Photo Box

I recently created a new homepage that contains my portfolio, means my best pictures and some info about me.

Click here and see my super amazing homepage.

I always wanted to have a flash homepage but I was too untalented, too impatient to finish one with a software for pros. Some time ago I saw that add on some site that said “create your own free flash website”. You know what people say about adds, banners on other sites. I dared to click the banner and the site wix.com appeared. I put the site into my bookmarks and it remained in my bookmarks for the next 3 or 4 months. Then I visited the site again and finally created an account. I browsed some example websites and started making my own then. I was really surprised how easy it was to add pictures, slideshows …

© wix.com

I’m very happy with this site and in my opinion it’s a good free alternative for photographers instead of using any expensive software.

I wanted to list some pros and cons for photographers.

Pros

• it’s free
• no need to download something
• the site comes in different languages
• you can use one of many available designs
• you can also create your totally own design
• you have the possibility to upgrade and use more features
• your site will be a flash homepage
• you can use many different widgets (Twitter, …)
• you can use slideshows
• you can choose from lots of different shapes, cliparts, …
• the editor is really easy to work with (Drag & Drop)

Cons

• the site is sometimes very slow because it’s flash
• the site does not work in Opera
• your homepage will mostly don’t work in Opera
• there is the Wix logo at the bottom of your homepage
• at first sight the editor looks confusing
• sometimes the editor has long loading times when you jump from site to site
• for some extras you have to pay

I’m sure there are more pros and cons but these are the most important ones and the ones that came into my mind.

I don’t want to advertise the site or something and I’m not getting payed to write about it. I just made good experiences with it and thought I could share them with you.