Creating an ePortfolio

I agree, some of you have these awesome websites.  I would love to have something like that one day.  I think the challenge is for first time ePortfolio creators (like me).  I think Wordpress is a good starting point.  

Just wondering what people here think of the domain:

www.instructionaldesigner.me 

cheers

Wim

Another option is a hybrid web site that combines searchable non-Storyline elements and Flash Storyline elements. At the risk of crass self-promotion, you might want to look at my site which includes a couple of Storyline tools - an 'About us' module and a Storyline gallery of examples of the calculators I produce.

www.visualtools.ca

Thanks Kevin.  I will take a look at your website.

Sejal

Hello,

Try Mahara (https://mahara.org/)

You will have to download and install it. But you could use this also (built with Mahara)

http://foliofor.me/

Need more info mail me jmattackal [at] yahoo dot com

All the best

joe

Thanks Joe.  Will definitely look into it.  

Cheers,

Sejal

If you'd like something free then you could try:

http://www.weebly.com/

https://www.yola.com/

http://www.wix.com/

I gave wix a try a few weeks ago.  It's a little harder to use than the other two, but also more aesthetically pleasing.  They're free options, but you have to live with some ads.  

http://seanufer.wix.com/elearning 

Hi Sean,  thanks for the info.  I have tried out yola.  It's good, easy to use, but limited in its use.  I'll check the others too.  

Thanks.

Sejal

@Michael Heckman

Squarespace is exactly what I'm looking for. Thank you Michael.

Here's my portfolio done with the WordPress plugin WP-Portfolio:

http://high-tech-coach.com/project-portfoli/

There are other options, like choosing a portfolio theme:

http://bestwordpressbusinessthemes.com/10-best-portfolio-wordpress-themes-2012-may/

My advice is, look around and decide what sort of look and features you want for your portfolio, find a theme or plugin that does what you want, and don't exclude commercial themes and plugins. Your portfolio presents the best you have to offer, so you don't want to skimp on it.. One of the best affordable options for hosting is Bluehost, in my opinion; it's the solution I recommend to my clients who can't afford (or don't need) a higher-end solution:

http://bluehost.com/

Finally, you want to address backups and security. I recommend BackupBuddy for backups, and WordFence for security monitoring. Also, Better WP Security for its security lockdown features (things you do when you're setting up the site).

You also want to avoid Flash solutions ... many managers and executives are now using iPads (ours do here, even though they're forbidden for lowly employees like me ).

Unfortunately tons of companies still use IE.  In fact I recently had to do a project in which the company was just transitioning from IE 6 to IE 8 so I had to make sure the modules ran on IE 6.

We got the stragglers off IE6 and onto IE7 not that long ago. There are old applications still in use that will only run on IE6. Currently, a large percentage of people are on IE7 and Windows XP in the company, but there's a project ongoing to get everyone up to Windows 7.

IT departments are typically very conservative with regard to change, particularly in large companies.

Stephanie, loved your site.  However it looks as if done in HTML or with word press.   My thoughts are based on the fact that I did not see the 800/600 dimensions.  Perhaps I am wrong :)  How do you achieve the long scrolling scene?  Thanks again.

Very nice.  Just wondering how can I get rid of the blue lines.  I have it in my wordpress portfolio too. Thanks