If I am looking at the wrong elements on the page I apologise. I thought we were talking about the Mac mini background overlays?
Regardless if parallax or fixed or whatever: if it looks good, itās fine š
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I though we were talking about the parallax effects in general there are a few ways to apply them in app.
OK, I didnāt realise you meant those elements. I obviously completely refute the idea that they are even āpseudoā parallax (as their rate varies with scroll position - to zero) but I am a physicist and completely out of my depth when it comes to vague designer speak :)
The page looks great though, I canāt seem to say that enough as people seem to miss that when I type it. Iām just a sad techy :)
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Snap. š¤
I obviously pipe up more in this thread because of the subject matter. But In general, I love the debate and discussion of the creation of content for web.
I always see past the compliments and look for the problems, the critiques, I donāt learn anything from compliments. (Not referring directly to your comments)
Meanwhile back on the mothership:
Not sure what to make of that image really.
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Lol ya. Itās just creepy.
That sweater though
Its all good, I just like a debate too. Things just get obscured by artists :) :
web designers, biologists etc. - you know the types.
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Biologist = Artist, cool :) I can live with that
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That is what has made it so enjoyable for me, the fact that it is fun!
There is so much to learn about Blocs and every time I think I have found something I need, I find it supplied by the app. An impressive effort, very stoked to have discovered it.
Finished one small site now Iām on to something a little larger.
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Are there any free Blocs templates? It is rather intimidating at a blank page.
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There are one or two starting to create templates, much like themes. You could check out this one as an example https://blocstemplates.com/
If you are familiar with stacks and the concept of building column structures I think youāll get to grips with the basics of Blocs really easily and not need any templates. You could also find plenty of help on the forums.
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Not a proper Blocs user but the demo version certainly seems to have a LOT of pre-builtā¦āmini templatesā (for lack of a better description), which look a very good starting point.
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This is a great question and there were at least two threads on the RW forums mentioning āis it possible to build sites without themes and stacks onlyā - so I think this fits that need also š
And @pmjd description is good āmini templatesā that can be dropped in and the design takes shape quite quickly
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I spent months, if not years, repeatedly replying to mails asking how I created the āParallaxā effect on my website so that it worked on mobile!
THAT is NOT parallax, the background image is static!
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Yes, that was the one surprise I had with the app, the fact that I could not find any free simple projects to study. There is a nice for pay option but I was not quite ready to spring for that just yet.
Here is an interesting short video showing a small update to the Blocs Mac Mini demo site to adjust the point at which the animated text appears. You can see from the video how easy it is to use the Class Manager & Editor and also how fast the preview is.
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#blocsrocks
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Iām planning to give Blocs a try soon, got a few big projects to get finished, then Iām going to give it a lash. Does Blocs use files in the same RW uses projects? If so, can these āprojectsā be downloaded and played with?
I learn best by deconstructing.
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Yes, just like RW project files in that respect. Check out Eldarās amazing projects at https://blocstemplates.com .
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