Silex exists because of the community behind it. Whether you're a designer, creator, tester, or advocate, you can help make Silex better — no coding required.
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Ideas to get started:
Silex will soon offer a library of free website templates. You can contribute by designing templates that others can reuse.
I suggest you build a pixel-perfect version of a professional design (clean, standard layout). If you rebuild the structure manually and use your own images and fonts, you don’t need the design to be open source — generic layouts are not protected by copyright. An attribution is a good practice, e.g. a link in the footer. You can get inspiration on Framer templates, Webflow Showcase, or sites like this or the excellent HTML5 UP.
How to create a template:
<div> elements.section-about, button-primary), or follow BEM convention.em, rem, %, vw, vh over fixed px sizes for text.How to submit your template:
silex template project topic in GitLab.Following these guidelines ensures templates are easy to edit and adapt.
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