Transparency links
- Project Scope (start here)
- Running Costs (monthly)
- Website Content (total posts)
- Milestones (launches, features)
- Building One Page Love Series (videos)
Project Scope:
Before breaking down the costs it will be good to understand the skeleton of the whole project.
| Location | Description |
|---|---|
| onepagelove.com | One Page Love home page |
| onepagelove.com/gallery | Website inspiration (over 7000 One Page websites collected since 2008) |
| onepagelove.com/refs | UI references (eg. team sections) |
| onepagelove.com/templates | Website templates (around 350 free and premium, majority not built by OPL) |
| onepagelove.com/articles | Website-related articles and round-ups |
Running Costs:
Approximate figures based on recent invoices.
| Cost/mo | Item | Provider | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| $100 | WordPress Hosting | Flywheel | Shared with Email Love and my personal website |
| $50 | Image CDN | IMGIX | This is for archive & review screenshots + social share images |
| $15 | Email Marketing | EmailOctopus | Newsletter sent every two weeks |
| $15 | Music | Epidemic Sound | Royalty-free music for YouTube videos |
| $10 | Commerce | Gumroad | Online transactions for a few items on the site |
| $10 | Social Media Management | Later | Shared with Email Love on the $20/month plan |
| $5 | Search Plugin | SearchWP | WordPress suggestive AJAX search plugin. Shared with Email Love on the $119/year Pro plan |
| $5 | G Suite | One primary acc for rob@ then have a few aliases | |
| $5 | WordPress Form Plugin | Gravity Forms | All submission forms. Shared with Email Love on the $99/year legacy developer plan |
| $1 | Domain & DNS | Hover | Amount averaged from $12/year |
| $216/mo |
Website Content
Current content published (updated real time) but note I’ve removed hundreds of discontinued templates over the years.
| Inspiration | UI Refs | Templates | Articles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7170 | 37 | 344 | 150 |
Building One Page Love series
Behind-the-scenes vids. Please let me know what else you want to see?
| Date | Topic |
|---|---|
| 23.01.2019 | The 2008 moment I thought up One Page Love |
| 31.03.2018 | 3 Lessons Growing OPL from Side Project to Full Time Job |
| 28.03.2018 | How One Page Love monetizes (2018 Edition) |
Useful links
- Submit - beautiful One Page website
- Transparency - behind-the-scenes, running costs, milestones
- Presskit - One Page Love logos, links and info
- Buy me a Coffee - donation page if you’re enjoying One Page Love
- rob@onepagelove.com or @robhope - info, comms, feedback
Milestones
Launches and noteworthy features
| Date | Milestone | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 28.12.2019 | Soft-launch of Author Profiles | Visit |
| 27.12.2019 | Soft-launch of Typeface taxonomy | Visit |
| 04.09.2019 | Official launch of sister-site Email Love | Blog |
| 30.08.2019 | Suggestive AJAX search now integrated with SearchWP | Visit |
| 22.08.2019 | Soft-launch of design references like team sections | Visit |
| 01.08.2019 | Beta launch of sister-site Email Love | Blog |
| 20.03.2019 | Launch of the One Page Love v3 with new red branding | Blog |
| 13.03.2019 | Archive thumbnails now include longer screenshots | |
| 12.02.2019 | Archives now infinite scroll | |
| 31.03.2018 | OPL turns ten | Blog |
| 31.03.2008 | OPL launches | Screenshots |