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Re: Forestry.io

#12

Post by adiabatty »

sippeangelo wrote: post #5

"Forestry". Really? I can understand many other hot startups using names of random objects, but using the name of an entire completely different profession?

Makes as much sense as a book-and-music seller named after a river in Brazil. We do just fine with weird things like this if they're ingrained enough.

Re: Forestry.io

#13

Post by chrsstrm »

If I were you, I would rethink your "beta invite" flow. Adding an email address and clicking on the "Request Invite" button doesn't send you an invite, it adds you to their MailChimp newsletter list and sends an email asking you to confirm your address (for opt-in). There is no invite code or protected page, anyone can just go to https://forestry.io/beta to sign up. Don't trick me into opting in to your newsletter when what you promised was a beta trial. Give me access and let me test drive it; if I like the service I'll sign up for your newsletter, I'll follow you on Twitter and I'll pay money for a subscription. If you pull a bait and switch on me I'll move on.

Re: Forestry.io

#14

Post by sgallant »

Co-creator here. I was building a website for someone last summer and I REALLY didn't want to use WordPress, so my friend and I built forestry.io.

Some highlights:

• Supports all Jekyll plugins

• Integrates with GitHub & Bitbucket (commits back to your repo)

• Zero configuration for you project

• Hosting not provided (deploy to S3, Github Pages, FTP)

• Use Markdown or WYSIWYG

I'd love to know what you think if the concept. Get in touch at scott@forestry.io if you have any specific needs.

Thanks!

Re: Forestry.io

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Post by sgallant »

sippeangelo wrote: post #5

"Forestry". Really? I can understand many other hot startups using names of random objects, but using the name of an entire completely different profession?

Hahaha. Co-creator here. I know, it's silly. Here's how we came up with it:

My partner and I used to drive 2 hours to meet our team every Monday at our old startup. We conceived of the idea on one of these drives and the conversation went like this:

Jordan - "So what are we going to call this thing?" Scott - "I don't know, some cool .io name?" We passed an RV that had a "Caravan" logo on it Scott - "Like caravan.io" Jordan - "That's stupid" We passed another RV that had a "Forestry" logo on it Scott - "Or forestry.io" Jordan - "That's stupid too"

I did a search that night, caravan.io was taken but forestry.io was available :)

Re: Forestry.io

#16

Post by Cerium »

sippeangelo wrote: post #5

"Forestry". Really? I can understand many other hot startups using names of random objects, but using the name of an entire completely different profession?

I was excited at the prospect of an API service offering up to date forestry data.

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Post by lxcid »

sgallant wrote: post #14

Co-creator here. I was building a website for someone last summer and I REALLY didn't want to use WordPress, so my friend and I built forestry.io. Some highlights: • Supports all Jekyll plugins • Integrates with GitHub & Bitbucket (commits back to your repo) • Zero configuration for you project • Hosting not provided (deploy to S3, Github Pages, FTP) • Use Markdown or WYSIWYG I'd love to know what you think if the co…

Cool site. May I ask is your WYSIWYG custom made?

Re: Forestry.io

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Post by oftenwrong »

Not a very descriptive headline. I see many headlines like this on Hacker News with just a name, and I often skip over them. Give people some information to draw them in, and to assure them it will not be a waste of time. All I can assume at this point is that your site is about forestry.

Edit: I have looked at the site, and indeed it has nothing to do with forestry. You would do well to include in the headline the straightforward description that is already in use on the page:

"Forestry: A simple CMS for Jekyll and Hugo sites"

Re: Forestry.io

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Post by sorenjan »

sgallant wrote: post #15
sippeangelo wrote: post #5

"Forestry". Really? I can understand many other hot startups using names of random objects, but using the name of an entire completely different profession?

Hahaha. Co-creator here. I know, it's silly. Here's how we came up with it: My partner and I used to drive 2 hours to meet our team every Monday at our old startup. We conceived of the idea on one of these drives and the conversation went like this: Jordan - "So what are we going to call this thing?" Scott - "I don't know, some cool .io name?" We passed an RV that had a "Caravan" logo on it Scott - "Like caravan.io"…

Jordan was right.
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