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Behance ProSite

Posted 14.05.2011 @ 11.18AM

Thought this might interest some of you guys.

Behance have just launched a gallery CMS competitor for Cargo and the like called ProSite.

http://prosite.com

Seems to work quite nicely. its simple standard layouts you expect from these things, but what I like about it is that it pulls in your projects from Behance, I like the idea of having 2 faces for work with only 1 upload destination.

Am thinking of migrating my site to this. Will give it a play and let you know how it is.

Posted 14.05.2011 @ 11.41AM

Ok I've linked my Behance profile to it, and had a play. Its quite good, the interface is pretty intuitive, managed to replicate my own site in a few minutes. The only real frustrating thing I have found so far is inability to plug in JS. My site uses a backstretch js file to keep that image fullscreen. Not a major issue, can be solved with tiling, just lazy.

But yeh if anyone has anything on their sites that needs specific JS, I dont believe you can use it on ProSite.

Posted 14.05.2011 @ 2.34PM

i wonder if this is how things will be in the future for everybody

a company needs a site, they go to a site like this, choose one they like the look of, hundreds to choose from to suit their needs, drop their stuff in and off they go, the customisation makes me wonder about this

Posted 14.05.2011 @ 2.45PM

Seems quite similar to cargocollective (which I'm currently using). Cargo collective is cheaper though, only 66USD a year.

Posted 14.05.2011 @ 3.14PM

yeh I have a cargo site aswell, well, a cargo account back when it was free. But I like the way this works better, especially the Behance management side.

Posted 16.05.2011 @ 12.04PM

::i wonder if this is how things will be in the future for everybody

::a company needs a site, they go to a site like this, choose one they like the look of, hundreds to choose from to suit their needs, drop their stuff in and off they go, the customisation makes me wonder about this

For a simple site with a low budget client, yes.

Reality is, no template site can offer the level of customisation that most clients require. Nothing to worry about here.

Posted 16.05.2011 @ 2.53PM (Edited 16.05.2011 @ 2.54PM)

bit like the 99 design discussion

thing is if a site came on line with hundreds of options developed over years, the customisation becomes better and better, easier and easier

muse muse

Posted 16.05.2011 @ 5.00PM

Does this option have more customization then say Cargo?

Posted 16.05.2011 @ 7.11PM (Edited 26.05.2011 @ 2.02PM)

I wouldnt say its revolutionised anything as yet, there are alot of frustrating roadblocks in it. Its a nice tool, has potential, but its not quite there yet, I will go through, finish mine and run with it, already paid for it and I do like fact its linked to Behance account.

Posted 25.05.2011 @ 3.47PM (Edited 26.05.2011 @ 2.01PM)

Finally got around to completing my site on behance prosite.
http://www.crispe.net/

Its not quite there yet functionality wise, gallery sections are great, custom pages need work, the syncing is good though.