Creating a Personal Portfolio Site with Behance ProSite
In this course we'll learn everything you need to know to tap into the full potential of Behance ProSite and create your own customized portfolio site. Software required: Web Browser, Behance ProSite.
What you'll learn
In this course we'll learn everything you need to know to tap into the full potential of Behance ProSite and create your own customized portfolio site. We'll learn how Behance Network ties into Behance ProSite, as well as how to plan your site and tips for creating a successful portfolio that helps you meet your professional goals. We'll talk about the different layouts and the unique features of each, take a tour of Behance ProSite interface and learn how to add anything from additional galleries to getting the most out of your site with fully custom pages and embedded media such as videos and contact forms.We'll finish up by considering different aspects of our site like using a custom domain, search engine optimization and analytics, thinking about some of the challenges of designing a site in a WYSIWYG editor, and what to do after publishing your site. Software required: Web Browser, Behance ProSite.
Table of contents
- Overview of Behance Network 3m
- Choosing a Layout 6m
- Tips for a Successful Portfolio 5m
- Getting Familiar with the Interface 4m
- Adding Projects and Additional Galleries 8m
- Changing the Global Fonts and Considerations 8m
- Changing the Background and the Color of Global Text 7m
- Changing the Global Link Styles 8m
- Customizing the Main Navigation with Rollovers 7m
- Adding a Logo and Custom Header Image 6m
- Customizing Project Covers 7m
- Continuing to Customize Our Project Covers 6m
- Customizing the Website Description Sidebar 6m
- Adding Twitter Integration and Styling the Twitter Area 4m
- Adjusting the Site Layout 5m
- Adjusting the Space Between Elements 5m
- Styling Individual Project Pages 4m
- Adding Custom Pages to Our Portfolio 6m
- Embedding Special Kinds of Content 6m
- Customizing Your Site with Favicons, Web Clips, and Using a Custom Domain 6m
- Search Engine Optimization, Site Analytics, and Other Settings to Consider 7m
- Designing in a Wysiwyg Editor 3m
- Publishing Your Site: Where to Go From Here 2m
About the author
Susan is a web design tutor for Pluralsight. Growing up, Susan was both a passionate artist as well as a computer tech aficionado. When she discovered the world of web development, she found that she could meld those two passions together into something amazing. Soon after, Susan began devoting herself to building beautiful and functional web content for businesses and nonprofits. It was through those experiences Susan developed a fluency for web coding languages. Since then, Susan has develo... more