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Landing Page Viability

Achievable (Green Light)

These work well as single-file HTML landing pages:

Standard Landing Pages:

  • Product launch pages
  • Coming soon / waitlist pages
  • App download pages
  • Event registration pages
  • Personal portfolio sites
  • Business brochure pages
  • Service showcase pages

Features That Work:

  • Hero sections with headlines and CTAs
  • Feature grids with icons (CSS/emoji)
  • Testimonial carousels (CSS-only)
  • Pricing tables
  • FAQ accordions
  • Contact forms (visual only, or mailto: links)
  • Smooth scroll navigation
  • Animated counters
  • Before/after sliders
  • Image galleries with lightbox
  • Video embeds (YouTube/Vimeo)
  • Newsletter signup (visual or external service)
  • Social proof sections
  • Team member cards
  • Timeline/process sections

Needs Discussion (Yellow Light)

Achievable but need scope clarification:

  • Multi-page sites → Suggest single scrolling page with anchor nav
  • E-commerce with cart → Suggest linking to external checkout (Stripe, Gumroad)
  • User accounts → Not possible without backend
  • Real form submissions → Suggest Formspree, Netlify Forms, or mailto:
  • CMS-editable content → Content is hardcoded; suggest future updates workflow
  • Complex animations → CSS animations only; no GSAP/Framer Motion

Not Achievable (Red Flag)

Steer away from:

  • Server-side functionality
  • Database storage
  • User authentication
  • Real payment processing
  • Dynamic content from APIs
  • Search functionality
  • Comments/reviews systems
  • Real-time features

Viability Questions

Ask yourself:

  1. Can this be fully rendered client-side? → Must be yes
  2. Does it need data persistence? → Must be no (except localStorage)
  3. Does it need user accounts? → Must be no
  4. Can forms work with mailto: or external service? → Must be yes
  5. Is the content static (or rarely updated)? → Should be yes

Recommending Alternatives

When user asks for something not achievable:

Instead of: "I need a booking system"
Suggest: "Link to Calendly, Cal.com, or similar"

Instead of: "I need a contact form that emails me"
Suggest: "I can create a form that opens the user's email client, or integrate with Formspree"

Instead of: "I need multiple pages"
Suggest: "A single-page design with smooth scroll navigation between sections"