This is pretty cool; I think startups could find it particularly useful as it enables you to knock together a stylish HTML landing page in just a few minutes!
Seems pretty cool, I wonder what the HTML output is like. It's been some time since I checked these sort of things out. Last time I tried one it was filled with inline styles and wacky indentation/nesting. Great UX so far, kudos!
@avizuber We've made sure that Variant only outputs clean, readable code with no inline styles or 'junk' classes etc :) We create HTML templates and wanted Variant to produce developer friendly markup!
Cheers @fabs_31 , we've noticed most customers use it for basic landing pages, this has also helped to shape the direction we went with our next templates.
Very cool product. I think your purchase button on the homepage does not work, but I found you on Themeforest for $17 - based on just a few minutes playing with your builder, that is a steal...well done.
@bopfger@craig_mrare how exactly do multiple templates work? is it basically a separately packaged product also using variant or can i mix and match components?
It would be great not to need to take the time to build a landing page just to test the idea. This would certainly simplify that. What other features are available?
@scottwall0 Hey Scott, cheers for that. We've also got a pure landing page focussed template called Launchkit. With Variant you can embed video, embed twitter feeds, instagram feeds, mailchimp / campaign monitor signup forms and heaps more! :)
Great product, I've used it for a concept I'm playing around with. Lets you get a landing page up fast that you can further tweak with CSS/HTML. For the price, I'd highly recommend it. Easier than doing a whole Wordpress install and theme install/customization.
Thanks, @jasonlbaptiste ! This was pretty much our aim with Variant, in many cases we didn't see the need / fuss for a full WordPress solution and this is a point echoed by many of our customers.
It looks nice but there's some unanswered questions (requirements, pivot vs variant, license, etc.).
What I'd really like to see is an open-source HTML page editor that people can drop into their own client projects or CMS. We've had open-source WYSIWYG rich-text editors for years. Why not something like this?
Hey @callmeed , Variant is the name of the page builder and Pivot is the name of the design. We sell on Themeforest so each theme needs a different name, hence you'll find each of our templates comes packaged with Variant. It all runs from your local machine, no for installs etc. and the licence details can be found on the Themeforest item page. Hope this helps :)
This is pretty fantastic for easily building a site without having to touch code.
When I joined my current company, I completely redid their website and went the Wordpress route, as it was the fastest/easiest way to launch a new site and once I leave the company it'll be easy for someone to take over. We use a pretty dope theme that has a very similar page builder to Pivot.
Added to my list of things to play around with this weekend :)
Hi guys, this looks very useful! I was just curious...on Themeforest, I saw that you have the Variant builder different template packs. Is there a difference between this functionality wise? Or is it that templates are separated based on topic (ie. product launching, hosting events, .etc) Basically I'm just trying to understand why I should purchase Pivot over Lauchkit for example. Thanks
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