The document provides a guide on creating an impressive portfolio website, highlighting the importance of design in attracting clients, gaining respect, and showcasing skills. It recommends various responsive WordPress themes with parallax effects suitable for different creative professionals, such as photographers and designers. Additionally, it details steps for setting up a website and suggests HostGator as a reliable hosting option.

1. How to Make a
Portfolio Website
That Does Not
Suck and
Showcase Your
Spectacular
Creativity

2. Sections
Introduction
Hot Web Design
Best WordPress Themes for Making a Stunning
Portfolio Website
What Else Should You Consider
Steps in Making Website
Afterwords

3. Introduction
 Your creative portfolio website was designed
to:
 bring in new clients
 get you picked up on design blogs
 win the respect of your peers
 prove to your ex-boss that you do have what it
takes
 impress your mom

4. Introduction
 But your website design portfolio sucks
 forget the small thumbnail images
 do not use Flash
 using site builder won’t give you gorgeous or
awesome website

5. Hot Web Design
 Parallax themes
 parallax scrolling
 background moving at a slower rate to the
foreground
 creating a 3D effect as you scroll down the page

6. Hot Web Design
 Parallax effect is a great tool
 serves the user experience
 perfect for websites such as for:
 web designers
 photographers
 architects
 artists
 graphic designers
 3D/CAD modellers
 animators
 engineers
 videographers
 illustrators
 logo designers

7. Best WordPress Themes for Making a Stunning
Portfolio Website
 Jarvis
 the perfect one page parallax template for corporate,
agency, nonprofit, freelancer or general business.
 12 Home page variations
 Mailchimp subscription support
 newsletter,
 email marketing
 mailing list needs

8. Best WordPress Themes for Making a Stunning
Portfolio Website
 Jarvis
 Ultra-responsive design
 6 navigation styles,
 customizable backgrounds (colors, images or patterns),
 Font Awesome icons and many more

9. Best WordPress Themes for Making a Stunning
Portfolio Website
 907
 great one page Parallax WP responsive theme
 with tons of options and features
 Unlimited color and background options.

10. Best WordPress Themes for Making a Stunning
Portfolio Website
 Scroller
 clean, minimalistic and elegant WordPress theme with
fully responsive layout
 Theme is suited for
 photographers
 creative
 business
 portfolio websites

11. Best WordPress Themes for Making a Stunning
Portfolio Website
 Scroller
 Theme includes lots of advanced features
 full-screen sliders
 Parallax effects
 scroll – One Page Homepage

12. Best WordPress Themes for Making a Stunning
Portfolio Website
 Mineral
 modern, clean and fully responsive WordPress theme.
 implements parallax effects
 content slider background image
 full-width sections background images
 Services boxes animations
 testimonials animations

13. Best WordPress Themes for Making a Stunning
Portfolio Website
 Mineral

14. What Else Should You Consider
 Do you believe that the general shift
toward mobile makes it more important
than ever to ensure customers view your
content on whichever device they are
using?

15. What Else Should You Consider
 try a Responsive WordPress theme (RWD)
 RWD provides :
 customized viewing experience
 for different browser platforms
 making sure your website does not suck
 when viewed on other devices especially on
mobile phones and tablets

16. Steps in Making Website
Buy a hosting account
• if you do not already have one (about $10/month)
Buy and download a gorgeous theme
• of your choice from above (less than $60, one time)
Install WordPress
• on your hosting account (use QuickInstall if using Hostgator as
hosting)

17. Steps in Making Website
Upload the theme
• to your WordPress site
Configure your site
• upload your design, photos, videos, work, etc.

18. Afterwords
 Now that you have been revealed with the
most cost-effective option to make a good-looking
website, what hosting do you use
for this beautiful portfolio site of yours?

19. Afterwords
 Our recommendation is Hostgator for hosting
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20. Afterwords
 If by any chance you have any query or
problem with setting up your site
 feel free contact your friendly hosting support
 You are a great designer/photographer. Let
them feast on your talent.

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