Portfolio website

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  gorah · Member · Nov 25, 2011 at 12:47 pm

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  Hi I am trying to get my head around creating a good WordPress website to showcase my copywriting portfolio.

  For the time being I want to pick a free theme – just so I can experiment and play without making a purchase.

  My main questions are:

  1 I need to upload work samples – sometimes even a booklet of samples on a given subject. Which format should I use? Downloadable PDFs? Or some other format?

  2 I might need to introduce each sample, with a few words of text. Could anyone suggest suitable themes?

  I feel a bit overwhelmed with it all at the moment, to be honest. I have created WordPress sites before, but trying to create something more sleek and professional to showcase my work is new to me.

  Any advice gratefully received.

  Thanks

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  gorah · Member · Nov 25, 2011 at 12:48 pm

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  Okay, I should probably add I would buy a theme at this stage if the criteria were right

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  raincoaster · Member · Nov 25, 2011 at 1:26 pm

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  1) sounds like PDFs would be best, but with PNG previews

  2) pretty much any theme allows for text!

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  auxclass · Member · Nov 25, 2011 at 3:02 pm

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  Scribd is also supported here – it lets you embed a PDF document in a Post – that way your visitors can look and read your samples and see what they look like while still on your site.

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  gorah · Member · Nov 28, 2011 at 3:51 pm

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  Thanks, great. I’ll look into these.