Updating to new Template

Looking to update to a new template to replace my custom CCS site: https://www.nathanperkel.com/

Ive hit a wall with trying to update this site year after year with developers that go missing. Looking to find a template that can look and operate similar to what I have. Gallery links up top on home page with the ability to have multiple galleries with gif and jpg thumbnails. Anyone have a suggestion to one that would be a good platform to switch to?

In your case, a 7.0 site will be the closest to the look you have now, here are my suggestions:

https://wexley-demo.squarespace.com/ the gallery grid can be arranged in a number of different ways this is one I built. https://christinegregoryphotography.com/ This site has a landing page. 

https://avenue-demo.squarespace.com/ is also a good design for photographers/videographers, and bloggers like myself here: my random views I am also using a landing page template, separate from the site template,  as the home page, something only 7.0 has without having to code a page to make it. 

https://wells-demo.squarespace.com/ has a classic look for photographers and artists. 

https://flatiron-demo.squarespace.com/ very good-looking template, with full-page galleries, and no footer. 

https://carson-demo.squarespace.com/ keeps the basic gallery structure, but if you want to go big and bold with your portfolio this is the template to use. 

All have the traditional gallery look, as opposed to scrolling sections. Everything looks very much the same on mobile but why not have something classic and a bit unique on the desktop? That is where photographs should be viewed most often in my opinion. 

Thanks Derrick, All good suggestions. I think Avenue is the closest to what I am currently working with.

Id totally just keep my site exactly as it is seeing as its unique and all, but I need to work out the quirks that have come up in time. The desktop version only has the one quirk of showing 1px of the all thumbnail view underneath the full image view on galleries with more than 10 or so images. 

Also the mobile version of my site is very quirky. I wonder if you can update just the mobile site to be a modern template but leave the desktop version as is?

All that said Id prefer to just have someone update the code on my existing desktop site. Any Takers?

On 3/23/2023 at 12:10 PM, nathanperkel said:

Thanks Derrick, All good suggestions. I think Avenue is the closest to what I am currently working with.

Id totally just keep my site exactly as it is seeing as its unique and all, but I need to work out the quirks that have come up in time. The desktop version only has the one quirk of showing 1px of the all thumbnail view underneath the full image view on galleries with more than 10 or so images. 

Also the mobile version of my site is very quirky. I wonder if you can update just the mobile site to be a modern template but leave the desktop version as is?

All that said Id prefer to just have someone update the code on my existing desktop site. Any Takers?

Can you share link to this page? We can check easier

On 3/24/2023 at 4:00 PM, tuanphan said:

Can you share link to this page? We can check easier

Sure thing:

https://www.nathanperkel.com/

22 hours ago, nathanperkel said:

Sure thing:

https://www.nathanperkel.com/

Thank you.

What should mobile look like?

Thanks Tuan,

I actually dont mind the current design of my mobile site, just have some things to update/improve on ideally. So I would use my current mobile as a design inspo if I had to switch to a template. Is is possible with new templates to be able to control the mobile site separate in the user admin?

Here are some items id like to prove on with my current mobile:

-fix glitches when viewing full screen images. Images seem to resize more than once giving a glitch effect.-(Iphone for sure possibly other platforms as well?) Also having issues with images not loading on first click from grid view. Screen goes blank except for logo.

-When viewing full image is it possible to have a button in bottom right to offer gallery to be viewed as grid? In some of my galleries I already set the images to load as grid: https://www.nathanperkel.com/huf-ss23-lookbook

-Make menu button appear always in top right corner. even when scrolling  Possible to change to Text logo? Id like to choose the text or provide image

Thank you!

On 3/28/2023 at 6:28 PM, tuanphan said:

Thank you.

What should mobile look like?

Checking back here, any thoughts on this? thank you

On 3/30/2023 at 12:03 AM, nathanperkel said:

Thanks Tuan,

I actually dont mind the current design of my mobile site, just have some things to update/improve on ideally. So I would use my current mobile as a design inspo if I had to switch to a template. Is is possible with new templates to be able to control the mobile site separate in the user admin?

Here are some items id like to prove on with my current mobile:

-fix glitches when viewing full screen images. Images seem to resize more than once giving a glitch effect.-(Iphone for sure possibly other platforms as well?) Also having issues with images not loading on first click from grid view. Screen goes blank except for logo.

-When viewing full image is it possible to have a button in bottom right to offer gallery to be viewed as grid? In some of my galleries I already set the images to load as grid: https://www.nathanperkel.com/huf-ss23-lookbook

-Make menu button appear always in top right corner. even when scrolling  Possible to change to Text logo? Id like to choose the text or provide image

 

Thank you!

checking back again, any thoughts?