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Show HN: Fabrik – Portfolio builder for creatives

8 points by Magnasoma 12y ago

Magnasoma 12y ago
Hi HN, been working on this for the past year, bootstrapped with two other founders: Fabrik is a SaaS-based portfolio platform designed for creatives. Our CMS completely separates project content from website styling, allowing creatives to easily add their work, blog, and build responsive websites without touching any code. Intelligent themes, partnered with layouts and customisation, make each portfolio one of a kind. Our mission is to help creatives (both fresh and experienced) to find a way to get their work out into the world and get noticed - to maintain a solid foundation on which to showcase their portfolios. Really hope you like it. I'm here to answer any questions.
- detaro 12y ago
  I don't really like your page: Lot's of what feels like wasted space, too much scrolling necessary. I can't figure out the pricing except that it is "free for 14 days". The front page shows a picture of a woman, but then a male name as an example? The actual pages for the users look very nice though (better than the other way round IMHO ;)) Very image heavy, but I guess that's normal in the industry.
  - Magnasoma 12y ago
    At the moment Fabrik is an annual subscription at a cost of £69 ($105) but we're hoping to get monthly billing up very shortly - couple of weeks or so. We showcase Fabrik Heroes on the homepage of the site. These are creatives that use Fabrik. Supporting our community is very important to us. We have a tour page if it helps you find more information on the product side of Fabrik: https://getfabrik.com/tour https://getfabrik.com/tour
tixocloud 12y ago
Visually it looks good (though confusing at times and can't seem to read the text) but I am wondering what your goal is for posting on HN? (i.e. get feedback on how it looks, customer acquisition, etc.) Just wanted to make sure what your intent was before I make comments.
- Magnasoma 11y ago
  I'm looking for exposure, and support really. We have no budget for PR and a product like this needs to be used to be properly understood, so i'd really love for people here to try it out, give the CMS a go, see what they think about it. There are some onboarding shortcomings, which I think is understandable with such a small team, but we're making it a little bit better each day. Obviously the members of HN understand products and startups, so I welcome all comments and feedback on how it looks, but more importantly, how it works.

8 points by Magnasoma 12y ago

Hi HN, been working on this for the past year, bootstrapped with two other founders: Fabrik is a SaaS-based portfolio platform designed for creatives. Our CMS completely separates project content from website styling, allowing creatives to easily add their work, blog, and build responsive websites without touching any code. Intelligent themes, partnered with layouts and customisation, make each portfolio one of a kind. Our mission is to help creatives (both fresh and experienced) to find a way to get their work out into the world and get noticed - to maintain a solid foundation on which to showcase their portfolios. Really hope you like it. I'm here to answer any questions.

detaro 12y ago
I don't really like your page: Lot's of what feels like wasted space, too much scrolling necessary. I can't figure out the pricing except that it is "free for 14 days". The front page shows a picture of a woman, but then a male name as an example? The actual pages for the users look very nice though (better than the other way round IMHO ;)) Very image heavy, but I guess that's normal in the industry.
- Magnasoma 12y ago
  At the moment Fabrik is an annual subscription at a cost of £69 ($105) but we're hoping to get monthly billing up very shortly - couple of weeks or so. We showcase Fabrik Heroes on the homepage of the site. These are creatives that use Fabrik. Supporting our community is very important to us. We have a tour page if it helps you find more information on the product side of Fabrik: https://getfabrik.com/tour https://getfabrik.com/tour

tixocloud 12y ago

Visually it looks good (though confusing at times and can't seem to read the text) but I am wondering what your goal is for posting on HN? (i.e. get feedback on how it looks, customer acquisition, etc.) Just wanted to make sure what your intent was before I make comments.

Magnasoma 11y ago
I'm looking for exposure, and support really. We have no budget for PR and a product like this needs to be used to be properly understood, so i'd really love for people here to try it out, give the CMS a go, see what they think about it. There are some onboarding shortcomings, which I think is understandable with such a small team, but we're making it a little bit better each day. Obviously the members of HN understand products and startups, so I welcome all comments and feedback on how it looks, but more importantly, how it works.