High Five #7 - Early access to Showreelz.com 🎦
[2 min] New site launching soon, be the first to take a look
Hey, everyone!
I'll keep it short today.
One of the projects I mentioned in my previous posts is launching soon. And as I promised, I'd like YOU to get exclusive early access.
Psst! It's not officially out, so please keep it to yourself and your friends only.
It took a little longer to sort out the domain and name. But I'm excited it worked out in the end, and I managed to get the "showreelz.com" domain!
Introducing Showreelz.com
Showreelz is a creative feed showcasing inspiring and notable design videos. It's a new gallery website, like SiteInspire or Awwwards, aiming to promote creativity, quality work, and design craft.
I build the website entirely in Webflow to practice my #nocode skills. But also to create an inspiration source for video content that is missing in the community. Full story.
There are still a few things to do to get ready for the official launch. But I wanted you to check out the site already while I focus on the remaining:
Apparently, I need to add a cookie bar because of the video embeds. The rest of the site is cookie-free (I'm using Pirsch.io for analytics).
There are a few small bugs. Like responsivity (spacing), or CMS not showing "see more" videos sometimes.
I need to do proper browser testing. So far, I'm only working in Brave and Chrome, but I'd like the rest to be fine as well.
A short launch video is also in progress (used some stills for the GIF above). It should be a part of the launch campaign on my socials.
404 page is missing (I love the irony!), alongside a share image.
That's what I have on my list for now. But of course, I'm open to your feedback and suggestions. If you find anything I should fix or have an idea to take things further, please, message me on Twitter or Instagram.
Not gonna lie; I'm quite nervous about getting to the finish line. It's been a while since I published something new, and I almost forgot how it feels. But I look forward to it because I believe the project could do a lot of good by inspiring people to do more awesome work.
Have a great week, and see you soon!
A.
PS: The next time you see a new email from me, it'll probably be the launch day. I'll include a short mention and shareable images in case you'd like to help me spread the word.
PSS: I'm going to OFFF Barcelona next week. Ping me if you’d like to meet up.
Links & inspiration
Stuff I'm currently digging:
🔤 Fonts - Tightype - An independent type foundry that made signature fonts such as Moderat, Exposit, Peclet, and more.
👀 Inspo - Print.pm - Daily inspiration for print lovers. They recently launched an Instagram account as well.
📺 Watch - WeCrashed - I wasn't aware of the WeWork story up until seeing this show. If you're not watching this right now, you're missing out.
💻 Website - E-money - Exceptionally well-made landing page (finance).
🗂 Case study - Coinbase - Branding case study for one of the most-known crypto companies in the world. The motion part is my favorite!
Such an awesome website. I really like the design and also the content. Great one