Show HN: I made a platform to publish my Google Docs files as blogs

Post by lewisjoe » Thu, May 13, 2021, 3:30 PM UTC

codazoda wrote: post #10

lasagnaphil wrote: post #8

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From looking at the code, I think it's basically just downloading the relevant google docs files as docx (or markdown if the file's just .md) and converting it into octopress, so I don't think it will matter. Source: https://github.com/joelewis/hexopress/blob/55f55c39136ef301f...

This comment caught my eye because I use a lot of markdown. What do you mean about downloading the file as markdown if it's just an .md? I haven't ever created a .md in Google Docs and I don't see a way to download one. Edit: After looking at the code, I think the comment applies to Google Drive and not Google Docs. I only use Google Drive via the web interface and it's a bit of a pain to "create" an md file via that…

Post by lasagnaphil » Thu, May 13, 2021, 3:35 PM UTC

lewisjoe wrote: post #12

codazoda wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This comment caught my eye because I use a lot of markdown. What do you mean about downloading the file as markdown if it's just an .md? I haven't ever created a .md in Google Docs and I don't see a way to download one. Edit: After looking at the code, I think the comment applies to Google Drive and not Google Docs. I only use Google Drive via the web interface and it's a bit of a pain to "create" an md file via that…

I deleted my previous comment since it was irrelevant. Yes, you are right. I wanted to write markdown files and make them as posts. So I wrote that piece of code that, looks for md files as well, in addition to Google Doc files – for publishing as posts. Helps me write code-blocks heavy posts in markdown directly in Google Drive, using markdown extensions. Google Docs is yet to support code blocks and by now I doubt…

Post by tito » Thu, May 13, 2021, 3:38 PM UTC

Post by kodah » Thu, May 13, 2021, 3:46 PM UTC

Post by tito » Thu, May 13, 2021, 3:49 PM UTC

lewisjoe wrote: post #17

tito wrote: post #16

Curious if anyone has seen something like this to publish Mailchimp newsletters on the web. Mailchimp's "archive" page is weak. I have a weekly newsletter on carbon removal, published on Mailchimp. My site [1] starts with a script that pulls from the Mailchimp API, compiles pages and an archive, and deploys on vercel. Plus some static files for homepage/header/footer are pulled in. [1] https://tito.co

Can't you do that with a simple zappier integration? Just thinking out loud. When I wrote hexo.press I also wanted to make a full-featured CMS with Google Drive as the backend, but then I realized a lot of this can be achieved with Zapier and can be done generically as well - adaptable for Microsoft OneDrive, Zoho Workdrive or Google Drive Did you already try Zapier?