Written from the catalogue rather than around it. We sell both animated and conventional templates, which means we have no reason to tell you one is always the right answer — and 62 shipping templates to check claims against.
The question: I like the animation, but will it keep moving while my visitors are trying to read? And if someone has asked their computer to reduce motion, does it actually stop?
Checking whether a template respects the reduced-motion setting by searching its code gives the wrong answer. We ran all 62 instead, and the declaration and the behaviour disagree in fifteen of them.
Read the guideThe question: All this motion must be heavy. How much am I actually asking a visitor to download?
An animated template sounds expensive. We opened all 62 demos in a browser and counted every byte each one fetches. The median is 240 KB, the conventional templates are the heavy ones, and three documents are large enough that Google stops reading them.
Read the guideThe question: This looks incredible on a laptop. What happens when somebody opens it on a phone?
Scroll-driven templates are supposed to hijack your scrolling, need a mouse and block pinch zoom. We checked all sixty source files. Three of those four warnings do not apply — and the fourth is a one-line mistake in eight of them.
Read the guideThe question: We are a small architecture practice. Which of these templates can actually show our projects?
Nine templates here cover architecture, construction, interiors and property. The five scroll-driven ones contain no image slot at all between them. What a studio site has to carry, and which of these can carry it.
Read the guideThe question: The demo runs beautifully on my laptop. What do I check before I put this in front of customers?
Eighteen templates in this catalogue draw their hero with WebGL. We read all eighteen to find out what each one does when WebGL is unavailable — and the answers range from a composed still scene to an empty screen. The checks, and how to run them in five minutes.
Read the guideThe question: I am about to license a template for a client. What will still not work when I open the file?
Every contact form in this catalogue validates its fields, focuses the first bad one and shows a success message. Not one of them sends anything anywhere. What a hand-coded template leaves for you to finish, counted across 60 of them.
Read the guideThe question: The demo headline says something else. How hard is it to put my own words in, and what breaks when I do?
A headline can be text the browser lays out, text a script cuts into pieces first, or pixels drawn into a canvas. Which of the three you bought decides whether changing it is a two-second edit or a small development job.
Read the guideThe question: We are launching an AI product. Will one of these templates work as our actual website, or is it only a very good hero?
Across 24 technology templates in this catalogue we found two that mention a price and none with an FAQ. How to tell a statement piece from a site that can actually sell a product, before you build your launch on it.
Read the guideThe question: If I buy this template, how much work is it to make it look like my brand — and can I tell before I pay?
Putting your brand on a template can be a five-line edit or a search through a 3D scene’s script. Where the brand lives in 60 shipping templates, and a two-minute test that tells you which kind you are buying.
Read the guideThe question: I need a portfolio site for my work. How do I tell which template will still work once my own projects are in it?
A portfolio template is a container for your work, and the demo shows it full of somebody else’s. Count what it holds, see where each project lives, then decide how much motion your work can stand beside.
Read the guideThe question: I want an animated site, but I have been told animation is bad for SEO. Is that true, and how would I know?
Animation does not carry an SEO penalty. Three specific things it can do to a page will cost you, and only one of them is about ranking. How to tell, before you license a template.
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