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Posted by Aurelio Decock
Aurelio Decock
14,607 Points

How to build my portfolio

Hello

I've got a few finished projects at the moment and I figured it's a good time to build my portfolio. But I'm not quite sure how I make it so it's easy to maintain but also good looking. I was concidering to create it in wordpress or drupal but I think there will be a lot of limitations. On the other hand I can make it in HTML/CSS/JS but I think it will be harder to maintain (like adding new projects and stuff).

What is highly recommended for a portfolio website?

Thank you in advance!

1 Answer

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

I definitely think some sort of CMS would be very useful. There really aren't limitations using WP or Drupal for your portfolio, you can do what you want, the only limitation might be your knowledge about it, but there are a lot of resources our there that can help you. Also, just diving in and doing it is a great way to learn. But whatever you can dream of doing for your portfolio in html, css, and js, you can translate that to wp.

You could also first build your portfolio hard coded, like you mention, and than later transition it into a wordpress or drupal site.

You can also check out something in between the two.. Jekyll is a static site generator, which kinda creates a CMS of sorts. The cool thing about using Jekyll, is you could actually use Github Pages to host your portfolio, which is kinda of a cool way to do it.

Aurelio Decock
Aurelio Decock
14,607 Points

Thank you for your quick response Kevin! I definitely still have a long way to go (I'm currently creating my logo). I'll probably use wordpress since Jekyll does not seem a very attractive option for me. I've followed some WP tutorials here on treehouse already so I do have an idea how to start it. Thank you for your input! :)