Show HN: uPanel – An admin template for commercial and OS projects

by pixelcave • 12 years ago

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buzz27• 12 years ago

I found the site a little frustrating, and was not able to view the image. Clicked the image, tried to scroll, tried both CTA buttons. Still stymied ... how do I see the project?

nsgf• 12 years ago

You don't. It is just a landing page/ teaser.

litek• 12 years ago

Found myself in the exact same situation. Copying the image address gives you an actual preview.

http://pixelcave.com/img/content/upanel_preview.png

pixelcave7• 12 years ago

Thank you for your feedback :-)

As nsgf noted, I'm using the screenshot as a design element for this teaser page (uPanel is still WIP), a full page with all the features and live preview will come when uPanel is ready!

You can use the link litek posted to see the full image if you like :-)

Gigablah• 12 years ago

All these templates are starting to look alike after a while ;)

Heck, I found most of these on the first page of themeforest search results:

http://heyflat.com/themes/heymetro/#/app/dashboard

http://yukon-admin.tzdthemes.com/app/#/

http://www.freakpixels.com/portfolio/flatron/admin/

http://iarouse.com/dist-flatify/v1.1/index.html#/dashboard

colinramsay• 12 years ago

Another for you :)

http://themes.laborator.co/#theme=neon

pixelcave7• 12 years ago

Nice point :-) I'm an author on Themeforest and I can understand what you mean. Many templates may share a similar layout but look and feel, available layout options, available features, ready designed pages and code behind them, varies a lot. My goal with uPanel is to provide an admin template which can be used on open source projects, too ;-)

onion2k• 12 years ago

I clicked the 'No' button and got kicked out to Google. But... I'd still quite like a good admin template, but not as a PSD file. A PSD is entirely the wrong format. It's fine if you think people want a picture of the template, but most will want the template itself eg the HTML.

Of course, that no longer includes me. I'll not be going back because the site essentially told me to &*^% off.

gorhill• 12 years ago

At least you know what is a "PSD". I don't. If only the site would tell me before I have to make a choice.

pixelcave7• 12 years ago

Thank you for your feedback (my fault, I consider some things for granted sometimes)! PSD is a layered image file used in Adobe Photoshop. I have created a PSD file of the dashboard page as a design resource for people who are interested in uPanel :-)

pixelcave7• 12 years ago

Thanks for your valuable feedback! I'm sorry to hear that you felt that way, definitely not the feeling I was going for. I have already proceeded with some fixes ;-) I'm currently working on uPanel and it will eventually be released in two versions, an HTML and a PHP one. I have created the PSD of the dashboard page, as a design resource for the people who are interested in uPanel :-)

tcooks• 12 years ago

I understand you want to build your mailing list, but I'd expect this to happen when i try to download the fucking thing, not before being even able to check it out.

You dun goof'd, UX guy -- all the best

pixelcave7• 12 years ago

Thanks for your feedback tcooks. uPanel is still a work in progress and it's not ready for download yet, I'm working on it! :-)

boomlinde• 12 years ago

What an awful way to present a project. Not being able to scroll down to see the picture, I assumed that I was stuck until I made a choice regarding the PSD file. When I made the obvious choice, without being able to evaluate the product in any way, I got kicked to google.

Based entirely on the site it's "presented" on, it escapes me why anyone would buy your template, let alone sign up to a mailing list about it.

pixelcave7• 12 years ago

Thank you for your feedback. I have already made a few adjustments on the page based on the overall feedback I received. The page is a teaser for the upcoming uPanel project. Eventually, a full landing page with all the features along with a live preview will follow once it is ready :-)

konradb• 12 years ago

Really I want to be able to see more about the project before I know how interested I am in it. Being able to see half an image doesn't give me enough information to know what I feel about it, so I'm not inclined to sign-up. I just straight don't know if I'm interested or not.

pixelcave7• 12 years ago

Thanks for getting back with your feedback :-)

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