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Title: Portfolio Sites
Post by: Slappy on February 03, 2014, 10:35:08 PM
Need a (probably) short-term site to post pics of printed samples, has to be able to provide access by invite or direct link only, and be blind from Public view, even if it comes up in a Google search. I'd thought about a Wordpress plug-in, but really don't want to dick around with installing & configuring one. Anybody have a decent site they use or have seen?
Title: Re: Portfolio Sites
Post by: Joe on February 03, 2014, 11:20:55 PM
You can use any site software including basic html and password protect the main folder and no one can get to it unless they know the user name and password.
Title: Re: Portfolio Sites
Post by: mwc on February 04, 2014, 08:50:39 AM
Quote from: Slappy on February 03, 2014, 10:35:08 PMNeed a (probably) short-term site to post pics of printed samples, has to be able to provide access by invite or direct link only, and be blind from Public view, even if it comes up in a Google search. I'd thought about a Wordpress plug-in, but really don't want to dick around with installing & configuring one. Anybody have a decent site they use or have seen?

Try one of the many photo sharing sites, and make a private album to share (i.e. shutterfly, Google+ Images, Facebork?)
Title: Re: Portfolio Sites
Post by: Slappy on February 04, 2014, 02:34:16 PM
Quote from: Joe on February 03, 2014, 11:20:55 PMYou can use any site software including basic html and password protect the main folder and no one can get to it unless they know the user name and password.
I don't want to code shit, if at all possible. My Wife is job hunting, and just needs to be able to temporarily post samples of projects she's worked on without her current employer finding them. And he's about one paranoid, nosy sumbitch. I started looking at the portfolio sites, I'll do some more digging later.
Title: Re: Portfolio Sites
Post by: Joe on February 04, 2014, 03:55:39 PM
If you already have web hosting there is nothing to code. You can do in CPanel by changing a couple of settings.
Title: Re: Portfolio Sites
Post by: Slappy on February 04, 2014, 09:00:17 PM
She's got a URL parked with GoDaddy <shudder> that could actually suffice. I'll see if I can wrangle any access info out of her, it honestly hasn't been touched since she registered it a while ago.

Hell, I may just throw caution & sanity to the wind & install Piwigo! (http://piwigo.org/)
Title: Re: Portfolio Sites
Post by: Slappy on February 09, 2014, 06:57:07 PM
Damn, I went ahead & put Piwigo onto a server I have access to & it's pretty damned nice, and easy as shit to install. I'll have to troll through the ton of themes, plugins, mods etc. that are available.

Not sure it'l work for the intended purpose, since she doesn't want to use the site that's just parked for a professional portfolio (hates the names) but I'm going to mess around with the software anyway.
Title: Re: Portfolio Sites
Post by: jannatul18 on April 23, 2015, 04:03:57 AM
If you are a graphics designer then I would suggest Behance for showing the portfolio, its also offering free option.
Title: Re: Portfolio Sites
Post by: gnubler on April 26, 2015, 09:46:00 PM
Check this one out. I've been researching this recently. https://crevado.com/

It's free up to 30 images and an upgrade to 100 images is $4/mo. As far as being anonymous, just don't use your actual name when creating the account or URL. Initials, whatever.
Title: Re: Portfolio Sites
Post by: jannatul18 on June 24, 2016, 03:21:09 AM
Quote from: gnubler on April 26, 2015, 09:46:00 PMCheck this one out. I've been researching this recently. https://crevado.com/

It's free up to 30 images and an upgrade to 100 images is $4/mo. As far as being anonymous, just don't use your actual name when creating the account or URL. Initials, whatever.
Is Crevado free to use? Is it free for life time?
Title: Re: Portfolio Sites
Post by: wonderings on June 24, 2016, 06:42:09 AM
If you have Adobe CC, you might want to try out the publish option they have. Gives you links to specific jobs to share. Not sure how secure it is though, I did not see anything about it in the settings
(http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j164/wonderings/Screen%20Shot%202016-06-24%20at%208.39.36%20AM_zps4fvoxgfr.png) (http://s80.photobucket.com/user/wonderings/media/Screen%20Shot%202016-06-24%20at%208.39.36%20AM_zps4fvoxgfr.png.html)

(http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j164/wonderings/Screen%20Shot%202016-06-24%20at%208.39.50%20AM_zpsvqfjy1vs.png) (http://s80.photobucket.com/user/wonderings/media/Screen%20Shot%202016-06-24%20at%208.39.50%20AM_zpsvqfjy1vs.png.html)

this was uploaded from Indesign CC (latest build)
https://indd.adobe.com/view/1814c3db-eb1a-46dd-b14b-32294e2bc85d
Title: Re: Portfolio Sites
Post by: Joe on June 24, 2016, 06:48:29 AM
Yeah that creates an online flip book. It does a good job of it but what I don't like about it is that it is hosted on an Adobe server and you have no control over it. And of course there is limited disk space on that server too.
Title: Re: Portfolio Sites
Post by: wonderings on June 24, 2016, 08:11:55 AM
Quote from: Joe on June 24, 2016, 06:48:29 AMYeah that creates an online flip book. It does a good job of it but what I don't like about it is that it is hosted on an Adobe server and you have no control over it. And of course there is limited disk space on that server too.

I have honestly never used it till I saw it listed as a feature the other day when I updated indesign. Pretty sure it was there before but never bothered with it. Still doubt I will use it, though it is a nice option for the random customer who can't seem to open PDF's on their supposed smart phone
Title: Re: Portfolio Sites
Post by: Farabomb on June 24, 2016, 08:18:47 AM
Smart phone, dumb user.
Title: Re: Portfolio Sites
Post by: Joe on June 24, 2016, 08:23:52 AM
Having to host it on Adobes servers ruins it though. Other than that is is great. While you can view it on a phone I wouldn't want to do it a lot. Lot of zooming and scrolling to be able to see much. A large table would probably work pretty good though.

Here is a link to a publication I tested it on.

https://indd.adobe.com/view/8ac571c5-fb4d-44c4-8394-a241c4cc99cf
Title: Re: Portfolio Sites
Post by: Slappy on June 26, 2016, 07:32:58 PM
But, there's no page flipping!!  :undecided:

I actually needed that to show a dezigner their RUSH ASAP HOT book in reader spreads this week. It was less than ideal, but the route was:
1. InDesign Interactive Page Turn Transition effect
2. Export the SWF & HTML files (This transition only works as an SWF)
3. Play back i browser, used Quicktime to capture just the animation frame
4. Shared resulting .mov file through Dropbox

Took less time that I expected, but less than ideal obviously. Since our Adobe accounts are all tied to work email and I don't acre where the files are hosted or anything, I'll try their service too.
Title: Re: Portfolio Sites
Post by: Joe on June 26, 2016, 10:27:56 PM
The Publish option from InDesign (to Adobes server) has page flipping.
Title: Re: Portfolio Sites
Post by: Slappy on June 27, 2016, 08:44:59 AM
Where? I just pushed the same doc via the Publish Online and don't see that option anywhere.
Title: Re: Portfolio Sites
Post by: Joe on June 27, 2016, 11:03:32 AM
Are you talking about page flipping or page transitions like page curl on the corner of the page. The link below does flip the page but you don't see the page curl like you see in commercial products or the export to flash. To flip the pages you have to click the arrow on the right side of the page (or left to go backwards).

https://indd.adobe.com/view/f38c03e5-b86b-4a9d-b0ae-652a3cf0cb5a
Title: Re: Portfolio Sites
Post by: Slappy on June 27, 2016, 11:28:50 AM
Ah, I'm thinking more the animated flipping style. I've only seen paid/hosted options for doing it, that's why I did it the long way.