Sidenote

Sidenote is a free personal blog template for Framer that helps writers, designers and researchers publish long essays people actually finish. Its signature is something no other Framer template has: Tufte-style sidenotes that sit in the margin beside the sentence they explain, and open inline with a tap on phones.

Perfect for

• Designers and engineers writing essays about their craft

• Researchers and academics who need footnotes that don't break the reading

• Founders and consultants building an audience with a newsletter

• Writers moving from Substack or Medium to their own site

What makes it different

• Margin sidenotes. Write [1] in your text and the note appears beside that line, with hover highlighting and a gentle intro on the home page.

• A lab-notebook look. Graph-paper texture, precise mono labels in pencil blue and a cohesive duotone image set.

• Day and Lamp. A visible theme switch (remembered), with a soft lamp glow that follows the cursor at night.

• Built for long reading. Table of contents, reading progress, search, and a subscribe card at the end of every essay.

What's included

• 14 pages: Home, Essays, Essay, Notes, Note, Series, Series detail, Topic, Now, About, Newsletter, Read me, Privacy, 404

• 4 CMS collections: 12 essays (one 9-minute piece with 10 notes), 24 short notes, 3 series, 5 topics

• Accessible by default: skip link, labelled forms, reduced-motion support, tested at 1440, 1024, 768 and 390 in both themes

• Setup guide on the hidden /read-me page

Support

Questions or requests: vexorastudio02@gmail.com