In her 1913 poem, Sacred Emily, Gertrude Stein said, A “[r]ose is a rose is a rose is a rose”. This quotation has been paraphrased in many different contexts, all carrying with it the idea of “It is what it is”. Or, one is pretty much the same as the other. But when it comes to displaying your work, is it accurate to say “A portfolio site is a portfolio site is a portfolio site…”? Recently, I came across a list of 15 Free Portfolio Websites, published by Shopify. In the name of ‘full disclosure’, I am not receiving any sort of sponsorship or compensation for this. These reviews are my own, uninfluenced opinions. As the saying goes, “your mileage may vary”.
To make – as much as possible – “all things equal”, on each platform, I am going to attempt to:
- Create an account
- Build Three (3) individual pages
- A page containing graphics and photographs.
- A page containing video.
- A page containing text.
- Modify each page (Add an item, move an item, and remove an item).
- Set a ‘theme’ to the site, and other styling measures.