Jason's Plugins For Carrd

Q: How do I set a different image in the mobile version as background? There is no such setting in Carrd currently.

A: You have to set the Background setting for your site to Color, and then write some custom CSS to set the background-image on different screen sizes (using media queries).

I played around a bit and came up with this solution:

Different background image for different screen sizes on Carrd -

https://responsivebackgroundimage.carrd.co/

Copy the code here:

https://jsfiddle.net/xgvw0y3q/

Thanks for the idea, @cjthacreator ! 🙏🙏

Had to refund because customer bought both plugins and didn't want this one 😩

Can imagine this being useful for those selling Carrd templates to showcase the whole template!

https://autoscrollonhover.carrd.co/

Issue: Tried to change font in code but it didn't display on site.

Solution: Again, it's because the user didn't clear cache in browser when reviewing the updated site. Seems to be happening a lot

Again, Bootstrap overriding some styles, for background colors and hr dividers

I'm sitting on a goldmine of untapped potential all this time with my project [Plugins For Carrd](https://pluginsforcarrd.com).

Seeing [Components UI](https://componentsui.com/) by @oscaroarevalo made me realise that.

It has all the tricks of the trade that we creators are familiar with:

- beautiful well-designed landing page with ConvertKit CTA
- Affiliates program through Gumroad
- Testimonial from Carrd founder AJ himself
- Selling bundles - 7 components for $59 while I sell 1 for $15/$25
- 10 day email sequence on Carrd tips
- Free guides - simple pricing tables, 10 days of Carrd, set up web analytics, a week of better design, How to: Design Agency, How to: Freelancer
- FAQs
- Templates, UI components, dark mode, Spanish version of UI
- Subdirectory blog for SEO purposes - tutorials, and posts about the journey of building in public (even a dedicated emailing list for this journey)
- Roadmaps, Changelog, License and Affiliate program pages

I look at Components UI and see my future for Plugins. I should really be doubling down on it and executing on all this tricks. I kind of already knew I *should* before seeing Components UI, but seeing something in real life was the kicker.

A few things I might do differently though, or will stick to doing it my way:

- Calling it a "plugin" instead of component because non-technical creators are more familiar with "plugins" (ala Wordpress) than "components" (a more UX designer / frontend developer term)
- Selling individual components *as well as* bundles
- Showing demos for each plugin on a Carrd site for street cred
- Keeping the marketing simple - too much conversion copy can feel too salesy. I like how it's simple and straightforward now for Plugins.
- My giving/helping focus on social media and communities as a way for marketing and reach, plus it's a great way to discover new plugin ideas

Excited!