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Best Practices For Effective Design Of “About me”-Pages

From Mark Nutter
July 1st, 2009
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The “about me”-page is one of the most overlooked pages in development and one of the highest ranked pages on many websites. In a world that’s becoming increasingly connected through the Web, it’s important that you engage your audience in a personal and friendly way, otherwise you risk just being ...

How To Create A Great Web Design CV and Résumé?

From Kat Neville
April 1st, 2009
179 Comments

The economy is bad. No one’s job is really 100% safe, so it’s time we all bucked up and got our recession bags packed (just in case!). Your portfolio is already gorgeous, but have you created a drool-worthy resume? This flimsy one-page document is more important than many people think: ...

10 Steps To The Perfect Portfolio Website

From Lee Munroe
February 26th, 2009
228 Comments

You may have a personal portfolio website for a number of reasons. If you’re a freelancer, then you’d need one to showcase your work and allow people to contact you. If you’re a student (or unemployed), then you’d need one to show prospective employers how good you are and what ...

50 Beautiful And Creative Portfolio Designs

From Jacob Gube
November 26th, 2008
119 Comments

Design portfolios come in various forms. Traditionally they have been print-based and something you would carry to a client pitch or meeting to showcase what you’ve done and how you do it. Today, many designers take advantage of the nature of the internet to publish and showcase ...

Creating A Successful Online Portfolio

From Sean Hodge
March 4th, 2008
114 Comments

Your portfolio is the showcase of your work, your skills and your potential for your future employers. The more time and effort you dedicate for a usable and nice-looking design, the higher are your chances for getting better account balance in the end of the month. So how can you ...

50 Beautiful CSS-Based Web-Designs in 2006

From Vitaly Friedman
December 19th, 2006
163 Comments

2006 was rich on creative, beautiful and unusual design concepts. We’ve seen a lot of whitespace, many examples of readable and usable text-design, badges, stars, rounded corners, shapes, gradients, mirror and 3D-effects – just name it. Let’s take a close look at some of the most beautiful designs we’ve seen ...