On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 11:15 PM, Damon Bree <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I am currently trying to get into web design as a career. [...] > > Only problem is, my portfolio only has one site against it, and that is a > redesign, so it has all the crummy content from the original site. I need > to beef it up somewhat, with a few more projects. > Ensure reference sites are your best possible work *and* ensure they are 100% standards compliant. You have no control over what people will use to look at them with so check that they look good on desktops, tablets and smartphones. The standards bit is two-fold: Potential customers might check it with a testing site like the W3 one and you have absolutely no control over what they look at your sites with so in a few months they might be using a new release of Chrome or Safari that breaks them - being standards compliant reduces the risk. First suggestion: Make yourself a personal site. At this stage there's no need to say you're looking for work on it, but make it's content something that won't alienate potential customers. Make sure you get spelling and grammar correct. > > If anybody needs someone to do any Photoshop or XHTML, HTML5 or CSS work, > paid or not, I'd be happy to help out. > > Are you a member of any community, religious, sporting or social groups? Is their website old and tired? Offer to redesign their website. -- Bruce Clement Home: http://www.clement.co.nz/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/Bruce_Clement "Before attempting to create something new, it is vital to have a good appreciation of everything that already exists in this field." Mikhail Kalashnikov -- NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected]
