Overview of Your Portfolio

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Overview of Your Portfolio
Your Portfolio is where all the work you create on Writing.Com is stored and organized.

Every item you create on the site—such as stories, poetry, books, groups, polls, or other interactive items—is placed in your online portfolio. You can access your portfolio at any time by selecting Portfolio / Portfolio from the left navigation menu.

The portfolio system allows members to create, organize, and manage their work in one central location.

For more information on creating items, see:
Creating and Uploading Writing.

Create, Edit, Delete and Organize... Whenever You Want!
Writing.Com members enjoy the freedom and control the portfolio system provides.

You can:
• Upload stories, poetry, and other writing
• Create Groups and Forums for the community
• Run interactive items such as Polls and Surveys
• Organize your work into folders
• Arrange items in any order you choose
• Edit or delete your work at any time

Once your work is posted, your portfolio becomes a single location where readers can explore your writing. Friends, family, literary representatives, and publishers can easily browse your work in one convenient online location.

Powerful Tools for Managing Your Work

All Writing.Com software is developed in-house, which allows the site to provide a wide variety of tools and options for managing your work.

Your portfolio includes features such as:
• Access controls to decide who can view your items
• Detailed statistics about how your items are viewed and reviewed
• Organization tools such as folders and sorting options
• Tools that help you manage and promote your writing

Few online writing communities provide as many tools for organizing and managing creative work.

This section of Writing.Com 101 provides an overview of the features found in your portfolio.

For more information on creating and managing items, see:
• Posting Content on Writing.Com
• Item & Writing Tools

Portfolio Tabs

Your portfolio is divided into several tabs located at the top of the page. Each tab provides access to different features and information related to your account.

Portfolio

The Portfolio tab takes you to your main portfolio page.

This page includes:

• Your portfolio header
• Your cover image
• Your Bio Block
• A listing of all items in your portfolio
• Your Recycling Bin

For more information about this tab, see:
Portfolio Tab

Reviews

The Reviews tab provides tools and information related to reviewing.

This tab includes:

• Private listings of ratings and reviews you have given and received
• Tools for managing reviews
• An area to describe your reviewing style and preferences
• A form that allows other members to request reviews from you
• A listing of your public reviews

For more information, see:
Reviews Tab

Biography

The Biography tab contains your personal and profile information.

This tab includes:

• Biographical information similar to a social networking profile
• Tiles displaying your Recommended Items
• A list of your New and Updated Items

By default, the page displays your five most recently modified items and can load additional items in reverse chronological order.

For more information, see:
Biography Tab

Notebook

The Notebook tab allows members to post and reply to short messages, similar to a status update.

Messages you post here also appear in the Community Newsfeed.

For more information, see:
Newsfeed
Notebook Tab

Blog

The Blog tab provides access to your blog if you have created one.

This tab connects to the Book item assigned to your blog and provides additional blog-related features.

For more information, see:
Blog Tab

Community

The Community tab tracks your involvement across Writing.Com.

This tab displays:

• Community Recognition
• Member Activity
• Merit Badges
• Achievements
• Awardicons
• Links to Trinkets and Interactive Chapters

For more information, see:
Community Tab

Fans

The Fans tab helps you keep track of the authors and items you enjoy.

For more information, see:
My Favorites and Fans
Fans Tab

Sliders

Sliders work similarly to magnetic poetry.

You can create strips of words or phrases and arrange them freely within a display area. The arrangements can be saved as images.

For more information, see:
Sliders Tab

Explore more:
Creating and Uploading Writing
Portfolio Tab
Biography Tab
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