Maybe I'm tired but after reading the landing page twice. I still have no idea how it works. Can I use the product without signing up? Or a video of someone using the product?
Thank you for the kind words. It seems like export is a popular request. One question for you. If you export, how do you plan on making future edits? Going back to the platform to edit and export again or editing the exported code? I ask this because the export wont be html/css. It will be a small index.html with a large JSON.
Thanks for the publish suggestions. I will do some research to see how easy it is to implement.
When you say templating do you just mean pre-made sections/blocks? That already exist right now (on the second tab in the create menu). Also the ability to make custom pre-made is coming. But when you say templating do you actually mean having a component and when you edit that component, all other copies of the component changes as well?
Yea, I was inspired by it but with another layer of abstraction. I wanted every element is able to have any style the user wants and hovering over elements will show spacing colors like the dev tools (I find it useful and haven't seen another site builder that does it).
I will definitely add some kind of onboarding, thanks for the suggestion. I just don't want it to be too heavy. I always felt like other users are like me and just skip all tutorials and start playing with the platform, but I'm starting to think its too complicated for that.
First of all, This platform is amazing. I love the feel, UI, and how I can easily try it out without signing up. It reeks of quality.
However, every platform in this market tries to solve a similar problem in a different way but I think no one tries to solve the biggest problem.
That problem is that there will be one or two people that really care about all of this tracking stuff but everyone else just don't. Developers don't need to check tracking tools everyday to know what they need to do and once they finish, they will not update the tracker. So when the people that cares check the tracker, it doesn't give them the latest info.
So the problem with tracking software is that it requires everyone to use it the way it was meant to be used, but employees just wanna do the 8 hours and go home and not care who is on what page.
Don't misunderstand. I don't think the core functionality of textFrame should change. I'm just saying your users might use textFrame to convince their users how their product can solve their user's problems by showing them around the app without actually going into the app.
It is really helpful for SaaS that requires a sign up before users can use their app. Since registration is a big wall people wont go over unless they have a good understanding of the product. Most SaaS products try to do this now with images and videos.
So what I was suggesting is basically casting a wider net for textFrame. You currently market it as a tutorial solution. Consider marketing it as a "product show off/Demo" solution. Which would also include tutorials as well has any other way your users might want to show off their product.
This is great. I think something like this is very valuable to a small startup or indie hacker who has a product that requires a sign up before their users can see/use.
You know how a lot of SaaS has a video of the user story and what their app does and looks like on the landing page? Well, I think this can be way better, less time consuming, and way cheaper than hiring an animation studio to create that video. You can also edit the textframe as the product grows; something that is much harder to do for videos.
A few of small features can make this way better.
1. The ability to put the textframe in an iframe. So users can use it on their landing page.
2. The ability to auto play the steps. (it should stop autoplay if user clicks on a step to view)
3. More UI customizability so it goes with the landing page.
I see this being more valuable as a marketing tool than a tutorial tool, but I'm only one person. Good work and good luck =)
I like the concept. Since users have to register to see the product, I think the landing page needs to be more informative. I was lost at "3. Add the link to your page to your website". Are you saying my app's support page needs to redirect to the link that the platform gave me? I think that should be reworded.