OneTaskBy Tim King · Updated
Coming Soon Page Generator
Email Signup Form and Live Timer in One Self-Contained HTML File for Launch Pages
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How the Coming Soon Page Generator works
Before a site launches, the domain should show something better than a blank server page. This
coming soon page generator builds one: a heading and message, a live countdown to your launch
date, and an email signup form, all in a single HTML file you can upload as index.html.
The output is a complete HTML document with the CSS and the countdown script inlined. There are no images, web fonts or external scripts, so you can drop it on any static host and it works.
How the coming soon countdown works
The launch time is written into the page and a short script updates the days, hours, minutes and
seconds once a second. A date with no time zone, such as 2026-12-01 09:00, is read in each
visitor's own time zone. To launch at one moment worldwide, add an offset: 2026-12-01T09:00Z
is 09:00 UTC and 2026-12-01T09:00-05:00 is 09:00 in New York in winter. When the time passes,
the counter stops at zero rather than going negative. Hide the countdown if you have no firm date.
Collecting email signups
The form posts one field named email to the action URL you enter. Most newsletter services,
including Mailchimp, Buttondown, ConvertKit and form backends such as Formspree, give you a URL
that accepts exactly this. Check your service's field name and change name="email" if it
expects something else. The input uses type="email" and required, so the browser rejects an
empty or malformed address before the form is sent.
Coming soon pages and SEO
Search engines can index a coming soon page, and that is usually fine: it lets people who search for your brand find something. Put your brand name in the heading and tab title. When you launch, replace the file with the real site at the same URL so the page keeps any links it has picked up.
FAQ
Should a coming soon page return 503 like a maintenance page?
No. A maintenance page covers a site that already exists, so it returns 503 to protect existing rankings. A coming soon page is the only content on a new domain, so serve it normally with a 200 status and let search engines index your brand name.
Will the countdown show the same time for everyone?
Only if you include a time zone. A plain date and time is read in each visitor's local time, so
people in different countries see different remaining times. Add Z for UTC or an offset such as
+01:00 to make everyone count down to the same instant.
Where do the email addresses go?
To the form action URL you enter, which is normally your newsletter or form service. The page itself stores nothing. If you leave the example URL in place the form will fail, so replace it with your own endpoint or hide the signup form.
Can I add a logo or social links to the coming soon page?
Yes. Paste an inline SVG or an <img> above the heading for a logo, and add a row of links
under the form for social profiles. Keep images small or inline them as data URIs so the page
still loads in one request.
See also: all UI Components tools, Layout & Spacing, Shadows & Motion, Shapes & SVG, Forms & Inputs, Colour.
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