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Portfolio

Create your online portfolio in HTML.
Think of this as an advertisement for yourself, not an exhaustive, detailed autobiography; as a poem, not a novel. What do potential clients/employers want to see that will make them want to see more, make them want to meet you?

FINAL DUE DATES
Section 1: Monday, October 14
Section 2: Tuesday, October 15
Stage 1: Progress Report
Exemplary URL: a designer's web portfolio URL
Mock-ups
: front page; navigation; content template ...
Site Map Representation: what categories will you use? what items will you include in each section? What links to what?
Collection of Materials to be used, in digital form.
Movies/motion graphics should be Quicktime and should be optimized to the smallest possible file size. Recommended dimensions: 240 x 180 (especially for longer clips).
STAGE 1 DUE DATES
Section 1: TBD Wednesday, September 18
Section 2:
TBD Thursday, September 19
    
Advice
Search the web for portfolios you like, for inspiration and to see what works.
Think small file size. Think elegance.
Remember: all images on web pages are square.
example of a fairly concise (though not perfectly simple) portfolio for a graphic designer:
generalworkinggroup.com

HTML Resources 
INTERNAL
"Easy" HTML draft 2
Basic HTML Tags (selection)
EXTERNAL
WWWeb
Books

 

 

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