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| Screenshot of my portfolio using BoyBurnsBlog template |
Do you want to create an art portfolio on Blogger? The free Blogger template, BoyBurnsBlog --developed by designer David Kutchner and his firm, Confluent Forms-- is a good choice.
For the past year, I've been a big fan of David's website Blogger Xpertise, which provides tutorials and information on how to get the most out of a Blogger blog. It took me awhile, though, to try out his free Blogger templates.
My portfolio, Art & Illustration by Sylvia Liu, uses the BoyBurnsBlog template. It is a clean, minimalist template that tiles each blog post. This layout is great for blogs with short and image-heavy posts. It also works for an art or illustration portfolio. Because the backend Blogger interface remains the same, I was able to change the font and background colors and add my social media icons. With an HTML tweak, my portfolio displays three columns instead of two.
Eventually, I hope to hire Confluent Forms to design a truly customized portfolio site. In the meantime, while I am busy with my other projects, this will do nicely.
Another Option
Another way to make a quick and easy portfolio site is to use Blogger's dynamic Snapshot template. To see how your blog would look in the dynamic views, add "/view" to the end of your domain name and click on the various options (Snapshot is one). My portfolio in Snapshot looks like this:
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| Screenshot of my portfolio in Blogger's dynamic "Snapshot" template |
Have you found any other good portfolio templates for Blogger?
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Your blogger portfolio looks great! Thanks for the heads up about the template!
ReplyDeletehow do you change the social media icons from appearing on every post?!
ReplyDeleteHi. If you want to keep the social media icons just in the column under the buttons, go to Layout, and click "Add a Gadget" in the left column. Choose an HTML gadget and insert your social icon code there). It's going to always show up in the left column but shouldn't be in each post. Does that make sense?
DeleteYes, it does, thank you! But they are showing up on every post and I don't know how to get rid of them! There are about 5 of them, I don't want any at all!
DeleteIt is also an art to present your work in right manner like you did, probably one needd bunch of best artist portfolio websites.!
ReplyDeleteVery nice. Thanks for recommending this site; I've been looking for a place to have an online portfolio.
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