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HubPress.io: A web application to build your blog on GitHub

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Re: HubPress.io: A web application to build your blog on GitHub

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Post by wodenokoto »

soumyaray wrote: post #3

Genuine question: Is there any attraction of this tool for folks who already know how to use a static site generator (SSG)? I'm guessing most people who understand how to use git could catch onto an SSG overnight. (I should add that this is an impressive concept and I'm just begging for a reason to use it).

For one, you can just log in and update your blog. No need to be at that computer that has your SSG software installed.

EDIT: having tried hubpress just now, I take that back. I can't figure out how to post anything.

Re: HubPress.io: A web application to build your blog on GitHub

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Post by pwenzel »

HubPress looks super useful. How does it handle other non-blog-ish content Jekyll supports, like data files and collections?

I've used Prose.io as well, which has a nice UI and serves a similar purpose. I like that HubPress can just be run from your domain though.

Re: HubPress.io: A web application to build your blog on GitHub

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Post by danso »

krionicle wrote: post #7

Are we aware of any efforts to decentralize git so that blogs made with it can't be silenced at one point of failure?

Jekyll is open source and it can be run on any server (I always use it locally) and its output is just static HTML, which means it can be served from anywhere.

Re: HubPress.io: A web application to build your blog on GitHub

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Post by ekzy »

sarreph wrote: post #2

Great idea to leverage GitHub pages! Not sure if this has been done before but this is certainly a lucrative SaaS opportunity due to the non-existent marginal cost of creating a GitHub site. -- IF OP is the author (or the author sees this) Couple of nitpicks about your landing page: - Syntax / typo: "no server's rent" --> "no server costs to pay" or similar - Please do your visitors a favour and add controls to your…

Agreed about the youtube video. It is a bit frustrating not to be able to move forward, especially because the typing speed is quite slow :D

A few blog examples made with hubpress on the landing page would be great too.

Re: HubPress.io: A web application to build your blog on GitHub

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Post by lips »

sarreph wrote: post #2

Great idea to leverage GitHub pages! Not sure if this has been done before but this is certainly a lucrative SaaS opportunity due to the non-existent marginal cost of creating a GitHub site. -- IF OP is the author (or the author sees this) Couple of nitpicks about your landing page: - Syntax / typo: "no server's rent" --> "no server costs to pay" or similar - Please do your visitors a favour and add controls to your…

Agreed. Workaround: Click video for focus, either click again or press space to play. Use left/right arrow keys for 5s jumps, to adjust speed. I use these commands about every 30 minutes.

Re: HubPress.io: A web application to build your blog on GitHub

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Post by opmac »

sanderp wrote: post #5

I really like the idea, it looks like an easy way to get a simple blog started. Looks great as well! I do have one concern: I'm assuming that the repo driving the blog is public, which means that all unpublished posts are still visible on Github, right?

Correct, if they're pushed.

Re: HubPress.io: A web application to build your blog on GitHub

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Post by wodenokoto »

I forked the repo, followed the setup instructions and now what?

There's a "writers guide" that claims it will help me write my first post, but it is just an overview of the AsciiDoc format, and tells you nothing about how to save new posts to your blog.

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