Comments on: How to Design a Portfolio Site, Part 2

By: Jacob

Jacob — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 03:52:34 +0000

Thanks, Elliot! It’s great to see how you take the research and apply it to an actual design. Also great to see how you use some of those custom fields in WP. Much appreciated!

-J

By: RossMcNeil

RossMcNeil — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:35:14 +0000

Some great tips there Elliot, thank you.

By: Vibhor Chandel

Vibhor Chandel — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:38:02 +0000

Good tips Elliot

By: Firma Rehberi

Firma Rehberi — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:36:32 +0000

excellent work, thank you very much

By: Anna McMahon

Anna McMahon — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:27:06 +0000

Awesome video. I have been working on my portfolio site for a while but I’m never really sure the best way to set it up. I see a lot of web sites that are putting a lot of very work on the front page of there site. That’s probably because they want people to see their work since they know people leave web sites quickly.

By: Kentaru

Kentaru — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:24:00 +0000

Wow, great tips article, very helpful because I am starting on psd to css/html..great points..

By: This Making of a Portfolio Site « TWhite Design

This Making of a Portfolio Site « TWhite Design — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:34:09 +0000

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By: LA

LA — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:44:30 +0000

What perfect timing coming across this just as I’m redesigning my web site! Thanks for the very useful information. I’m thoroughly inspired to use these helpful tips in creating my own WordPress portfolio site.

By: Oscar

Oscar — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:50:13 +0000

This is by far one of the best tutorials I’ve seen, yet! Nice work Elliot! I really enjoyed the first part more, because I enjoy the research stage and consider it a very important part of the entire process. The second part lost me a bit, seeing that it was a bit more technical, but I’m excited to dive in and see what I can create. Thanks again!

By: Chris Burbridge

Chris Burbridge — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:59:32 +0000

Wow, this is so well done! Really thank you for sharing information at this level, and with this quality.

Looking at a lot of really great designs this weekend, I really started to wonder, “when you are doing something so beautiful with typography, how do you do that in Photoshop?” So, this helps a lot.

And seeing the way you’re using WordPress. I am used to preparing it for clients, but you’re using it as an expert system, so you can do expedient things, like just use the custom fields, and conform to your own standards.

Really, there is so much smart stuff going on here — thanks!

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:22:15 +0000

This is extremely useful to me, as I am also working on a portfolio as I write this.

By: Denny Sugar

Denny Sugar — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:36:37 +0000

Great video! I really liked the steady pace and your teaching style.

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By: Sérgio Soares

Sérgio Soares — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:28:07 +0000

awesome work Elliot!
Nice tips :)
cheers from Portugal

By: Oliver Nielsen

Oliver Nielsen — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:04:46 +0000

Thank you Elliot, some really great tips in this one, I’ll copy your design right away;-)

Thanks to Carsonified for bringing this on as well;-)

By: James Ngare

James Ngare — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 20:59:23 +0000

Hi. Id appreciate some help. I try to download the video but it freezes up at some point (68%). Can you please re upload it in flv format for download Eliot or Jason? My internet connection is slow, so i cant watch it online and have to download it. Looking forward to learning from the tutorial.

> James.

By: inteltone

inteltone — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:22:05 +0000

Elliot, thanks a lot for this informative and helpful video and your book, Sexy Web Design. I’ve read the latter also and I have to say that it’s a good helper for beginners and useful reminder for pros :) Cool stuff!

By: Andy Gongea

Andy Gongea — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 13:52:29 +0000

Your site is absolutely stunning.
Very nice screencast. Cheers!

By: Friday Fix July 27 - 31 | Inspiredology

Friday Fix July 27 - 31 | Inspiredology — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:34:33 +0000

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Carsonified » How to Design a Portfolio Site, Part 2 | Squico — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:00:25 +0000

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By: Trever Yarrish

Trever Yarrish — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:51:47 +0000

Wow, Elliot does a nice job of taking you from point A to point B. Thanks for producing this content, it is always good to see another web designer’s process. Elliot, thank you for the detailed design walk through, the grid portion was insightful.

Great vid!

By: Bruno Passos

Bruno Passos — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:19:31 +0000

Useful stuff!

thanks a lot,

Bruno

By: alanscott

alanscott — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:10:18 +0000

Overall its been great to hear how you step and demonstration is goood

By: Becky Bryant

Becky Bryant — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 06:44:10 +0000

Brilliant mini-series of videos, thank you. I’m going to be setting up a new portfolio and promoting myself after finishing my design HNC and this have been a world of help and insight, especially Elliot showing us how he sets up his WordPress and the custom fields on the portfolio posts, which are so much better explained than in some of the WP books.

Now I can’t wait to get started on promoting myself once I’ve set up my site as I have so many ideas, thank you again :)

By: Ally

Ally — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 04:05:23 +0000

I’ve recently dived into WordPress and these videos have provided much insight… Overall its been great to hear how you step through from concept to completion and the approach you described in your book.

By: Andrea Duquette

Andrea Duquette — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:34:42 +0000

One of the things that makes this tutorial stand out (from a beginner point of view) is the fact that a specific skillset is introduced. Focusing on developing these skills and not on the gazillion other possibilities (with the exception of jquery & fam) narrows the road for new designers/developers.
cheers

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Daily Links for Tuesday, July 21th, 2009 — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:46:57 +0000

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By: Elliot Jay Stocks

Elliot Jay Stocks — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:49:46 +0000

It's ok — I was only stealing Sourhaze music. ;)

By: Nicho

Nicho — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:49:29 +0000

Great Vid, Elliot. Just in time, currently working on my portfolio redesign.

By: Scott Sumetz

Scott Sumetz — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 04:04:36 +0000

Great stuff Elliot. Thank for sharing