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06-28-2016 09:37 PM #1 ericnyc (Member)
Bootstrap for landing pages

Anyone using Bootstrap for landing pages? Pluses /minuses?

08-14-2016 03:04 PM #2 wahlberger (Member)

The best feature Bootstrap offers is their responsive grid system. But a lot of frameworks have grid systems which are just easy to use, and more lightweight. Skeleton, for example.

Bootstrap's extra bells and whistles (everything from buttons to modals to pseudo-classes) will bloat the hell out of your landers, even when minified. Not to mention the custom CSS needed to prevent your lander from looking like every other page on the web using Bootstrap. This means longer loading times and leads falling out of your funnel.

08-14-2016 04:54 PM #3 shishev (Moderator)

Check this video by Caurmen here: http://stmforum.com/forum/showthread...-In-10-Minutes

He codes up a lander using Milligram in 10 mins, a much lighter framework. https://milligram.github.io/

This one's pretty tiny too: http://purecss.io/

09-04-2016 08:16 PM #4 davidep (Member)

I heard about Bootstrap but never really understood what it is, I have always known that's useful for creating websites so I suppose it's something like WordPress, isn't it?

09-05-2016 12:04 AM #5 sonicam (Member)

Quote Originally Posted by davidep View Post
I heard about Bootstrap but never really understood what it is, I have always known that's useful for creating websites so I suppose it's something like WordPress, isn't it?
It's primarily used for having a nice started point for websites. It gives you good styles to start with and it's great for coders that have little to no design skills. Think of it as a plug and play solution to make lots of things look better.

For landing pages where looking looking ugly isn't necessarily a bad thing, it's prob more bloat than you ever need considering how barebones landers can look. Landing page speed is too important to use something like bootstrap.

It also can be used with WordPress but it's not a content management system. Just styles and a good starting point

09-05-2016 10:31 AM #6 caurmen (Administrator)

One minor note on Bootstrap (as Shishev notes above, I prefer lighter frameworks) - if you use the CDN-hosted version, there's a good chance that it'll already be cached on many users' machines.

If that's the case, it'll load very fast.

I still wouldn't recommend using Bootstrap on your landers without a very good reason, but if there is a good reason, it's worth split-testing that approach before taking out out.

09-05-2016 03:13 PM #7 davidep (Member)

Thanks guys, perfect replies

Anyway going mobile (and in few weeks I'll use also pop traffic) I'm comfortable with html and I don't think I'll change this unless I'll have some troubles

One minor note on Bootstrap (as Shishev notes above, I prefer lighter frameworks) - if you use the CDN-hosted version, there's a good chance that it'll already be cached on many users' machines.

If that's the case, it'll load very fast
Well I only use CDN-hosted version and, by the way, I'll never thank you enough for that guide

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