Preparation

Complete freedom can be a challenge

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Your website is one part of your own brand identity, design this first

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Your brand is not your logo

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Start with research into online portfolio trends

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Subscribe to design RSS feeds: ffffound, SwissMiss, Creative Review

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Make your life portable: Delicious , Google Docs, Buzzword

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Consider your audience and the information you want to display before the aesthetic.

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Start with a Site Map

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Then create the wireframes

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NOW open Photoshop
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School boy error: Designing the content to the site and not the other way round
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Think about your URL, it needs to be memorable

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Questions?

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