How to create an online resume website

Decide whether your resume should use one long page or several pages. A single page works well for a concise profile: start with your name and role, then add a summary, experience, skills, projects, education and contact section.

Prepare short, specific content before designing. Use results where possible, such as reduced support response time by 30%, rather than listing duties alone. Keep a full downloadable CV as an optional PDF, not as the only version of your resume.

The manual route does not require a resume plugin. Activate a block theme, then use Appearance > Editor to edit the header, footer, templates, styles and navigation. The Site Editor is available when a block theme is active, and its Styles area controls site-wide colours, typography and layout.

Create a page and build it with blocks such as Group, Columns, Image, Heading, Paragraph, List, Buttons and Social Icons. This route is fine when you are comfortable arranging blocks and only need a clean personal profile. Its drawback is that you must create the visual system yourself, and detailed resume features such as timelines or skill bars may need custom block patterns or CSS.

Make the first screen answer three questions quickly: who are you, what do you do and how can someone contact you. Use your name as the main heading, a precise job title below it, a short value statement, a professional photo if appropriate and one primary button such as Download CV or Contact me.

Follow with clearly labelled sections for About, Experience, Skills, Selected work, Education and Contact. Keep each section visually distinct with consistent spacing rather than using a different colour and layout for every block. WordPress pages can be built with the block editor and then added to site navigation.

For a one-page resume, add an HTML anchor to each major section, using short values such as experience, skills and contact. Add matching custom links to the Navigation block, using the page address followed by the anchor, such as /resume/#experience. The Navigation block supports menu structure, design settings and HTML anchors.

If you use Elementor instead of the block editor, add an anchor to each section and link the menu item to that anchor. Do not build the same page partly in Elementor and partly in the block editor unless the theme documentation specifically supports that setup; the two editors can create confusing spacing and template conflicts. Elementor documents anchor links and one-page navigation separately.

Choose one body font and one display font at most, then set a readable base size and line height. Use a restrained palette with one accent colour for links and buttons. Make headings, dates, job titles and employer names easy to scan so a recruiter can find the important details without reading every paragraph.

Use the theme's global Styles controls where available instead of changing every block individually. Global changes are faster and reduce inconsistencies, but remember that editing a header, footer or template part can affect every page that uses it.

Preview the page at narrow and wide widths. Check that headings do not wrap awkwardly, buttons are easy to tap, the photo is not cropped badly, long URLs do not overflow and the contact section is visible without excessive scrolling. Test the menu on a real phone, not only in a desktop browser's responsive preview.

If the mobile menu stops working, first check whether the mobile navigation uses the same menu as desktop. Then clear any optimisation cache and temporarily disable plugins one at a time to find a JavaScript or CSS conflict. One-page menus commonly fail when anchors are mistyped, the mobile menu is assigned separately, or optimisation software combines scripts incorrectly.

When the manual layout is taking too long, RyanCV is the faster route. It provides resume-focused templates, Elementor support, dark and light layouts, responsive design options and one-click demo imports, so you can replace the demo content instead of designing every resume section from scratch.