Create an online portfolio
Launch your digital portfolio
Showcase your talent and achievements with an online portfolio. Stand out and take control of your online presence in the digital world. OVHcloud provides you with all the tools you need to bring your portfolio to life at an affordable price.
From $4.39 /month
Why create an online portfolio?
Control your professional image
A portfolio gives you complete control over how your skills and achievements are presented. It offers a structured and professional platform to showcase your work, without being dependent on social network algorithms.
Optimise your visibility
With a good SEO ranking, your portfolio can rank highly in search results, increasing your visibility among potential clients or employers.
Centralise your online presence
A digital portfolio is the perfect place to put all your work, links to your social networks and contact information in one place, so that your visitors can access your creative world more easily.
Create freely with WordPress
WordPress makes it easy to add picture galleries, videos, and contact forms. You can customise every aspect of your portfolio to accurately reflect your creative identity, while retaining full ownership over your site.
How do I create an online portfolio?
- Choose a simple and memorable domain name
- Select a suitable web hosting plan (Personal, Professional or Performance)
- Select the WordPress CMS
- Work on your website design
- Publish your image gallery
- Optimise your website’s SEO
Getting started
Choose an all-in-one solution to build your website
✓ A free domain name for the first year, including popular extensions like .com, .net, .online, .me, .blog
✓ 10 free email addresses
✓ 1-click CMS (WordPress, Drupal, Joomla!)
A portfolio site that works for you
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4 essential tips for a successful online portfolio
Select an impactful domain name
Choosing a suitable domain name is crucial for your portfolio. It should reflect your work and, if you’re not using your own name, should be meaningful. Ideally, it should be simple to write and pronounce to avoid confusion or misspelling. If it’s easy to remember, even better! Your domain name should ideally correspond to your field of activity using a relevant extension, which reinforces the identity of your portfolio while being unique. Don’t forget to check the domain name’s availability, to avoid any duplication.
Don't neglect the security of your website
To ensure the security of your online portfolio, perform regular updates on your content management system (such as WordPress) to protect your site against vulnerabilities. It is also worth backing up your website regularly to prevent any data loss. Use strong passwords and activate your SSL certificate to secure exchanges on your website.
Clearly define your goals
Your online portfolio should be aligned with specific goals. It’s a good idea to identify your target audience and the type of interaction you would like to see in order to create the right content. Do you want your visitors to subscribe to your newsletter? To contact you? Do you want customers to buy your works? For professionals in the field to discover your work? Incorporate clear calls to action to guide your visitors to the actions you want. Use strategic keywords in your content to improve your search engine visibility and attract a relevant audience.
Choose your web hosting plan wisely
Your portfolio’s hosting plan must be adapted to your specific needs. Your online portfolio will likely require an excellent display performance to be able to share high-quality versions of your work, images and videos. And if you want to showcase your creations (photographs, projects, works, designs, etc.), they must be easily viewable on your website. Consider hosting solutions that support your site’s growth and let you to add new features as your professional development progresses.
Build your website with OVHcloud
SECURITY
Get a pre-installed, highly available infrastructure that is continuously monitored and regularly updated with security patches. Our web hosting plans all come with built-in Anti-DDoS protection. With our backup and restore tool, you can recover files and databases that are up to 14 days old.
FLEXIBILITY
Is your project growing? We can easily personalise various options and features to your exact requirements. We provide highly flexible services that will bring your projects to a whole new level. Get started, deploy and scale easily!
AN ALL-IN-ONE PLAN, MANAGED FOR YOU
When you choose our web hosting plans, you get more than just high-performance storage and some email addresses. You also get databases, SSL security, and a free domain name for the first year.* While you focus on building your website, we take care of everything else.
There’s an OVHcloud website for every idea
Your questions answered
How do I create a free online portfolio?
Currently, OVHcloud does not offer a free hosting plan for creating an online portfolio. However, our plan is available at affordable prices, from just a few euros per month. This way, you get a secure website that belongs to you, and is ad-free. OVHcloud agrees to clearly display its prices, with no hidden costs and no nasty bill surprises.
How do I create an online portfolio?
Which is the best site to create a portfolio?
It all depends on your specific needs. WordPress, for example, is known for its flexibility and customisation. To access all the features of this solution, we recommend opting for an OVHcloud hosting plan (Personal, Pro or Performance) and attaching a custom domain name to it. Once WordPress has been installed, you will be able to take full advantage of all the features.
How do I create a PDF portfolio?
To create a PDF portfolio, use page-layout software such as Adobe InDesign or a free online tool. Gather your work, organise it consistently, add descriptive text, and choose an attractive design. Once you have finished, export your document to a PDF format so that it can be shared easily via email. With our tools, you can go even further by publishing your portfolio on a website. This option will allow you to reach a wider audience, be ranked by search engines and even have your own .com web address.