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Show HN: landing pages for iOS apps with interactive, usable demos

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Re: Show HN: landing pages for iOS apps with interactive, usable demos

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Post by edowling »

duiker101 wrote: post #6

it looks nice and not expensive but i did not understand the "demo" part, where are they? also what are the main differeces with other similar services? i rember seeing one some time ago that so a lot similar, something like app.net but i am not sure, but another example is limelightapp.com good job anyway it looks really nice! Oh one last thing, will the bar be always stick to the top of my page? that's something i…

The demo's are an optional extra. You can check out a demo here: http://www.edwarddowling.com/victorian-opera

or here: http://kickfolio.com/examples/modest

Just click play twice and away you go!

(Tech is from the great guys at Pieceable).

The bar is only there if you are logged in, so users won't see it.

Re: Show HN: landing pages for iOS apps with interactive, usable demos

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Post by edowling »

Smudge wrote: post #9

I enjoy the concept and the snappiness of the app previws. But, to me, the layout's use of subtlepatterns.com seems a bit gratuitous.

Fair comment. Custom CSS is available for pro and unlimited plans, so you can customise how it looks. Ultimately, we'd love to have several themes and templates available.

Re: Show HN: landing pages for iOS apps with interactive, usable demos

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Post by theDaveB »

This looks really good, well done.

One of my apps is universal and it chose iPhone to display it, can that be changed ?

Also on my free app the name wraps as its quite long, I presume I would have upgrade to the paid version and change the CSS to fix that.

Dave

Re: Show HN: landing pages for iOS apps with interactive, usable demos

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Post by edowling »

duiker101 wrote: post #6

it looks nice and not expensive but i did not understand the "demo" part, where are they? also what are the main differeces with other similar services? i rember seeing one some time ago that so a lot similar, something like app.net but i am not sure, but another example is limelightapp.com good job anyway it looks really nice! Oh one last thing, will the bar be always stick to the top of my page? that's something i…

Just wanted to touch on differences with other services. We've really focused on the folio element, allowing people and businesses to create a complete presence online. Instead of single pages, we feel developers want to create a complete online portfolio of their work outside of Apple's walled garden, with a minimal amount of effort required to maintain it.

Re: Show HN: landing pages for iOS apps with interactive, usable demos

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Post by jonny_eh »

edowling wrote: post #10
chime wrote: post #7

My portfolio looks different when I'm logged in vs. when I open up the URL in incognito window. That's ok (HN does it too) but you should give me some way of previewing the guest-view. E.g. https://kickfolio.com/chirag?preview or something. Bug: When I'm logged in, https://kickfolio.com/chirag/tip-of-my-tongue and https://kickfolio.com/chirag/ktype show "We're sorry, but something went wrong." Also, is there any way…

Thanks for the feedback! I've just spotted your error in the logs so will work to fix it today. Preview view is a good idea - will see about how we can implement it. We're planning on adding a dispute resolution process for apps. One of the use cases we've identified is that a business might want to feature an app as a marketing tool, while the freelancer who made it might want it as a portfolio tool. Automatic verif…

Maybe there's some way for you to generate a special key/phrase that the app owner can embed in their app store listing to prove that they own the app.

Re: Show HN: landing pages for iOS apps with interactive, usable demos

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Post by edowling »

frankdenbow wrote: post #17

looks good, but how is this better than App.net (what I used most recently)?

I touched on this with this reply: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4196850

In short, we're focusing on a folio element and also the interactive app demos, allowing visitors to actually try and app before the download it.

Re: Show HN: landing pages for iOS apps with interactive, usable demos

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Post by edowling »

jonny_eh wrote: post #16
edowling wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for the feedback! I've just spotted your error in the logs so will work to fix it today. Preview view is a good idea - will see about how we can implement it. We're planning on adding a dispute resolution process for apps. One of the use cases we've identified is that a business might want to feature an app as a marketing tool, while the freelancer who made it might want it as a portfolio tool. Automatic verif…

Maybe there's some way for you to generate a special key/phrase that the app owner can embed in their app store listing to prove that they own the app.

That gave me an idea - to resolve disputes, we could simply send a link to the iTunes-listed support email and have people verify through that.

Don't want to make it mandatory, but in cases where it becomes an issue, it could work well.

Thanks!

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