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One thing I've noticed on Weebly, Squarespace, Wix and other similar "DIY without any coding" website platforms is that all their themes depend on having excell

One thing I've noticed on Weebly, Squarespace, Wix and other similar "DIY without any coding" website platforms is that all their themes depend on having excellent photography. Excellent photography is great, but many of the small businesses who are primarily targeted with these services, don't have it. And stock photography looks like, well, stock photography. I'd love to see a service like this embrace themes that don't depend on great photography. Themes that make good use of typography and other non-image visual elements.

drusenko 10y ago
Very true. Great photography is key for a great looking site. We do have some good stock photography available, but it will never look as good as the real deal. I love your suggestion for more typography focused themes!
soared 10y ago
This is problem for every website theme - even lots of bootstrap themes depend on glorious images. Designers who build themes have access to great images and so they use them constantly. Even searching for wordpress themes (of which millions exist) recently I had to ignore 75% of what I saw because they have a huge hero or full column images.
bballer 10y ago
For some stock photography that doesn't feel so "stocky" check out this repo https://github.com/heyalexej/awesome-images https://github.com/heyalexej/awesome-images There are some really good sites in there that have very high quality photos free for use. My two favorites are: http://www.gratisography.com/ http://www.gratisography.com/ http://isorepublic.com/ http://isorepublic.com/ Not to diminish your point that more themes need to gear themselves towards imageless content, this is just a good place to start for those working on budgets.
_audakel 10y ago
Free (do whatever you want) high-resolution photos. https://unsplash.com/ https://unsplash.com/ I use them alot, great selection of really unique shots.
swlkr 10y ago
It would be cool to make a service that does stock photography (or custom photography for the right price) that integrates with Weebly, Squarespace, Wix and other similar DIY website platforms.
- scurvy 10y ago
  Weebly has built-in integrations to Getty Images where you can license photos from their library. Is that what you're asking for?

drusenko 10y ago

Very true. Great photography is key for a great looking site. We do have some good stock photography available, but it will never look as good as the real deal. I love your suggestion for more typography focused themes!

soared 10y ago

This is problem for every website theme - even lots of bootstrap themes depend on glorious images. Designers who build themes have access to great images and so they use them constantly. Even searching for wordpress themes (of which millions exist) recently I had to ignore 75% of what I saw because they have a huge hero or full column images.

bballer 10y ago

For some stock photography that doesn't feel so "stocky" check out this repo https://github.com/heyalexej/awesome-images https://github.com/heyalexej/awesome-images There are some really good sites in there that have very high quality photos free for use. My two favorites are: http://www.gratisography.com/ http://www.gratisography.com/ http://isorepublic.com/ http://isorepublic.com/ Not to diminish your point that more themes need to gear themselves towards imageless content, this is just a good place to start for those working on budgets.

_audakel 10y ago

Free (do whatever you want) high-resolution photos. https://unsplash.com/ https://unsplash.com/ I use them alot, great selection of really unique shots.

swlkr 10y ago

It would be cool to make a service that does stock photography (or custom photography for the right price) that integrates with Weebly, Squarespace, Wix and other similar DIY website platforms.

scurvy 10y ago
Weebly has built-in integrations to Getty Images where you can license photos from their library. Is that what you're asking for?