Nice UI. Bad idea to do domain lookups on a site without SSL.
Launchaco – Instantly generate a responsive, free, website
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Re: Launchaco – Instantly generate a responsive, free, website
#162Find some excited site which you like and fit your business. Right click and there your template done!
Re: Launchaco – Instantly generate a responsive, free, website
#163Brilliant execution and so refreshing to just be given everything needed at the end rather than a download link via email. Throw in an optional donation button (so people can tip you $20, $50, $100, $150, etc) and careful hosting upsells to make it painless and this will become a solid earner. Well done and good luck - you're on the right track.
Thanks for the kind words. We honestly would rather people's emails then any money at all. We're working really hard to make good design more accessible, and monetization will certainly come down the line! Plus we already make a bit of money with our other tool listed on the website :)
Kudos, brilliant idea and great execution! Perfect for those "blitzkrieg" sites. I love it how the page is easily entered, works fast, is small and is still nice looking.
I tried using it now and there are a few suggestions I have:
1) clicking "Let's do it" does nothing, if you are already on the "Build a website" page and the content is empty - it would be better if top hid itself at least partially, or if bottom content animated itself into existance (replayed animation or sth. like that).
2) it would be nice to have an option to clean the page and start with new one (by the way, where do you save the data? I tried deleting everything I could think of and you still presented me the same page I entered... :) )
3) once the page is finished, I would like to share it with people from marketing - it would be nice if you offered a way to share the page through a randomized link
4) great work on emojis, though the selection is somewhat limited. You could probably reach a deal with flaticon.com to allow adding their icons. You could even get a referral fee for the subscriptions if someone wanted to get rid of the copyright statement.
5) selecting text with mouse doesn't work, which is a bit annoying (FF)
6) images are scrollable on lower resolutions instead of being downsized (is this on purpose?)
7) editing. I know, probably not doable, just saying...
But feel free to ignore any of the suggestions, I like the site the way it is too. :)
Re: Launchaco – Instantly generate a responsive, free, website
#164This is just what I was looking for! I needed a simple landing page for our startup, and the layouts / design are perfect.
Quick noob question though: Do you have / are you planning to include templates where I can add video (hosted on Vimeo / Youtube) instead of the computer / browser images?
I know I can edit the HTML / CSS files, but my background is statistics / R, and I am wary of mucking up the code and spoiling the layout.
I signed up with my email. Looking forward to seeing where this goes, and would gladly pay for the service as & when you start accepting payments.
Thank you! :)
Re: Launchaco – Instantly generate a responsive, free, website
#165great work
Re: Launchaco – Instantly generate a responsive, free, website
#166This is interesting. I'm blind, and while I can think of ideas for products/side projects, designing a nice-looking website is such a huge momentum-killer. I mean, I know that I could just focus on features, keep the site design simple, and build a good design later. Then I visit , and half the comments are about how some UI element or other breaks on some combination of browser or other, and the last thing I want is…
It would be awesome to see a service that just offered user testing with feedback like you just gave. I have no idea how big that market is, but I suspect a lot of developers are like myself - not opposed to making a site more accessible but clueless about where to start. I'm thinking user groups like colorblind users and blind users. I'm sure I am missing more groups, so sorry for my ignorance upfront.
There are many companies/organisations who can do accessibility auditing. Business is brisk at the moment due to recent regulations in the US (mainly US DoT).
I've been through various audits with System Concepts in the UK, Annanpura in Finland, and opendoorsnfp in the USA.
Re: Launchaco – Instantly generate a responsive, free, website
#167Holy smokes, this is such a useful tool! For any little updates that could certainly be applied in the future (e.g. adding more accessibility aspects, other color palettes, etc.), the sheer ease and speed with which I was able to create a website was absolutely astonishing, and overshadows any shortfall. I seldom share my email but submitted it in this case, because I believe this is a solid product, and I have this feeling the authors behind this tool really know what they're doing (as far as product dev.). Kudos to the creators! Great job!
Re: Launchaco – Instantly generate a responsive, free, website
#168Earlier quoted context omitted.
>designing a nice-looking website is such a huge momentum-killer I agree. The simplest designs are the most visually appealing ones. I can honestly say that using a website that has better accessibility is nicer than one that is "pretty". Is there a way for you to print out your designs on a 3D medium so you can feel them? The spacing is way more important to the appeal than color. >I don't even know where to begin w…
I would personally stay away from most of the colors in material design. They're very bright and distracts the user from the actual content. My eyes still have to adjust whenever I see the conspicuous red navbar in the new gmail app. But do take a close look at the text and background section. It's extremely useful for almost anything you design.
> They're very bright and distracts the user from the actual content.
Totally! Your comment gelled a few things that always bothered me about material design. It's like they toss many of the colour conventions we've spent a lifetime building.
But if you stick to more neutral colours, the design guidelines are probably fine.
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#169Earlier quoted context omitted.
I disagree that people "won't notice". They totally do. The other day my gf (medical field professional, not a "techie") was looking for a good restaurant to go to and, completely unprompted by me, blurted out "OMG why does every freaking restaurant website look the same!?!" (she couldn't keep track of which restaurant was which among her open tabs.) I think more people notice than we'd like to admit. There just isn'…
I wish restaurants used a clear and consistent format. They can differentiate with their branding, colours, and obviously food photographs. I'd prefer they had a consistent layout! Too many have shoddy intros, tiny text, difficult to find details and then their beloved PDF menus.
> I wish restaurants used a clear and consistent format. They can differentiate with their branding, colours, and obviously food photographs. I'd prefer they had a consistent layout!
I'm skeptical. If you're trying to choose a steak restaurant to visit, for example, you're saying that you'd easily be able to differentiate grill_1 with "this" picture of a big bloody steak, and grill_2 with "that" picture of a big bloody steak, both in roughly the same position. Doesn't sound plausible to me.
I agree with the principle though, restaurant sites are often terrible, and PDF menus are super annoying.
Re: Launchaco – Instantly generate a responsive, free, website
#170I'm pretty used to being different from most people, but I'm not used to being so utterly different from the hackernews crowd as I feel right now. Am I seeing a different website than everyone is talking about? All I see is a bunch of different boxes with links, where most links just shove me to some external service (GoDaddy, Twitter, Google Fonts, etc.) Where's the "website builder"?
Those links and that text are all editable. It's sample content for the layout you're building. A little confusing at first.