Plenty of online tools will help you create a website in just a few minutes with just a few clicks, but they’re not all geared towards helping photographers – those people who want to show off big, beautiful galleries of images online.

If you’re looking for a platform that’s going to help you showcase your work as stylishly as possible, we’ve picked out five of the best for you to consider. They all score highly for their pricing, features, ease of use, and the choice of templates they offer for getting a photo portfolio up on the web.

Once you’ve picked your favorite, you’ll soon be getting your photos up in front of a potential audience of millions. Some sites even give you options for selling copies of your images via the web.

1. Format

If you’re after simplicity first and foremost in your website builder, then check out Format – it doesn’t have as many advanced features or options as some of its competitors, but that means less hassle for you and a shorter time between signing up for the site and getting your photos online.

You’ve got 24 different templates to pick from, all of which can be customized in terms of pages, layouts and colors. Every theme adapts automatically to desktop or mobile, and you can preview all this in your browser.

As you would hope, getting images up on your site is simple, and once they’re on the page they can be dragged and dropped into position as required. If you’re happy with original design of the template you’ve picked – and the templates are all professional-looking and clean – then you really can be online within minutes.

We also like Format because of the extras it throws in. The platform lets you bring in your own domain name, set up an online store, and add a blog, with video tutorials generously spread around to help if you get stuck. If you do know a little bit of website coding, you can edit the CSS of your site too.

2. Carbonmade

On the scale of basic to advanced, Carbonmade is somewhere towards the former, but its service is specifically for creatives – and that means getting your work up in a cool-looking theme is very straightforward, and actually a lot of fun too.

You only get a handful of templates to pick from, so if you’d rather spend time agonizing over a choice of hundreds, then Carbonmade perhaps isn’t for you. Once you’re in, the site builder has one of the best workflows we’ve seen, letting you easily create projects and pages, and get your pictures uploaded to the site.

It’s one of those interfaces that you really don’t need an instruction manual to get around. Everything from the published/unpublished status of your pages, to the use of thumbnails for navigation, is simple to configure. The customization tweaks you’ve got, like the option to drop in a logo or a favicon, are all well chosen too.

You don’t get anything in the way of advanced features, like online sales or pages with password protection, but not everyone needs those anyway – if you’d rather get your site up, get it looking good, and then get on with your photography, Carbonmade is definitely worth a look.

3. Squarespace

Squarespace is one of the biggest names in website building, and it offers dozens of top-notch templates for getting your portfolio of pictures up on the web. Whether you want your images to show up at full-screen size or you prefer the grid look, Squarespace should have something to suit.

All the image cropping and resizing is taken care of for you, so your site is going to look great on any kind of device, and there’s actually quite a lot of flexibility when it comes to how your images are presented. You can use your own branding, fonts, and colors, or take the defaults that Squarespace gives you.

To protect your images, the platform lets you password-protect certain gallery pages, and if you need to have text flowing alongside your pictures then that’s simple to do as well. Embedding a contact form only takes a few minutes if you want to give clients a way to get in touch.

Everything can be managed through an attractive web browser interface and you can also add and remove pictures from an iOS app if you need to. It’s easy to see why Squarespace is one of the more popular website builders, and it’s well suited to photographers.

4. Wix

Like Squarespace, Wix is a heavyweight website builder that can put together almost any kind of site, but just because it isn’t focused exclusively on photographers doesn’t mean you can’t build an impressive image portfolio using the service. Wix lets you code and customize as much or as little of your site as you like, and you’ve got hundreds of templates to choose from.

You can build galleries and pages, blogs and stores, and everything is handled through a friendly and intuitive interface – getting your pictures in place is just a question of picking them from your computer and pointing where you want them to go. It’s also possible to build your portfolio through the Wix apps for Android and iOS, though you don’t get as many editing and layout options if you’re working on your phone.

Wix offers more customization and tweaking options than most – you can invest more time in a site to get it looking just so – and it also works with a ton of plug-ins from other services, like Google Maps or Etsy. If you think you want to fuss over the details of your portfolio, maybe give Wix a try.

This is also one of the better options if you think you might want to build on top of your basic portfolio to add more advanced features (like a photo booking system). Part of its appeal, though, is that Wix suits both beginners and more advanced users equally well.

5. Dunked

Dunked doesn’t have the same range of templates or the same depth of features as some of its rivals, but getting everything up and running is really simple and really fast. Take a look at the templates on the home page – if you like any of them, give Dunked a whirl.

As with most similar services, you’ve got a basic drag-and-drop interface for getting your pictures in the right place. If needed, images can be split up into pages and categories, so whether you want to stick your whole career online or just a few select snaps, Dunked makes it possible.

Even though the choice of templates isn’t the widest, they’re all designed to adapt to screens of any size, and if you know a bit of CSS then you can tweak various aspects of the site design – just don’t expect a massive amount of help beyond the basics of colors and fonts. Changes can be applied at any time and only take seconds.

We like the balance Dunked hits in getting you started very quickly and then giving you a few customization options later on. It’s going to be too basic for some, but if you don’t want to spend hours pondering over layouts, it may well suit you perfectly.

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If you’re regularly making presentations in your line of work, then making sure you buy the best business projector that suits your needs will be essential.

Getting the right business projector can help transform your presentations and meetings, making them more engaging, interactive and professional.

In our list of the best business projectors of 2018, we’ve selected a large range of projectors, from compact devices that are easy to pack away and take with you on the road, to full-featured business projectors that feature a range of connectivity options and boast stunning image quality.

As well as listing the best business projectors, we also have our very own price comparison tool that will help you find the best prices as well.

Buying a projector for work means you’re looking for different features than if you were buying a projector for entertainment purposes, so super-high resolutions and millions of inputs aren’t going to be high on your ‘must have’ list. 

Unfortunately, plenty of offices often cheap out in when buying business projectors, or not doing their research, and investing in headaches for years to come. So now is a good excuse as any to review our favorite options for your office’s projector unit.

1. Epson EB-1795F

Projection system: 3LCD | Resolutions: 1920 x 1080 | Brightness: 3200 lumens | Contrast ratio: 10000:1 | Projection distance: 0.7 m – 6.8 m | Video inputs: Composite, HDMI, VGA | Dimensions: 292‎ x 213 x 44 mm

The Epson EB-1795F is a great business projector that’s ultra-portable with great image quality. It offers a variety of different connectivity options to avoid fumbling for cables, and with a bit of prep in an office, almost any device can connect to it within seconds of it being turned on. 

The Gesture mode is a thoughtful idea, but doesn’t quite play out as effectively in real life. Aside from this, the EB-1795F is a reliable business projector that can easily travel wherever you go, and is up and ready to use in mere minutes. 

2. Epson EB-S04

Projection system: LCD | Resolutions: 800 x 600 | Brightness: 3000 lumens | Contrast ratio: 15000:1 | Video inputs: Component Composite HDMI S-Video USB | Dimensions: 297‎ x 234 x 77mm

If your meetings are never in the same location often, you’re going to want a no-nonsense projector that’s easy to carry. For that, we can recommend the Epson EB-S04. Weighing in at 2g pounds, and measuring 297‎ x 234 x 77mm, it also comes with a carry case included, which makes this a great business projector for people often out on the road. It supports connecting via USB, WiFi, VGA, HDMI, or the mobile MHL. Not only is it easy to move around with, it’s extremely easy to use, so much so that booting and choosing your input source only took a mere 34 seconds in our testing. This is all with an intensely strong lamp, which maxes out at 3000 lumens.

It is ideal for those who need a simple, portable projector for anything except for streaming video, as we experienced quality issues there, with output being either grainy or stuttering. So it’s not the best projector for watching films on, but as a business projector, it’s excellent.

3. ViewSonic Pro8520HD

Projection system: DLP | Resolutions: 1920 x 1080 | Brightness: 5000 lumens | Contrast ratio: 15000:1 | Video inputs: HDMI, VGA, S-Video, Composite

If you’re looking to present in a bright room, or shopping with no worry about price, ViewSonic’s Pro8600, weighing 8.5 pounds and measuring 13.1″ x 10.4″ x 4.3″ (W x D x H), and Pro8520HD, also 8.5 pounds and a very similar 13.1″ x 10.4″ x 4.8″ (W x D x H) are especially relevant. The Pro8600 retails for about $1700 (around £1125, AU$2068) online, and the Pro8520HD can be found online at a bump up to around $1799 (around £1190, AU$2188).

Both machines run very loud and very bright, thanks to the Pro8600’s 6000 lumen and the Pro8520HD’s 5000 lumen capable lamps. So if you’re looking to make presentations to people who drift off when the lights go out, make sure you consider these options. Neither are great with USB, but if you’re looking to present video, both have HDMI slots – the Pro8520HD actually offers two, if that’s something you would need.

Both projectors render HD color video beautifully, although Pro8520HD arguably over-saturates the colors. While the video on the Pro8520HD is of great quality, you’re going to need to have any audio pretty loud, thanks to a whirring fan that hovered around 79 decibels in our testing. While the Pro8600 suffers the same noise pollution – its fan reaches 65 decibels – it does feature a useful ECO mode that can dampen the noise. As you would expect from projectors marketed on their HD quality, these units can get an image large enough for native HD proportions.

4. Epson EB-S31

Projection system: LCD | Resolutions: 800 x 600 | Brightness: 3200 lumens | Contrast ratio: 15000:1 | Video inputs: USB 2.0, Wi-Fi, VGA, HDMI, Composite, S-Video | Dimensions: 234 x 297 x 77mm

Usually when you choose a portable business projector you have to make a few sacrifices in order to have such as small device – but that’s not true with the Epson EB-S31.

Epson has an excellent reputation with business projectors, and it has brought much of its expertise to the EB-S31. Its 3,500 lumen brightness is much brighter than many other portable projectors, and means you have more flexibility when setting up the EB-S31 in environments where there is still ambient light.

The EB-S31 is small and light enough to carry around with you on business trips – but it also has a very large projection size – up to 300 inches – which makes this an incredibly versatile portable business projector.

5. Sony VPL-FHZ55

Projection system: 3 LCD | Resolutions: 1920 x 1200 | Brightness: 4000 lumens | Contrast ratio: 8000:1 | Video inputs: HDMI, VGA, D-SUB, Ethernet | Dimensions: 390 x 134 x 487mm

The Sony VPL-FHZ55 is designed to be installed once and not moved for a long time. At 26.5 pounds nobody will be volunteering to move it between floors, or even carting it between rooms. It measures 15.3″ x 19.8″ x 5.8″ (W x D x H) and we believe it best positioned on a ceiling, even though that will make it even harder to ever move. With all that size, there is a lot to say about it.

Noteworthy for being the first 3LCD projector – a projection chip technology popularized by Epson and Panasonic – with a lamp-less treatment, thanks to a blue laser light source deployed by Sony. For all that above hype and hubbub, the enormous price should not shock you.

It’s seriousness isn’t just from a top-out of 4,000 lumens, but the fact that it can go for 20,000 hours, reducing the routine expense of replacing burnt out lamps that projectors generally include.

It is connector heavy, as it should be with that price-tag. The right-hand side is a full set of BNC/component inputs, an RGB D-sub 15-pin slot, DVI-D, monitor output and an HDMI input. On the opposite side is S-video, composite video, various analogue audio ins and outs, an RS-232C control jack (beloved of Crestron control systems, among others), the DC inlet, and wired LAN.

Unfortunately, as we notice all too frequently even with the best reviewed units, there is no built in WiFi for the VPL-FHZ55, though it can be networked. And the last thing we’ll note is that the VPL-FHZ55 needs some room. To fill our 80-inch test screen we had to place the VPL-FHZ55 about 11.5 feet away!

6. Asus ZenBeam E1

Projection system: DLP | Resolutions: 854 x 480 | Brightness: 150 lumens | Contrast ratio: 3500:1 | Video inputs: HDMI, MHL | Dimensions: 110 x 29 x 83mm

The Asus ZenBeam E1 is a beautifully designed pocket projector that’s small and light enough to carry around with you if you often make presentations on the road. 

Despite its small size, it can project images up to 120 inches in size, and it has a built-in 6,000mAh battery that can power the projector for up to 5 hours, which makes it rather flexible, as you don’t have to worry about finding a plug socket to power the device. In a rather nice touch, the projector can also double as a power bank for other mobile devices.

The Asus ZenBeam E1 isn’t the most powerful portable projector, but its versatility, ease of setup and eye catching design gives it a place on our list of best business projectors.

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With the relentless football festival of the 2018 FIFA World Cup rumbling on, rugby fans may well be seeking some respite from the round ball. Thankfully for those favouring the egg-shaped variety, Argentina and Scotland are on hand to vary the sports scene this weekend.  

The Pumas will be anxious to get a result on home soil having failed to register a victory so far in 2018 – two recent tests with Wales ended in defeat. Scotland, on the other hand, entered this summer fixture full of confidence, having got the better of both England and France is a strong 6 Nations showing earlier this year. But where will their minds be after that shock loss against the USA last week?

If you’re keen to catch all the action of Argentina vs Scotland live, you’re in the right place. The good news is that the UK free-to-air broadcaster Channel 4 is hosting the coverage and you can use a VPN to catch it if you live outside the UK.

How to live stream Scotland vs Argentina rugby in the UK for free

Great news! All the Argentina vs Scotland action will be shown live on Channel 4 in the UK. That means you can watch it for free on your TV when it kicks-off at 8.40PM BST.

Alternatively you can access the action live via the All 4 online platform or through a third-party online streaming TV service such as TVPlayer.com. This means you can catch the match on TV, computer, tablet and smartphone for free if you’re in the UK.

Not in the UK this weekend? No worries – just download and install a VPN and use a UK location to watch as if you were back in blighty. Full instructions below.

How to live stream Argentina vs Scotland for free anywhere else in the world

If you’re outside the UK and try to start streaming the rugby on All4, you’ll soon discover that you can’t as it is location restricted. But there’s a way you can watch for free anyway. By downloading and installing a VPN, you can effectively trick your computer into thinking that it’s in the UK. That way you can enjoy the free coverage without having to pay your local broadcaster or find an illegal stream.

It’s really easy to get started with a VPN – here’s how to do it:

Images courtesy of scottishrugby.org

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