Client Portal · pick a look
Joseph, 2026-08-09: “I like the content samples but the webpage looks
horrible. How about using dribbble examples previously selected.” These are four of the
nine designer templates already on disk at
thedomaine-designs/templates/, applied to the portal as a skin
parameter — one generator, one code path, 8 pages.
Each row is one sample client. Every cell in that row is the same content and the same numbers — only the design changes. The “before” column is the page you saw, left untouched.
| Sample client | Blocks | Layers | The Palace | Discover Exquisite Homes | Estate Architect | Haven & Co. | Pre-reskin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BASE — Priya Ashworth-Nakagawa | 7 | 7 | open | open | open | open | before |
| DEEP — Desmond Okonkwo-Reyes | 10 | 25 | open | open | open | open | before |
Blocks = how WIDE the portal is. Layers = how DEEP. Both come from the client record, not from the code — which is why the numbers in those two columns are identical no matter which design you open.
The nine templates were built to sell a listing to a stranger: full-bleed hero photograph, property grid, “Book a Viewing”. A client portal is the opposite job — someone who already chose you, coming back to see whether a number moved. So we kept the visual language (type, palette, spacing, restraint) and changed what occupies the page.
What did not carry over, and why: the hero photograph.
We hold no licensed photograph of a client’s actual home —
credits.json is explicit that attribution is not a licence and no raw
MLS/HAR/Zillow image may be used — and a stock house above a page titled with
their name reads as a picture of their home. That is a lie, not a licensing
question. Every hero here is typographic instead. Also dropped: the nav, the
“Book a Viewing” button and the central inquiry modal. A returning
client is not a lead.
Cormorant Garamond over Jost on deep ink, gold and cream. Chosen first because its palette IS ours already -- the navy/gold this portal was originally built in came from here -- so it carries zero brand risk, and because its .stats component (a big serif numeral over a micro-caps label) is exactly the component a returning client comes back for. Dark reads private rather than promotional.
Skin: The Palace — design DNA after Najmul islam · source thedomaine-designs/templates/palace/ · hero photography deliberately omitted — we hold no licensed photograph of this client’s home
Playfair Display over Mulish on cream, taupe and rust. Chosen because its .detail panel -- label left, value right, hairline between -- is already a statement layout, which is what a monthly portal actually is. Light and printed rather than dark and cinematic: this is the one you read for four minutes with coffee, not the one you scroll.
Skin: Discover Exquisite Homes — design DNA after Azmir Sheikh · source thedomaine-designs/templates/exquisite/ · hero photography deliberately omitted — we hold no licensed photograph of this client’s home
Fraunces over Inter on white with a blush wash. The quietest of the nine and the only one that is not selling at you -- centred display type, soft rounded surfaces, enormous whitespace. It reads as private advisory correspondence, which is the tone a curate-stage client should get. Included specifically as the anti-cliche option: no navy, no gold, no drama.
Skin: Estate Architect — design DNA after Rifat Hossain · source thedomaine-designs/templates/estatearchitect/ · hero photography deliberately omitted — we hold no licensed photograph of this client’s home
Anton over Space Grotesk on warm grey paper. Its .meta band -- three bordered cells, tiny uppercase label, huge condensed value -- is the strongest number component in the whole set, and the template is hairline grid with zero rounded corners and zero shadows. That is the most direct answer to what Joseph reacted to: it is the furthest possible thing from a stack of rounded white cards.
Skin: Haven & Co. — design DNA after Bright Ajiboye · source thedomaine-designs/templates/haven/ · hero photography deliberately omitted — we hold no licensed photograph of this client’s home