Difference between revisions of "Video in-and Performance - Portfolios"

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Artists (recently featured at vimeo):

• http://www.oovfx.com
• http://www.kimholm.com
• http://monica-gallab.blogspot.com/
• http://celiarowlsonhall.tumblr.com/
• http://cargocollective.com/jessdeacon
• http://naimalowe.com
• http://jeremywade.de
• http://www.ruaminx.com/
• http://www.conclave.ru/

Things you will need

• a domain name: see choosing the right domain name
• a web host or web service
• a template or theme
• plugins to do things like embed video or create image galleries

Some of the available options for hosting a website

setup a web hosting plan and you choose what web app to use

• WordPress - the open source project available at http://wordpress.org
• HTML/CSS - write it yourself

Advantages/Disadvantages

• customized installation of WordPress
  • can install all the themes I want
  • all the plugins
• downside
  • time spent configuring themes and plugins

Web Services: Combined hosting/web application

• http://wordpress.com
• https://www.tumblr.com
• http://www.blogger.com
• http://squarespace.com
• http://www.behance.net
• http://www.viewbook.com
• http://cargocollective.com
• http://otherpeoplespixels.com

many of these sites offer free trials

Advantages/Disadvantages

• less time spent installing themes and plugins
• disadvantage: limited set of themes and plugins
• costs extra to customize

Basics of web development

• how does the web work?
• intro to web apps and databases
• intro to HTML
• intro to CSS

Wordking with WordPress themes

• Working with themes at WordPress.com or a self-hosted WordPress site.
• Some recommended FREE portfolio themes:
  • Touchfolio
  • Hatch
  • Gridly
  • Full Screen

Premium themes

• http://press75.com (good for video)