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[gwyn_r]

Oh, flist that knows everything, I come to you with a question. I need to put up some kind of very basic web site with my resume, so that I can link to some of the work I've done that's available online (or put up some samples in hyperlinked pages, though I don't have a lot of that, as so much of what I've worked on was print). I have a domain and

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[kassrachel]

I would advocate setting up a simple blog via Wordpress.com: free, customizable, easy. It doesn't have to look like a blog unless you want it to. Blogs are basically simple content management systems, and I've had really good experiences with Wordpress. You could upload articles as individual pages, and then create a main page (technically a blog post) that links to each of those individual pages. And/or you could just link to content which is hosted elsewhere (no need to upload pdfs of print articles, or what-have-you), if that's easier. That would be my suggestion.

[lamath]

Honestly, just having a site for your resume doesn't seem like something that's very high-traffic/high-space intensive (unless you have vids as part of your portfolio?). In that case, getting a new domain name is probably around $8-$10/year, depending on your registrar, which shouldn't break your bank. Then, if your webhosting company offers the feature, get an Add-on domain (basically, all traffic from newdomain.com points to files in a subdomain/subdirectory of your main site, but the visitor doesn't get any info on the main site as far as I know). That seems like the cheapest solution to me. If one of your hosting packages isn't nearing the max and take a bit of extra traffic/space, that's probably the best method?

[katallison]

One simple way might be to use Google Page Creator -- you can use an existing account, if you have one, or create a new one for the occasion. It's a very simple WYSIWYG editor, gives you a number of templates (mostly simple and reasonably attractive), and gives you a URL of [yourname].googlepages.com.

I put one up here, just as an example.

[boniblithe]

Can you do all this at LinkedIn.com?

[devilpiglet]

Registering a domain - say, with a year of hosting - is relatively cheap these days. I use GoDaddy and they bill my hosting by the month. Believe me, I don't notice those four bucks. I think if you want to be viewed as a professional, a free site is not the way to go. [/two cents] Good luck with whatever you decide!