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I think this is great. One problem I've had over and over again in the past is that I could build a decent MVP web app with something like bootstrap but I could never design a nice looking frontend to convince people to register and try it out.

I actually think this will solve this problem for me.

Great work!

Not as pretty as the OP offering, but this bootstrap template is a great starting point for an quick, legit marketing page.

http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/examples/carousel.html

This sort of solves 2 of the 3 problems in marketing pages (for me):

* Layout

* Design

- Copywriting

It looks nice and pretty easy to use, but the video has some minor audio issues.

I hear the audio transformed for a couple of milliseconds every few seconds. Like somebody is turning on some dials to transform voices.

Yeah the video is a bit messed up, oh well.

I'm planning to use the placeholder text in each module to provide copywriting tips. So maybe Modulz might tick all your boxes.

I guess I kinda thought this was going to be more of a CMS type thing that generated static HTML documents for you or something - but the video sort of looks like it really just gives you some markup to copy/paste and edit along with a CSS file.

That being said, I do think the default styles look pretty nice - and I'm sure this would be useful to just get up and running quickly.

(After watching the video) So, since you still have to code, it's really just a "coming soon" page framework (like Bootstrap or something)? Why not also make it available open source on something like Github?

I'm thinking of building a web interface which will remove the need to code. You would choose from a list of ready-made modulz, set some preferences, then generate the HTML and CSS. Of course you could also customize everything if you wanted, or even build your own modulz with the core framework and documentation.

I see a lot more uses for Modulz than just coming soon pages. I think Modulz could be used to build whole marketing sites for startups and even brochure sites for client work.

I like the design. Also picked up this great link on your twitter feed: http://color.hailpixel.com (great tool for picking colors).

Smart application. I see immediate use in my situation. This may very well be a start to something more robust, but simple.

Good Work

Cool, thanks mate. If you're interested in beta testing, shoot me an email.

A separate one than submitting our email via the site?

Yep. I need some way to differentiate betas from regular sign ups. http://colmtuite.com/

Well done, makes it simple and easy to make product landing pages.

I like the flash message 'You screwed up dude, try again.'!

If you sign up you'll see a better one ;)

That did make me smile, admittedly :)

So did you use your own product for this project?

I used the core framework but because I hacked it together so fast and there were so many custom sections, it's not a great example.

If you open dev tools, on each section you will see a class of either "base", "accent", "neutral", "complement" or "white". You can swap these classes and you'll see that module update.

Also, the site is responsive, and some of the icons can be seen.

Thanks for the response. I like the idea as it's more than just http://launchrock.com/ So what's it gonna cost?

Not sure yet. I still haven't nailed down any plans for delivery. I have lots of ideas. Just hoping to get some feedback first.

9 points in 7 minutes for a "coming soon" page?

I need this. Design of the product is very different from design of the landing/marketing pages. If it turns out as nice as it looks then I am sold.

Shoot me an email dude. I'll try hook you up with a beta. http://colmtuite.com/

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