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10 Best Personal WordPress Portfolio Themes 2015
There’s no doubt that photographers, artists, designers, and other creatives can further their careers with a website about their craft. Whether they opt for a personal blog, an online vCard or resume, or a portfolio, they can bring their work to new audiences by sharing it online in an organized and aesthetically pleasing way.
So, how do you get there? You found this article, so you are probably already thinking about using WordPress. Great! I really recommend you opt for the installable version of WordPress found at WordPress.org, NOT .com, for the most ease of control.
After you are set up with a host (the host I use and recommend is Bluehost) and have WordPress installed (with Bluehost this takes one click from the control panel), the next thing to do is to choose a theme. WordPress portfolio themes are a great option, because they make it easy to share a gallery of images, each leading to its own description page.
It can be difficult to sort through the thousands of available portfolio themes for WordPress in order to find the one that would be perfect for your work. Do you want to show off a wall of images in an organized grid, or more of a masonry-style gallery, like Pinterest? Or would your photograph or piece of artwork speak best as the full screen background of a page? Portfolio WordPress themes offer these options, and more.
To make your job easier, I’ve pulled together some of the most beautiful, most functional, and best selling WordPress personal portfolio themes. Keep scrolling to see preview images and learn a little more about each one, and don’t forget to click the buttons to explore the demo or theme info more closely. The perfect theme for your work is out there – and I hope I can help you find it!
1. Bridge
15 Best vCard/Resume WordPress Themes 2015
Do you own YourFullName.com? How do you use it? For a long time, it was just geeks and online programmers who went through the effort of registering the domain name for their full name. Nowadays, however, owning your personal domain name is an essential part of good personal branding.
In recent years, personal vCard and resume websites have taken off like wildfire. Where personal resume or CV websites used to be just for web developers, designers, photographers, or others in the most technical or creative careers, now these websites are used by professionals in any number of industries. Now, graduates in English, business, or practically any other field are pushing their personal brand online, with help from these trusty little websites.
Numerous platforms for accomplishing this personal branding empire without a website exist, such as LinkedIn, About.me and other industry-centric networks. However, when executed well, personal websites will always have a degree of flexibility, customization, and personality that extends beyond the rest.
What’s the best way to accomplish that? Using a vCard or resume WordPress theme, of course! And good thing for you – there are lots of great options already out there, ready for you to add the finishing touches that truly make them your own.
If you want to show off your own vCard or resume website to potential employers, these 15 WordPress themes are just what you need.
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10 Best Free WordPress Themes for Personal Blogs
A personal blog is a great way to share your thoughts with the world. Whether you are keeping in touch with distant friends and family from afar, or ensuring you keep up with your writing, a personal blog is just what you need. WordPress gives you the most flexibility and freedom to make your blog your own while also being one of the easiest platforms to master.
These simple and free WordPress themes will be just what you need to take your personal blog to the next level. Many of them are responsive, which means they look great no matter whether you are viewing from a computer screen, smartphone, or tablet. A number of the themes I’ve included in this collection are also a flat design, making them modern and sensible.
1. Blogly Lite
Blogly Lite is a responsible personal WordPress blog theme. It boasts a beautiful flat design that includes basic customization options including a color picker and easy to upload logo. Blogly Lite makes use of post formats, so you can use your WordPress blog a bit like a Tumblr blog, with image posts, audio posts, video posts, quote posts, and more.
Blogly is also available in a pro version for $49 when you join ThemeFurnace. (more…)
