Cargo Collective
Throughout Summer I've been trying to find a hosting site to build my online portfolio on. I tried wordpress initially but didn't find it very user friendly, the themes available weren't ones I particularly liked and I felt very restricted in terms of customizability. I know some basic HTML coding, but not enough to make the changes I would have wanted to on a wordpress site.
After scouring the internet for another few hours, I decided to try out Cargocollective as a possible alternative. I knew a couple of people who had built their websites on cargo, and it was very easy to use and make amendments to. I had a fiddle with uploading a new font and playing around with the colour. Though I don't mind the current design and layout, I'm not sure it's something I'd want to commit to. The homepage feels very cluttered, and I'm aware that not all the projects fit within the same aesthetic, this makes the presentation look a little messy.
I'd prefer a site with one or two images on the homepage with additional project pages to the side. I love some of the minimal themes available on tumblr however I don't want to use tumblr as a platform to distribute my work. I, personally, feel it looks a little unprofessional to host your portfolio on tumblr, and it's so easy to lose authorship of your work with the press of a reblog button.
I've learnt a lot playing with this site, but I don't think it's the one for me. I'm still a little unsure of where I want to take my work next in a visual sense, so I'd like a website that is clean and minimalist so I can showcase projects individually rather than as an overview of everything.
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