duncanwilcox

fastasleep said:

lorin schultz said:

One of the things that attracted me to it was I thought it would automagically reformat the site I created for computer screens to one optimized for tablets and phones. I don't know why I thought it would, but in case anyone else has the same impression, it doesn't. It DOES let you create separate versions for different devices, but you have to do all the formatting for each device type manually.

Ugh. The lack of a proper responsive grid would be an instant dealbreaker for me. I'm actually really surprised at the lack of that in a $90 app, in 2018.

By "responsive grid" you mean... something like bootstrap? Sparkle implements full responsive layouts using media queries, it uses fixed width layouts and switches between them. While this is slightly limiting and we are working towards a visual UI that solves it, it's not holding anyone back from building great sites.

I'd encourage you to check a few Sparkle sites to see where the responsive grid appears to be lacking:

mixiteasy.be
purelynx.com
lioneldarian.com
rvarchitects.com
whatalaughphotobooth.com
dierenartsfrankslegers.be

Some website builders give you more canned components and it's faster to build a website, but you lose control and websites all look the same. But this is a case where cooking things a bit longer leads to better results.

Duncan (Sparkle co-developer)