Designing a Portfolio Website with Muse

Create a website that showcases your portfolio by using Adobe Muse. Learn how to add slideshows, buttons, links, and navigation and publish your site to the web.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know
• What you need to follow along
• Technical considerations

1. Plan Your Portfolio

• The purpose of your online portfolio
• Find inspiration
• Consider a template
• Create a wireframe

2. Set Up Your Site in Muse

• Start a new site
• Choose a color palette
• Set typography styles
• Establish a grid
• Header and footer setup
• Add navigation
• Add social media icons
• Block out content regions
• Set page anchors
• Add an autoplay slideshow

3. Display Your Work

• Prepare your assets
• Create thumbnail images
• Create thumbnail buttons
• Create project pages and slideshows

4. Add Pages

• Set greeting
• Create an About page
• Create a Contact page
• Set project captions
• Link pages together

5. Make Your Site Responsive

• Breakpoint considerations
• Set breakpoints
• Set tablet breakpoint
• Create an accordion menu
• Mobile breakpoint considerations

6. Publish the Site

• Test your site
• Publish your site
• SEO considerations

Conclusion

• Next steps