Comments on: 15 Free Online Portfolio Hosting Sites

By: Emma

Emma — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:39:20 +0000

Finding one for a satisfactory price and quality features has been the biggest challenge.

By: James Pasko

James Pasko — Wed, 15 May 2013 20:07:09 +0000

Here's the link: Folio24.

By: Philip Harper

Philip Harper — Mon, 13 May 2013 10:28:35 +0000

There is also CargoCollective.com – it’s quite nice and free!

By: Ashlynn

Ashlynn — Fri, 03 May 2013 00:11:28 +0000

http://www.portfoliolounge.com is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you Matt !

By: Jacob Gube

Jacob Gube — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 04:35:55 +0000

Wix is great, and it can effectively host web portfolios, and it’s easy to use. My dad, not the most computer-savvy person in the world, was able to set up a website without any help from me.

I’ve worked with Wix in the past, and I have nothing but great things to say about their team, which is important if you’re going to rely on any company to host your website.

Wix wasn’t included here because it isn’t a specialized portfolio hosting service; they can host many other types of websites.

Regarding your question about image quality being affected: A lot of free web services (Facebook, Pinterest, etc.) compress your image file sizes so that your images can load fast on a person’s web browser, and also to save the web service a significant amount of money in bandwidth resource costs.

I’ll see if I can find services that explicitly say they don’t do any sort of image compression, and if I find any, I’ll post them here.

By: hauerpower

hauerpower — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:42:35 +0000

wix.com is good. so easy to configure it.
try also publishpath http://support.publishpath.com/getting-started
it’s easy to manage too. :)

By: Nicolas Jardry

Nicolas Jardry — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:42:15 +0000

Thanks for this helpful study, what about 4ormat.com ?

Bonjour de Paris ;-)

By: James Pasko

James Pasko — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:59:11 +0000

If you’re looking for yet another option, I’d suggest you check out folio24.com. Although this is a shameless bit of self-promotion (I built Folio24), it is a strong competitor to carbonmade and offers a slightly different look, plus more customization options.

I’m also upgrading the next 25 people who join Folio24 to a paid membership for free.

James

By: Lucas Miller

Lucas Miller — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 07:56:22 +0000

Hi Michael, try foliodrop.com it's used not only by photographers or designers, but also by architects and set builders. Foliodrop.com is totally free and you don't have to subscribe to anything and can keep using the free version for ever, which includes: 150 images, own domain (domain mapping), customizable design and easy drag & drop interface.

By: Michael Vialpando

Michael Vialpando — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 21:18:27 +0000

Hey there,
I am currently a Mechanical Engineering major with a minor in Professional and Technical Writing. In one of my PTW classes, we are required to create a digital portfolio showcasing our projects in various computer programs (InDesign, Photoshop, Framemaker, Word, Powerpoint, Prezi, Illustrator, etc). I have been researching various portfolio hosting websites for the past couple days and I am trying to find the best-suited one for my situation. I want to be able to keep it current and maintained beyond this class and integrate it into my tools for presenting myself and landing a job in the future.

It seems that most people who have a digital portfolio are artists, photographers, graphic designers, and web designers; this is evident in how most portfolio hosting sites are set up and how they work. I am trying to find one that would allow for possibly showing a screenshot of a project done in one of those various programs (maybe a brief caption about it) and then maybe post the link of my project in the actual program it was created in below the screenshot.

I would also like if I could upload resume and have an about me section.

Most examples of portfolios on sites like Carbonmade and Behance showcase and highlight images right off the bat rather than skills or what is being show (which makes sense for an artist or graphic designer).

If anyone could help me with making a decision on a portfolio site to use I would be very thankful! I just really don’t want to put a tremendous amount of time into a portfolio on one site to realize that I could have presented it better or used features in another hosting site to create a better portfolio. Thanks again.
Michael V