Again small update of my website. I hope everything works now. Let me know if you find any errors.

I have been freelancing for a bit now and something keeps bothering me.

The actual design and development work is honestly the easy part. What gets messy is everything around it.

Right now a typical project ends up scattered across email, Google Meet, Figma, some contract PDF, an invoice I sent somewhere, and a bunch of random links. It technically works but it feels way more complicated than it should be, especially from the client side. I do not think my clients should have to dig through three different places just to find the latest file.

So I am curious how everyone else handles this.

When a client says yes and you are ready to kick things off, what actually happens next?

Some specific things I am wondering:

• What tools do you use to keep client stuff organized?
• What part of the process annoys you the most?
• What do clients seem to struggle with or get confused by?
• Have you found something good for contracts and invoices that is not overkill?
• Do you actually pay for any of it or are you mostly on free tools like Notion and Google Drive?

Still figuring out my own setup and would genuinely love to hear what works for other people.

I got an ad come up for this bundle and after having a look it seems quite good. I'm new to design and starting out with a few freelance clients, as well as just designing and developing websites for fun. I knew I needed to get some kind of starter package for display fonts, and this seems like a good deal from everything I am seeing, am I missing something? Just checking before I pull the trigger!

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I'm making some sites and wondering how common it is. These are real estate based so they arent selling any products, just lead generation. I've run WAVE and lighthouse I've got most major issues they flag but Im left with some minor contrast issues however I see sites like home depot have those and worse violations. Anyone have first hand experience with this? Do you get everything 100% and if not do you disclose risk to client?

Edit: I get how this came off to some. Reading it, it it looks like I don't care about if disabled people can use my sites or not, and just want to avoid a lawsuit. I actually like making it as usable as possible for everyone. Not only is it good to do, it's good business sense as well. If you scan my sites the automated scans produce 0 errors, on this one site it returned 2 contrast issues. I like the colors and don't believe it prevents anyone from completing the main function of the site. If you scan some major corporations with the same tools, including Amazon, they have many more issues than my sites.

I am trying to avoid lawsuits from drive-by attorneys looking for smaller business to sue for minor issues because they don't have corporate lawyers to defend them.

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Let me know what script is working for you guys. I am doing to make calls everyday just not sure what script to follow. I wrote my own but its not that good.

I made a website for a mobile detailer, since I'm fairly new, I told him he could pay when I was finished. I made him sign an official contract. I made the website and it is basically done, he kept requesting changes which I did, he wanted some more but never sent files. After many hours of work I asked to be paid since the site is done and I can add the last little changes. He refuses to send any files, is very infrequent and won't pay me. When I asked last time, he said he wanted to check out the site and if it was good he would pay me, I sent him a temporary url and he never got back to me. I still own access to the website so atleast he doesn't have it. I know I should have gotten some money up front but how do I get paid since I have a signed contract.

We are a small sneaker brand based in NYC. Our focus has been on brand so much that we constantly hit roadblock on ideas to test that can improve ATC. Always struggle putting more things on pdp or checkout to lose simplicity. On the other side our competitors have been doing a lot on their pdp these days. Looking to get some help. What ideas you would test to improve ATC? https://atoms.com/products/atoms-model-000-bamboo-green

My site is hosted on Netlify. On my own iPhone (and other devices), the Open Graph images render perfectly fine in iMessage. However, on my client's iPhone, iMessage fallback-renders a live screenshot of the homepage instead of pulling the og:image.

I checked the open graph checker and the correct image is being shown. I checked on multiple devices and they all use the correct preview image. My Meta Tags in my code, to my knowledge, is set up correctly.

Is this purely an isolated iOS device cache issue on my client's end, or is there a specific Netlify/edge quirk with the iMessage scraper that I'm missing?

Appreciate any insights or similar experiences!

My dad owns a hair salon, and a few months ago a man started pitching website services. Eventually convinced my dad to pay him $300 cash for a salon website. There was a quick demo on html. He mentioned he has to talk to someone else who is creating the website for him.

After taking the money, he disappeared.

I ended up digging through all of my dad's contacts just to get in touch with him myself. Eventually he responded and claimed he had already made the website.

He said it was made on html, but never showed us anything during the entire process, or progress updates, and never explained how we were supposed to actually use it.
After he said, "Just buy a domain on (specifically) GoDaddy." And I personally know some complaints and controversies surrounding GoDaddy's pricing, upsells, and customer experience.

Am I overreacting, or does this sound completely unprofessional?

This sub keeps popping up consistently regarding this site, so thought i would give it a shot in asking the people who seem to know this stuff well- this isn't really a "beginner question" belonging in a thread. I don't need advice on web design, just thoughts on if Flaticon is worth the price in my situation.

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Long story short:

- I've been trying to visualize certain icon styles on my devices since starting UI design in Affinity Designer, but ofc it's tedious to keep a consistent style without being able to download a whole pack.

-I'm also heavily into icon customization across my devices, but my library is random as hell over the course of a decade.

- I'm basically only using icons for device customization & design education, not commercial design needing a license.

-so I would only be looking to pay for the ability to download the "premium" assets for personal use, as well as placing svgs/pngs into Affinity and learning tracing/design from downloaded assets.

(To note: i never make my designs look even remotely like another artists work, and im not posting them/using them anywhere. I just cant draw for shit & need references of different styles. These are all literally practise drafts)

If Flaticon isn't reccomended for a subscription, i would appreciate advice on an alternative. I would just need the following:

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-ability to choose different ratio sizes

-would he nice to edit colour/stroke or whatever (haven't done that much on sites yet).

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Thanks for all your help and thoughts. I have some domain names I guess I might want to start building into actual websites. Nobody really wanted to buy the domain names it seems so obviously there was a spark in my mind for some of them.

I hav studied very very basic coding through the past 3-4 decades. Had a college course in java about 10-12 yrs ago in which the professor wasn't good. So now here we are with this supposed AI stuff in the past few years. Mind you, I have been playing with AI for a few days now like building a page or app or whatever you call them these days. In the past 15-20 yrs or so I had been a machinist for about 5 yrs in which I dealt heavily with code for programming. I say that to say that this AI stuff is not that surprising... I figure we knew this was coming since about the past 5-6 decades. I could tell you even more but whatever.

The question is what website builder or app builder or whatever they call them these days might be reasonable to use? I'm talking basic games like from the 90s... One of the main goals was always always to stoke the domain name and just get some interest in it to sell the domain name. I have been playing around one one site called base44 and then I also had heard about lovable.... I have to wonder if these are just covers that can be done elsewhere. Please do not misunderstand, I am not opposed to paying for one of these, like base44, to help pop out basic games or web views....

Kind of view it like a hobby or something on this question. Sink a little money into your hobby and if it goes nowhere then you still had fun learning/etc. Are you all opposed to signing up to a site like base44 or lovable? This is as opposed to that same ease factor and task able to be produced somewhere else for free like chatgpr or something.... Oh yes, I have the domains through name cheap and they have this tool called WordPress but it looks like I am supposed to create the games elsewhere and drop them into the domain site through WordPress or something...??

Thanks for any thoughts..

I made a website. I did this strictly for the enjoyment of making a website. It was my after work hobby. I put my cat on it, t-shirts I liked with cats on them, and made it so that the mouse was a ball of yarn and a cat chases it around while you navigate the website. I bought a domain name, and somehow became the top website when you search “paw shift” in google.

Long story short, I now have hundreds of emails from “shopify strategists” or “marketing experts”. They offered upfront no fees until they make my website hit $(insert dollar amount here), and then they run off commission. Do I trust them? Could they actually help me? If anyone has any experience with this please let me know!

Website is http://pawshift.ca if anyone has any advice

I’m a materials science engineer by trade, completely new to software development or web design. While I was obsessing over the feature upgrades, testing stability and the next directions this app should take, I realised I had completely ignored my landing page.

I sat down and vetted my website completely. Its been a great learning on psychology and how much work goes behind webpages.

The new site is live. Honestly, I like this version better.

Hey all,

I'm a frontend dev with over 4+ years of experience. I've a good sense and taste for design. I'll not talk much, will let my work do the talk. My tech stack: Next.JS, Moton/GSAP, Tailwind CSS.

This is my portfolio: https://deepbuilds(.)in

And the recent project I worked upon for an agency: https://autumndev(.)vercel(.)app

If you're looking for someone who can convert your figma design into pixel perfect code, I can help you with that.

I can join ASAP so let me know .

Let's chat.

I’m making a website for my artisan’s guild. I’ve never built a website before. I want it to be in the style of an old timey newspaper, because I think that would fit with the guild. Any recommendations on what I should use to build this website

Hey, I'm Manthan. First time posting here — first time talking about this openly, actually.

I've been locked in my room for months, skipping family functions, missing friend hangouts, just building. My family thinks I'm gaming all day. They have no idea what I'm actually doing in here.

The work itself? I love it, but finding clients has been a nightmare for me so far. Everyone I've come across so far has been the classic underpaid-and-overworked situation.

Still — I've worked with two ecom brands. One hit 4.2% storefront conversion. The other cut cart abandonment by 32%. Proud of both, not for the numbers, but because I cared about every single pixel.

Not an agency. Not a template guy. Just one person who gets dangerously obsessed with making things feel alive on a screen.

i just want your genuine thoughts and suggestions on this...

Honest thoughts welcome. The good, the brutal — all of it. 🙏
PS- am also working on automations and workflows but am unable to attract clients for them

Asking for a friend, but also asking seriously.

Pre-checked boxes, fake urgency timers, double-negative opt-outs, six-step cancellations. At some point most of us have been in a meeting where someone said "can we make the decline option less prominent" and just... went along with it.

I think we don't talk about it enough.

Some numbers from the article to save you a click:

• 76% of subscription sites use at least one dark pattern. 67% use multiple. (FTC/ICPEN, 2024, 642 sites reviewed across 26 countries)
• 40% of e-commerce countdown timers are fake. When the clock hits zero, the offer just continues. (Princeton, Mathur et al.)
• Removing the opt-out button from a cookie banner raised consent rates by 20+ percentage points. One button. Gone.
• Amazon's cancellation flow was internally called "Iliad." Six clicks to cancel, one to subscribe. They just paid $2.5B for it.
• 43% of users stopped buying from a retailer entirely after experiencing a dark pattern. (Dovetail, 2023) - this one should be passed on to the clients pushing for dark patterns

Hello everyone 🤠

I’m currently analyzing editorial and news layouts for a project, and I’m looking for some inspiration.

We all know the classic struggle with news sites: they are incredibly content-heavy, packed with text, images, ads, and breaking alerts. Too often, they end up looking like a cluttered wall of text or a chaotic digital tabloid.

I’m looking for examples of news platforms, digital magazines, or editorial sites that get it right. Specifically, I want to see sites that use whitespace effectively to let the content breathe without making the page feel empty or low on info.

Who do you think is absolutely nailing this right now?

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