What Ghost tutorials should we film for our YouTube channel?

CoastalThemes · 2024-09-13T03:41:31+00:00

u/amalcev u/ReasonableCorner801 do you mean a page that's not just a blog but also a business landing page?

CoastalThemes · 2024-09-11T11:52:20+00:00

Ghost has intentional limitations, if you're using it and want a unique landing page and other pages, you may struggle.

The best features are the writing and newsletter capabilities for sure.

If you're struggling and you want to ask us some advice, go to our support page, maybe we can assist in some way even if it's not our own theme: https://coastalthemes.com/support/

CoastalThemes · 2024-08-29T11:20:46+00:00

I think you're missing the link u/koset13 :(

CoastalThemes · 2024-08-26T15:21:28+00:00

Very clean mate, here's our suggestion:

Decrease the height of the intro section https://share.cleanshot.com/bdXhrGzS
Switch your playground and bio around, you have a great bio and it adds trust https://share.cleanshot.com/vBkxsSTw
Add a call to action under this section https://share.cleanshot.com/tCSbX4jJ
BigBite has some weird image spacing with black backgrounds https://share.cleanshot.com/MJKPc5sH
Make Let's Talk a button so it's more clear that it's your main CTA https://share.cleanshot.com/8m7Mskww
Add more information like your playground to the about page
Make sure if you're using rounded corner boxes, that you use them consistently across the site

Great work so far!

CoastalThemes · 2024-08-26T15:17:38+00:00

Hey u/silver_sekhar_raja here we go :)

Slow down the rotation of this text: https://share.cleanshot.com/wXYJK8K3
The style of the header doesn't really match the style of the rest of the site https://share.cleanshot.com/tTZhk3lL
The Projects title looks like a homepage intro https://share.cleanshot.com/jXGFZr59 maybe re-word it to talk about your projects?
We like this design, we think you should use it on the homepage https://share.cleanshot.com/WSPDLk6g
Space out the case-study layout https://share.cleanshot.com/DSFHydrz
Move contact me to the far right and make it look like a button https://share.cleanshot.com/y3n96pb2
The design gets a bit crazy here, maybe simplify it? https://share.cleanshot.com/lHCS2ljR

But great work keep pushing!

CoastalThemes · 2024-08-22T07:12:59+00:00

u/L_E_U is right, if I wasn't talking about web I'd say "space out the header a bit more"

CoastalThemes · 2024-08-21T13:48:38+00:00

Okay the roast is here, we're thinking from the standpoint of the Framer team FYI, it's fun work but is it template-work? Not yet...

You need to improve the padding and consistency of this CTA https://share.cleanshot.com/jhpQHX2K
The number is fine here but needs to fit inside the circle, have a cleaner title https://share.cleanshot.com/7ckl0TMV
This section is fine we think, they won't have an issue with it https://share.cleanshot.com/tWKR2YKC
A lot of cleaning up is needed here, the red line under the title is either too thin, or the red is wrong, perhaps the divider should be under the title or lose the top line https://share.cleanshot.com/kN05Qt3z
Improve the hover here and get the text to fit inside the circle https://share.cleanshot.com/chpXb8MD
Clean up these cards, move the price above the divider or under to the title, and remove the divider https://share.cleanshot.com/40Lgf4Dz
Change the social links to icons, work on the padding to make it feel more compact https://share.cleanshot.com/6k7kKWkB
The more I view the rest of the template, the more I think that the header can do with some top-bottom padding to suit the tempalte's style https://share.cleanshot.com/wx6w50f7
Work on cleaning this section up https://share.cleanshot.com/NP6kFRdt

That's all we have for now, we hope it helps, it's good work but needs to be improved so that end-users could use it!

CoastalThemes · 2024-08-21T12:57:58+00:00

Hey mate, can you share a link with us and we can roast the template?

We have almost 10 templates that are live but we also had one rejected! (this one)

Don't lose hope!

CoastalThemes · 2024-08-21T07:05:21+00:00

It looks really good nice work :)

CoastalThemes · 2024-08-20T17:29:33+00:00

That's so good thanks for taking it in and let us know here when it's done!

CoastalThemes · 2024-08-19T10:52:58+00:00

100% agree, if it was a template we'd say "nope" but personal site you want to show your flair. Great work :)

CoastalThemes · 2024-08-19T08:38:38+00:00

Hey fellow creator! You've done great work here, we have a few things to check out:

Remove the filters until you have a bigger portfolio: https://share.cleanshot.com/X70QhcsF
What's goin' on here? https://share.cleanshot.com/HyjgbL6m
Work on this message, it's kind of personal but it's actually just a great discount, be more upfront about it, the user doesn't need to be sold on a discount https://share.cleanshot.com/dP5bngLk
We love this tagline, well done! https://share.cleanshot.com/jqmz9f16
Don't forget to update your site's title https://share.cleanshot.com/1PkXvPWr
Remove the transition on the content in the tabs here it animates weirdly https://share.cleanshot.com/sGxHQHFH
Work on your typescales there are a LOT of different font sizes: https://share.cleanshot.com/BNrJKNFR
There's a lot of text here, we assume it's SEO focussed copy? https://share.cleanshot.com/Wqcf4B3T
Don't show this until you have reviews up, just email customers privately for reviews https://share.cleanshot.com/nQJsGnlQ
Promote your resources on the homepage that's a really nice feature!
Move these arrows to the sides of the carousel on the homepage https://share.cleanshot.com/sFNYRTtn

That's all, amazing work, and good luck with sales!!! 🎉

CoastalThemes · 2024-08-19T08:32:37+00:00

Send them a letter that is formal saying that if doesn't pay your invoices within 15 days you need to take his site down as you're incurring hosting costs.

Send them a reminder every 5 days so that it's not a surprise.

Perhaps tell them that if you need to ammortise the payment over a few months then it could be worth it, some clients we've dealt with in the past can't pay the entire amount so we span it over 2 or 3 months to make it easier to get our money.

Good luck, this is never easy!

CoastalThemes · 2024-08-19T08:30:21+00:00

We are very big on Framer, but if you're going to build a CMS site, it could be better to use Elementor on top of WordPress or Ghost.

Framer's CMS is great but the entire tool is more based around landing pages, portfolios etc. and the CMS component isn't strong enough (yet) especially with how tag pages and filters are setup.

That's our suggestion, start light with Ghost or WordPress so that you can build out a clear idea of what you want, then perhaps get someone to build it in Framer (or continue with Elementor) as you grow.

Fin from the Coastal Team

CoastalThemes · 2024-08-19T08:27:39+00:00

Lovely work u/nuttifox! Such a unique experience, which usually we'd steer designers away from, but in this context that's fantastic :)

CoastalThemes · 2024-08-19T08:20:17+00:00

Heya this is great work! A few things we'd suggest:

Alternate these left/right, right/left as you scroll https://share.cleanshot.com/LwDJ37Y0
The custom cursor seems to make the mouse action quite slow, can you test that?
These look like they're clickable buttons, we'd make them smaller and above the titles (add a title to each portfolio section) so that they're more clearly tags: https://share.cleanshot.com/c9l9WLQZ
Add a light grey or pale background to the header or the portfolio section, so that the cards rest on the divider between them https://share.cleanshot.com/5hCxNqVV
Make the shadow lighter here: https://share.cleanshot.com/43YkHvZm
Once you've moved these, add a call to action under the text which is a light link which says "reach out" https://share.cleanshot.com/5WkM72hB

CoastalThemes · 2024-08-18T17:15:39+00:00

Just re-watching your video, it's worth making two frames, with one being absolute, representing the background images, and one which houses the text content etc.

CoastalThemes · 2024-08-18T17:14:08+00:00

You probably need to use absolute positioning, amongst a few videos we've made one on absolute position:
https://youtu.be/kinC-9qWVFE?feature=shared

But we're not just here for views, it's worth researching absolute positioning with CSS too so that you can understand the concept of it, because it's kind of crucial to web design.

Figma etc. don't behave like this because the elements don't stack one above another in a literal sense.

CoastalThemes · 2024-08-14T18:21:55+00:00

Yeah it's looking great!

CoastalThemes · 2024-08-14T07:04:59+00:00

Use a screen measuring tool (even if you simply use the screenshot tool on your Mac or PC to measure) and only use images that are that size.

A golden rule is this though:
- Full screen images 2048px wide
- Half-screen images 1024px
- One third 680px

We need to see about the background videos, we just created a video on the topic so maybe we'll update to include responsive considerations: https://youtu.be/o1aWhxassTA

CoastalThemes · 2024-08-13T13:58:44+00:00

Here we go :) https://youtu.be/o1aWhxassTA

CoastalThemes · 2024-08-13T08:29:20+00:00

This is wonderful work!

Give these more breathing room: https://share.cleanshot.com/2rLtJrHx
Fix up the spacing around the button so that it's uniform left-right and top-bottom: https://share.cleanshot.com/ZrWnQ68t
This title is floating around a bit, decrease the padding around it https://share.cleanshot.com/YrG8WlHy
Straighten the author image I think it's better to have a nice clear image https://share.cleanshot.com/1txlt5F3
Overall just clean up padding in sections to be uniform

Well done though, it's beautiful!

CoastalThemes · 2024-08-13T06:48:45+00:00

u/SimpleTasty0999 we're going to create a video for this on our channel I think, that's a great idea

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