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Inspiration / Cargo Collective

What do you think?

James Kirkup
16th Feb 2009
12:07 pm

1. Started using the cargo for my portfolio over at http://www.helloimjames.com, the backend is really sweet, nice and easy to use – this is a top tool!


Glenn
16th Feb 2009
3:11 pm

2. Looking good James! And I’d agree that the backend is definitely pretty sweet indeed. You’re a bit limited to what you can do for now but that might change once they get new themes on the go?


AndyStewart
8th Jun 2009
9:17 am

3. i have one of these but still haven’t swapped it for my indexzibit.. cant decided to swap or not! :s


Glenn
8th Jun 2009
9:20 am

4. I made the switch and wouldn’t go back to indexhibit. Nothing against the guys that are working really hard on indexhibit, but Cargo’s User Interface beats indexhibit’s hands down!


Greig
8th Jun 2009
2:01 pm

5. Im with Glenn. I made the switch from Indexhibit too as its easier for me to customise and alter. Indexhibit is probably more powerful if you know what your doing but for now the Cargo platform is working really well for me. Looking forward to seeing the updates from the Cargo guys.


thom
8th Jun 2009
4:07 pm

6. Very true and agree with G+G^
   I never did the indexhibit thing and now whenever i land on an indexhibit site I think its bland and not visually interesting, especially if your a designer/illustrator etc. It also doesn’t help if you’re looking to stand out from others, unless you know css. But then I guess it depends on the work anyway.
   All Indexhibit did was bring the designer/illustrator closer to getting some sort of web presence easily with simple navigation..
   The news of considerably different templates in cargo is what I’m eagerly waiting for now especially cos the current ones are so fresh already..


AndyStewart
8th Jun 2009
5:18 pm

7. but at the end of the day that is indexzibit’s mantra.. and that is why it is/was so succesful,

   cargo isnt going to make you stand out from the others.. and eithers indexzibit..

   anyway, look past the list my friend..


thom
8th Jun 2009
5:58 pm

8. Indeed I completely agree that it won’t make you stand out unless the work/ideas are top drawer. the main reason i chose cargo was because i wanted something new, good looking, easily manageable and fitted into the concept of the website.
   anyway andy i would step across into cargo, upload your projects and change the dns to cargo at the end. its quite easy overall.


Greig
9th Jun 2009
4:19 am

9. Cargo’s strength in the long run will always be the community aspect of it. In the same way that Behance worked. Its the interconnections and the opportunity to show your work to a larger audience that are the most successful things. Indexhibit never offered that community feel. Ultimately I will probably steer away from using it as my main site as I want to create something personal to me but until then the Cargo system is excellent. At least it should see the end of student ‘coming soon’ holding pages. This is the best holding page you’ll ever have.


Greig
9th Jun 2009
4:21 am

10. Hey Glenn, how come you get a blue box? Bloody design elitism.


Glenn
9th Jun 2009
10:24 am

11. Not sure why I get a blue box!? Never actually noticed until now!?

    They main think I prefer about Cargo are the thumbnails. Since most projects on indexhibit are of a visual nature it strikes me as odd that you’d not show a visual preview of what you’re about to see? A list of projects alone just doesn’t do it for me. Now I know you can set up thumbnails in indexhibit manually… but I don’t have the patience

    Anyway it’s like Greig said with Indexhibit, Behance, Krop Folio, Cargo and even Tumblr students have no excuse not to have a decent online portfolio!


Alex
9th Jun 2009
10:46 am

12. Yea, the community aspect is definitely Cargo’s strongest point. They’ve done a good job of making the layout nice and clean too, although there’s probably a bit I’d like to change on there.

    Oh, and the post author gets a special blue (well, blue this week) speech box/bubble to make them feel more important than everyone else!


Ryan
9th Jun 2009
11:35 am

13. These sites are great. I’ve been meaning to check cargo out properly.

    But i still think there is a lot to be said for building your own site from scratch.


character1
9th Jun 2009
10:10 pm

14. Cargo’s new to me too – seems i’ve missed the boat!

    Looks good though and will definitely take a closer look now.

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