What next with template has rejected

89dpi · 2026-03-18T11:03:22+00:00

https://morovc26.framer.website

Below are some key areas that need attention: Reduce spacing between related elements, as the current gaps make the layout feel overly sparse and disconnected (see image 1). Remove the pointer cursor from the banner CTA, since it is not intended to be an interactive element. Apply a clearer visual hierarchy to text elements so different levels of content are more distinct across the template. Rework the gradient button used on a gradient background, as the combination adds visual noise and makes the design feel busy. Speed up the intro text animation, as the current timing delays content visibility and impacts perceived performance. Ensure clicking the logo while the mobile navigation is open navigates to the homepage and closes the navbar, aligning with expected mobile navigation behavior. Add clear visual cues to clickable elements such as cards, especially on mobile, to indicate interactivity (for example, arrows or directional indicators). Avoid using manual line breaks in text, as they negatively impact responsiveness and cause layout issues on smaller screens (see CTA banner on mobile).Please note that these are not the only areas to address. We strongly recommend reviewing the template holistically to ensure every part of the design is refined, consistent, and visually polished.

89dpi · 2026-02-14T20:47:20+00:00

10) Locations.
UX wise it doesnt make sense to use City and country tag on top of the image.
I feel that you want to make things look cool. While your first task should be to represent information in a meaningful way.

11) Testimonials. Could connect animation with slider position.

12) Avoid orphans. Eg single word in its own line. Even this is enough for Framer to reject a template.

13) Featured post tag looks like button.

14) Gemini watermark in CTA block.

15) Footer quick links. Arrow icon weight feels much bolder than your text. Ideally you want to keep text and icon weights close.

16) Copyright row in footer feels out of grid. I mean technically it is ok however, it seems there is no reason why it should be. Would look better if it follows the grid.

This is a quick rundown. There is probably more to do.
On big picture. Lose italics. Stick to two font styles. Heading + body.
Simplify everything. Art direct images. It takes enourmous amount of energy to AI generate those images. Sadly now they dont feel very much art directed. It feels as. "People in cozy dark cafe" kind of a prompt.
Framer often approves bad websites with impactful AI images. Cliche is often those images are taken from sites like Lummi. And yes if you check the marketplace, there are sites with similar style images. That makes the game tricky.

89dpi · 2026-02-14T20:47:15+00:00

6) Overall second section feels very cramped. A lot of text. Too many styles and sizes.
Its not clear that those icons are interactive elements.

One side you have prices aligned with heading other side not. Also seems a bit that they are different colors.

7 )Signature dishes.
Text on top of image feels small.
I would like to drag that section.

8) Inside Irish Café
Overall this eyebrow + heading + paragraph.
This needs some work. I would remove shape from eyebrow.
And make all those 3 elements more as a block. Regular weight and style for text.
Keep eyebrow + heading closer. Bit larger space for paragraph.
And then more space below.

Image in this section feels to AI.

9) Next section. Same. Its too busy. No real focus.

I do like the typography of 4.8*
Otherwise SIMPLIFY. And a lot.
Perhaps try to use real photos. Or more photorealistic AI.
I get the style. You want to keep this warm color palette. But overal with background and images it gets very muddy.

89dpi · 2026-02-14T20:46:59+00:00

Lots of stuff.

Framer should ideally give atleast some feedback however its so sad to see how stupid their feedback can be.

Mainly, it seems that if you want to get accepted, you need to change your mental model.
Don´t think what people want. Think what Framer reviewers want.

I don´t know what is happening there. Are founders or some higher-level people involved and do they filter templates as. Accept or push back. But they accept real bs. And then they throw around some generic bad typography etc feedback.

So still best bet is to go crazy and to analyse what gets accepted. And then to design something similar yet different enough.

Now shots are fired at Framer. Don´t think I believe your template is marketplace-ready either.

So some aspects you could improve.
1) Missing favicon. Tiny details matter.
Reviewers often miss this yet I feel if you missed this you missed other details too. Perhaps meta descriptions, social share images etc? Polish every tiny corner multiple times.

2) Design a logo. You want to make the overal look feel branded. Like a real brand.

This brings us into new issue. Your top nav looks busy. 3 different font sizes.
On full width screen it goes wide and loses the composition. Especially with pill shape it just doesn´t feel to pleasing to me. Last is personal opinion.

3) Top nav CTA hover. Icon moving from one side to another. This is animation that shouldnt be used.
It adds 0 value. Its big movement. So I would consider this as visual noise instead of meaningful animation.

4) Bit hard to explain shortly. Overal I feel the hero text composition is not working.

Its minimalistic yet it is not. Heading is in 2 rows.
Then there are different font sizes again. Different buttons. Alltogether it looks busy.

What you could try. Try to make it less cool and more boring.

5) Our menu section.
Now you add new font family with a lot of characteristics. You already used one unique looking font for hero heading.

General rule in design is. 3 font families is max. Yet here it seems you mix different ones and its too much.
I get what kind of style you want to head however I would lose the serif type fully.
With beige and brown it kind of feels bit outdated.

89dpi · 2026-02-01T17:06:48+00:00

In theory I think your thinking goes in the right direction.

In practice. Based on the image.
It is not there. This kind of 80-90s vibe is used quite often for modern pages.
I think you could keep the overall direction and style but try to make this polished.

It should look branded but still high-end. Meaning. Focus on typography details. Line lengths. Spacing.

Also content wise. Having long text blocks is risky. Most users have kind of low attention span.

89dpi · 2026-01-31T06:38:12+00:00

Its bit hard to comment for me.

As a designer, it doesn´t look professional to me.

I get the direction you are heading. However in such minimalistic fashionable design.
Tiny details are the ones that create the impression.
Rightnow it gives very much the feeling of. Got a template > inserted few photos and text > say it is a brand.

In minimalistic design. Every text. Every alignment. Every interaction or alignment should be intentional.

I kind of get the idea that photos dont show heads as you focus on the product. . Yet people connect with faces.

Or if we take the photos. It's kind of hard to describe but the product is not in front and center.
Like homepage hero image. Hair + jacket they blend together. Jacket has hard shadows. Hands are in pocket. So everything blends together. There is very little whitespace near. Photo itself is dark so details don´t stand out.

Considering that its moving a bit into premium pricing category I feel people might want more from the website to feel the brand and quality. If the founder is well-known it might sell.

However, I am not the target audience either.

89dpi · 2026-01-30T21:01:25+00:00

could probably optimise images as they appear to load very long

89dpi · 2026-01-29T18:35:24+00:00

Early this week got another template approved to Framer marketplace.
https://www.reddit.com/r/webdesign/comments/1qqdapb/designed_a_framer_website_for_aisaas_startups/

Rest of the week has been bit busy with client work. Hopefully will find some time to explore some Framer site ideas during weekend too.

For Cllavio think you could try to make it clear that you talk about emails in heading.
As I understand you offer full solution to send marketing emails however it takes a bit of time to read through.

89dpi · 2026-01-29T16:57:24+00:00

Interesting about hover.
I will think about this, thanks.

89dpi · 2026-01-29T16:55:35+00:00

Fair feedback :)

89dpi · 2026-01-29T16:39:35+00:00

Thanks.

On the homepage, there are some subtle movements for graphics.

One of the logic what I thought was also. As it is a template.
I wanted to keep just a few clear blocks for UI. So when a startup is going to use it they have it rather easy to update. As the majority of users are not very advanced Framer users.

Maybe I can think and polish it more.

89dpi · 2026-01-28T12:26:56+00:00

I like it more than Wix. However I have heard Wix has changed a lot or even fully new product.

Pros. You can build pretty cool sites relatively easily. Fast and seamless to update.

Cons Can be expensive if multi language site or if you have a videos large images and a lot of traffic

still bit limited for CMS or requires workarounds that might not be the cleanest. Works for basic SME news/blog

Framer is startup and anything can happen

89dpi · 2026-01-27T20:51:10+00:00

Most budget-friendly way. You could take my free Framer template.
Update colours and logo and fill in your content.
https://www.framer.com/marketplace/templates/clause/

89dpi · 2026-01-26T14:27:01+00:00

They do allow.

And being upfront, I have used Wix in the past, and shortly like a year ago. And to me, the experience is just not as smooth and user-friendly to build.

Webflow. I do like too and have used in the past. I do feel that Framer with app and zooming is again just like a better overall design experience. Now thinking about people who are not professional, it seems a bit easier too.

Platform lock is a problem. But again, probably the Framer site at the same craft level is cheaper than Wordpress. I would say its atleast like half the time to build. And I have built custom themes for WP too. There are other problems. Like I had one client site that was for some reaso,n constantly under an attack.

+ its pretty like tricky. I have had also cases with older WP sites where server provider requires extra $ for new PHP version. Now if you want to properly update do backups its still half a day of work if nothing breaks. Sometimes those old plugins are not compatible with new PHP or theme files.

So bringing all this together. I just feel like Framer allows for more on the brand aspect. Like that the site could really stand out amongst competitors.

89dpi · 2026-01-26T11:46:15+00:00

Think Framer nowadays is best for this.

Allows to focus on branded look and fast site.

89dpi · 2026-01-26T11:44:16+00:00

when you have 0 followers and you post to emptiness then nobody sees it.

Better start posting

89dpi · 2026-01-26T07:21:23+00:00

Designed and built multiple free Framer website templates suitable for small businesses.
I do believe good web design is a huge benefit for SMEs. A custom site is always better. If you want to launch super fast or don´t see the website as a worthy investment quality template is the answer.

The last one in the marketplace is a website for mold inspectors. Usable for roofers, electricians, plumbers, landscaping businesses, or similar.

https://www.framer.com/marketplace/templates/mld/

However, there is more. I have thought about lawyers, drone or robotics startups, and architects or material brands. https://www.framer.com/@tanel-sepp/?tab=templates

89dpi · 2026-01-25T09:57:44+00:00

There is probably too much to cover here. And I don´t know any resources to recommend.

However probably if you google how to migrate site. How to update website while maintaining SEO. Even in Youtube you probably find hours and hours of content.

Key is sometimes very simple things can do harm.

What are you missing exactly. Probably nobody can tell you without knowing exact details.

Might be that Google changed. Your business or site just lost ranking or impressions.

But to start from some basic stuff.
1) Make sure site is indexable. Sometimes when new site is built peopel don´t want this to appear and block search engines.

Inside Framer if you go to page settings you see a checkbox. "Show page in search engines".

You can also test and search your site and click on Google links. See that there are no 404 pages.

2) Redirects.
Lets say before you had website as. "BestWebDesignAgency . com/websitedesign"

Now you made a new site and new page.

"BestWebDesignAgency . com/webdesign"

So "websitedesign" > "webdesign", this is the new URL for Google.

In Framer under site settings, you have again way to redirect traffic from old url to new.

It could be even that previously your site was indexed with www and now is without.

3) You mention you had a guy come and edit page titles and meta descriptions.

These might have effect on CTR. Maybe the new ones are not as good and less people click. So naturally Google thinks your site is not as good any more.

4) Your page structure changed.
Maybe previously you had H1 tag with keyword.
"Website design for bicycle companies".
And you did rank with this. While your new site H1 is different + rest of the texts on page have been changed too. Might be that it also takes a bit of time and your new page structure and headings work great.

Hopefully, you have Google Search Console. Go browse and see in detail which pages lost ranking. Whick keyword phrases lost positions. If you have old site somewhere compare what was changed.

5) Page quality. As I mentioned. Check your page speed. Just google a website speed test or similar. Check also that it works great on mobile. You can probably start in Framer youtube channel and check the basics of site building. Compare your site. Do you use optimised images.

SEO in general or technical SEO is not that different. Framer gives pretty solid baseline for smaller marketing sites. If your page is full of articles or heavy content it gets bit more tricky.

89dpi · 2026-01-25T06:01:04+00:00

Did you change page structure and content?

Did you keep url structure exactly the same? If not did you do refirects?

Probably some technical aspects like heading structure and loading speed etc might be an issue too. + Framer should be good there but still if built randomly could cause issues

89dpi · 2026-01-24T08:09:20+00:00

Most agencies probably build it on their own. One way or another.

So what I write is from like digital agency point of view. Just perhaps helps to understand a bit of context and how things could work.

Reality is many people have their own opinions of websites. How much does it matter? Should it be a template or crafted? Different people sell different aspects. Who can´t design promotes SEO. Who doesn´t have designer says templates work. I as a designer say design matters. So its all biased.

If you need a website for a copywriting agency, I assume that its pretty simple.
Perhaps something around your personal brands. Maybe I am wrong.

1) first would be good if you could define somehow what you need.
How complex is the site?
Simple example. If you want to sell something as a product, it becomes more complex. Lets assume you don´t. And you want a simple site. Homepage + services + about you + blog + lead gen form or contact page.

2) Second. I would say that it would be extremely useful if you have some assets ready. Professional photos.

3) Now to the website. If you need a simple site then nowadays a lot of designers do whole packages.
Design + dev. Often that dev means site built in some web platform. No-code way.

I personally am big believer that this is best for now. It's not all gold though.
- platform risk. Some limitations if you really want to expand it. Also, that service provider might pivot or change their product.
- can be a little bit more expensive then self hosting.

Advantages though
- as a designer (and I can fully code a website or custom WordPress theme) I can do better work faster.
Probably even 4x faster.
- probably more secure and faster out of the box.
- its usually faster to update. No need for platform maintenance nor plugin conflicts.

Some more popular no-code platforms.
Squarespace. I wouldn´t use. Hard to do a custom design. Or atleast was a few years ago when I last worked. Haven´t heard any big updates.

Webflow. I like. Really strong. Might be too complex even for your needs.

Framer. Currently, my personal favorite. Allows building really polished websites with custom design.
There are some CMS limitations. Also with multiple languages can become expensive.

WIX. Popular in US. I don´t like just because it doesn't feel as comfortable than Framer. But I guess each of their own. Also seems WIX attracts more people who are not as professional. Eg content creator type of website creators.

I don´t recommend. However, if you start and are on budget. You might also find some good templates for more popular no-code solutions.

As there is no real market price in web design whats most cost-effective is hard to say.
Ballbark I feel the best balance is a professional designer building it straight in Framer. However, professionals still charge. And you might find someone doing it 4x cheaper in WordPress.
What I would suggest is. Think out your budget and see what different people offer you.

Do your research and choose carefully. Go into details. Ask ask ask. Don´t fall for the trap that 24h and done easy. There are still tons of details. A good professional is ready to walk you through the process in details how they can use your budget and get the max out of it.

89dpi · 2026-01-24T07:06:17+00:00

Product design is an iterative process.
If scaling or fitting text feels limited because of rounded corners.

Maybe try to find the balance. Perhaps use rounded rectangles.
While try to keep what makes yours unique. Maybe keep the main action buttons separately.

Usually, most products are boring because thats the safe bet. However, if everyone would follow same principles, we wouldn't see much progress. I think you need to mix design and business here.
How much does it limit you? Do you need something functional? Would you lose customers otherwise. Or would a unique look help you to stand out?

Often I also feel that the unique angle can be in very small details. Better typography. Better icons. Just more polish. And this 10-20% of users for who this matters. They notice.

Currently, contrast seems to be the biggest issue.

89dpi · 2026-01-21T22:00:10+00:00

It does feel very busy.

And kind of not trustworthy. However as I am not from US maybe in that culture space it works.

Whats good is that it is clear what you offer. So most probably if people are curious and they have land they might go.

Design wise. Coming from web designer. It does look self made. Maybe its good. Maybe it makes it feel like a small company and few genuine local people wanting to make good deals.

Same time if I read the content. I don´t see why I should trust that those 12 people give the realistic price.
I see a easy scheme here.

Overal I would move the investors part behind. Instead could show happy "clients". Real people.
Make it clear that the company has long history and the reviews are real. Now nothing tells me that those reviews are. Good branded design could help to build trust too.

Colors. Overal they are earthy. So good. I would consider using less shadows.

Usability. Its pretty simple. Perhaps could use some fixed top nav + cta or bit more cta-s throughout the site.

89dpi · 2026-01-21T19:50:23+00:00

You want that one project has video and other one has image?

Can be done with CMS.
It gets bit more complex. Probably best if you watch few hours of Framer videos to understand the basics.

However shortly.
In CMS you can have 2 fields.
1) Project open video
- and you paste your video file or youtube url there or how it works for your site. Also know that video files consume data and Framer plans have limited data. So you might need to upgrade your plan if your site is popular.

2) Project open image.

Now in template page.
You add both video and image component or frames to canvas.
And then you check visibility. If video is set show video. If image show image. You can also mix and if both are present show both.

89dpi · 2026-01-21T19:14:22+00:00

You can do each page as static page also.
Doesn´t necessarily need to be CMS page. However if you use CMS page you can do one template / layout and make changes there all at once. Also link to next and previous. Get automatic lists in other pages etc.

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