Smashing Magazine published a great post today with 10 Steps To The Perfect Portfolio Website and while at it, they included 40+ beautiful personal portfolio websites. Great stuff:

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/02/26/10-steps-to-the-perfect-portfolio-website/

Going over some of their tips I figured this is a good opportunity to look for other cool resources / tools for building an amazing online portfolio… I didn’t have to look too far, back in March Smashing posted on Creating A Successful Online Portfolio:

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/03/04/creating-a-successful-online-portfolio/

WedDesign Depot wrote a good one not too long ago as well – 10 Characteristics of Excellent Portfolio Sites:

http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2008/12/10-characteristics-of-excellent-portfolio-sites/

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Since I’m a big fan of WordPress, I gotta thank Instant-Shift for putting together this AMAZING (and very recent) collection of 140+ Brilliant Free Wordpress Themes Around:

http://www.instantshift.com/2009/02/22/140-brilliant-free-wordpress-themes-around/

I have a feeling that Instant Shift’s link of 140+ themes covered most of the ones mentioned in the list below, but just in case you’re still looking…

100 Superb Wordpress Themes for Free (from AntsMagazine):
http://www.antsmagazine.com/100-superb-wordpress-themes-for-free/

39 Amazing Wordpress Themes (from Presidia Creative):
http://www.presidiacreative.com/39-amazing-wordpress-themes/

30 Free, Amazing and Versatile Wordpress 2.7 Themes (from SpeckyBoy)
http://speckyboy.com/2009/01/23/30-free-amazing-and-versatile-wordpress-27-themes/

25 Awesome, High Quality, Free WordPress 2.7 Themes (from Ahnternet)
http://www.ahnternet.com/2009/02/03/25-awesome-high-quality-free-wordpress-27-themes/

20 Great Free WordPress 2.7 Themes (from Mashable)
http://mashable.com/2009/01/19/free-wordpress-themes/

10 of the Best WordPress 2.7 Compatible Themes (from Mashable)
http://mashable.com/2009/01/07/wordpress-2-7-themes/

Beautiful and Creative Wordpress 2.7 Themes
http://pennybutler.com/wordpress/themes/free/beautiful-creative-wordpress-27

EZwpThemes – Just Beautiful
http://www.ezwpthemes.com/

10 Rare Wordpress Themes for 2009 (from Honest Holly)
http://honestholly.com/10-rare-wordpress-themes-for-2009/

10 Best Wordpress Themes 2009 (from Honest Holly)
http://honestholly.com/thursday-themes-10-best-wordpress-themes-2009/

15 High Quality Free Premium WordPress 2.7 Themes (from Noupe)
http://www.noupe.com/wordpress/15-high-quality-free-premium-wordpress-27-themes.html

15+ Most Popular Wordpress 2.7 Themes (from PatroMax)
http://www.patromax.com/15-most-popular-wordpress-27-themes/

Top 12 Stunning WordPress Themes (from Mashable)
http://mashable.com/2008/09/19/top-wordpress-themes/

30 Free High Quality Wordpress Themes (from Smashing Magazine)
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/08/25/30-free-high-quality-wordpress-themes/

20 More Free First-Class Wordpress Themes (from Smashing Magazine)
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/03/25/15-more-free-first-class-wordpress-themes/

And there there’s Top Themes:
http://topwpthemes.com/

And Free Wordpress Theme:
http://www.freewordpresstheme.info/2009/

OK, that’s enough for today…

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1. Blogging 101 – Part 4 – Installing a Theme using FireFTP
2. Blogging 101 – How to Setup an Amazing WordPress Blog in Just a Few Hours
3. Personal Branding – Using a Blog to Create/Communicate Brand YOU
4. Blogging 101 – Part 6 – How to Blog