Honest thoughts, or tips are greatly appreciated!
(Also trying to get enough karma to post in my towns subreddit)

www.mintycleanbellingham.com

I am building a website portfolio on the hosting site cargo. I want the website that I’m building to also be one of my portfolio projects. How do I effectively and efficiently document my work? Also, what are some tips when building a website?

Give any feedback

I spent the last 2 months building Shade Studio, a Framer template for creative studios and agencies. I launched it yesterday on the Framer Marketplace, honestly expecting nothing.

This morning it's #69 trending overall and #18 in the Agency category. I'm a bit stunned.

What went into it:

* A physics hero where the headline letters fall and react as you scroll

* A fluid cursor effect

* An infinite archive canvas you can drag in any direction

* Rocky, a 3D robot contact form that chats with visitors instead of a boring form

* Projects, testimonials and Rocky's lines all in the CMS, no code needed

To say thanks: it's FREE for the next 24 hours. Just comment "shade" and I'll DM you a copy.

I'd also love honest feedback. What would you change or add?

Listing: https://www.framer.com/marketplace/templates/shade-studio/

I’ve been a self-employed web designer for the past 5 years focussing on Wordpress.

I made a few small sites to start with but then fell into two chunky retainer contracts with companies who wanted on-going changes, new features, etc.

At the end of September these both disappeared, explicitly siting AI and moving to a much cheaper agency overseas as how they were going to run their websites going forward.

I’m left with no income, two young children and very little idea how to proceed.

I’m planning to revamp my portfolio site (I haven’t touched it in years) and present myself as someone who can quickly spin up unique, tailored websites, provide on-going proactive website support, managing content, developing features and recommending new ideas, or provide a rebuild service to those who need to upgrade their current website.

My big fear is that this offering is very limited and ultimately unappealing and on top of that I don’t know where to look for customers and feel like every channel I think if is akin to shouting into a well.

Please help! I’m thinking of retraining as a teacher.

Hi all,

I want to start my web design freelance business and have been a long time user of Wix Studio. It has a great earning program for businesses should their clients keep their websites hosted in Wix. That’s one of the reasons I want to stay with them. Also, wanted to see if there are working professionals who are using Wix and how it’s going for them.

I have been learning Webflow and the learning was something to get used to. I know that times are changing and there’s so many options out there now. Before committing to learning this platform further I wanted to see if there are better options out there??

* Wanted to add that I have tried showit, framer and Wordpress and they were not it for me 🫠

Hi everyone! I’m building a website for my joint health business, aimed at people looking for information about joint preservation and treatment options.
I’d appreciate some honest feedback on the design and user experience:

• Does the website feel credible and trustworthy?

• Is it clear what we do and who the website is for?

• Are there any sections that feel generic, confusing, or difficult to navigate, especially on mobile?

The website is still being developed, so some content and features are coming later.

Constructive criticism is welcome. Thanks!

https://www.arthroconcept.com/en

Hey everyone!

I’ve been working on a new company called Decodability and recently finished building its website.

The idea is to help software companies get more potential customers through their existing documentation by making it easier to discover on Google and AI search.

Here’s the site: https://decodability.com

I’m probably too close to it now to judge it properly, so I’d love some outside opinions.

If you were a software company founder, CEO, or marketing head, could you take a quick look and tell me what you think?

Does the offering make sense? Does the company feel trustworthy? Would you actually consider working with us, or is there something that would put you off?

I’m more interested in how a potential customer would see the website than just the design itself.

Feel free to be brutally honest. Even negative feedback would be really helpful.

Thanks!

I’m about to rebuild the website for my construction company. It’s a pretty standard site mainly used for lead generation. I currently use Wix. It has been fine I have used it for years. Recently with all of the ai additions and fee hikes I am reconsidering if it is the best bet for me. Now would be a good time to make a transition if there is a better suited alternative

What I like:

I run QuickBooks and it integrates invoicing nicely. The customer service for their plugin is actually quite good.
- Ease of use
- Metrics on the dashboard
- I’m familiar with the suite

What I don’t like: (not critical issues

- Slower load times on mobile
- I don’t own the site
- changing fees
- AI being pushed down your throat

I’ve used squarespace and Wordpress in the past. I’m comfortable hosting the site on a 3rd party host.
I’m ok with a learning curve if there is a real benefit.

In your opinion would I be better to set up shop somewhere else or really lean into the wix platform

Curious what you would use if you had to do it all over again.

Hey everyone!

So, I've been working on a little side project called LLM Arena.

I often find myself switching between different AI models just to see which one gives a better answer. It gets annoying after a while, so I thought, why not build something that lets me compare them in one place?

And that's basically how LLM Arena started.

You can pick up to 3 AI models, give them the same prompt, and watch their responses appear side by side in real time.

The fun part is that the model names are hidden while you're comparing. You pick the response you liked most, vote for it, and then find out which model actually wrote it.

I've also added a leaderboard based on community votes, response time and token stats, and a history section to revisit previous comparisons.

It's built with Next.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Prisma, and OpenRouter.

I'm still figuring things out and there's definitely room for improvement, but I wanted to put it out there instead of endlessly tweaking things.

Live site: https://llm-arena-woad.vercel.app

GitHub: https://github.com/Aritra004/llm-arena

It's open-source, so feel free to poke around the code too.

I'd really appreciate it if you gave it a try and told me what you think. Even if something feels confusing, looks weird, or straight-up doesn't work, I'd love to know.

Hello everyone! I’m Rithieishwar, Founder of Oculix. I’m introducing OITS—Oculix Information Technology Services, based in Salem, Tamil Nadu.
We help businesses build:
• Custom websites
• Interactive 360° websites
• WhatsApp chatbots
• AI call assistants
• Custom AI planners
• Workflow automation

Visit our interactive 360° website work, explore sivanfilms.com—a virtual office where visitors navigate rooms to discover the company’s services.

Have a project in mind? Send us a message with your requirements, budget and timeline. We can discuss a suitable scope.

Website: https://www.oits.company

We would also welcome feedback on our work!

I genuinely know nish about coding or making websites but I have claude pro and some shit to sell.

Please hate as much as possible. Thanks.

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Beforehand, yes the Hero background picture is AI, i am waiting on a golden hour style Picture from my client. Besides that, i worked pretty hard on this site designing it mostly with Astro Build for fast loading. I would like some honest critique what can i do better? Thank you!
URL: https://ilas-photography.com

Edit: FOUND IT! Thank you so much for all the applications🙏🏻

Hi everybody,

I'm currently looking for someone that can help me to fix my website. I own a small business in NYC and I had two guys that didn't really went through the job. I built the aestethic of the website on Squarespace but I'd love to have it finally functional with the shop. This is my website:

https://www.ciaoamorenyc.com/

Please reach out with your contact and portfolio here [ciaoamorestudionyc@gmail.com](mailto:ciaoamorestudionyc@gmail.com)

Need a website?

originally posted in r/Websites, wanted to hear from the web designer community. please reply/comment directly on the original post as I’m not the OP. I pasted the post url here since cross posting is disabled.

edit: the thread was deleted but join r/Websites for more great posts.

Designed yet another website this time for a modern Furniture store.

This mobile responsive furniture website has the following pages:
1. Home
2. Browse
3. Our Legacy
4. Track Orders
5. Contact Us

Note: the website contains AI generated images.

I have recently started a small business and need to have a website made showing off some of my work and leading to contact details and information about the business. I have basically failed to pick up any meaningful skills relating to anything IT/web over my 34 years on this earth and don't really know where to start when engaging someone to design my website.

I am conscious of avoiding ai slop and am also worried about potentially being held ransom by a web designer who holds the keys to my website in the future.

If you were a client, what questions would you be asking of your designer before deciding to work with them, and what would you look out for when selecting a competent designer?

Thank you!

Hi there folks! I’ve noticed a lot of portfolios featuring incredibly high quality, ultra realistic, niche level mockups, and I’d love to create the same level for my own portfolio. I tried ChatGPT, but the results came out sloppy. Does anyone know a better approach, maybe like a prompt, workflow, or tool, that could help me get mockups like those?

with a project. need advice.

Hi I'm a web developer and designer if the work is still available contact me here is my website yosvance.netlify.app you can find my number and email there

Hot take but I'm turning most of them off now.

Every agency site fades & slides each section in as you scroll. Looks great in the Figma prototype.

On a real phone you scroll fast, text shows up half a second late & you're staring at empty space for a bit. Feels like the site is loading, not like it's fancy.

I keep maybe 1 thing animated in the hero & let everything else just be there when you get to it.

Clients don't notice it's gone. They do notice the site feels quicker..