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It's happening. Everything is, slowly but surely, going totally digital. When trying to get noticed for jobs (or maybe just #stunt on the Internet), employers and clients care more and more about online portfolios than physical, handheld ones. That being said, it's difficult and overwhelming trying to find the perfect website to use when making your own online portfolio, because there are many (and many suck). Here are 10 Easy Ways to Create an Online Portfolio, emphasis on the "easy."
Behance
Price: Free
Owned by Adobe, Behance is an easy and free way to promote yourself online. In 2011, it won the Webby Award for Best Cultural Blog. They also have a job board to hire professionals just like you. Decking out your portfolio with them isn't a bad place to start.
Carbonmade
Price: Free
Carbonmade is user-friendly and extremely easy to edit to your liking. They are also very good at communicating with and helping you if you come across any problems on the site. Their slogan is “You bring your best, we'll do the rest.” Pretty straightforward.
DeviantART
Price: Free
DeviantART is a great way to browse artwork and to showcase your own. It also gets a lot of views, so your photography, paintings, drawings, and sketches are almost guaranteed to be widely seen.
SquareSpace
Price: $8/month, $16/month, or $24/month
The layout of SquareSpace is visually pleasing. It's a very simple website builder for showcasing your work. Their templates are clean, sleek, and minimalist. It's also really easy to change templates as you please without dealing with pesky code.
Indexhibit
Price: $33.40
This web platform represents the idea of simplicity. Indexhibit has a variety of templates to choose from, but if you know some HTML coding, you can create your own.
PortfolioBox
Price: Free or $6.90
PortfolioBox is reasonably priced considering all that it offers, plus, the free option is great, too. With hundreds of templates and the ability to upload 1,000 images, this online portfolio is easy to manipulate. The navigation bar on the side also makes it easy to work with. It's perfect for photographers.
Dunked
Price: $6/month, $8/month, or $19/month
Getting started with Dunked is easy, and keeping up with it is even easier. Although there are only three themes to choose from, Dunked makes up for it with other features like font choice and colors.
Crevado
Price: Free
Crevado makes organizing photos, uploads, and creating pages more simple than most platforms. It's a great option for people who want a pre-packaged design instead of having to dream one up.
Dribbble
Price: Free, $20/year, or $100/year
Dribbble is the perfect platform for designers. It's a great site for checking out the work of other developers and designers while also uploading your own content. It looks like the online version of Instagram, but instead of nonstop selfies, you will see strictly work from talented designers.
Cargo
Price: Free
Cargo Collective, on top of being a free online platform, makes it easy to upload photos on slideshows and also has cloud storage to keep all your photos in. If you want to upload videos to your site, no problem. Cargo Collective has an easy uploader to place videos onto your next post. You have to apply for an account, so if you like this option, fill out their form ASAP.