For portfolios and personal pages
Portfolio websites — one link for your best work, bio and enquiry
Portfolio websites should be one link a person can open and understand: who you are, the work you want more of, and how to enquire. Makesite builds a custom one-page site for R649 once, with a live link in about 72 hours. Pay only if you keep it. Selected work, not eighty projects. Not a GitHub dashboard. Based in Cape Town, used across South Africa.
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Selected work, not the whole archive
A hiring manager or a client will not scroll eighty projects. Pick the pieces that represent the work you want next. The page can link out to a longer list, a CV, or a repository. It should not try to be that list.
What can go on it
- • A clear bio and point of view
- • Selected projects, images or writing
- • Skills, services and experience
- • CV, professional profile and social links
- • A simple enquiry form
Who it works for
- • Photographers, designers and artists
- • Writers, consultants and freelancers
- • Graduates and job seekers
- • Makers with a focused body of work
- • Anyone ready to outgrow a link-in-bio
Not a GitHub dashboard
Commit graphs, issue trackers and a dump of every repo belong on the tools that already do that job. A Makesite portfolio is a designed page: type, colour and order chosen from your brief. If you are a developer, link to the repository from the page. Do not ask the page to be the repository.
It is also not a store, a job board, or a large multipage catalogue. One page. Enquiry on the page. You own the finished static code and can move it to another host.
Send the pieces you want seen first. A photographer might send eight images and a short bio. A consultant might send three case notes and a way to book a call on WhatsApp. The brief is the selection. We will not scrape a drive of eighty projects to fill the page.
What it costs
R649 once. No monthly fee from Makesite. Live link in about 72 hours. Pay only if you keep it. Hosting uses the host's current free tier. A domain is extra if you want your own. See website design prices in South Africa for the national comparison. After you pay and claim, five reasonable changes in six months.
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R649 once
No monthly fee from Makesite. Hosting uses the host's current free tier. Domain extra if you want one. Five reasonable changes in six months after you pay and claim. Not a GitHub dashboard, not a full CV platform, not a store, not a large multipage portfolio system.
FAQ
What should a portfolio website include?
A clear bio, selected work, how to enquire, and the links that matter such as CV or a professional profile. Choose the projects that represent you now, not every file on the drive.
How much does a portfolio website cost with Makesite?
R649 once. No monthly fee from Makesite. Live link in about 72 hours. Pay only if you keep it.
Is this a GitHub dashboard or a full project archive?
No. It is one page for selected work, not eighty projects, not a commit history, and not a job board. Link out to a repository or CV if you need the long list.
Can I update the work later?
Yes. After you pay and claim, you get five reasonable changes in six months. Swapping a project image or a bio line is the kind of edit that fits. You also own the code.
Who is a one-page portfolio for?
Photographers, designers, artists, writers, consultants, graduates and makers who need one link that looks like their work. It is not a store, not a large multipage catalogue, and not a CV platform.