Making a Personal Website for your artwork

**louzer_** · January 11th, 2009, 04:11 AM

so i'm just wondering which really good, FREE, personal websites are out there today....i've seen plenty of great sites from fellow CA artists and i'm wondering if i can make one that's just as professional looking as all of the others.....
i know wikipedia is a free site and i know the structure quite well...but are there any other good sites?
if you know a good one, then it would be really appreciated to promote it...

**DavePalumbo** · January 11th, 2009, 04:17 AM

you get what you pay for. "Free" should not be the first concern in self promotion.

**louzer_** · January 11th, 2009, 04:23 AM

okie dokie

**Maidith** · January 11th, 2009, 06:16 AM

https://www.artspan.com/become_mbr.php

not free, but not expensive either, and specifically for artists.

**Fraz** · January 11th, 2009, 06:38 AM

The ideal choice is to make it yourself. You have total control over what it will be like. I managed to make it my project for a course unrelated to art. So win win situation for me.

**Serpian** · January 11th, 2009, 09:27 AM

You can make your own gallery for free here at ca-org. You don't get anything else than a short introduction of yourself and a simple gallery for your pictures, but at least you have all your pictures in one place. Just click gallery at the top of this page!

**greenbears** · January 12th, 2009, 01:51 AM

you could always make a blog type portfolio for free. Check out Blogger or Wordpress, you can sign up for one for free and they will host it. They look decent enough and allow for a bit of customisation. Plus you can host images there, recieve comments from viewers if you wish, and upload content from a simple, easy-to-use control panel.

This would be a lot better than say, getting a website built by a free 'pagebuilder' and hosting it on a free site where they stick ads all over the place.

Hope this helps.

**louzer_** · January 12th, 2009, 02:24 AM

thanks everyone, you are all awesome!

**Viridis** · January 12th, 2009, 10:02 AM

Yeah... I think if you're determined to go the free route it's better just to make a blog. Certainly nobody is going to take you seriously with some crappy Geocities (do they even still exist?) or Yahoo page with ads everywhere.

**digital_zombie** · January 12th, 2009, 03:22 PM

Here some links that offer free wysiwyg builders and they host, if your not technically inclined to diy.

http://doodlekit.com/home

http://www.weebly.com/

http://www.webs.com/

http://www.synthasite.com/

And of course, Wordpress can host their own, blogger etc.

**Dusty** · January 12th, 2009, 06:24 PM

I pay 130 bucks a year for hosting.....not free, but not expensive either.
If you are just intimidated by setting up your own thing I can tell you I am as dumb as they come with technical things and if I can set it up anyone can.

It's all about finding a host (which I am sure many people here can suggest whatever they are using) and then registering your domain name (which often is provided for free by the host depending on where you go).

I used to do the "home.comcast.net/blahblahblah" bullcrap because it was "free" and having my own domain and having it hosted by someone not connected to my ISP has been a godsend.

Please....put your pennies together and just do it up right if you care about your art at all.

(but if you just do not have the means, I also recommend something simple like Blogger)

-D

**HunterKiller_** · January 13th, 2009, 01:48 AM

Blogs are great, but as Dusty mentioned, web hosting is pretty cheap. The hard part is making a good website.

**louzer_** · January 13th, 2009, 03:07 AM

thanks again everyone, i just joined up on blogger....

hopefully other CA members find this thread useful....

**louzer_** · January 16th, 2009, 04:14 AM

Originally Posted by jimmy03

Rather than blogger,wordpress is good.
Make your blog in wordpress,its will be more beneficial.

thanks jimmy, i'm currently making a wordpress blog. and in my opinion it is better than Blogger. i like the control panel better and it's easier to use. i'll have to post the link when i have it up and running fully.

**whitepython** · January 17th, 2009, 01:24 AM

Originally Posted by louzer_

thanks jimmy, i'm currently making a wordpress blog. and in my opinion it is better than Blogger. i like the control panel better and it's easier to use. i'll have to post the link when i have it up and running fully.

i dont mean to sound like a party pooper but i think you are speaking with a spambot