Hello!
I have just acquainted myself with the program. It turned out to be very rich, deep, and self-sufficient. It's not easy to become familiar with it. I would like to ask you to point out what and where to read and listen to in order to understand my actions, not blindly follow someone else. I have a knowledge base. I used to write in HTML, set up websites on WordPress, Joomla, and Drupal.

The first thing I would like to understand is for what purposes and in which cases it is correct to use these four options:

1. Foundation 6
2. Bootstrap
3. Materialize
4. Frameworkless

Could you please explain?

Hi.

I don't think there is a clear answer to this, but the following may be helpful.

1. Frameworkless is probably the least complicated. There is much to be said for using the mobile-first template because the Bootstrap, Foundation, and Materialize frameworks all use mobile-first, and so it's good to be familiar with it.
2. The Foundation framework is a favourite of many that give advice in these forums. If much help is sought here, Frameworkless or Foundation may be good choices.
3. Bootstrap and Materialize may be favoured by those who already have experience of those frameworks before coming to Site Designer, and may be useful for certain functions.
4. Whilst a single project (.rsd) file must all be in one framework or Frameworkless, one can choose whichever one likes when starting a new project.
5. Others may have further or different advice on this.

While getting familiar with the program I think there's a lot to be said for playing with it rather than starting to create some complex or important website.

Frank

Thanks Frank!

Yes, with this program especially, you will have to play a lot.
Regarding the prevailing orientation towards mobile devices, unfortunately this is true, for me personally it is not particularly pleasant, but which has to be taken into account.
Reading the forum, the foundation really comes to the fore, but in any case, I’ll try everything. Although I am quite familiar with bootstrap.

The latest guide to Site Designer with a little info on the frameworks:
https://tutorials.coffeecup.com/site-designer/index.html

2 older guides
https://www.coffeecup.com/help/articles/responsive-site-designer-resource-index/
https://www.coffeecup.com/help/articles/responsive-site-designer-help-manual/

Thanks a lot!
I will study.

I've looked at a lot of templates and they are great. I tested them on different monitors with resolutions up to 4K. The result is flawless templates. You even lost the desire to do something yourself; you just need to take the template you need and the job is done.
Among the templates, I noticed three templates with the name "Blog".
Is it possible to make a blog with SD? Or is it just a blog style template?
It would be great to make a blog in HTML!

They are I suspect just called blog, not true blog pages in the sense of the word but then again I never have looked at them and never used templates except to help others who have downloaded them so I maybe wrong

I also thought the same. In theory, it's possible to create a blog using HTML, leaving the question of feasibility aside. I was just curious whether SD has such a feature.

As for the templates, they are truly flawless. Of course, it's best to create your own, but when there are no specific requirements, any of these templates can be used and customized to fit your needs.

not that easily customised if someone doesn't know their way around SD changing images, adding additional content, removing content, showing nav bar at different widths or indeed adding more items to navigation that throws the whole layout skewif, I would hazard a guess that more than 50% of the help I am asked for involves new users who can't get the template they have chosen to look or work properly. But I also suspect that maybe the case with all templates out there regardless of which application or service is used. And sometimes even I and other experienced users get stuck and have to ask for guidance to fix something.

In our lives, nothing comes easy, except maybe being a scoundrel and a villain – it seems like the easiest thing for everyone in life. Everything else requires effort. Again, HTML websites are chosen for a specific purpose. I think templates can cover about 80% of the goal's needs. Although, of course, you get incredible satisfaction when you create harmony and beauty generated by code yourself. Well, it depends on personal preferences.

For example, I have a persistent allergy to WordPress; Joomla is easy and straightforward for me, Drupal was a bit of a struggle, but I mastered it only to realize it's not my thing. But SD is definitely my thing. It's amazing and strange that I only discovered this program now. I've tried many HTML editors, but I've never come across CoffeeCup products. Some kind of mystique.

I hope for your help in mastering these two programs!

Same here but it's been 13 years since I first discovered CC and it's amazing apps, and the incredible help on the user forum. Long may it continue to grow and bloom.