So, my first site on Perch is finally live, https://xpandedreality.com/

What I did use

• Perch 2.x
• Bootstrap 3.x
• Colio plugin
• Menu effect from Start Bootstraps open source theme Grayscale

Tools

• Pinegrow web editor
• Espresso code editor

Some extra stuff

• For transparent colors in css, HEX to RGB converter
• Paletton color scheme creator
• Bootsnipp, for bits of Bootstrap solutions

Notes

I learned Pearch and Bootstrap in one go. With some wiseness in me now, I should have started to make som pages with only minor css, to concentrate on how Perch collects data and what I have to do to make Perch display what I want. And I should have taken a separate pass with Bootstrap to learn more about the grid and how that make things flow, and some more about css and script functions available within Bootstrap.

But now I don´t want to use anything else than Perch as a CMS and I like Bootstrap a lot too. I have mostly done work as a web editor for several years, so coding myself again has been a lot of fun, and frustration. But now I feel somewhat in control again:)