Artist portfolio websites

I think artists* have a tough time when it comes to looking after their own websites. If they’re not using an outdated version of some gallery-style content managment system (CMS) they might be using a CMS that contains features they’ll never use. Or they might also be using a hosted CMS that let’s them muck around a lot. But what about backups and moving your site elsewhere? Can you get at all your data? No? That all seems a bit ridiculous to me.

I can wholeheartedly recommend ProcessWire as an excellent (free and open source) CMS for artists to manage their portfolio site.

Here are some features that may convince you:

Drag & drop image uploading

Drag your image over straight from the Finder.

Custom reordering

Order your work how you want – click, drag, done.

Precise thumbnail creation

Don’t waste time in an image editor creating a custom thumbnail. Create one within the system in seconds.

Would you like to know more? I’ve created a demo site and a video to showcase the ease at which you can manage a basic portfolio site with ProcessWire.

Get in touch if you want to wrangle your portfolio site into shape!

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* I use the term ‘artist’ very loosely. The above website demo could easily translate to the needs of a painter, architect or photographer.