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SasoDuck
05-31-2011, 01:18 PM
Can anyone recommend the best online web-page designer I could use? I'm searching Google for something free, with no ads (or minimal ads) and an editor that isn't restrictive. If anyone knows of something offhand let me know, it'll help a lot.
jordan.kocon
05-31-2011, 01:30 PM
http://carbonmade.com/

They have a free version that works pretty pretty well. However I am using it right now and also looking for a new one. Give er a look.
Justin Meisse
05-31-2011, 03:16 PM
well, it's not a an online designer (which I've always found too restrictive) but I did design my portfolio with Kompozer (http://kompozer.net/) which is free.
Aerial_Knight
05-31-2011, 03:50 PM
http://carbonmade.com/
nightFlarer
05-31-2011, 05:35 PM
I heard Jeff makes pretty cool websites.
Avanthera
05-31-2011, 05:37 PM
weebly.com (http://www.polycount.com/forum/weebly.com)
Mike Yevin
05-31-2011, 08:23 PM
i would suggest you take the time and learn how to do it yourself, html is quite easy and thats all that is required for creating a basic portfolio. add a few simple images from any type of image editing software, and you have yourself a site.

the sites that were listed above are good, so if you feel like going that route then you should have no problem, but a quick google search and a few hours of your time will lead to a much better understanding of simple coding and design, and it will never hurt to have the experience.


<html>
<head>
<title>My Portfolio</title>
</head>
<body>
<a href="location of your art page">art</a>
<br>
<img src="location of image file on server">
<br>
Here's where my text content will go
</body>
</html>

theres a fully functional html site, done in roughly 3 minutes. if you feel confused or have questions, feel free to give me a shout over private message or any of my messaging platforms (you can find my info in my profile). best of luck :thumbup:
megalmn2000
05-31-2011, 11:22 PM
www.carbonmade.com
http://shownd.com/
Or if you have any web design-related question, just ask. I'm also a web designer.
bbob
06-01-2011, 07:00 AM
i would suggest you take the time and learn how to do it yourself, html is quite easy and thats all that is required for creating a basic portfolio. add a few simple images from any type of image editing software, and you have yourself a site.

the sites that were listed above are good, so if you feel like going that route then you should have no problem, but a quick google search and a few hours of your time will lead to a much better understanding of simple coding and design, and it will never hurt to have the experience.


<html>
<head>
<title>My Portfolio</title>
</head>
<body>
<a href="location of your art page">art</a>
<br>
<img src="location of image file on server">
<br>
Here's where my text content will go
</body>
</html>

theres a fully functional html site, done in roughly 3 minutes. if you feel confused or have questions, feel free to give me a shout over private message or any of my messaging platforms (you can find my info in my profile). best of luck :thumbup:

In addition to that, I'd like to throw in this link: http://www.w3schools.com/

Lots and lots of great reference if you like me cant remember all the damn tags, lol.
Justin Meisse
06-01-2011, 08:02 AM
learning HTML :P - I have to learn it every 4-5 years when I update my portfolio.
Dado Almeida
06-01-2011, 08:18 AM
Hey guys, thanks to point me up Carbonmade. I though this site was dead, but the service still good.

Spend some time today filling the portfolio there, and seems I can save some bucks and headaches using this instead a custom domain name + hosting.

Is there any issue when accessing this site inside companies (blacklisted?) or can you guys see the content of this free sites in Tablets devices?

Anyway Itīs simply works!
SasoDuck
06-01-2011, 10:57 AM
I do know a little HTML, enough to make my own blog look nice, but no enough to actually make a professional-looking site for my parents' work.

Thanks for the links though, I'm looking into a few of them
Renaud Galand
06-01-2011, 11:02 AM
www.cghub.com
maze
06-01-2011, 11:27 AM
this is not for a folio isnt it?
Dado Almeida
06-01-2011, 11:50 AM
Well, Renaud could be right, since some employers use this in-built galleries to search new talents.

This conversation reminds me to close my host and stay only with the domain name. Saved me some bucks and I could pick a premium DA account (which gives me the Portifolio option, similar to the Carbonmade one), just stay with DAfolio because a Paypal issue.
Mefix
06-01-2011, 11:57 AM
Co-worker is using http://www.berta.lv/ which is pretty slick.
Heres an example: http://pavlovskis.lv/?section=3d-game-art
ninjap209
06-24-2012, 01:58 PM
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slipsius
06-24-2012, 04:48 PM
Ill just leave this here. :) Learn HTML. This site is crazy good. Super user friendly, and tracks all your progress!

http://www.codecademy.com/tracks/web
jackedmon
03-25-2013, 10:14 PM
There are many site available online which providing website creation service. You can create free website (http://www.wannafollow.me/Home/About) with http://www.wannafollow.me/. I think, it is the better option.
UltraLrod
03-26-2013, 04:32 PM
:shifty: The moment I settle down on a free website to start a portfolio. People adds more. I think this should be somewhere on the wiki portfolio. It would be much easier. Well time to start digging through all the sites people posted on here. :poly136:
Lazerus Reborn
03-26-2013, 05:37 PM
Get a word press template and rock it? Easy as for updating ect.
Ace-Angel
03-26-2013, 05:57 PM
I honestly suggest as Laz said, to use Wordpress or Blogspot since they have changed alot in the past few years and are easier then ever to use.

Some of them premade sites like Carbonmade have put up some insane limitations over the past few years, and other use Flash, which takes forever to load.
curzed
03-26-2013, 09:33 PM
wix.com is free and their app market is getting better each day. Just drag and drop in html5 editor and you can make some beautiful pages very quickly. Not as in-depth as other sites, but the app market is worth it imo
Alphavader
03-27-2013, 02:30 AM
Learn HTML - its so easy and straight up to learn.
Since you want to put big images right on the viewers face,
you dont need to learn fancy coding stuff - and you
can customize your side as you want it to..
Evil raz
03-28-2013, 09:09 PM
I also have the same question but, what do I do after learning HTML?
Equanim
03-28-2013, 09:48 PM
After you learn HTML, learn CSS, that's what lets you give your site its look.

After that, you'll need hosting space. There are some free services out there if you don't mind adds, or you can rent a domain name/hosting which is around 60-80 USD a year.

From there, all you need to do is upload the pages and content of your site to your newly rented server space and you should be good to go!
aajohnny
03-28-2013, 09:49 PM
I don't know of many free website design sites but I know about Carbonmade (since I use it) and it's not a good free website design site, so many restrictions. For now I pay for the "Premium" or whatever its called and it's alright for the time being. I recommend learning HTML, I'm trying to!
Jetty218
05-07-2013, 12:04 AM
wordpress is a good one but bit confronting to use at first
phixel
05-07-2013, 10:49 AM
Not knowing how to code/write html or build myself a site from scratch, I opted to use www.wix.com. Really easy to use (very visual editor like photoshop), wide range of templates to start from or even customize your own. Free to use with very minimal adds, you can also purchase your own domain name which will remove all adds and give you added benefits like hit counter. Also has a site editor for mobile site creation. Check my portfolio signature for an example of a site I built for myself with www.wix.com.