In todays session we looked at what services were available to us when creating an online portfolio/website. We researched Hosted Content Management Systems, Website Builders, Portfolio builders, and Homepage builders. Ananalysing the various options available in terms of their strengths and their weaknesses. Overall I want to choose a site that looks good, is easy to edit and change the design, but also allows me to publish lots of written content and have clear easy links to my blogs, twitter account and cv.
| Service 1 Name: moonfruit.com | Rating out of 5 |
| Media Support | 4 |
| Social Media Integration | 4 |
| Text Editing Tools | 3 |
| Blogging Tools | 4 |
| Cost | 5 |
| Customisation | 4 |
| Choice of Themes | 5 |
| Ease of Use | 4 |
Site 2
| Service 2 Name: 4ormat.com | Rating out of 5 |
| Media Support | 4 |
| Social Media Integration | 4 |
| Text Editing Tools | 3 |
| Blogging Tools | 3 |
| Cost | 3 |
| Customisation | 4 |
| Choice of Themes | 4 |
| Ease of Use | 4 |
I like both of these website and portfolio builders mainly because they are very design and social media oriented, however both are equally different. Moon Fruit was a very well designed service, with a lot of different themes to choose from, although many of these were top heavy not allowing as much written content as I would want. However, with an in-built website designer that’s easy to use it enables you to create a very personal, tailored site, which would be good for my purpose of building a professional portfolio. It was also very social media integrated, and easy to use, the only drawback I would say is that it is very design and picture/theme oriented, and would be hard to publish lots of written work on there, although I would probably use it purely for the fact it’s free, easy to use, and looks good.
The other service I looked at was 4ormat. This was similar to Moonfruit as it was too, very design orientated, and seemed slightly more so than Moonfruit, with a lot of its focus being on colourful design and integrating pictures. There wasn’t as much freedom with you being able to edit and design your own page as there is with Moonfruit, but there were a few more features such as drag and drop content capabilities, integrated SEO, no html coding required, and a specific Ipad and smartphone design. Overall however, I would use Moonfruit to create my portfolio online rather than 4ormat. 4ormat is far too picture orientated and would much more benefit a photographer or designer rather than a journalist, it is also not free and not as easy to sue as Moonfruit which also has much more design and editing capabilities. Although Mo0onfruit was better, It still needs to be easier to add text and my articles on it, as it doesn’t deal with a lot of text very well.
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