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Re: Forestry.io

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Post by LogicX » Sun, Jul 03, 2016, 8:07 AM UTC

lmitchell wrote: post #10

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?

As someone whose parents are both foresters, this actually confused me pretty hard. I'm disappointed this wasn't a forestry-oriented startup :P

For those seeking a forestry related startup, checkout http://TREELY.co

Re: Forestry.io

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Post by LogicX » Sun, Jul 03, 2016, 8:16 AM UTC

Cerium wrote: post #16

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.

Checkout my friends' startup http://TREELY.co

Re: Forestry.io

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Post by Ilinizas » Sun, Jul 03, 2016, 8:22 AM UTC

Love it! Keep up the great work.

Re: Forestry.io

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Post by killercup » Sun, Jul 03, 2016, 8:46 AM UTC

This reminds me: About a year ago I wrote down [1] some ideas I had about a static site generator that defines its structures in JSON schema (or something alike). It then uses this type information to validate the correct usage in all templates and inputs, as well as to generate a UI for editing. I'm pretty sure this idea is still a few steps ahead of any product/OSS I've seen in this space. Sadly, I've only ever implemented a simple prototype.

So, if anyone wants to give that a go, I'd be happy to see this implemented!

[1]: https://pascalhertleif.de/artikel/silicon-zucchini/

Re: Forestry.io

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Post by greggman » Sun, Jul 03, 2016, 9:02 AM UTC

Well I didn't want to post this on HN but I can't find any contact info in your site nor your HN profile so ....

The mobile landing page plays the video on touchstart which makes it hard to scroll through the page since any touch of the thumbnails, even just for the purpose of scrollong, starts the videos :(

Re: Forestry.io

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Post by throwaway6436 » Sun, Jul 03, 2016, 9:44 AM UTC

oftenwrong wrote: post #18

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 s…

Just skip anything that's on an .io TLD. You'll be fine.

It's probably a Heartbleed style GitHub Pages site for the latest bloat-free Rust rewrite of leftpad, anyway

@jpatters: if you care about this, move it to a .com. I winced.

Re: Forestry.io

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Post by smarinov » Sun, Jul 03, 2016, 9:46 AM UTC

oftenwrong wrote: post #18

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 s…

+1, I expected some software toolset for managing natural parks or the wood industry, at most.

Re: Forestry.io

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Post by 112percent » Sun, Jul 03, 2016, 9:50 AM UTC

Good job. The UI looks really nice. The ability to upload it to lots of different endpoints allows for so much flexibility.

I've just uploaded a Jekyll site, but it failed, the error message could have been more descriptive.

Re: Forestry.io

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Post by kmfrk » Sun, Jul 03, 2016, 10:01 AM UTC

quaffapint wrote: post #23

Is this like how http://prose.io/ is with github? I've been using that and it works ok, though sometimes things don't seem to take the first time.

Basically, but without the customization.

Re: Forestry.io

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Post by kmfrk » Sun, Jul 03, 2016, 10:04 AM UTC

This looks great! I'd probably only use it for a real project, if it came with more fine-grained permissions, though. I wouldn't want writers or editors to control pages and chunks, for instance.

Still the best Jekyll CMS I've seen.