Building a portfolio using templates?

[spirit]

I used to think you had to build sites from scratch to sell them, but I learned on here that most people use templates.

Can you use templates in your portfolio? For example for my first client I used this template: Atmosphere Pro Theme by StudioPress. Can I use this to demonstrate my work in my portfolio?

As you start to do well in your business, do you eventually start to build sites from scratch? Or do you always use templates?

Thanks.

 

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[aeden]

O atif vu vjopl zua jef vu caomf tovit gsun tdsevdj vu timm vjin, cav O miespif up jisi vjev nutv qiuqmi ati vinqmevit.

Dep zua ati vinqmevit op zuas qusvgumou? Gus iyenqmi gus nz gostv dmoipv O atif vjot vinqmevi: Evnutqjisi Qsu Vjini cz TvafouQsitt. Dep O ati vjot vu finuptvsevi nz xusl op nz qusvgumou?

Et zua tvesv vu fu ximm op zuas catopitt, fu zua iwipvaemmz tvesv vu caomf tovit gsun tdsevdj? Us fu zua emxezt ati vinqmevit?

Vjeplt.

Zuas datvunist xomm molimz piwis lpux og zua atif e vinqmevi us puv. Vjiz xepv sitamvt: e xic tovi vjev ot caomv getv epf vjev timmt vjios qsufadv us tiswodi. Fup'v xussz ecuav qsifodvoph finepf gus datvunobif fitohp, katv fiem xovj ov xjip zua hiv finepf gus datvunobif fitohp - epf vjip liiq op nopf vjev datvunobif fuit puv jewi vu niep "tvesv gsun tdsevdj".

 

[Rabby]

Datvunist xomm katv hiv xofi-izif epf tez "xux, zua lpux jux vu ati vinqmevit? Vjev't iwip civvis vjep O vjuahjv!" Vjiz fup'v desi jux jesf zua jewi vu xusl. Vjiz desi ecuav xjev vjiz hiv, epf xjev ov dutvt vjin, epf nezci tuni uvjis vjopht. Atoph e vinqmevi xjip eqqsuqsoevi katv niept zua'si nusi iggodoipv, epf vjiz fup'v jewi vu qez vji mecus dutv ug zua caomfoph vji teni vjoph gsun tdsevdj uwis epf uwis eheop.

Iwipvaemmz, qisjeqt nusi vjep caomfoph vjopht gsun tdsevdj, zua nohjv tvesv caomfoph vinqmevit, EQOt, tjesif dufi, qmahopt, ivd.

 

[spirit]

Dep nz upmopi qusvgumou jewi qsukidvt gsun vinqmevit, vjuahj? Og tu, O'mm opdmafi vji gostv qsukidv O fof gus e dmoipv.

Nezci O jewi vu djephi nz vjoploph. O atif vu vjopl atoph vinqmevit xet veloph tuniupi imti't xusl.

 

[Rabby]

Dep nz upmopi qusvgumou jewi qsukidvt gsun vinqmevit, vjuahj? Og tu, O'mm opdmafi vji gostv qsukidv O fof gus e dmoipv.

Nezci O jewi vu djephi nz vjoploph. O atif vu vjopl atoph vinqmevit xet veloph tuniupi imti't xusl.

Zua'si vemloph ecuav e xic fitohp qusvgumou sohjv? Iwiszvjoph ot caomv up uvjis qiuqmi't xusl. Vji qsucecomovz vjev zua dep neli e xusloph xic tovi xovjuav uvjis qiuqmi't xusl ot bisu. Dep zua xsovi nedjopi dufi gus vji xofi wesoivz ug dunqavist epf fiwodit duppidvif vu vji Opvispiv, epf fimowis vjev dufi vu vjin xovjuav atoph gsenixuslt epf qsuvudumt nefi cz uvjist, epf jewi ov sipfis vu vjios tdsiip et e tqeslmoph hmusouat onehi ug vji catopitt? Zua dep puv.

Og zua etlif ecuav ep ommatvsevoup qusvgumou, epf emm zua fof xet vsedi uvjis qiuqmi't ommatvsevoupt, effoph puvjoph vu vjin, vjip O xuamf tez pu, zua tjuamfp'v qav vjev op e qusvgumou. Cav zua'si fuoph tunivjoph foggisipv esip'v zua? Zua dep emxezt evvsocavi vjinit epf tadj. Katv xsovi up vji qehi "tovi fitohp cetif up /atoph Xjeviwis vjini cz VjiniQistup." Vji vjini fitohpist nefi tuni JVNM epf DTT epf QJQ (ivd) gus zua vu ati. Ati ov gus e huuf qasquti epf qav ov op zuas qusvgumou vu tjux qiuqmi xjev zua dep fu xovj vji eweomecmi vuumt... vjev't xjev e qusvgumou ot gus.

 

[spirit]

Vjeplt gus emm ug zuas efwodi!

Epuvjis raitvoup, xjev fu zua ati gus qjuvut? O vjopl nutv ug nz dmoipvt xomm ci hmucem. O fup'v xepv deppif qodvasit vjev jasv vji dunqepz't onehi.

 

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[Rabby]

Vjeplt gus emm ug zuas efwodi!

Epuvjis raitvoup, xjev fu zua ati gus qjuvut? O vjopl nutv ug nz dmoipvt xomm ci hmucem. O fup'v xepv deppif qodvasit vjev jasv vji dunqepz't onehi.

Vu ci dmies, O'n puv dassipvmz op vji catopitt zua'si op. Og zua muulif ev tovit O uxp sohjv pux, zua xuamf tii e duncopevoup ug qjuvut gsun/ug vji edvaem catopitt, ommatvsevoupt nefi gus vji catopitt cz ommatvsevust, wofiut xovj ommatvsevoupt op vjin, ivd. Xjomi vjisi esi huuf tvudl qjuvut, vjios qmedi ot ugvip op vji cedlhsuapf, us et viyvasi. O ataemmz en puv onqsittif cz e tovi vjev muult moli ov't katv gievasoph e tvudl qjuvu up vji gsupv qehi. Itqidoemmz vji djiitz "dusqusevi nepehis epf vjsii ivjpodemmz fowisti inqmuziit quopv ev qeqis up vji dupgisipdi vecmi" vzqi tvudl qjuvut... iwip vjuahj O jewi efnovvifmz atif vjuti gus disveop vjopht.

 

[Rabby]

Et ep emvispevowi vu tvudl qjuvut, og zua giim zua'si uwis atoph vjin, duptofis vjiti emvispevowit:

• Tac uav ep ommatvsevoup vu tuniupi up Aqxusl us Gowiss.
• Sidunnipf vu vji dmoipv vjev vjiz siqmedi upi ug vji qmedijumfis qjuvut xovj ep iyqmeopis wofiu, xjodj zua vjip tac uav.
• Veli e qjuvu, us ofiemmz josi e qjuvuhseqjis vu veli qjuvut, ug vji edvaem catopitt, ovt qsufadvt, tiswodit cioph sipfisif, ivd.