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Thank you to Superb Website Builders and Hosting Review, who recently tested Carbonmade 4 and shared their honest takeaways. Read their reviews right here:
“The website builder is very easy to use. It offers a literally instant way to set and run an online portfolio with no coding skills.”
“If you are looking to build a tidy, fun looking website in one sitting, then Carbonmade is just for you.”
Chances are, someone discovers your portfolio on social media, shared by either yourself, by a friend or secret admirer of yours.
And to make sure your portfolio looks extra fresh on social media, we now shipped a new feature where you can customize exactly how you want it to look on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn.
Upload a sweet little graphic, give your portfolio a catchy title and description and you're all set. Now, when someone copy/pastes your URL and shares it on social media, it will automatically show a beautiful preview.
Try it out yourself right here.
Let's get straight to the point: We think themes or templates lock you in. You're a creative, you try so hard to make your work unique so why shouldn't your website be unique?
This is why we designed Carbonmade the way it is. We still give you a hand to make it easy for you, but it's all about mixing, matching and then customizing it the way YOU like it. Even if you don't care about making websites, I'm sure you care about your work being presented in the best light possible.
When signing up for Carbonmade, we still let you pick a starting point (kind of like a template), but then you can pretty much change the look of your entire site within just a few clicks.
To show you just how endless the possibilities are, we made a little video for you here:
Do you have any questions? Reach out to us via email or Twitter. We've built thousands of portfolios over the years, so you can really ask us anything!
→ Ready to get started yourself? Sign up to the new Carbonmade 4 right here.
We know how hard it is to launch your own portfolio. It's a mix of not having too much time and fighting against your own perfectionism. You're a creative after all, and that's a good thing (: So here are 5 tips on how to get the most out of your new Carbonmade portfolio.
Uploading a custom logo is easy and you can use a GIF, PNG, JPG, or whatever you please. It's a small thing that makes your online portfolio more personal and stand out.
Try out some different portfolio grids. The easiest and fastest way to change the entire look of your portfolio is to change the portfolio grid. Perhaps your work suits better on a clean square grid? Or maybe some bigger featured images? It's just one click away.
PS: You do need to add some projects first of course to see it's effect.
→ How to change your portfolio layout
Your navigation is a big part of the overall layout of your website. Luckily Carbon 4 makes it easy, you can change your entire navigation with the click of just a single button.
→ How to change your navigation
Some say that getting the typography right is half of what design is all about, and we think that's very true especially when it comes to web design. If you see any text in Carbon, just mark it and play around with the size, spacing and fonts if you want. Super simple.
Blocks are the heart of the new Carbon of your case studies. Simply drag a block you like on the page, click the ⚙️ icon on the right side of the block and customize away! Try re-ordering blocks and build your project pages exactly the way you always wanted.
→ Re-order and customize your blocks
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Whatever you do, I hope you have fun when creating your portfolio. After all, it's about your passion and showing off your beautiful work. If you ever need help, don't forget our entire team is here to help you.
Just visit help.carbonmade.com or write us a quick email if you couldn't find what you were looking for.
We know how hard it is when your name or domain is already taken. That's why we just added two more sub-domains you can choose from for your online portfolio.
yourname.carbonmade.com
yourname.portfolio.site
yourname.gfx.work
Pretty cool right? Of course, if you want to go even more professional you can also connect your own .com or other domain. If you have more questions you can always send us a quick tweet @carbonmade or browse through our help forum.
You heard right. You can now look all professional by connecting your custom domain to your Carbonmade online portfolio.
We've added a nice little help article right here for you that should answer most of your questions.
Simply put: Just click on the little ⚙️ icon in the bottom left corner and navigate to your account settings, then click on "Domain" and we take you from there.
Happy launching!
Your Carbonmade team
We've been quiet the last year or two, and now you know why. The new Carbonmade 4 is finally here and we're very excited to show you what we've worked on for you.
Carbonmade has been around since 2005 now, can you imagine? That's a crazy long time, but we haven't changed a bit when it comes to what we care most about: Helping creatives show off their work. And with the new Carbonmade 4, we hope that this is now even easier and more fun than before.
We've completely re-designed and re-developed everything from scratch. There are no more templates that lock you into one particular design. Everything about the new Carbon is about mixing and matching. You start off by picking a starting point (a layout we specifically designed for you) and then you just start customizing, changing colors, fonts, re-arranging or adding new blocks to your project pages.
Honestly, this blogpost would become way too long explaining what we did, but the best way is just to see yourself.
Sign up here and see for yourself. It only takes 30seconds and you're in.
More resources:
→ How to switch from the old to the new Carbonmade 4
→ Need help with Carbon? Visit our help center
→ Have questions? Write us an email
