This Friday, we went for a simple hack: writing a simple “Launching Soon” website for Polydigital, hosted via Github Pages.
Polydigital is an upcoming startup that focuses in Web3 and dWeb technologies, specially on both the Ethereum and Handshake blockchains. We wanted to come up with a very simple and elegant design. We decided to try the “WeBuild” template fom BootstrapMade (which we have a license).
The template was very easy to use and the original version looks like this:
We removed some unnecessary information such as the countdown and the contact-us form, to keep it more simplistic and give it a “Stealth Mode” vibe
We added Polydigital’s logo and we looked for a royalty-free red background image that can transmit the concept of “poly” or “multiple”, and the first idea that came to mind was to implement a 3D version background containing some polygons. We found this amazing design on Pixabay and we went with it
The final (prototype) design came together as follows:
Now, it is important to point out that the background image does not look very well for large-sized screens. For instance, it does not look great on a 34” screen (as the image is more for square-type of windows), but it does look great on mobile phones. Another important part to mention is that the logo resizing needs work. It looks ok on a big screen, but too small on a mobile phone. Not a big deal, but it is something to fix in the future.
Finally, we added a contact button showing the contact email and we left plenty of space for Social Media links.
Credits:
- BootstrapMade’s WeBuild Website: https://bootstrapmade.com/free-bootstrap-coming-soon-template-countdwon/
- DavidZydd’s Red Triangles picture: https://pixabay.com/vectors/triangle-background-abstract-color-2724449/ by DavidZydd