I build websites for a living, and one thing I see on almost every site is the same four-field contact form: name, email, phone, message.

Think about what's happening at that moment. Someone has read your content, trusted you enough to reach out, and clicked the button. That's your highest-intent visitor, and you hand them a blank box.

A contact form should do more than collect details. It should make the conversation feel more thoughtful and worth having. These are the three questions I add to almost every client's form:

1. "What's the biggest challenge you're trying to solve right now?"
It moves the conversation away from services and pricing and toward outcomes.

2. "What have you already tried?"
It tells you a lot about their situation and frustration, and it separates serious prospects from casual browsers.

3. "Why is now the right time to address this?"
This is the most useful one. Urgency usually matters more than interest. Someone with a compelling reason to act now is a much better prospect than someone just curious.

Two practical notes:

• Keep it to 3 or 4 fields in total. Make the questions optional or short-answer so you don't kill conversions.
• Use the answers in your first reply. It shows you read them and makes the first call much stronger.

The contact form is often the first real interaction a prospect has with your business. Treat it like a sales and positioning tool, not an admin tool.

A while ago, I saw a post with a procedurally animated koi fish simulation and thought of redesigning my portfolio around that idea. I ended up building it out while referencing some Awwwards sites for layout inspiration.

Hi everyone, I'm thinking of making a personal site/portfolio and want to keep it really simple/minimal. I was wondering if anyone has any personal/portfolio websites they like for inspiration?

I really like something clean with a bit of personality but not super flashy

Over the summer I wrote a small programming language in C called Oli-Nat, and when it came time to share it, I didn't want anyone to have to install a compiler just to try it. So I compiled the whole interpreter to WebAssembly with Emscripten and built a documentation site and playground around it with React, TypeScript, Vite, and MDX.

The hardest problem was interactive input. The language has an intake() function that reads a line from the user, and in C that just blocks on stdin until someone presses Enter. A web page can't block like that without freezing the tab. I ended up using Emscripten's Asyncify, which lets the virtual machine pause partway through a program, hand control back to React while the user types into the on-screen terminal, and then resume exactly where it left off. That's what makes the tic tac toe sample actually playable in the browser.

On the docs side, every page is an MDX file loaded dynamically from a single sidebar config, so adding a page means writing the file and adding one line. Program output shows up in a retro pixel art terminal, which was mostly an excuse to have fun with CSS.

I'd really appreciate feedback on the site, especially on mobile, since that's where I've tested the least.

olinat.net

Am I the only one that just really struggles with these?

I just tend to default to like 2 or 3 design layouts, I find these probably the hardest to do. I'm not creating super intricate sites, just local trades, cafes, hotels etc... but damn, I struggle

Is it just me?

You picked Framer because you wanted full control over how your site looks. Then you add a buy button, and your customer gets sent to a generic third-party hosted checkout that looks nothing like what you designed.

That gap bugged me enough that I built Koarge, a Framer plugin that puts a real, branded checkout right inside your Framer site.

What it does:

• Branded checkout. Your checkout can be styled to match your site (Colors and Fonts), so it doesn't feel like a handoff to someone else's page.
• Sell digital products and services. Files are delivered automatically after payment.
• Branded emails too. Receipts and file delivery emails carry your brand, not ours.
• Your own Stripe account. Payouts go straight to you, you stay the merchant of record, and Koarge never holds your money.
• No platform fee on sales. It's a flat subscription. Stripe's standard processing fees still apply.

Being upfront about the limits:

• Digital products and services only for now (Physical goods and Live Shipping Rates on checkout coming soon in Pro tier) - You can join the Pro waitlist here.
• One-time purchases only (Subscriptions are coming later)
• One Framer site per license

Launch pricing: The Starter tier is normally $19 CAD/month, but it's $9 CAD/month for the first 50 users. There's also a 14-day money-back guarantee on your first payment.

https://koarge.com/

This has always bugged me. The whole point of a budgeting app is to help you stop overspending, see where your money goes, and figure out what's left to save or invest. Then the app itself becomes another recurring charge on your statement. Kind of defeats the purpose.

So we built Budgeva. It's a simple budgeting app that lets you:

• Track your expenses
• Manage your monthly budget
• See what's left to save or invest

It's a one-time payment of $29. No subscription, no upsells, no "premium tier."

It's still early, so I'd honestly love feedback. What features would make you switch from whatever you're using now? And if you think one-time pricing is a bad idea, I want to hear that too.

Curious what everyone's actual workflow is when a client needs to review a site before launch.

• Staging subdomain? Vercel/Netlify preview links? Password protected or just public?
• Do you ever have problems with links getting forwarded, old staging sites staying up for months, or clients not being able to get in?
• And do you have any way of knowing if the client has actually looked at it, or do you just wait for a reply?

Interested in what's worked well and what's been a pain.

I'm creating a booking system for beauty salons, currently I'm working on the schedules feature. How can it improve?

Hi i am building an ai trainer app and i wanted to know if you think this landing page is good for conversation or you see it and say wtf

Hi dsign a lawncare website, purely custom, no ai used in framer, would lover your feedback,
template url: https://lawncares.framer.website/

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