While listening to presentations today, the one I found most relevant to myself right now was creating an online portfolio. I have also found an article on the most common problems of online portfolios according to a study of looking at 200 different virtual portfolios.
The most common problems were:
Navigation problems (32%)
The main navigation problem was using thumbnails, although this may look visually appealing it does not give the viewer and idea of what they will see when they click on the zoomed in picture. The full design isn't able to be seen and therefor fails because you dont know what your clicking on. Secondly another navigation problem is using plain text links. a viewer should be able to be able to find what they want to look at on your site quickly and not have to browse if they don't want to.
Contact Info (no phone number 32%) (no e-mial 23%)
If someone takes an interest in your work it is crucial that you give them a way to contact you. Without this you will never get clients.
Music (4%)
Even though you may like a certain song or sound, that doesn't mean that everyone who view your online portfolio will. This commonly leads to frustration and anger from the viewer.
http://astheria.com/design/my-last-portfolio-sucked-yours-might-too
Overdoing it
Less is more. Even if you want to showcase all of your work it is key that you only show the best ones. The viewer may not look at all of your pieces, so if you show only your best work, there is a better chance the potential client will see it. As well be clear and concise to your point. Win the viewer over in 10 seconds.
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