Website & Portfolio

 Write a detailed plan for this section of the work.

• Intro; explaining the importance and the role of a website. Why do photographers need one how are they used, what's their purpose?
• Explain the purpose of a portfolio and what a portfolio looks like and where are they seen?
• Where does a portfolio fit into your progression plans - reiterate what your 1 year progression goal is and your 5 year progression goal. 

Follow this intro by writing a plan for your website researching activities. What do you think you need to research and make yourself a aware of. Do not produce a bullet point list. Write a continuous piece of writing that covers these listed elements below...

Start this section with "Over the next 6 weeks I will be researching" 

5 x websites

SEO's

Domains

Free website domain names v paid domain names

Availability of domain names

Costs of domain names

Professional paid for websites - pros and cons

Primary research 

File size capacity

Ease of use and editing

Customer support

Reviews of free websites

Reviews of paid websites

Examples of 'off the shelf websites'

Examples of professional photographers websites

What other pages are seen on websites

Home page info

About me info and examples

Do free websites allow me to sell my work - what's involved

Layouts

Use of colour

Use of font

Integration of social media

Do people group images in sets

How many images on a website -what's too much or not enough

What do people want to see

What am I aiming to promote sell with regards me and my skill set

Who can I ask for primary research

What resources can I use for my research

How can I accelerate and learn to compile my website

Are the instructions easy to follow

Once you written up your plan - put it into action and do the things you say you're going to do. 

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Pick 3 Free websites as a minimum and research them in terms of their usability, variety of option in terms of off the shelf designs. Find the pre-designed templates and using screen grabs show how varies the websites can look. Do trust pilot and other reviews to see what people say about the websites, 

Look at review websites .... 5 best free websites and similar and see what they say about your chosen three websites. 

What is CMS (Content management systems)