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Hard Candy & Lollipops
Monday, December 1, 2014
Soda Pop Candy Canes
Early in the Christmas season, it seems that the first candy to hit the shelves are candy canes. Partly, I think, because they were made months ago because hard candy keeps very well.
There are so many kinds of candy canes these days, usually branded with other candies names and flavor varieties. There are: Starburst, Red Hots, Lemonheads, SweeTarts, Warheads, DumDums ... Bacon. They all pretty much look the same, They're five or six inches long and have a little hook at the end.
In the case of Frankford's Soda Pop Candy Canes, each candy cane is 1/2 ounce, which is a very generous size for a piece of sugar candy. There are 12 canes in the box, which is a bit of overpackaging ... but did protect my canes and is at least recyclable cardboard. There are three flavors: Orange Crush, Dr Pepper and A&W Root Beer. Yes, they're soda pop flavors, but there's no cola in there. This is where I went down the Wikipedia rabbit-hole…. The Dr Pepper Snapple Group also owns Squirt and Wink (both grapefruit sodas), IBC Root Beer and Hires Root Beer in addition to A&W Root Beer. Finally, they have RC Cola, which seems like the flavor they definitely left out here.
I've been warming up to the flavor of cherry in candies, so I'm wondering if I can also learn to love the flavor of Dr Pepper as well. The red candy candy certainly looks attractive, and just slightly different from a peppermint candy cane ... so that I didn't expect mint. I didn't photograph it, but the center of this candy cane is also red. The flavor is rather like Dr Pepper. It's sort of black cherry and amaretto, though I've heard that it's also supposed to be plum flavored. There's no acidic bite, which you get a little with the soda version. Overall, it's pleasant, it's not very intense or vibrant, more of a soft flavor like vanilla. I didn't care for how red it made my tongue, but that's a personal preference.
Orange Crush is tangy and much more intense that I would have suspected, with a sort of sherbet creamy note. It's a solid orange flavor, artificial but still well rounded.
A&W Root Beer smells nice right away. The flavor is sweet and soft, not too intense. It doesn't have the peppery kick that some root beers sometimes show, instead it's more on the mild and creamy spice side of things. Though there are lots of artificial colors in there, I didn't notice them giving a bitter taste.
I think the flavor array is interesting, a little off the beaten path without alienating older folks with things that are too sour. There are a lot of other great soda flavors that Dr Pepper owns that would go great ... especially 7 Up and Vernors Ginger Ale. The colors are also a bit atypical, but I enjoy a little change from the standard green and red.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 1:10 pm Candy • Review • Christmas • Frankford Candy • Hard Candy & Lollipops • 6-Tempting • United States • Target • Comments (0)
Friday, October 10, 2014
Trader Joe's Pumpkin Seed Brittle
There probably isn't a store as pumpkinfused as Trader Joe's around this time of year. They have a mix of actual pumpkin items and some that are just utilizing the pumpkin spice array. Happily here's a new candy from Trader Joe's that has a little of both: Trader Joe's Pumpkin Seed Brittle Dusted with Sugar and Pumpkin Pie Spice. See, it's not pumpkin flesh that's in there, it's the pumpkin seeds.
The quaint box holds a simple plastic bag filled with a stack of roughly broken brittle pieces. The picture on the box does represent the contents well.
What I found most alluring was that this list of ingredients actually said which pumpkin pie spices they were using: cinnamon, ginger, lemon peel, nutmeg, cloves and cardamom. (I find it interesting that cloves is plural.)
The smell of the brittle is dominated by cinnamon, but there's a sugary, buttery component as well. The pieces vary in size, some as big as three inches long, others are just little shards. They're coated in mostly-sugar dusting of spices. There are pumpkin seeds embedded in there, but not as many as I would have liked, it's mostly candy.
The bite is easy, as the pieces are pretty thin. The sugar gets everywhere, though it does a good job of sticking to the brittle as well. The effect of the whole thing, probably because of the easy crunch and sanding is more like a cookie. It's crunchy and sweet, with a nice balance of textures between the smooth toffee-like brittle (which contains dairy ingredients) and the chewy seeds and grainy sugar. The pumpkin spices are balanced, though it smells like cinnamon, the more nutty and woodsy flavors of the nutmeg and cardamom come through along with a light warmth from the ginger and cinnamon. The lemon keeps it all bright.
It's simple to enjoy a piece, and it goes well with some nice strong coffee or a cup of tea, just like a cookie would. I would still like more pepitas in there.
The candy contains dairy, corn and wheat ingredients and may also contain traces of peanuts, pecans, almonds, cashews and coconut.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 9:58 am Candy • Review • Halloween • Trader Joe's • Hard Candy & Lollipops • Nuts • 7-Worth It • United States • Comments (0)
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Jolly Rancher Caramel Apple Crunch 'n Chew
Last year Jolly Rancher introduced Jolly Rancher Caramel Apple Lollipops for Halloween. They're back again, along with a version of the more recent Crunch 'n Chew in the same flavor.
The Jolly Rancher Caramel Apple Crunch 'n Chew is available in large lay down bags and even this little individual portion size. The individually wrapped candies are quite different from the traditional Jolly Rancher hard candies.
In this case the candy features a hard candy shell in two flavors, caramel and apple. Then there's a soft chewy filling in a caramel flavor.
Crunch 'n Chew were introduced in 2012 and come in the standard Jolly Rancher flavors (green apple, blue raspberry, watermelon and cherry). As I noted in my original review, they're interesting but lack some of the great features I love about Jolly Rancher hard candies, which is the smooth dissolve without any voids and the light pliability of the candy as it melts. All that Jolly Rancher brings to the table here is the name recognition that basically invented the green apple flavor.
The image on the front of the package isn't quite accurate (it's also enlarged to show detail). It shows that the candy filling is a large portion of the mass of the candy, and that the caramel and apple portions are equal. Cleaving a piece in half showed that the caramel is actually a thin layer on top of the apple (which is fine, really, because that's the way actual caramel apples are), but it's the relatively small amount of chewy filling that's revealed here.
The brown layer is polite and has a sweet brown sugar flavor. The green part is green apple, which is tart and artificial and mostly tasty. The crunch takes a little while. I don't feel confident crunching right away, I usually let the candy dissolve for about 30 seconds. The filling is quite stiff and hard to chew, though the work is worth it. The center isn't really much, it's sweet and has a note of butter flavor to it. But the combination of all the elements chewed together is, well, impressively original.
It's probably not a candy I would buy in the large 10 ounce bag, but this little 1.55 ounces was fun and I'll probably finish the bag. Of the three candies I've tried now: the classic flavor Crunch 'n Chew, the Caramel Apple Lollipop and these Caramel Apple Crunch 'n Chew, I think these are by far the most successful.
Like the Caramel Apple Lollipops, these contain no dairy ingredients, so they may be a good option for someone who wants a caramel experience but is lactose intolerant. (There's no actual allergen statement though, so check with Hershey's if you have any allergy issues.) The candy also contains soy and gelatin (so it's not vegetarian). They're made in Brazil.
Monday, September 22, 2014
See's Caramel Apple Lollypops
See's Candies is a classic American confectionery company that makes good quality chocolates. They're sold almost exclusively at See's Candies stores, which are mostly found in malls, and mostly in the Western US but they're also available online and from the occasional educational fundraiser.
Though See's is known for their chocolates they also make a unique line of lollipops that are like a hard caramel on a stick. Over the past five years they've created seasonal varieties with more trendy flavors like Pumpkin Spice and Orange Creme. I wasn't at all surprised to see the announcement that in additional to their Pumpkin Spice and Orange Chocolate this fall, they were also bringing out See's Caramel Apple Lollypops.
Their pops are available singly at the stores or in bags of 8 online. If you've never had a See's lollypop, they're about 3/4 of an ounce block of hard caramel with a stick. The shape is blocky, about 1 inch wide and 1.5 inches tall.
It smells like apples, not the green apples of Jolly Rancher, but more like apple cider.
The flavor is immediately caramel and a little dash of salt with a note of apple peels. There's no tartness, no tang; the apple flavor is less of a caramel covered apple and more like an apple pie with caramel sauce. The wonderful part of these lollies is that the dissolve is so smooth and it feels a lot more filling that its 70 calories might have you believe.
I enjoyed them quite bit. The items that detracted are the same problems I always have. The paper stick gets soggy and more often than not, the caramel block comes off the stick while the piece is really too big to hold comfortably in my mouth. Often there is a series of holes within the candy running its length which makes sucking on the pop problematic because it's more like a straw where you suck in air than speed up the dissolve of the candy. See's makes mini versions of their classic flavors, but not of the seasonal, limited edition ones.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 1:44 pm Candy • Review • Halloween • See's • Caramel • Hard Candy & Lollipops • Kosher • 7-Worth It • United States • Comments (1)
Friday, September 19, 2014
Smarties Double Lollies and Mega Lollies
Smarties are little tart wafer candies that have been made for 65 years. They're a little bland but pretty much irresistible and ubiquitous starting around Halloween each year.
To backtrack a little bit, this category of candy is called Compressed Dextrose. Dextrose is just a fancy way of saying sugar, but not the regular table sugar we're used to, which is sucrose. Dextrose is the dry form of glucose, the same stuff in corn syrup. Dextrose is the basis of a lot of compressed tablet candies, like SweeTarts, Spree and Runts as well as Smarties.
Glucose so bio-available that you can absorb it into your bloodstream sublingually. Many parents use Smarties as emergency glucose tablets because they're readily available, easy to portion, inexpensive and not hard to get a child to eat. I'm quite fond of Smarties, but that straight glucose often goes straight to my bloodstream and the subsequent crash means I rarely buy a whole bag. The Double Lollies are preferable conceptually, then, because they're only 8 grams each. Since they're usually sold by the piece and more expensive than the rolls, this naturally limits my indulgence.
The regular sized lolly has been around for years, though I can't say for sure that I was always eating the Smarties brand. The Smarties Double Lolly is two flavors. Though they're probably in several flavors, I could only find orange and yellow.
They're chalky and dry, but have a pleasant citrus flavor overall. They're tangy and grainy, dissolve quickly but leave a powdery mess if biting the small pop doesn't go well. I don't find sucking on it goes very well. The chalk is absorbent, and while that's fine for hard candies, I don't like seeing my lollipop now darkened and cooled by my spit. (Hence my biting usually.)
Interestingly the website for Smarties says that the Double Lolly is free of gluten (from wheat, barley, oats and rye), milk, egg, fish, crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, wheat, peanuts or soybeans. However, it does not say that for the Mega Lolly.
I bought two of the Mega Lollies, one was lemon and orange and the other was orange and grape. The grape smelled floral and soapy. The pop itself is too big to comfortably fit in the mouth, so even if I were the type who liked to suck my regular Smarties lollies, the Mega just wasn't going to work. It's too dry, too awkward. Biting produced a mess of powder.
The odd part about the ingredients is the Calcium Stearate. It's a flow agent and keeps the powder from caking. But the side benefit to this ingredient is that it contains large amounts calcium - a single Mega Lolly has 6% of your RDA.
Too big, too dry, not a good value and not enough control. The classic size doesn't have most of those challenges, but I'll stick to the rolls of Smarties tablets.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 2:11 pm Candy • Review • Ce De Candies • Compressed Dextrose • Hard Candy & Lollipops • 5-Pleasant • United States • Comments (4)
Friday, April 18, 2014
Pelino Confetti Flowers
A classic item for wedding favors are little parcels of confetti. Confetti is a generic Italian term for panned candies such as Jordan almonds, coated nuts, mints and of course chocolate. Tradition is a little sachet of five pieces, symbolizing health, wealth, fertility, happiness and longevity for the couple and their guests.
Another style of presenting the panned sweets is to wrap the little pieces up and form them into flowers and other shapes. I've seen these for years, I remember seeing a display of them in New York City's Little Italy in a deli by the counter. They were so pretty, I'm not sure I even understood that the petals were edible. This photos shows them made with Jordan almonds and tucked into crepe paper. I've seen them made with cellophane which can be clear or tinted as well as tule mesh, which can also be uncolored or tinted (but probably isn't sanitary).
I picked up this little bouquet in London at Harrod's in their Easter display. It was expensive for so little actual candy, £3.50 for about 15 little pieces (about $5.85 USD). It's made by Confetti Pelino of Sulmona, Italy. They were established in 1783, in a region of Italy that's well known for this traditional and painstaking method of confectionery.
This isn't as much a review of the candy as it is a deconstruction of the assembly of the five stems of flowers.
The bouquet is held together by green floral tape and decorated with green crepe paper leaves of the same color. It's pretty top heavy, as the candy petals are thick and will tip over the little bouquet when placed in a water glass or wine glass (so be careful if you're playing with these at a wedding reception). Each little flower is on a stem of wire, held together with tape and string. Floral tape isn't exactly sticky, so there's no issue of excessive adhesive with these. It unravels quite easily.
Each little piece of candy is a small, circular disk covered in cellophane. The cellophane is twisted together, the pointed, twisted ends are then tied together with a bit of string, and then taped onto the wire stem.
The candy at the center of these isn't a Jordan almond, just a little sugar disk. It's kind of bland, and as far as I can tell, unflavored. It dissolves and tastes like, well, sugar.
As candy, it's expensive and darned difficult to eat because of all the string and wire and tape and wrappers. As a favor or decoration is classically charming. There are a lot of different ways to achieve these with different colors of candy, different sizes, different tape and leaves or flower shapes. Harrod's is a fine place to buy one bunch if you're curious, but if you're interested in using them as favors or centerpieces, do some research on which will suit you best.
Though chocolate candies could be used, I would advise folks to stick to centers that are more weather-tolerant. It'd be fun to make them with M&Ms or Reese's Pieces, but I can't imagine anything with a lot of oil in it would do well with the heat of being handled a lot or possibly sitting in the sun or a hot car. I looked around to find a tutorial for making these but didn't have much luck (if you know of one, please leave a link in the comments). I can imagine that the same techniques could also be used to make candy wreaths, garlands and other styles of centerpieces.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 3:08 pm Candy • Review • Hard Candy & Lollipops • Novelty/Toy • 6-Tempting • Italy • Comments (1)
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Jolly Rancher Strawberry and Green Apple
While most hard candy is considered "old people candy", Jolly Rancher really sets itself apart as an intense sweet for all ages.
Most of us encounter Jolly Rancher candies as little twist wrapped pieces in a bowl. So when I saw this little rectangular pack at Target, I thought it was an interesting way to format the iconic candy. Jolly Rancher Strawberry and Green Apple Hard Candy has 1.2 ounces and 9 pieces inside. Each is wrapped in a piece of clear cellophane, easy to carry, easy to share and with just two flavors.
The pieces are different from what I'm accustomed to with Jolly Rancher candies. They're not little rods, they're squares. The ingredients are also slightly different. The original Jolly Rancher hard candies are not aerated, there are no bubbles in them and they're ever so slightly soft, like some sort of viscous solid. The ingredients list corn syrup first, then sugar. In these little squares, it's sugar first, then corn syrup. Looking at the candies, they're not glassy transparent either, so it appears they've been aerated slightly.
I started with Green Apple, because that's the iconic flavor that Jolly Rancher is known for. It's a tough flavor, because part of its profile is its artificiality. It was definitely tangy and caustic at first, like some sort of chemical peel for my tongue. That faded quickly into the familiar acidic green apple flavor. What was most surprising was the crunch ... I could crunch it. Because the pieces are small, you can crunch away immediately and there's not tooth-cement issue. Still, the artificial flavor has a sort of of "sour but maybe bitter and salty at the same time" flavor going that was not as good as I recall the truly authentic version having.
Strawberry is quite tart at the beginning and reminded me immediately of sorbet (which often has an extra little pop of lemon juice in it). The flavor is bold and pretty well rounded and only has a slight note of metallic artificiality to it. It's fresh tasting, overall. I like the crunchy, it's not too much candy.
My roll had three Green Apple pieces and the rest were Strawberry, so the flavors are not evenly distributed. (Lifesavers always had an order to them, though you might not get a roll that started with the same flavor, they always went in the same progression once you started.) The way the package is made, you have to tear the outer wrapper to get to the inner pieces ... they seem to be glued in there.
I felt these were missing one of the key attributes of Jolly Rancher hard candies, the smooth, syrupy dissolve. Without that, the flavor was just passable, nothing terribly exciting. I might feel differently if they had the Fire Stix in this format, as there really is no other cinnamon hard candy roll out there (since Reed's disappeared), even if they don't have the same texture as regular Jolly Rancher. But they're not a great value and difficult to unwrap.
These are made in Mexico. There's no nutritional information on the wrapper and nothing, at this time, on the Hershey's webpage for Jolly Rancher that lists it for this particular version of the product. There is also no statement about allergens, but does contain soy.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 3:10 pm Candy • Review • Hershey's • Hard Candy & Lollipops • 5-Pleasant • Mexico • Target • Comments (2)
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Dilly Dally Pickle Candy and Barrels of Yum
The dill pickle is a favorite flavor in the United States. It goes beyond the brined cucumber and has made its way into potato chips, vodka, peanuts, and even toothpaste. It's a small wonder we haven't seen more pickled candies.
The folks at Barrels of Yum have created a unique array of hard candies shaped like barrels, but I thought I'd start with their Dilly Dally Candy since it's their unique offering.
Their barrel shaped dill pickle pieces bring the flavors of dill, vinegar, salt, garlic and tarragon to hard candy.
They're bright green, like that weird paste I get from the Indian restaurant that I can't eat because it's so green. I'm not a pickle adverse person, as a kid I was a huge fan both of the store bought versions and the kind my grandmother made with the gherkins she grew in her own yard.
The first flavor is sweetness, like a sweet pickle, which I actually don't care for. But after there's a strong and pleasant herbal dill note along with a weird sort of garlic flavor. The tartness that emulates vinegar comes in slowly. Overall, it's a good likeness of a pickle in dissolvable form. I would have liked a little less sweet, which I understand is hard to do with candy, but perhaps a dash of salt. Mostly, it lacks the texture, that crunch, the coldness from the fridge that are elements I enjoy in my pickle. My mouth never quite watered during the experience like it does with some good, refrigerator-cold, fresh pickles.
As a novelty, especially if you're theming a party, these are definitely unique, but not something I'd eat every day.
The other more sedate collection from Barrels of Yum is their Classic Collection of old fashioned gourmet candy creations.
It really is time that hard candy got some upgrades, the new variety was created with David Klein, the fellow of brought us the idea of really great tasting jelly beans with the Jelly Belly.
The variety contains eight different flavors, though oddly enough, not the classic barrel candy root beer. They include: blueberry crumble, peach cobbler, apple pie, chai tea, sour watermelon, hot cinnamon, orange cream, and granny smith green apple.
They're kosher and made in the USA, unlike a lot of hard candies these days. They're for sale on Amazon, but at $5.99 they're a little steep. They're made with a combination of natural and artificial flavors. The colors are bright, though it's a little hard to tell some of the apart at first glance, as the peach and orange are similar as are the two browns.
Apple Pie is the light brown color. It's very apple, with a lot of tartness to it and a good flavor balance that has some cinnamon and something like graham or that emulates crust very well. The apple flavor is good enough that it almost taste like they didn't peel the apples.
Granny Smith Green Apple is just a little darker in color than the Dilly Dally, not that they're included in the same package. It starts out rather sedate but then develops. It's not Jolly Rancher apple, this is a lot more full bodied with more of the apple juice flavors than that artificial note that many American apple candies have. If you gave this to me without saying where it came from, I would guess it was Japanese, as they have a much better approximation of true apple flavor in candy than we do.
Blueberry Crumble is over-blued ... it made my tongue blue and as an adult, it's not really a feeling I care for. The flavor is good, a well rounded sweetness with a light tart bite of boiled berries with a sort of vanilla top note. It didn't quite differentiate itself as actual blueberry, more of a generic berry flavor.
Orange Cream is the lightest orange didn't really make any sense to me conceptually but it was well executed. Two of my favorite qualities of citrus are the acidic bite and the zesty balsamic note. Neither of those show up in this piece, as it's all about the soft orange flavor without the zing of the peel or the juice. So what's left? It's like a creamsicle, sweet and mild with a very good creamy mouthfeel, though there's absolutely no dairy in it.
Peach Cobbler is a medium orange color and rather weak. It was tangy but didn't have that dough element like the crumble did. It was just odd, not peachy. I thought this was a miss.
Sour Watermelon was hot pink and definitely reminded me of Jolly Rancher. The flavor was very sweet at first, like a ripe but uninteresting watermelon, but then the sour pops up as you get further in. It's not puckery, but has a believable quality to it.
Chai Tea is warm with immediate cinnamon notes. The other spices are quite mild and comforting, perhaps a little nutmeg and ginger. It's not as strong as I could have liked, but the flavor is continuous instead of getting weak as the candy dissolves.
Hot Cinnamon was saved for last, in case it burned me out. It starts out with a good mix of the powdery woody flavor but then goes right into the searing heat of the cinnamon oil. It reminded me of Atomic Fireballs, except there's no layering to grant relief after a few minutes. I had a little metallic hit from the artificial colors, I would have preferred colorings on these that didn't interfere with the intense flavors.
Overall, the barrels fill a niche for interesting flavors in hard candy. I found the pieces just slightly large for my preference. Though the barrel shape is fun, I do prefer a disk as I think that fits better in the mouth. This particular flavor assortment didn't fit my tastes perfectly, only about half are flavors I'd pick out of the mix. I am looking forward to what they do with Root Beer, as I would love to find a really intense, spicy root beer hard candy.
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POSTED BY Cybele AT 1:42 pm Candy • Review • Cinnamon • Hard Candy & Lollipops • Kosher • 6-Tempting • 7-Worth It • United States • Comments (4)
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Archbishop McNicholas High School will conduct its annual Women's and Men's Hall of Fame Evenings on Feb. 26 and 27, respectively.
The women's event will feature guest speaker Dr. Robin Martin, associate provost for diversity and inclusion at the University of Cincinnati. The inductees for the Women's Hall of Fame include Julie Lach McNeal, class of 2004, and Sara Staubach, class of 2006.
Emcee for the event is McNicholas grad and Hall of Fame member Margaret "Mooch" McClure, class of 1983.
McNeal's career at McNicholas included four years volleyball and softball. As a softball athlete, McNeal earned First-Team All-league for three years, and in 2004, First-Team All-city and Player of the Year. In volleyball, she received honorable mention for two years in the GGCL.
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Shame on the Las Cruces Sun-News. Sunday morning and Dean Carruthers is again featured with a picture, front page. All five candidates deserve an equal amount of time.
Yesterday we were driving by UTEP and I was admiring the university and how the architecture is all the same and it looks so wonderful. And then today I am driving up University and I'm just wondering what is going on, on our campus. Nothing matches.
I just read that Hanna Skandera removed "designate" from her title. Although I agree that it is kind of ridiculous that they have waited two and a half years to even hear whether she is qualified or not, I don't exactly get how she can appoint herself.
In the shooting of Julie Gonzales, you want to bet that that FBI agent does no time. It is amazing how people at that level get away with murder and anybody else would go to prison. She was a non-violent person.
This prom ceremony it is only to facilitate the discrimination between the poor and the rich. The female students pushing the boys to rent expensive places and wear expensive clothes while the poor students cannot attend or pay for that.
As more and more comes out about the Ken Martinez tax bill, I sincerely hope that the state Democratic Party is going to primary him in the next election.
Undocumented persons have never been able to receive welfare benefits, contrary to conservative propaganda. The children who were born here are eligible for food stamps and Medicaid if the family is within the poverty financial guideline.
As an Independent and a Constitutionalist, I would request that Neal Hooks and all the other Republicans get their religion out of my politics.
Charles Krauthammer thinks that Bush kept us safe. What about 9/11? What about sending us to Iraq where thousands of our men were killed and hundreds of thousands of Iraqi's were killed, who were innocent people?
The Bush library opens up on 5/1. That's the 10th anniversary of Bush landing on the aircraft carrier with the big banner that said Mission Accomplished. t only took another $10 trillion and eight years, and we are still in Afghanistan.
It has been a while since I have heard the Republican big lie about the job creators need more tax cuts so they can create more jobs. The latest report was the top 7 percent have increased their wealth since 2009 by 15 percent and the rest of us have dropped 4 percent.
The Second Amendment was put in the Constitution to allow southern states to create militias in order to put down slave rebellions, track run away slaves and so forth, which was purely for the purpose of supporting the institution of slavery. The 2nd Amendment has absolutely no relevance to modern life in the United States of America.
It is time the people spoke up. No incumbents. Nobody votes for any incumbents at the local level, at the state level or at the national level. You have got to clean up this mess, and that is the only way you are going to do it.


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Not content with putting her feet up during her pregnancy, the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton has been spotted shopping for work-out clothes suggesting she's keeping up her fitness regime.
The Duchess has been spotted making a number of shopping trips in London recently and according to US Weekly she ventured out again on Monday (January 28) to shop for some maternity gym clothes.
According to sources Kate was spotted browsing in Selfridges on Oxford Street, stopping in the casual and sportswear department. The source says that Kate was particularly keen on some Sweaty Betty clothes.
The Duchess reportedly bought a pair of Kriya Yoga leggings in grey, which retail for around £30. During the low-key trip, Kate also checked out the jumpers in the section of her favourite brand Reiss, but avoided other pricey labels, the source adds.
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Just a few days before her Selfridges trip, the Duchess was spotted stocking up on some maternity wear at another London store, JoJo Maman Bebe. Another source also confirms that the royal has placed an order for items from the new ASOS Maternity Collection, she loves the highstreet doesn't she!
It's not all about shopping and yoga though as a source tells the US publication that the Duchess is also ready to get back to work following her bout of severe morning sickness:
"Catherine's arranging meetings with the charities she is involved with and planning future engagements before the baby is born," a royal source tells Us Weekly. "She wants to keep herself busy now that she is feeling better."


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A diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is based on the following criteria:
- Severe, chronic fatigue that lasts for at least 6 months in 50% of time and is not due to another illness or medical cause
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- Prolonged fatigue lasting 24 hours or more after exercise
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Your doctor will ask you for a detailed medical history. A complete physical exam will be done.
You will receive a standard series of tests. This should help your doctor identify other possible causes of illness. If no cause is identified, your doctor may make a diagnosis of CFS.
The number and type of tests may vary depending on your history. The following tests are often used to exclude other causes of fatiguing illness:
- Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (liver test)
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Your doctor may want to assess the impact of CFS on certain mental skills. You may have tests for your concentration, memory, and organization. You may also be given a personality assessment. This can help to determine your coping abilities. It is also done to identify any coexisting affective disorders. This includes depression , panic disorder , or other anxiety disorders .
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Treatment. American Academy of Family Physicians Familydoctor website. Available at: http://familydoctor.org/familydoctor/en/diseases-conditions/chronic-fatigue-syndrome/diagnosis-tests.html . Updated November 2010. Accessed December 28, 2012.
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Diagnosis. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/cfs/diagnosis/index.html . Updated May 16, 2012. Accessed December 28, 2012.
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at: https://dynamed.ebscohost.com/about/about-us . Updated November 10, 2012. Accessed December 28, 2012.
Craig T, Kakumanu S. Chronic fatigue syndrome: evaluation and treatment. Am Fam Physician. 2002;65:1083-1090. Available at: http://www.aafp.org/afp/2002/0315/p1083.html
Devanur LD, Kerr JR. Chronic fatigue syndrome. J Clin Virol. 2006;37:139-150.
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any more vids of this guy?
so nice to help him out
well....if you did all that, why didn't you film all of that? how come all we get to see is FORTY SECONDS of this guy sucking your cock?....and it looks like you took this video with a $25 cell phone.
and what a hot guy you took home
Like to see more of you & the hobo
whenever I am out cruising in the winter back east I make sure to carry cigs and booze it helps atracts the winos who seem to have really big cocks but I just watch and sometimes jerk them off most of them seem to have forgottn how to get themselves off they really love it when I make them jizz.
unsafe? that would be hot.
I love this video. Pick up more homeless men and I want to see more of them and you fooling around. Please make more homeless videos. It turns me on so much!!
DAMN SEXY...I'd pick up a hobo too if he looked that good and had such a nice cock...WOOF!!!!!!!!!!
LOL yea that was funny. One summer in Seattle there was a cute young maan who hung out in a park doing homeless men thta was funny too.
LOL yea that wa funny. One summer in Seattle there was a cute young man who hung out in a park doing homeless men.
ewww thats soo nasty
Loved it! Pretty hot for a homeless guy
nice video and nice story.. feels like doing the same thing sometimes.. (especially when feeling lonely)
Would love to see the vid of you fucking him. ;-)
Thats one hot looking man just like you are
now where's the part where you fucked him?
nice vid, but why a hobo?
HOT, more!
i've had some fun with bums and hobos myself.....cool vid, man!
lol i like the vid, id love to see more, but this is kinda how serial murders start lol, you pick up a hobo, you use him, you *******him, idk why but i thought to myself, \"And the hobo was never heard from again...\" and laughed my ass off.


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The Leon County Sheriff's Office made a wise move Monday to add additional patrols around two south-side schools and Jack McLean Park.
The action was prompted by information gathered from what officials said were social media posts of possible trouble at Rickards or elsewhere, in light of a shooting two weeks ago that left one teenager dead and other another wounded.
Some parents decided to pick up their children from school early, just in case, based on the reported threats.
It's natural for parents to show concern, but we also must not let our actions and reactions be guided only by what's posted on social media.
Members of the Tallahassee Police Department and the Leon County Sheriff's Office are well trained in dealing with threats or actual incidents in our schools. We also can credit principals, teachers and students who are alert enough to report suspicious activities to school authorities or to take action themselves before situations get out of hand.
The shooting death of Chadrick Anderson, 16, is a tragedy for this community, as was the wounding of a second teen. We need to allow law enforcement officers to do their job in investigating the shootings.
It's a blemish on any community when extra patrols near schools are needed, but at the same time, it's a tribute to local law enforcement agencies that they were plugged in enough to take precautionary actions and beef up their presence. This is one of the direct actions law agencies and Leon County Schools decided on earlier this year, when there was public concern about security in our schools.
As noted by the National School Safety and Security Services, a consulting firm in Cleveland, "School and public safety officials must treat threats seriously and have protocols in place for assessing and managing threats to school safety."
The wide use of social media also makes it even more important that schools get accurate information out quickly to parents and to the community to offset the "wildfire" leaps that rumors can take in the digital age.
Parents and guardians should take note of what children are posting and reading on social media and to direct suspicious reports to law enforcement or the Big Bend Crime Stoppers hotline at 574-TIPS or 888-876-TIPS.


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FINAL: Comets 3 @ Lake Erie 2
- Updated: November 8, 2013
For the first time in franchise history, the Utica Comets were victorious. With a 3-2 win over the Lake Erie Monsters at the Quicken Loans Arena on Friday Night, the Comets snapped a franchise starting 10-game losing streak.
Stuart, along with Alex Mallet and Patrick Mullen recorded goals for the Comets as Stuart netted the first game-winning goal in Comets history. Joacim Eriksson, who has been in net for each of Utica's four points this season, made 22 saves on 24 shots as he earned his first career American Hockey League victory. The Swede's record improves to 1-5-1-1
It seemed like another example of "here we go again" for the Comets, as the Monsters struck first. Comets goaltender Eriksson made the save on the initial shot from Paul Carey, but the rebound was directed right to Mikael Tam, who netted the first goal of the game. Brad Malone would pick up the second assist. The Monsters goal marked the ninth time in eleven games that the Comets have allowed the opening goal.
The Comets would not back down, and tied the score at the 16:17 mark of the first. DeFazio would begin the scoring play, side stepping a Monsters defender, and firing a shot on goal. Mallet would get two whacks at it, with the second finding the back of the net to tie the game at one. The Mallet goal was his first career AHL goal. Kellan Lain picked up the secondary assist.
Just a few minutes later, the Comets would strike again, this time a power-play goal to take the lead. Grenier fired a puck on net that rattled around Monsters defender's legs before it fell onto the stick of David Booth. Booth slid the puck across the crease to Mullen who was camped-out at the back door, and Mullen would not be denied The goal would give the Comets their first road lead in franchise history.
The Monsters accounted for all the scoring in the second period, with a goal at the 8:25 mark. An Agozzino shot from the point resulted in a mad scramble in front of the net, and ended with Monsters captain Bryan Lerg knocking home the tying goal.
In what turned out to be a thrilling third period filled with back and forth action and plenty of Comets pressure, Stuart buried the historic Comets goal. Deep in the Monster zone, Zach Hamill found Colin Stuart at the top of the circle. From there, Stuart would not miss, as he rifled a shot that beat Pickard high and to the glove side. Niklas Jensen picked up an assist on the play, his first as a Comet.
The win gave Utica, N.Y. their first win from a Utica-based franchise in 7,518 days. The last win was a 6-3 victory coming on April 9, 1993 at the Baltimore Skipjacks.
Calvin Pickard recorded 25 saves on 28 shots against after he shutout the Comets last evening. The Monsters goaltender fell back beneath the .500 mark as his record falls to 3-4-0-0. Eriksson improves to 1-5-1-1 on the season with the win. His .917 save percentage in tonight's game is his second highest on the season, behind only his strong effort against Syracuse.
The Comets now have four points on the season and look to carry their momentum to Hamilton on Sunday. The Comets and Bulldogs meet for the second time this season and the first at Copps Coliseum in Ontario. Hamilton was able to fight off a late Comets surge in Utica on Oct. 28 as they won by a 3-2 final score. Puck drop is set at 3 p.m. for the first game across the border in Utica Comets history.
Quicken Loans Arena, 7:00 p.m.
Radio: 94.9 K-Rock
The Comets have revenge on their minds as they square off with the Lake Erie Monsters for the second straight night. Utica dropped a 4-0 decision in Cleveland in their first ever meeting with their North Division foes and the young Comets are still in search of their first victory of the season. Puck drop is set for 7:30 p.m. at Quicken Loans Arena.
When They Last Met: Utica was shutout last night against tonight's foe, the Monsters, by a 4-0 scoreline. Mark Olver and Bryan Lerg each recorded two assists for the Monsters, while Colin Smith, David van der Gulik, Trevor Cheek and Andrew Agozzino each found the back of the net. Lake Erie goaltender Calvin Pickard made 17 saves for the shutout while Joacim Eriksson made 38 saves on 42 shots against in defeat for the Comets.
Road Woes Continue: The Comets have still failed to earn a point away from home as they dropped their fourth straight regulation loss on the road. The Comets have been outscored 17-6 over their four road games, and have never led during that span.
New Comets: Forward David Booth and defenseman Kent Huskins each made their season debuts for the Comets against Lake Erie. Both players recorded two shots on net and Booth added Utica's best scoring bid of the game as his backhand attempt found the iron. In the third period. The two veterans bring a combined 706 NHL games of experience to the Comets roster.
Penalty Kill Struggles: After they surrendered two power play goals to Lake Erie, the Comets have now given up a PPG in eight of their ten games this season. Utica's penalty kill now ranks 29th of 30 teams in the league at just 73.9 percent. The Comets are also one of just eight teams who have yet to score a shorthanded goal.
Fight Club: After picking up five for fighting against Lake Erie, Comets' center Kellan Lain has moved into fourth in the AHL in penalty minutes with 46. Lain, who also ranks as the leader amongst league rookies, has now dropped the gloves four times this season, tops on the team.
Capital Connection: Utica head coach Travis Green and Lake Erie head coach Dean Chynoweth were teammates for parts of three seasons from 1990-1993 with the AHL's Capital District Islanders. Both men rank in the team's all-time Top 10 in games played with Green fourth and Chynoweth ninth.
Calvin And Hobbes: With his blanking of the Comets last night, Lake Erie goaltender Calvin Pickard recorded his first shutout of the season and the sixth of his AHL career. The Colorado prospect was tied for sixth in the league a season ago with five shutouts.
Scouting The Monsters: After his two point outing against the Comets last night, Bryan Lerg became the first Monster to reach double digits in points as the winger now has 11 (6-5-11) on the season. Lerg's six goals rank first on the team and tied for twelfth in the AHL. Center Mark Olver joined his teammate not long after, as his two assist performance also vaulted him into double digits with ten points (3-7-10). Olver's seven assists are a Lake Erie high as he passed teammate Andrew Agozzino (six assists) for the team lead.
Defenseman Stefan Elliott leads all Lake Erie blueliners with five points (1-4-5). Karl Stollery leads all Monsters players with a +5 rating and has also contributed four points (2-2-4) over his nine games played. Tyson Barrie chipped in with an assist in his season debut against the Comets.
Calvin Pickard recorded his team high third victory of the season against Utica, which moved him out of his tie with fellow netminder Sami Aittokallio. Pickard, who earned his first shutout of the season, improved his goals against average and save percentage to 2.70 and .906 respectively as he evened his record to 3-3-0.


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I think I'll leave the internet if that gets any popularity whatsoever.
Bye, darkish!
for the REAL full version Link182,409 Views Yeah Bye darkish
Lack of mods?
Well what's his face just got promoted....so maybe their all lazy.
You know speaking of being promoted and laziness....ES old buddy old pal, when do i get my promotion?
for the version u say is the full version it is Views: 39,570
Ok...I chuckled at the beginning of that one.
But 182,000 views really isn't that much.
And you also have to base popularity on how much you see it and how many times people reference to it. Like the Numa Numa song when it was popular.
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Texas Tech QB Michael Brewer's injury situation is improving
The Red Raiders have worked their way to a 4-0 start this season between true freshmen quarterbacks Baker Mayfield and Davis Webb, but the situation under center could improve with sophomore quarterback Michael Brewer getting back into the mix.
Brewer has been sidelined since early August with a back ailment, a situation that appears to be improving.
"I don't think he's far if there are no setbacks," head coach Kliff Kingsbury said during Monday's Big 12 coaches teleconference. "If what I'm hearing from the trainers — It could be the very near future. This bye week I know will help, and we'll see where he's at next week."
No one in Lubbock is complaining about the platoon of Mayfield and Webb. The two quarterbacks have combined to throw for 12 touchdowns and 1,634 yards. That's three touchdowns and 408.5 yards per game.
Both had decent showings against Big 12 opponent TCU. Webb filled in for a slightly injured Mayfield two weeks ago and led the Red Raiders from a 10-10 tie to a 20-10 win in the final minutes of Texas Tech's conference opener.
A modest edge in passing efficiency goes to Mayfield, but Webb played the majority of Saturday's 33-7 win against Texas State and opened the quarterback controversy for a third time since spring ball began.
It comes down to three capable options at quarterback are better than two.
Brewer probably would have been named the starter to open the season considering his backup experience behind Seth Doege last year.
"I definitely think when he gets healthy — We'll see what he's got," Kingsbury said. "It's been a long way off for him, but he's a very talented kid and talented player. We'll see how it works out, but I imagine if he can come back in pretty good form and pretty good shape that we'll get him right back in the mix and see how it looks."
'Best in Texas' poll: Longhorns stay put despite win; North Texas above SMU
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Ultimate Guide To Using WordPress For A Portfolio
- By Cameron Chapman
- April 29th, 2009
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WordPress is often thought of as just a blogging platform. But it's capable of so much more. Even WordPress' documentation includes an entire section on using WordPress as a content management system1. Because WordPress is such an easy-to-use platform, it makes sense to consider using it as a platform to build just about any kind of website, a portfolio website included.
Whether you're a photographer, graphic designer, Web designer or any other kind of visual artist, WordPress makes an excellent starting point for developing your online portfolio. And with the wealth of plug-ins and ready-made themes available, you can usually get a perfectly presentable website up and running in a matter of hours.
This article assumes that you have a clean installation of WordPress running on your website. For instructions on installing and configuring WordPress, please consult the official documentation2.
Here are additional links that may be useful when designing your portfolio website.
- WordPress Developer's Toolbox1413
A list of useful WordPress developer tools and resources.
- Creating a Successful Online Portfolio1424
There are some common mistakes designers make in their portfolios. Let's review these common pitfalls first to make sure you don't fall into one of these traps.
- 50 Beautiful And Creative Portfolio Designs1435
In this showcase, you'll find a variety of beautiful, unique and highly creative portfolio designs.
The first thing you'll want to do is decide whether to use a pre-made theme or design your own. If you're a Web designer, chances are you'll want to design a custom theme. But if you're any other kind of visual artist, plenty of ready-made themes are available, and with a little customization (changing the background image, logo and color scheme can go a long way), one probably exists that suits your needs and will save you time. Therefore let's first take a look at some freely available high-quality "portfolio" WordPress themes.
1. Free WordPress Portfolio Themes Link
Using a pre-made theme is a great way to save time. While some of the best themes are not free, they're still significantly less expensive than hiring a designer to build your website or spending hours of your own time when you could be doing billable work.
Sharpfolio: WordPress Portfolio Theme6 | Demo7 | Free
Viewport: WordPress Portfolio Theme9 | Demo10 | Free
is focused around a clean and simple, content based layout. The aim is to grab the user's attention and draw them straight into the content. On the single post page the content is laid out clearly in full, with post controls and a widget-enabled sidebar. Created by Paul Bennett11 especially for Smashing Magazine and its readers.
Irresistible13 | Demo14 | Download15 | Free
Irresistible is a visually-rich personal blog, with a little bit of a multimedia focus. Incorporating some nifty video-options and widgets, Irresistible should meet all of your personal blogging needs. Just add your content to the mix.
Portfolio – WPESP Theme17 | Demo18 | Download19 | Free
The Theme is a starting point in the creation of portfolios, using WordPress as CMS. In this short tutorial are the guidelines of the design, the Codex de WordPress used, where are explained the Custom Write Panel created to edit the content, and the adaptation to the Coda Slider Effect script, create by jQuery for Designers, and can be modified depending on what the user needs.
2. Commercial Portfolio WordPress Themes Link
ProudFolio30 | Demo31 | Price: $70
ProudFolio is most definitely aimed at aspiring designers, developers, artists and photographers who'd like a framework theme which incorporates both a great-looking portfolio and a feature-rich blog.
Photopro33 | Demo34 | Price: $29+
Design Photography Portfolio36 | Demo37 | Price: $25
Cassiopeia39 | Demo40 | Price: $80+
Sofa Designer Folio42 | Demo43 | Price: $30
Sofa Designer Folio theme allows you to keep designer's showcase separated from the blog. For that reason this theme is using two type of templates: Portfolio and Blog.
Portfolio WordPress Theme45 | Demo46 | Price: $39
Geometric48 | Demo49 | Price: $70
Geometric takes a structured approach to showcasing two rather non-structured things: blogs & design portfolios.
Great Portfolio! WordPress Theme51 | Demo52 | Price: $12
Great Portfolio is a one page portfolio and a very clean template. It has 2 color options to choose from namely, dark bule and dark brown. It also has a smooth scroller to each menu of the page. Contact Form is functional and ready to use.
Sketchbook Blog Portfolio WordPress Theme54 | Demo55 | Price: $30
Sketchbook was created with the online professional in mind and is geared towards an online showcase of blog and portfolio for the creative individual. This theme comes with a few custom options, such as you can select if you would like an overall light clean airy feel, or if you would like a more bold dark impressive look and feel.
Goldmine Portfolio Blog WordPress Theme57 | Demo58 | Price: $25
Ambiguous: WordPress Portfolio Theme60 | Demo61 | Price: $30
This theme was developed to showcase your work. Ambiguous has a large featured portfolio items area well placed on the homepage showcasing the best of your work. Also on the homepage are your most recent blog posts. In the sidebar there is a custom twitter feed feature, about widget displaying brief info about yourself, and a site search feature.
Foliotastic: A Premium WordPress Portfolio Theme63 | Demo64 | Price: $30
Foliotastic is a feature-packed portfolio/blog theme that includes a full-featured, tabbed Admin Panel to change options like colors (you can even enter your own custom HEX value), category settings, logo settings and more.
Shuffle: Portfolio Blog66 | Demo67 | Price: $30
YourFolio69 | Demo70 | Price: $25
Fresh Folio72 | Demo73 | Price: $70+
eGallery75 | Demo76 | Price: $19.95 per year (membership)
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3. Designing Your Portfolio Link
You'll likely use two main types of pages on your portfolio website: a home page or main portfolio page and individual project pages. Your main page will likely consist of a series of thumbnails showcasing your work. Individual project pages offer more detailed information about your work.
Designing Your Main Page Link
One thing all of the above themes have in common is a focus on images on the home page or main portfolio page. A regular WordPress blog usually focuses on text. But a portfolio website needs to focus on the images. Whether you want your images to appear in a grid format, in chronological order, as a slideshow or any other way is a personal choice. But make sure each image is large enough for someone to have an idea of what they're looking at.
Along with the images for your portfolio, you may want to include some introductory information. One way to do this is to include a "sticky post" (at least two plug-ins do this: Simple Sticky Posts90 and WP-Sticky91). Another way is to use (or design) a theme with a "featured posts" function that sets apart selected posts from the rest of your content.
The way you handle images on your website is another personal choice. A variety of plug-ins are available out there to create various effects.
Plug-Ins to Handle Images Link
Images are the backbone of any portfolio website. Here are a few plug-ins for displaying and formatting your website's images.
Thumbnail for Excerpts92
This plug-in automatically displays a thumbnail of a post's first image in the post excerpt (which appears on your home page or category pages).
Slide Press94
Integrates slideshows from SlideShowPro into WordPress.
Carousel Gallery (jQuery) for WordPress96
Creates a jQuery-powered gallery.
WordPress ThickBox plugin98
A plug-in for creating the Thickbox photo style. It also includes instructions for switching to the W3C-valid Smoothbox, along with some other useful modifications.
PhotoQ WordPress Photoblog Plugin100
This plug-in turns your blog into a photoblog. Very handy if you want to use a theme that isn't particularly suited to a portfolio but don't have the know-how or time to customize it to your needs.
PhotoSmash Galleries102
This plug-in allows you to manage multiple galleries and even more than one gallery per post.
Image Drop Shadow104
Creates an automatic drop-shadow effect for all of your images.
FlippingBook WordPress Gallery105
This is one of the coolest plug-ins out there for setting up a portfolio. Instead of including a ton of thumbnail images on your project pages, why not set them up as a flip book, in which viewers can turn pages and zoom in to view details? This plug-in makes all that possible (and easy).
Featured Content Gallery107
This plug-in creates an automated rotating gallery of images from your posts or pages that you can embed anywhere on your theme.
NextGEN Gallery109
Another gallery plug-in with an easy-to-use back-end.
WordPress Galleria111
Creates photo galleries automatically; all you have to do is upload a folder with the photos you want for each gallery.
Flickr Gallery113
This is a great plug-in if you've already put your work up on Flickr. It lets you easily create galleries for your blog based on your Flickr photos, photosets and most popular photos.
Designing Your Project Pages Link
Each of your projects should have its own page providing details. The details you'll want to include will vary based on what kind of portfolio you have. If you're a Web designer, you'll want to offer links to actual websites, along with a brief rundown of each project's scope and possibly testimonials. If you're a photographer, you'll want to include information on the subjects, dates and locations of your photos. An artist will include information about the media used, inspirations and possibly from where and how the pieces can be purchased, or who has purchased them if they've already been sold.
Displaying the data for these types of posts can be a pain. You can just use a narrative format to describe the project as you would in a regular blog post. But if you're looking for something a bit different, there are a couple of ways to deal with formatting posts like this. You can use a post template (check out the Post Templates114 plug-in) or a table (using the WP-Table115 plug-in). In any case, standardizing how information is presented for each project will make your portfolio look more professional.
No matter what kind of art or design work you're showcasing, you may want to include additional images or screenshots of each project. Some of the image gallery plug-ins listed above are perfect for this type of usage.
What Else Should Your Portfolio Include? Link
Obviously, your portfolio should have images of your best work. But what else should you include? An "About" page should be included, as should contact information. (What's the point of showing off your work if prospective clients can't get in touch with you?)
If you're feeling brave, you may want to set up a rating system on your website. There are plug-ins to do this (GD Star Rating116 seems to be the most popular). You can then use the ratings to feature certain projects or just use them for your own knowledge.
Whether to leave comments open on your project pages is another consideration. Again, it's a personal choice. If you do decide to let visitors comment, I would strongly recommend setting up a moderation policy that requires all new comments to be approved. This prevents abusive comments from appearing on your website (a big concern if you're posting projects you've done for clients, who might be offended if a negative comment showed up in reference to their website or logo).
4. Other Considerations And Tips Link
Keep the design of your portfolio website simple. You want your work to stand out, not the website's design. A solid-colored or simple image background paired with crisp images of your projects is the way to go.
If you're designing your portfolio theme from scratch or customizing a pre-made theme, here's a trick I learned on my first project. Upload your theme or the basic framework of the theme to your website (or testing area). Then go to your home page and each individual page you'll be designing and copy the source code. Save each of these pages as an HTML file. Open them up in your HTML editor of choice and attach the CSS from your theme. From there, you can edit your CSS and images and see how they affect the website's actual design. Of course, you won't be able to edit your PHP files, which control the functionality of your website, but it's a great shortcut when working on the actual design.
Pick and choose the projects you upload to your website. No one says you have to include every project you've ever worked on. Pick the best ones, or the ones most representative of your work, and forget the rest. Better to have 10 or 20 excellent examples than 100 that are just so-so.
5. Portfolio Websites Built On WordPress Link
A lot of designers, photographers and artists already use WordPress to display their work. Here are just a few:
George Butler Design and Development129
6. Further Resources Link
Here are additional links that may be useful when designing your portfolio website.
- How to Use WordPress for a Portfolio Site: Part 1133 and Part 2134 from blogHelper
A complete tutorial on creating a custom WordPress portfolio theme.
- Using WordPress as a Portfolio: Examples and Themes (15+)135
A collection of portfolio themes and websites.
- Build a Dynamic Design Portfolio with WordPress136
A very basic rundown of setting up a portfolio website.
- WordPress as a CMS – Content Management System137
The basics of using WordPress as a content management system.
- Things to Consider When Using WordPress as a CMS138
A more detailed look at using WordPress as a CMS.
- So You Want to Create WordPress Themes, Huh?139
A tutorial on creating custom WordPress themes.
- WordPress Customization140
A very detailed look at different ways to customize WordPress.
- WordPress Developer's Toolbox1413
A list of useful WordPress developer tools and resources.
- Creating a Successful Online Portfolio1424
There are some common mistakes designers make in their portfolios. Let's review these common pitfalls first to make sure you don't fall into one of these traps.
- 50 Beautiful And Creative Portfolio Designs1435
In this showcase, you'll find a variety of beautiful, unique and highly creative portfolio designs.
Footnotes Link
- 1 http://codex.wordpress.org/User:Lastnode/Wordpress_CMS
- 2 http://codex.wordpress.org/Getting_Started_with_WordPress
- 3 http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/09/15/wordpress-developers-toolbox/
- 4 http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/03/04/creating-a-successful-online-portfolio/
- 5 http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/11/26/50-beautiful-and-creative-portfolio-designs/
- 6 http://webrevolutionary.com/sharpfolio/
- 7 http://webrevolutionary.com/sharpfolio-demo/
- 8 http://webrevolutionary.com/sharpfolio/
- 9 http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/12/29/free-icons-photoshop-brushes-and-a-wordpress-theme/
- 10 http://labs.paulicio.us/viewport/
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- 13 http://www.woothemes.com/2009/02/irresistible/
- 14 http://www.woothemes.com/demo/?t=25
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- 17 http://wpesp.com/portfolio/
- 18 http://demo.wpesp.com/portfolio/
- 19 http://wpesp.com/?dl_id=1
- 20 http://wpesp.com/portfolio/
- 21 http://redworks.sk/wp-themes/linquist/
- 22 http://linquist.redworks.sk/
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- 24 http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/monotone
- 25 http://monotonedemo.wordpress.com
- 26 http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/monotone
- 27 http://pupungbp.erastica.com/wordpress-theme/fotofolio-wordpress-theme-for-your-online-portfolio/
- 28 http://demo.wordspop.com/fotofolio/
- 29 http://pupungbp.erastica.com/wordpress-theme/fotofolio-wordpress-theme-for-your-online-portfolio/
- 30 http://www.woothemes.com/2008/06/proudfolio/
- 31 http://www.woothemes.com/demo/?t=8
- 32 http://www.woothemes.com/2008/06/proudfolio/
- 33 http://frozr.com/photopro/
- 34 http://www.frozr.com/photo
- 35 http://frozr.com/photopro/
- 36 http://themeforest.net/item/design-photograpy-portfolio/31774
- 37 http://www.designqueries.com/demo01/?wptheme=portfolio
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- 39 http://www.themegalaxy.net/2008/08/cassiopeia/?ev=8170ad50f8#one
- 40 http://www.themegalaxy.net/demo/cassiopeia/
- 41 http://www.themegalaxy.net/2008/08/cassiopeia/?ev=8170ad50f8#one
- 42 http://themeforest.net/item/sofa-designer-folio/30472/
- 43 http://designerfolio.sofarider.com/
- 44 http://themeforest.net/item/sofa-designer-folio/30472/
- 45 http://www.dailywp.com/portfolio-wordpress-theme/
- 46 http://sponsoredwp.info/portfolio/
- 47 http://www.dailywp.com/portfolio-wordpress-theme/
- 48 http://www.woothemes.com/2009/01/geometric/
- 49 http://www.woothemes.com/demo/?t=21
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- 51 http://themeforest.net/item/great-portfolio/27958/
- 52 http://inspirationup.com/themeforest/great-portfolio/dark-brown
- 53 http://themeforest.net/item/great-portfolio/27958/
- 54 http://themeforest.net/item/sketchbook-blog-portfolio-theme/26665/
- 55 http://sketchbook.themedemo.net/
- 56 http://themeforest.net/item/sketchbook-blog-portfolio-theme/26665/
- 57 http://themeforest.net/item/goldmine-wordpress-portfolio-and-blog-theme/24962
- 58 http://demo.monofactor.com/goldmine_wp/
- 59 http://themeforest.net/item/goldmine-wordpress-portfolio-and-blog-theme/24962
- 60 http://themeforest.net/item/ambiguous-portfolio-wordpress-theme/35885
- 61 http://ambiguous.themedemo.net/
- 62 http://themeforest.net/item/ambiguous-portfolio-wordpress-theme/35885
- 63 http://themeforest.net/item/foliotastic-a-premium-portfolio-wordpress-theme/38818
- 64 http://previews.themesnack.com/foliotastic/wp/
- 65 http://themeforest.net/item/foliotastic-a-premium-portfolio-wordpress-theme/38818
- 66 http://themeforest.net/item/shuffle-portfolio-blog/33953
- 67 http://themeforest.fileonfly.com/shuffle/
- 68 http://themeforest.net/item/shuffle-portfolio-blog/33953
- 69 http://themeforest.net/item/yourfolio/19729
- 70 http://yourfolio.themedemo.net/
- 71 http://themeforest.net/item/yourfolio/19729
- 72 http://www.woothemes.com/2008/09/fresh-folio/
- 73 http://www.woothemes.com/demo/?t=10
- 74 http://www.woothemes.com/2008/09/fresh-folio/
- 75 http://www.elegantthemes.com/gallery/egallery/
- 76 http://www.elegantthemes.com/preview/eGallery/
- 77 http://www.elegantthemes.com/gallery/egallery/
- 78 http://www.elegantthemes.com/gallery/grungemag/
- 79 http://www.elegantthemes.com/preview/GrungeMag/
- 80 http://www.elegantthemes.com/gallery/grungemag/
- 81 http://graphpaperpress.com/2008/10/05/modularity-multimedia-theme-framework-for-wordpress/
- 82 http://graphpaperpress.com/demo/modularity/?wptheme=Modularity
- 83 http://graphpaperpress.com/2008/10/05/modularity-multimedia-theme-framework-for-wordpress/
- 84 http://www.elegantthemes.com/gallery/cion/
- 85 http://www.elegantthemes.com/preview/Cion/
- 86 http://www.elegantthemes.com/gallery/cion/
- 87 http://themeforest.net/item/briefcase-portfolio-theme/21212?ref=wpthemesnews
- 88 http://briefcase.themedemo.net/
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- 90 http://bitworker.blogspot.com/2008/04/wordpress-plugin-my-sticky-posts.html
- 91 http://lesterchan.net/portfolio/programming/php/#wp-sticky
- 92 http://www.cnet.ro/wordpress/thumbnailforexcerpts/
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- 94 http://slidepress.net
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- 98 http://www.christianschenk.org/projects/wordpress-thickbox-plugin/
- 99 http://www.christianschenk.org/projects/wordpress-thickbox-plugin/
- 100 http://www.whoismanu.com/photoq-wordpress-photoblog-plugin/
- 101 http://www.whoismanu.com/photoq-wordpress-photoblog-plugin/
- 102 http://www.whypad.com/posts/photosmash-galleries-wordpress-plugin-released/507/
- 103 http://www.whypad.com/posts/photosmash-galleries-wordpress-plugin-released/507/
- 104 http://alexpolski.com/projects/image-drop-shadow-wordpress-plugin/
- 105 http://pageflipgallery.com
- 106 http://pageflipgallery.com
- 107 http://www.featuredcontentgallery.com/
- 108 http://www.featuredcontentgallery.com/
- 109 http://alexrabe.boelinger.com/wordpress-plugins/nextgen-gallery/
- 110 http://alexrabe.boelinger.com/wordpress-plugins/nextgen-gallery/
- 111 http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-galleria/
- 112 http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-galleria/
- 113 http://co.deme.me/projects/flickr-gallery/
- 114 http://www.vincentprat.info/dev/wordpress-plugins/post-templates/
- 115 http://alexrabe.boelinger.com/wordpress-plugins/wp-table/
- 116 http://www.gdstarrating.com/
- 117 http://eric-powell.com/
- 118 http://www.eric-powell.com/
- 119 http://delineate.wahgnube.org/
- 120 http://delineate.wahgnube.org/
- 121 http://www.johnjamesjacoby.com
- 122 http://www.johnjamesjacoby.com/
- 123 http://cribble.net/
- 124 http://cribble.net/
- 125 http://lawrencenaman.com/
- 126 http://lawrencenaman.com/
- 127 http://www.branded07.com/category/portfolio/
- 128 http://www.branded07.com/category/portfolio/
- 129 http://georgebutler.com/portfolio
- 130 http://georgebutler.com/portfolio
- 131 http://www.freshivore.net/
- 132 http://www.freshivore.net/
- 133 http://bloghelper.is-there.net/how-to-use-wordpress-for-a-portfolio-site-part-1/
- 134 http://bloghelper.is-there.net/how-to-use-wordpress-for-a-portfolio-site-part-2/
- 135 http://www.wpzoom.com/design/wordpress-as-a-portfolio-examples-themes-15/
- 136 http://www.darrenhoyt.com/2007/08/24/build-a-dynamic-design-portfolio-with-wordpress/
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