviewable for the free demo
4. Does it insist on keeping the company’s logo in a visible spot?
Top left of the page constantly has the companies logo.
5 Is it attractive?
Pretty basic, black and white with blue encoded links. Very minimalistic.
6. Can you incorporate your social media links?
Yes, twitter facebook linked in with a live-twitter feed on your page.
7. Nobody in our group wants to use it.
8. Our group prefers to not use either
E
- Is it able to have all of the required items we are asking for? Home page, bio, resume, work examples, home button on each page, photos, videos, contact info.
- Yes, both
- Is it customizable?
- Yes, both
- Is there a cost?
- 4ormat.com : $5.75/month - $20.75/month
- clippings.me: Free (trial) -$7.99/month
- Does it insist on keeping the company’s logo in a visible spot?
- 4ormat.com: no
- clippings.me: Not sure if you can connect a personal domain name - all start with clippings.me/______
- Is it attractive?
- 4mat.com: yes, simple and modern design
- clippings.me: clunky to maneuver, not as user-friendly
- Can you incorporate your social media links?
- 4ormat.com: Yes
- clippings.me: yes
- How many in your group would like to use it?
- All (4ormat.com)
- Of the two you are reviewing, which one does your group prefer?
- 4ormat.com: User-friendly, easy to pick up, stylized
F
1. Is it able to have all of the required items we are asking for? Home page, bio, resume, work examples, home button on each page, photos, videos, contact info.
a. Has all requirements except home button
b. No spot for resume, photos embedded in stories but no central place strictly for photos
2. Is it customizable?
a. Yes
b. No
3. Is there a cost?
a. No
b. No
4. Does it insist on keeping the company’s logo in a visible spot?
a. No
b. Yes, small logo but not distracting
5. Is it attractive?
a. Yes
b. Yes
6. Can you incorporate your social media links?
a. Yes
b. Yes
7. How many in your group would like to use it?
a. 4
b. 2
8. Of the two you are reviewing, which one does your group prefer?
Flavors
G - Group 7
http://www.wix.com/ - Group 7
- Is it able to have all of the required items we are asking for? Home page, bio, resume, work examples, home button on each page, photos, videos, contact info.
- Yes, the website allows templates to include some or all of these items.
- Is it customizable?
- Yes. There are multiple templates to choose from, but you are able to customize and delete portions of the template that are not applicable for one’s website.
- Also, you are able to use images as buttons which is really good for personal branding.
- Does it insist on keeping the company’s logo in a visible spot?
- Yes, but if you would like to delete the logo you are able to.
- Is it attractive?
- Yes- they offer different types of portfolios based on the person’s profession and coordinate things accordingly.
- Can you incorporate your social media links?
- Yes, it just depends how you decide to incorporate them. Many templates come with icons already built into the website.
- How many in your group would like to use it?
- Majority--it is a good starter website, easy to use.
- Of the two you are reviewing, which one does your group prefer?
- We prefer either or, they appear to have similar interfaces.
http://www.weebly.com/ - Group 7
- Is it able to have all of the required items we are asking for? Home page, bio, resume, work examples, home button on each page, photos, videos, contact info.
- Yes. Each template has the ability to import videos, files, photos and create tabs.
- Is it customizable?
- Kind of. There are templates that you can use as a base but then you can branch off and customize to your own style.
- Is there a cost?
- There isn’t for basic use. You have the opportunity to have a basic, starter, pro or business plan. They range in price $3.29/month, $6.63/month, and $19.54.month.
- Does it insist on keeping the company’s logo in a visible spot?
- Yes, there is a solid gray bar at the bottom of each page that says “powered by Weebly”
- Is it attractive?
- Yes! Very modern in design and easy templates to use.
- Can you incorporate your social media links?
- Yes, you are able to have links to all social media with the use of icons.
- How many in your group would like to use it?
- Most of us, it is a good starter website like Wix.
- Of the two you are reviewing, which one does your group prefer?
- Either or, both have similar interfaces and similar techniques to provide professional portfolios.
H
- Is it able to have all of the required items we are asking for? Home page, bio, resume, work examples, home button on each page, photos, videos, contact info.
- SS- Yes
- SM- No, more specific for photos
- Is it customizable?
- SS- Yes, provide possible templates
- SM- Yes, provide possible templates
- Is there a cost?
- SS- Yes, MSU students get 50% off with their msu.edu email address, so it’s $60 for year
- SM- Yes, $60 a year
- Does it insist on keeping the company’s logo in a visible spot?
- SS- No
- SM- No
- Is it attractive?
- SS- Yes
- SM- Yes
- Can you incorporate your social media links?
- SS- Yes
- SM- Yes
- How many in your group would like to use it?
- SS- 6
- SM- 0
- Of the two you are reviewing, which one does your group prefer?
- We prefer squarespace because it is more of a website versus a photography site
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