*Question:* I am no frontend designer, but is ther...
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Warren Buckley
11/17/2021, 3:41 PMQuestion: I am no frontend designer, but is there a good resource of HTML templates that are built well. That anyone can recommend for me to use for some upcoming demos, otherwise they gonna be damn UGLY if I do them.
Warren Buckley
11/17/2021, 3:42 PMIdeally not HTML5up.net (Seen those styles to death IMO) 🙈
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Sebastiaan
11/17/2021, 3:43 PMlol I was going to suggest just that.. 😅
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Warren Buckley
11/17/2021, 3:55 PMhahaha just feel super dated designs stuck in the past a bit, but maybe thats just me ?!
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Sebastiaan
11/17/2021, 4:01 PMyeah you're right, they're all a bit "meh" now.. funny how quick that goes!
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Matt Wise
11/17/2021, 4:57 PMPaul's clean starter kit ? No idea what he used thou cc @CodeSharePaul
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CodeSharePaul
11/17/2021, 4:58 PMI think Warren is talking about static themes to use to build an umbraco site and make dynamic, right?
CodeSharePaul
11/17/2021, 4:58 PMI like to use https://www.creative-tim.com
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Warren Buckley
11/17/2021, 5:00 PMYep exactly that @User - Static HTML Templates to turn into an Umbraco site
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CodeSharePaul
11/17/2021, 5:01 PMI love doing that, i find it theraputic
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Warren Buckley
11/17/2021, 5:01 PMOK thanks Paul - yeh a little more modern & its been a while so be good practise to see DX (Developer Experience) pain points
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Matt Wise
11/17/2021, 5:01 PMIt's static if you inspect the page :D
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CodeSharePaul
11/17/2021, 5:01 PMI also use Bootstrap Studio to build my own static site and then build it using that
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Warren Buckley
11/17/2021, 5:02 PMThat's how I first learnt @User in the GeoCities & MySpace era 😛
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Matt Wise
11/17/2021, 5:02 PMStill how I do a few things 😂
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CodeSharePaul
11/17/2021, 5:02 PMAnd if you want to use tailwind, there is another tool you can use https://updrafts.app/
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Warren Buckley
11/17/2021, 5:03 PMDoes it still have an animated gif of a workman digging up for under construction @User ?
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Matt Wise
11/17/2021, 5:03 PMThe UmbLeeds axe throwing image was me in console of the venue's homepage
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CodeSharePaul
11/17/2021, 5:09 PMHere is a simple tailwind page i just knocked up using updrafts https://updrafts.app/preview/warren-test-f8jox/home
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Corné Hoskam
11/17/2021, 6:23 PMHere's another Tailwind tool I came across last week, with some pretty nice looking components! https://devdojo.com/tails/app
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Dean Leigh
11/17/2021, 6:28 PMSorry I mentioned this outside the thread but I think the designs are very nice and it's really easy to use:
https://tailwindui.com/
Dean Leigh
11/17/2021, 6:28 PMThink Bootstrap for Tailwind
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skttl
11/18/2021, 8:13 AMRun through the wordpress theme repository. They have a preview function, where you can scrape the html 🙂
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Warren Buckley
11/18/2021, 10:37 AMThere is some nice ones from Ghost that are open source & MIT but kinda feels weird to use a competitor markup
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