The best a professionals in creative services can get out of the Web is creative display of his/her work which is available online anywhere anytime. However, designing an online portfolio display is not as easy as putting a simple HTML page with thumbnails. A portfolio is like the first impression an online visitor (potential client) interfaces before asking about skills and rate. Thus a portfolio website has to be creative and interactive yet easy to navigate and use.

Fortunately, there are a number of open source and free tools that you can use to set up a simple yet effective portfolio website to display your work online. One of the many open source tools for building portfolio websites is jmFullWall. It is a jQuery photo gallery plugin that allows you to create impressive zoom-able, fullscreen portfolio sites. It shows thumbnails on a grid, offers zoom control and navigation on a selected portfolio item.

Major Features

• Customizable row x column format
• Handles images at any size (if offers pan control for high res images)
• In-gallery navigation controls