I know this is a Bootstrap tool, which means it has baggage. But if something like this existed for email, I would buy it in a snap. I have yet to find a desktop tool that can make decent responsive html emails, and that is one of the main strengths that Bootstrap should offer. Skip the JQ efects. Perhaps you can make a email mode that is JS free, strips out the unused CSS, and inlines the remaining rules?
Introducing Bootstrap Studio
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Re: Introducing Bootstrap Studio
#62We've been using this for about 6 months to bang out prototypes very quickly. Happy with it so far.
Re: Introducing Bootstrap Studio
#63I know this is a Bootstrap tool, which means it has baggage. But if something like this existed for email, I would buy it in a snap. I have yet to find a desktop tool that can make decent responsive html emails, and that is one of the main strengths that Bootstrap should offer. Skip the JQ efects. Perhaps you can make a email mode that is JS free, strips out the unused CSS, and inlines the remaining rules?
Have you looked into Foundation for Emails? A new version has just come out (or is coming out very soon). http://foundation.zurb.com/emails
I have. Zurb (foundation for sites, email or apps) as a library is not far from Bootstrap, but it's not a tool similar to Bootstrap Studio.
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#64I know this is a Bootstrap tool, which means it has baggage. But if something like this existed for email, I would buy it in a snap. I have yet to find a desktop tool that can make decent responsive html emails, and that is one of the main strengths that Bootstrap should offer. Skip the JQ efects. Perhaps you can make a email mode that is JS free, strips out the unused CSS, and inlines the remaining rules?
https://beefree.io/index.html :)
They have been getting ready to "go pro" for a really long time now.
In the interim, their online tool has serious limitations (it has been a few months since I last tried, but iirc it wouldn't let me save my templates, add images, make edits after exporting or even edit generated styles).
Re: Introducing Bootstrap Studio
#65Looks super cool and very useful. If anyone thinks that $25 or $50 is expensive for 3 installs, they are just being disingenuous. That's less than most devs charge their clients per hour and tools like this easily save a few hours on each project. And good to see another Bulgarian venture :-)
$50 is nothing for such a tool for a one time payment! Even at that price it is very difficult for the tool to make a profitable full time business model. I want to also add that the 50% discount is not a helpful message either. I always ask my team, how is that as developers we always want free software but yet want a salary hike every year as a software programmer!
>I always ask my team, how is that as developers we always want free software but yet want a salary hike every year as a software programmer!
A lot of people are short-sighted and self-centered. It's completely and totally rational to buy this product if you're billing at $75/hr and this tool saves you 10+ hours that you couldn't justify billing.
Some people just don't "get it" - that you must produce something of value before you can consume, and that every exchange must leave everyone better off. This is what used to upset me about the software pirates, torrenters, etc. It'll all catch up in the end though, so no need to over-analyze people like this.
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#66I know this is a Bootstrap tool, which means it has baggage. But if something like this existed for email, I would buy it in a snap. I have yet to find a desktop tool that can make decent responsive html emails, and that is one of the main strengths that Bootstrap should offer. Skip the JQ efects. Perhaps you can make a email mode that is JS free, strips out the unused CSS, and inlines the remaining rules?
You should look into http://www.stampready.net - along with Campaign Monitor's email builder (https://www.campaignmonitor.com/features/create-custom-email...), it's one of the best drag-and-drop tools for creating really good, responsive emails. The problem with any of these tools is that they still spit out sometimes convoluted code, but that can't really be avoided since they need to cover their asses in literally dozens of different popular email clients.
If you're looking to code, you should check out Litmus Builder (http://litmus.com/email-builder), a code editor specifically built for email design. Has a bunch of templates available, instant previews in a bunch of different clients, email-specific CSS inlining, etc. Full disclosure: I work at Litmus, but even if I didn't, I'd still use Builder for the previews alone.
Re: Introducing Bootstrap Studio
#67It's unfair of me, but I'm always turned off when I see a desktop app that works on multiple platforms. That irrationally soured my first impression, because I think it otherwise looks like a great tool.
What? How on earth multiplatform support could be a bad thing?
I admitted it was irrational! Twice!
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#68I know this is a Bootstrap tool, which means it has baggage. But if something like this existed for email, I would buy it in a snap. I have yet to find a desktop tool that can make decent responsive html emails, and that is one of the main strengths that Bootstrap should offer. Skip the JQ efects. Perhaps you can make a email mode that is JS free, strips out the unused CSS, and inlines the remaining rules?
https://beefree.io/index.html :)
This is so useful! Thank you!
Re: Introducing Bootstrap Studio
#69Looks super cool and very useful. If anyone thinks that $25 or $50 is expensive for 3 installs, they are just being disingenuous. That's less than most devs charge their clients per hour and tools like this easily save a few hours on each project. And good to see another Bulgarian venture :-)
$50 is nothing for such a tool for a one time payment! Even at that price it is very difficult for the tool to make a profitable full time business model. I want to also add that the 50% discount is not a helpful message either. I always ask my team, how is that as developers we always want free software but yet want a salary hike every year as a software programmer!
Well, the $50 is low for someone who’s going to use it professionally, but if you just want to make one or two sites (and never use it again afterwards), it’s probably a bit too expensive.
Re: Introducing Bootstrap Studio
#70I'm not a web dev, but I had a plan for some time now for a small sideproject and this seems it has a potential to accelerate things for me. Does it generate fairly vanilla/idiomatic bootstrap? I would take the generated html to the backend, but if I later decided to edit html directly I wouldn't want to deal with weirdness left by your software.
What are your payment options? They seems to be hidden behind email form.
Any weird drm? I seem to format/reinstall OS more frequently and wouldn't want to deal with problems arising from the software refusing to run when I change my distro.