in the Pro plan, will I be able to connect 5 custom domains to my 5 sites?
Strikingly Creates Simple, Beautiful Web Sites in Minutes
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Re: Strikingly Creates Simple, Beautiful Web Sites in Minutes
#32Is there an open source script witch scrolling page effect like in Strikingly?
Re: Strikingly Creates Simple, Beautiful Web Sites in Minutes
#33First, I don't appreciate having to give you my (fake) email address before I can see the pricing. I would also suggest making it easy to replace images, especially the logo and the hero elements, with plain text boxes (textured/gradient/solid background). That might work better for boring businesses than stock photos. Otherwise, nice little service, wish you best of luck with it!
"I would also suggest making it easy to replace images, especially the logo and the hero elements, with plain text boxes (textured/gradient/solid background)."
I second this suggestion.
Re: Strikingly Creates Simple, Beautiful Web Sites in Minutes
#34Is there an open source script witch scrolling page effect like in Strikingly?
..and can release the flying monkeys?
Re: Strikingly Creates Simple, Beautiful Web Sites in Minutes
#35I don't mean this specifically about your site, but most of the sites like these where the user is trying something new, don't put a barrier asking for an email and expecting him to register. Allow him to start using your tools right away and then if he deems it worthy he'll register anyway since he needs to save the damn thing.
Right now, all I did was go to 10minutemail.com and grab a temporary email. Look I get it you're a new service and you promise to never never ever spam me. But after being burnt a thousand times no sensible user in his sane mind would give you his email address that easily. Allowing one to try before registering may increase coding complexity, but it'll drastically lower the barrier.
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#36I don't mean this specifically about your site, but most of the sites like these where the user is trying something new, don't put a barrier asking for an email and expecting him to register. Allow him to start using your tools right away and then if he deems it worthy he'll register anyway since he needs to save the damn thing. Right now, all I did was go to 10minutemail.com and grab a temporary email. Look I get it…
"We won't ever spam you, but we will send you a pointless email about a minor change in our TOS or a new feature in 6-9 months' time, once you've completely forgotten who we are and that you ever signed up for us. This email will ding your phone at 4am if you live anywhere that isn't San Francisco."
Re: Strikingly Creates Simple, Beautiful Web Sites in Minutes
#37Someone mentioned the other day that "beautiful" is overused. I think I agree: the websites may look unique, but I'm not sure beautiful is the right term. I think polished may be better. I want it to actually mean something, dammit.
http://www.strikingly.com/site22261-1363092318 it's beautiful
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#38What about businesses that aren't apps or "sexy?" Say an accounting firm or some other professional services. I always struggle to fill in the massive image requirements of the front page sliders of these kinds of templates for "boring" businesses. I don't think these businesses should be forgotten, though. The editing interface is fantastic, nonetheless. Great job.
That's a great point. We actually have a lot of small businesses using Strikingly, including accounting and law firms. We realized that picking good images is a long and hard process, and we're building up an asset library with good images for people to choose from. Do you think this helps? Thanks a lot for the feedback!
I think the oversized image style is not always appropriate for "boring" professional services firms. Perhaps some themes with less dominant imagery on the front page?
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#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
Thanks a lot for your support and kind words! We don't have a function for you to download the source code yet, but we might think about offering that function in the near future. Sorry that it wasn't clear to you. Definitely let me know if you have any other feedback!
I just want to register my interest for what nvr219 said above. Upon completion of the site if that was an option I would have bought it by now. If you introduce that feature for somewhere between $5-10$ and I'll buy the source code.
I would pay $10 easy -- considering the amount of time this could save me probably would go for $20 a pop (not sure if other people would pay that much though).
Re: Strikingly Creates Simple, Beautiful Web Sites in Minutes
#40I don't mean this specifically about your site, but most of the sites like these where the user is trying something new, don't put a barrier asking for an email and expecting him to register. Allow him to start using your tools right away and then if he deems it worthy he'll register anyway since he needs to save the damn thing. Right now, all I did was go to 10minutemail.com and grab a temporary email. Look I get it…
"We won't ever spam you, but we will send you a pointless email about a minor change in our TOS or a new feature in 6-9 months' time, once you've completely forgotten who we are and that you ever signed up for us. This email will ding your phone at 4am if you live anywhere that isn't San Francisco."
If you have your email address set to trigger your phone at all times, why the hell would you give it to random websites?