Show HN: Backyard.io - We applied to YC (W12) and need some beta users
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Re: Show HN: Backyard.io - We applied to YC (W12) and need some beta users
#2FYI Chrome is flagging your site because the domain name on your SSL certificate doesn't match. Also, the site styling is completely off in Firefox. I don't mean to be completely negative, but fixing those things will probably help in getting people to sign up!
Re: Show HN: Backyard.io - We applied to YC (W12) and need some beta users
#3FYI Chrome is flagging your site because the domain name on your SSL certificate doesn't match. Also, the site styling is completely off in Firefox. I don't mean to be completely negative, but fixing those things will probably help in getting people to sign up!
no worries. thanks for the the feedback. i'm not able to reproduce, though. Chrome and Firebox both shows the SSL as valid and styles seem to be loading as expected. which versions do you have. -travis
Re: Show HN: Backyard.io - We applied to YC (W12) and need some beta users
#4FYI Chrome is flagging your site because the domain name on your SSL certificate doesn't match. Also, the site styling is completely off in Firefox. I don't mean to be completely negative, but fixing those things will probably help in getting people to sign up!
I tried in Chrome and the SSL is green and verified (by GoDaddy).
Re: Show HN: Backyard.io - We applied to YC (W12) and need some beta users
#5FYI Chrome is flagging your site because the domain name on your SSL certificate doesn't match. Also, the site styling is completely off in Firefox. I don't mean to be completely negative, but fixing those things will probably help in getting people to sign up!
It actually looks like it's set up for *.backyard.io and is flagged for an unrecognized CA, most likely an intermediate CA not included with the certificate.
Re: Show HN: Backyard.io - We applied to YC (W12) and need some beta users
#6Who would you say are your major competitors?
Re: Show HN: Backyard.io - We applied to YC (W12) and need some beta users
#7I signed up, understanding you're just looking for beta users, but the process for requesting a beta invite is kind of misleading. The email is sent automatically, which is nice, but the contents of the email is a request to subscribe to a mailing list. When signing up, I wasn't requesting to be added to a mailing list, just get in line for a beta invite. Not that large of a deal, but perhaps adjusting the wording would scare off less people (or at least avoid the moment of confusion and hesitation). Also, it's a bit disorienting to have an email address to a different domain than the one you're being subscribed to as the contact in the email. Other than that...anxiously waiting for an invite, it's something I've been in need of for a while but have been hesitant to start using 80 bajillion different online services to do it.
Re: Show HN: Backyard.io - We applied to YC (W12) and need some beta users
#8FYI Chrome is flagging your site because the domain name on your SSL certificate doesn't match. Also, the site styling is completely off in Firefox. I don't mean to be completely negative, but fixing those things will probably help in getting people to sign up!
no worries. thanks for the the feedback. i'm not able to reproduce, though. Chrome and Firebox both shows the SSL as valid and styles seem to be loading as expected. which versions do you have. -travis
I have the latest Chrome on Mac and am seeing the SSL Error. Cert information is here:
Re: Show HN: Backyard.io - We applied to YC (W12) and need some beta users
#9What pain of mine are you solving? "Hosted technology that helps your startup run" isn't speaking to me.
Re: Show HN: Backyard.io - We applied to YC (W12) and need some beta users
#10Who would you say are your major competitors?
i think Github and similar hosted SCM providers are potential competitors. Atlassian’s line of enterprise products are also similar to our offerings. Github is definitely the company we fear (and have a crazy amount of respect and admiration for). At their core though I think Github and Backyard have different focus’. Github is focused on (and in my opinion succeeding at) being the best-in-breed Source Control platform, which means things like centralized authentication, deployment, continuous integration, internal communication, etc are not (currently) their focus. Backyard’s focus will be providing a complete integrated infrastructure platform. So while SCM will be an important component, it wont be the sole focus of our company.