# Time for another @dan remake, I think **URL:** \ **Category:** Elements\ **Created:** [July 7, 2026, 1:04pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/time-for-another-dan-remake-i-think/56936 "2026-07-07T13:04:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![thominator](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/thominator/32/35233_2.png) [@thominator](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/thominator)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2026, 1:04pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/time-for-another-dan-remake-i-think/56936/1 "2026-07-07T13:04:34Z")
Many moons ago I asked @dan how he would approach remaking the MacMost site in Elements (see [How to Design This?](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-to-design-this/47557)). He came up with a video that was pretty direct and to the point, and useful to my understanding of a few things. That was a relatively simple example and was more based on card creation than CMS. I think it’s time for @dan to show how he’d approach a more complex site design, and one that would pull up from the CMS. I nominate MacRumors as the candidate, as it has a wide range of things going on in its above-the-fold area, and it features a non-rounded design that requires borders and backgrounds to keep things distinguished. I believe that Elements users, particularly those trying to understand how to get into the anything-goes nature of its design abilities, benefit from seeing how someone who really knows Elements approaches the problems of building out more than a Landing Page type site. ---
**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2026, 7:31pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/time-for-another-dan-remake-i-think/56936/2 "2026-07-07T19:31:31Z")
That’s a great idea for a tutorial video, I like it! I need to do this weeks dev diary on Elements 3 first 😉 But, perhaps after that! ---
**Author:** ![Pegasus](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/pegasus/32/25035_2.png) [@Pegasus](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Pegasus)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2026, 7:46pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/time-for-another-dan-remake-i-think/56936/3 "2026-07-07T19:46:05Z")
Wow, jumping straight from 2.4.4 to version 3 — that’s huge! You do realize that expectations are going to be especially high now. Version 2.5 would have been enough. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MichaelDroste](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/michaeldroste/32/37212_2.png) [@MichaelDroste](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MichaelDroste)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2026, 8:47pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/time-for-another-dan-remake-i-think/56936/4 "2026-07-07T20:47:41Z")
Elements 3!!! Big things coming…. Must be: Tailwind 4??? 😉 New enhanced features…. More new enhanced features 😉 ---
**Author:** ![trinube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@trinube](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/trinube)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2026, 6:43am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/time-for-another-dan-remake-i-think/56936/5 "2026-07-08T06:43:51Z")
I’d really prefer to see more unusual websites being built, MacRumors is fairly basic and pretty meh. How about something like these: > **[Agentura — Creative Agency for Branding & Visual Identity](https://agentura.framer.website)** > > Agentura is a creative agency specializing in branding, visual identity, and editorial direction. We don't follow trends — we set them. Limited projects. Uncompromising work. > **[Overview – Vercel](https://shotoniphone.lorenzobocchi.com)** > **[ELLE & Esquire, The New Hollywood Photography Exhibition](https://www.hollywoodexhibit2026.com)** > > Hearst Galleries presented a joint photography exhibition for ELLE and Esquire, ELLE: The New Hollywood and Esquire Goes to Hollywood, featuring iconic Hollywood photography from the brands’ archival collections and celebrating 40 years of ELLE’s... ---
**Author:** ![thominator](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/thominator/32/35233_2.png) [@thominator](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/thominator)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2026, 11:59am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/time-for-another-dan-remake-i-think/56936/6 "2026-07-08T11:59:01Z")
All those sites you suggest would be better choices for Scrollyplay or Scrollytelling to do a video on how to create. Moreover, they’re all essentially theatrics and gymnastics on top of a simple landing page foundation. I’m not sure what that would help a new-to-Elements user understand. My requests have been about helping new users take something they’ve probably encountered and seeing how to build the foundation of that, which is why I suggested MacRumors designed with the CMS. This is exactly the point at which I see many new-to-Elements users getting stuck. Flying animations and the sorts of things you’re pointing to are creative decisions (or at least they should be), and tend to live on top of a site’s foundation. I’m not sure that trying to show how to be creative is all that easy to do, to start with. ---
**Author:** ![trinube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@trinube](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/trinube)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2026, 11:53pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/time-for-another-dan-remake-i-think/56936/7 "2026-07-08T23:53:04Z")
> [@thominator](#): > > My requests have been about helping new users take something they’ve probably encountered and seeing how to build the foundation of that, which is why I suggested MacRumors designed with the CMS. This is exactly the point at which I see many new-to-Elements users getting stuck. Flying animations and the sorts of things you’re pointing to are creative decisions (or at least they should be), and tend to live on top of a site’s foundation That’s a fair point, but it could be equally argued that MacRumors is simply a large news site based on a robust CMS (Wordpress), which is far more suitable foundation for this type of site (hence why they use it). Ideally, I see no reason why both site types couldn’t be featured. ---
**Author:** ![Boleskine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@Boleskine](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Boleskine)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 8:02am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/time-for-another-dan-remake-i-think/56936/8 "2026-07-09T08:02:59Z")
To paraphrase Harry Hill … Which is better? There’s only one way to find out … VOTE! (Apologies to those not au fait with UK tv from 15 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 4:05pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/time-for-another-dan-remake-i-think/56936/9 "2026-07-10T16:05:08Z")
> [@trinube](#): > > I’d really prefer to see more unusual websites being built, MacRumors is fairly basic and pretty meh. How about something like these: [https://agentura.framer.website/](https://agentura.framer.website/), [https://shotoniphone.lorenzobocchi.com/](https://shotoniphone.lorenzobocchi.com/), [https://www.hollywoodexhibit2026.com/](https://www.hollywoodexhibit2026.com/) You should check out the Motion Forge Suite of components for doing effects like that, see the latest two examples from @Invisigoth in [this thread](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/launch-motion-forge-suite-the-only-animation-solution-you-will-ever-need-invisible-powerful-unlimited-sequences/56530/21) 🤯 ---
**Author:** ![meonmac](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/meonmac/32/36720_2.png) [@meonmac](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/meonmac)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 6:04pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/time-for-another-dan-remake-i-think/56936/10 "2026-07-10T18:04:08Z")
These do look cool. I dig the Overview gallery. How far are we doing these in Elements. The smoothness of the transitions and slides on these is amazing. > **[Chronos](https://chronos.com/#home)** > > A platform for 3D geospatial awareness, real-time tracking, and operational intelligence. > **[Adobe: Creative, marketing and document management solutions](https://www.adobe.com)** > > Adobe is changing the world through digital experiences. We help our customers create, deliver and optimize content and applications.