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Re: Strapfork – Easy Custom Bootstrap

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Post by chiph »

markild wrote: post #6
fnordsensei wrote: post #2

But what is it? As far as I can tell there's no actual description of the product.

Excellent question. From what I can see, this section, deep in the FAQ more or less describes it. > When you download stylesheets generated with Strapfork they become yours. For ever. The development time is the time span when you can still make changes to the theme through Strapfrok's visual interface and use the CSS hotlink. So, if I read this right, you basically buy a theme. I don't really see what they add of va…

If what they're selling is access to an easy-to-use GUI to generate your CSS theme for Bootstrap, I think the pricing is wrong. Rather than priced "per each", it should be time-limited.

If I'm going to use a tool like this, I'm going to noodle around with it for a few days to get something that I like. And then show it to my boss & coworkers, and then maybe do some A/B testing. And based on the feedback, go back and tweak it again. Hard to iterate like that when you're paying per-each.

Re: Strapfork – Easy Custom Bootstrap

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Post by dmethvin »

iamthepieman wrote: post #8

Nobody cares that you use bootstrap. Or that you don't use bootstrap. Or anything else related to the technology or systems that your site/app/software runs on unless some part of what you are selling IS the technology your site runs on.

Agreed, the site looks fine and functional as it started in the demo. Why is consistency across sites necessarily a bad thing?

Re: Strapfork – Easy Custom Bootstrap

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Post by vittore »

tmikaeld wrote: post #10
ceejayoz wrote: post #5

> At the moment only Typography, Colors, Buttons, Forms, and Navbars can be customized... So it's a paid interface to http://getbootstrap.com/customize/ ?

That is exactly what it is (with flashy guides) - and even if it where not - building a custom generator yourself would save 216$ a year per theme! The whole idea seems silly.

Well there are dozens of theme builders for bootstrap already, including free once. Not just getbootstrap
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