Where to host portfolio?

Hyperloop · Jun 2015

I know for web / print designers there are so go-to websites where a lot of pro's put up their portfolios and such. Are there equivalents for game artists, or do people mostly create their own wordpress site, etc.

I'm about to embark on seriously getting my stuff online and thought I'd ask to see what tools/services/sites may already be out there before I try to reinvent the wheel by doing my own wordpress site.

As always, thank you!

tynew · Jun 2015

http://artstation.com/

RN · Jun 2015

http://www.epilogue.net
(and submission guidelines)

Shrike · Jun 2015

Ive looked at pretty much all website creator alternatives that require no coding skills, here are my conclusions:

if you want something out of the box that looks ok without any graphic design skills (but its not really your own thing) + networking bonus
artstation.com

if you want something out of the box that looks good without any graphic design skills and work done but is still your personal site
carbonmade.com (recommendation)

if you just want a bit design freedom but less good result out of the box
weebly.com

blog like format but not as clean and more freedom (not as appropriate for a portfolio imo but workable)
wordpress

if you want nearly total freedom but requires graphic design skills as presets are bad
wix.com (weebydo potentially)

Squarespace has confusing controls and not enough freedom to make up for it imo

keep in mind that you need to buy a cheap subscription for nearly all of them to get rid of their watermark (and get your own domain) which is the normal thing to do, and nobody should skip.

iadagraca · Jun 2015

If you want to make a custom site through wordpress or whatever and need a host i'm a big fan of digitalocean.com

Just FYI, all the sites i've made are hosted there. Cheap and full server control.

ZacD · Jun 2015

2 years ago I compiled a list of suggested hosting sites from a thread, there's plenty of other options though.

http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1919745#post1919745

ZacD wrote: »

Figured we needed a more informational break down of hosts. I'm doing their cheapest plan and their 25 GB bandwidth plans. If you want to update the orginal post with this and ask people to reply with this format, it'd be awesome.

ZacD:
http://holeinthewallhosting.com/
Hole in the Wall Hosting - Uptime: 99.94% - Lowest cost per year for hosting $10
What you get: 500 MB of storage - 25 GB monthly bandwidth
Source for uptime: http://www.webhostingstuff.com/uptime/HoleintheWallHosting.html

Most of the time I've gotten emails way in advanced if there was planned downtime, which has maybe been once or twice over 2 years. You can get the basic package for 50% off if you use my referal link. http://www.holeinthewallhosting.com/referral.php?l=38348532013190934396399502

Acid_Wire:
https://www.vidahost.com/
Vidahost - Uptime: 99.95% - Lowest cost per year for hosting £17 (free domain with year plans)
What you get: 500 MB of storage - 5 GB monthly bandwidth
£29 plans get: 2 GB of storage - 25 GB monthly bandwidth
Source for uptime: http://www.webhostingstuff.com/company/Vidahost.html

Also cheap and functional. Not sure about price in dollars, think it was £13/year for basic. I upgraded for a bit more bandwidth though

MeshModeler:
http://blixhost.com/
BlixHost - Uptime: 99.98% - Lowest cost per year for hosting $12
What you get: 50 MB of storage - 1 GB monthly bandwidth
$60 plans get: 1 GB of storage - 20 GB monthly bandwidth
Source for uptime: http://www.webhostingstuff.com/company/BlixHost.html

Synaesthesia:
http://www.inmotionhosting.com
InMotion Hosting - Uptime: 99.98% - Lowest cost per year for hosting $84 (free domain)
What you get: Unlimited storage - Unlimited bandwidth
Source for uptime: http://www.webhostingstuff.com/company/InMotionHosting.html

I use InMotion Hosting for my site. It's very reliable and relatively inexpensive.

IchII3D and Teessider:
http://one.com/en/
One - Uptime: 99.99% - Lowest cost per year for hosting $18 ("free" for the first year)
What you get: 5 GB of storage - Unlimited bandwidth
Source for uptime: http://www.webhostingstuff.com/review/Onecom.html
(Warning, their reviews on webhostingstuff.com are very poor, please do some research before deciding on this service. Even though they show 99.99% uptime, users complain of blackouts and poor customer service.)

Kbrom12:
https://www.dynadot.com/
Dynadot - Uptime: 99.88% - Lowest cost per year for hosting $12
What you get: 30 MB of storage - 3 GB of bandwidth
$24 plans get: 30 MB of storage - 30 GB of bandwidth
Source for uptime: http://www.webhostingstuff.com/company/Dynadot.html
(Warning, their reviews on webhostingstuff.com are very poor, please do some research before deciding on this service.)

dustinbrown:
http://www.bluehost.com
BlueHost - Uptime: 99.99% - Lowest cost per year for hosting $60
What you get: Unlimited storage - Unlimited bandwidth
Source for uptime: http://www.webhostingstuff.com/company/BlueHost.html

Been using Bluehost for years, always been happy with their service.

**Note: I skipped a few if I couldn't find information or if it was blocked at my work.

Bek · Jun 2015

I was with bluehost, but I've switched to holeinthewall. Bluehost was overkill.

ZacD · Jun 2015

Can't really beat $10 a year for hosting (+$10 for the domain a year). Great place to start, and if you need more from your host you can always look into other options from there.

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