Ask HN: web design for 'backend' devs

[jerogarcia]

Hi guys. Sometimes i see the weekend projects that some of you post here at HN .. and the design of the website in question normally it's pretty cook , very minimalistic and 'fashionable' .

Question is: is there any template/framework that can give my app that kind of look , most of the time you guys go for a web desinger or someone that knows about the matter. Thanks in advance

[grinnick]

Hope this self promotion is ok but coincidentally I just launched a service for this very thing ("just" meaning it's on /new right now!)

It's called Modulz and you can find it at http://www.modulz.co

Basically it's a set of modular HTML sections that you can use to quickly build a landing page (and pricing page, faq etc.) for a startup or side project. It comes with a CSS framework which allows you to customize the look and feel of the site that you're building.

Hopefully it can help you out. It's borne out of my personal experience with the pain you're encountering!

[cjbarber]

Looks awesome!

[skram]

As an alternative to Bootstrap, check out Foundation (http://zurb.foundation.com)

You can get themes for both Bootstrap and Foundation by searching google, themeforest, github, etc.

[byoung2]

For $10-$20 you can get a good HTML template from http://themeforest.net?ref=fillerspace and be up and running in no time.

[makerops]

I am a backend dev, my front end chops suck (although I am improving); I am a huge fan of boostrap, and http://wrapbootstrap.com (we used them for http://makeropspro.com )

[meerita]

Bootstrap certainly will make it look pretty decent. You can also theme it.