After launch I kept thinking about what photographers actually need from a site beyond a nice grid. So I added three things I haven't seen in other portfolio templates:
Client proofing: a private contact sheet where clients tick the frames they want edited and send their selection.
A print shop with editions, prices and sold-out states.
A booking brief form instead of a bare email address.
There's also a Journal, project galleries with a full-screen lightbox, and a Services page.
Framer agent templates are out, and seven of mine are in 🔥
Plakat, Datum, Halation, Parallel, Tender, Signal and Oda.
An agent template is built for Framer's agent to work on. Every colour and text style has a name that says what it's for, there's a design system page, and skills that tell the agent how the site fits together.
So you can ask for a rebrand, a new section or a whole new page. The agent works with the template's own styles and components and doesn't have to guess.
Naming every colour and text style by purpose so the agent knows what it's touching is the part I think most templates will need to catch up on. Congrats on getting seven in at launch, Lauri!
This Framer Page Load is made by me recently. 🚀
The page effect of Framer took shape in just 5 Steps!
i've tried to build this without any components, so I only set up the animations and loadings ⚡️
Check the replies for the rest of the tutorial.
Just launched: Faro, a luxury travel website template for Framer.
Travel agencies and tour operators do not sell with a checkout. They sell with conversation. So Faro is built around one goal: turn visitors into enquiries.
What makes it work
Cinematic flight-window hero that plays your video as visitors scroll
Enquiry-first pages: every button leads to your contact form, with no cart to set up
Tour packages with pricing cards, a comparison table, add-ons and FAQs
Destination and journey pages with itineraries, highlights and quick facts
What's inside
11 pages, including Home, Destinations, Journeys, About, Contact, Thank You, 404 and legal pages
2 CMS collections (Destinations and Signature Journeys) with sample content
Reusable components, color styles and text styles for fast rebranding
Fully responsive, with a mobile menu, Back button and Back To Top button
SEO-ready structure and a built-in documentation page
Design: deep navy, brass gold, Fraunces and Inter. Calm, premium and easy to edit.
The airplane window opening on the hero says travel without a single stock photo, and the gold Start Planning button stays in the nav the whole time. Does that hero animation add noticeable load time on mobile?