With graduation only two months away, it's time to ready myself for the impending job search. One of the items on my to-do list is to create a personal web site, which can serve as a virtual portfolio of sorts. As important as the resume is, in my eyes my site trumps it, as it will provide a one-stop shop to view my web design work, journalism clips, and other related work I have done over the years. In essence, it's a presentation of me, and a reflection of my abilities as it relates to the industry.
Anticipating this process a long time ago, I already own the rights to dannymanson.com, ready to host whatever content I bring it.
Where I'm struggling is in which service to use to create this portfolio. Weebly has been kind to me for the purposes of this class. The interface is intuitive, building a site is easy, and the options are seemingly limitless, especially if I spring for the Weebly Pro premium service. In fact, I'm so happy with Weebly, I will be using it to create some turnkey websites for a couple of freelance clients. It's ease of use will allow for my clients to make any updates or changes they want once I'm done with the "heavy lifting," even with little to know experience or knowledge of web design. In addition, the ability to edit the HTML code allows for a fully customized site experience.
All that being said, I've heard great things about WordPress. The service seems to be the most popular personal web site service around, with both free and competitively-priced premium options available. WordPress users can fully customize their experience as well, and, at first glance, through its apps and widgets, the service seems to have much more horsepower in the long run than Weebly, especially for the "power user" types.
I don't have much experience with WordPress, but I am intrigued by its potential. With a couple of weeks to decide, I'm putting it out there for readers. Which site do you use/recommend, and why? Also, if anyone has another preference (Google Sites, Homestead, "stop being lazy and do it yourself, you know HTML!") let me know. I'm open to suggestions.
Anticipating this process a long time ago, I already own the rights to dannymanson.com, ready to host whatever content I bring it.
Where I'm struggling is in which service to use to create this portfolio. Weebly has been kind to me for the purposes of this class. The interface is intuitive, building a site is easy, and the options are seemingly limitless, especially if I spring for the Weebly Pro premium service. In fact, I'm so happy with Weebly, I will be using it to create some turnkey websites for a couple of freelance clients. It's ease of use will allow for my clients to make any updates or changes they want once I'm done with the "heavy lifting," even with little to know experience or knowledge of web design. In addition, the ability to edit the HTML code allows for a fully customized site experience.
All that being said, I've heard great things about WordPress. The service seems to be the most popular personal web site service around, with both free and competitively-priced premium options available. WordPress users can fully customize their experience as well, and, at first glance, through its apps and widgets, the service seems to have much more horsepower in the long run than Weebly, especially for the "power user" types.
I don't have much experience with WordPress, but I am intrigued by its potential. With a couple of weeks to decide, I'm putting it out there for readers. Which site do you use/recommend, and why? Also, if anyone has another preference (Google Sites, Homestead, "stop being lazy and do it yourself, you know HTML!") let me know. I'm open to suggestions.
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