A Fresh New Landing Page Using No Code?
Is now the time to build a new portfolio landing page? Set yourself 2 days and see where you can get to!
By Furquan Ahmad · November 17, 2022Originally sent in my Ready Set Grow newsletter
Hi Reader,
Now that winter is approaching fast, I’ve started to spend a bit more time indoors. I tasked myself to design and ship a brand-new landing page within 2 days. Otherwise, I’ll never get something out there.
Framer Sites and Webflow were the two no-code tools that came to mind when doing this. I chose to use Framer Sites, mainly because I wanted to learn a new tool and the barriers to entry to learn the tool are pretty low.
Right now I’m a big fan of the Figma and Gumroad design language. I wanted my landing page to be more “fun”, “engaging” and have something that would “pop”. That’s why I went for using high-contrast colours with borders.
Framer Sites has quite an expensive monthly subscription fee to publish a website; however, it is super easy to use and pick up. When you're looking for a job in uncertain times, faffing around on no-code tools is not the most fun thing to be doing when creating your new portfolio site. Framer Sites can be a pain-free way to make a portfolio site.
I have to say there are a few tutorials online on how to use Framer Sites but it’s nowhere near as extensive as Webflow and the Webflow University tutorials. I love learning from others through video, knowing Webflow has a ton of tutorials puts me more at ease. But the Framer Site videos are sufficient for now.
I hope this can inspire you to update your landing page over the weekend and be content with whatever you land at over the 2-day challenge.
Check out my new landing page
P.S - In the next newsletter I will write openly about the recent lay-offs at Meta and give my personal perspective on what happened. Be sure to share the newsletter with others.
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