{"id":17732,"date":"2019-07-30T16:06:27","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T20:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/?p=17732"},"modified":"2021-04-27T11:56:38","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T15:56:38","slug":"create-your-web-design-portfolio-using-cloud-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/boldgrid-cloud-wordpress-product-guide\/create-your-web-design-portfolio-using-cloud-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"Create Your Web Design Portfolio Using Cloud WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every WordPress web designer needs to have a portfolio of their work. This gives you the ability to provide proof of your expertise and skill to new clients. It can also give you an advantage when you&rsquo;re negotiating your rates with a new client. Many experienced web designer freelancers will use the sites that they&rsquo;ve built for previous clients in their portfolio&mdash; but what if you&rsquo;ve only had a few clients? How do you build a portfolio if <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">you&rsquo;ve never had a client?<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17736\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/web-design-porfolio.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"799\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/web-design-porfolio.jpg 799w, https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/web-design-porfolio-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/web-design-porfolio-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/web-design-porfolio-250x187.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/web-design-porfolio-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/web-design-porfolio-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/web-design-porfolio-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/web-design-porfolio-667x500.jpg 667w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2 id=\"what-makes-a-great-wordpress-web-design-portfolio\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What makes a great WordPress web design portfolio?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There&rsquo;s an old saying that you should &ldquo;dress for the job you want, not the job you have.&rdquo; The same thing goes for your design portfolio. Create websites for the clients you want. If you specialize in local businesses, create a few. BoldGrid Inspirations makes this process even easier by letting you choose from several industry categories like Real Estate, Restaurants, and Consultants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get creative with your imaginary company. Make sure that you have:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A sharp logo design<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A comprehensive color scheme<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A unique corporate voice<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can also use <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/boldgrid-cloud-wordpress-product-guide\/how-to-use-placeholder-content-in-client-websites\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">placeholder content and stock photos<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to flesh out your design more quickly.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"build-your-first-design-portfolio-site-for-free\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Build your first design portfolio site for free<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/central\/start-for-free\/inspirations\">Get started for free to create your first Cloud WordPress installation<\/a>. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From here, choose the industry category for your imaginary business, and the theme you&rsquo;d like to work with.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Portfolio sites, typically the Base content plus a blog will be enough to demonstrate your skills, although you may want to add more depending on what type of design you&rsquo;re showing off.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the website is installed, customize and enhance your website to show off your skills.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"build-your-portfolio-using-any-theme\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Build your portfolio using any Theme<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you&rsquo;re a more advanced WordPress web designer, you can also get started with any WordPress Theme you&rsquo;d like. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/central\/cloud-wordpress\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Build your first site for free by getting started with a WordPress-only install<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, then add any Theme and Plugins you&rsquo;re accustomed to.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"grow-your-portfolio\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grow your portfolio<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now that you&rsquo;ve made your first design, you can also use Cloud WordPress Snaps to speed up your process. Once you have a workflow, you can <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/boldgrid-cloud-wordpress-product-guide\/how-to-create-a-snap-for-rapid-wordpress-design\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">recreate your sites with the same set of plugins and themes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for each new site.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cloud WordPress is also extremely affordable to continue building your portfolio. Upgrade to a Premium account for access to up to 35 installations.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every WordPress web designer needs to have a portfolio of their work. This gives you the ability to provide proof of your expertise and skill to new clients. It can also give you an advantage when you&rsquo;re negotiating your rates with a new client. 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