As my site will be in flux in the immediate future, I am going to detail my process here; I’ll do a post-mortem once it is up and running.
Okay, I have two goals right now, and they are butting heads, so I’ve got to figure it out:
- I am applying for more gigs/jobs, and need a portfolio to reflect my work.
- I am re-making my site.
I don’t want to wait to apply, so I need to make sure my refresh doesn’t get in the way.
The essential first step is to move my current site onto a sub-domain, so I can still operate on it. https://archive.interi.org seems like a good candidate. That way I can just rewrite the base URL, and everything will still be available. I do this all the time when migrating servers, so I’ve got that down.
So let’s think about portfolios… I could build something in Hugo, but that is taking me a while, and I don’t want to rush that. My thinking is putting up a one-page landing site that introduces me and maybe explains I am rebuilding my site, but pointing to another site for viewing my work. Something like https://portfolio.interi.org.
As for that actual site, I should probably focus less on how I want to ultimately have it look and function, and think of it as marketing, which it of course is. And that means using a WordPress theme I can load with content quickly. I can always redirect that sub-domain to the main portfolio, once I figure out how that will work.
And for the actual apex domain, I will look at one of the one-page Hugo themes so it isn’t naked. Again, this isn’t about me expressing myself and my thoughts, but just a marketing interval.
And if I get those done I should be able to relax while I apply and work on my site. 