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I am developer, but I am trying to build my portfolio now that I am out of work. Take my advices with a grain of salt, as I said I am not a designer. - Include

I am developer, but I am trying to build my portfolio now that I am out of work. Take my advices with a grain of salt, as I said I am not a designer. - Include links to the live version of the sites that you had design. You are selling design + xhtml, so show your html in the wild. - The design background is very similar to other in themeforest, I like it, but for me is a bad point if you are a designer. - The website dont need to look exactly the same in every browser, but need to look good in any browser. Check how your website display in iphones, androids, etc. Use css3 media queries. - In the contact information, provide a phone number, or at least an skype contact. Some customers feels better talking to you on the phone. Maybe a twitter and other social networks. - If you use flickr or other apps use them to promote your work. - Describe your service in a tagline, or at least in the front page. - in about, let the costumers know more about you guys, people like to know who are they doing business with. Answer this questions - Who is this person? - Are they trustworthy and reliable? - Are they looking for work? - What technology are they experts in? - As wdewind said above, show only your best works. - use the last jquery version. - Dont style the page using the inline style attribyte in the nodes. replace them with with external CSS definitions.

ashraful 16y ago
Thanks a lot for the advice. About linking to the live versions of the website, the reason I did not do that was because, most of the work displayed are design only and were coded by the client themselves. Only a few of the designs were coded by Nathan (such as the VLC one), and not all the designs are online yet. Instead of linking to the live versions for some of them, I decided it was more important to maintain consistency and just link to larger versions for all of them.
- Staydecent 16y ago
  You should tell viewers that. Talk about what you did for each project, your approach and the technology used; By having a portfolio consisting of just a bunch of images you run the risk of potential clients saying, "I want the VLC<or whatever> website." This has happened to me. Also, I would do a major rework the layout of your website. Nothing lines up (use a grid). There is extra black padding below the screenshots. At no point does the content area reach the left most edge of the navigation bar; either try left-aligning some of the content or shrink the navigation bar. And the most important: Design a home/landing page. While keeping your 3 pages(work, about, contact) create a fourth, the landing page, that sells your company like a mother fucker. And, in my experience, the most effective way of getting clients is locally. The majority of people visiting your site will NOT be looking for your services. But, if you want ANY hope of getting clients through your website, start SELLING. A list of several websites, and 1 screenshot each is NOT selling. You need copy.

ashraful 16y ago

Thanks a lot for the advice. About linking to the live versions of the website, the reason I did not do that was because, most of the work displayed are design only and were coded by the client themselves. Only a few of the designs were coded by Nathan (such as the VLC one), and not all the designs are online yet. Instead of linking to the live versions for some of them, I decided it was more important to maintain consistency and just link to larger versions for all of them.

Staydecent 16y ago
You should tell viewers that. Talk about what you did for each project, your approach and the technology used; By having a portfolio consisting of just a bunch of images you run the risk of potential clients saying, "I want the VLC<or whatever> website." This has happened to me. Also, I would do a major rework the layout of your website. Nothing lines up (use a grid). There is extra black padding below the screenshots. At no point does the content area reach the left most edge of the navigation bar; either try left-aligning some of the content or shrink the navigation bar. And the most important: Design a home/landing page. While keeping your 3 pages(work, about, contact) create a fourth, the landing page, that sells your company like a mother fucker. And, in my experience, the most effective way of getting clients is locally. The majority of people visiting your site will NOT be looking for your services. But, if you want ANY hope of getting clients through your website, start SELLING. A list of several websites, and 1 screenshot each is NOT selling. You need copy.