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Re: My create-your-own-social-news-site startup is live. Feedback appreciated.

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Post by gregwebs » Wed, Mar 19, 2008, 5:53 PM UTC

I created one http://justnews.slinkset.com/ For anyone who is tired of all the stupid news commentary, and just wants new.

It would be nice to be able to increase the font size on the Hacker News ripoff design.

Re: My create-your-own-social-news-site startup is live. Feedback appreciated.

#12

Post by blored » Wed, Mar 19, 2008, 5:55 PM UTC

marrone wrote: post #8

redrory wrote: post #2

I Like, I love the design, the colors works well for me. The layout also pleases me:) KISS ( Keep It Stupid Simple) I feel like a mix between Jottit and Digg Create your little Digg site with the ease of creation like Jottit. I recommend.

Very nice, well done, I have to agree. Reminds me of Basecamp. Was very easy to get started that is for sure

I agree. The design is very nice.

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#13

Post by brett » Wed, Mar 19, 2008, 6:11 PM UTC

gaika wrote: post #5

Kaizyn wrote: post #4

What technologies did you use to create the site? Is this Rails based?

seems like rails: "Server Mongrel 1.1.4" in response headers, application.js with prototype.js in the scripts.

Yeah. It's rails.

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#14

Post by brett » Wed, Mar 19, 2008, 6:12 PM UTC

redrory wrote: post #2

I Like, I love the design, the colors works well for me. The layout also pleases me:) KISS ( Keep It Stupid Simple) I feel like a mix between Jottit and Digg Create your little Digg site with the ease of creation like Jottit. I recommend.

Thanks.

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#15

Post by brett » Wed, Mar 19, 2008, 6:21 PM UTC

run4yourlives wrote: post #9

Nice job. Have you thought about how you'll monetize it?

We're still nailing that down, but I think we've got some decent ideas...

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#16

Post by crescendo » Wed, Mar 19, 2008, 6:25 PM UTC

You should pre-fetch the rollover images in the "Featured Slinkset Sites" on the front page. Currently when the page first loads, there is a split second when you mouse-over the screenshots where the image completely disappears as it's loading the hover image. Otherwise the design looks very nice.

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#17

Post by brett » Wed, Mar 19, 2008, 6:39 PM UTC

crescendo wrote: post #16

You should pre-fetch the rollover images in the "Featured Slinkset Sites" on the front page. Currently when the page first loads, there is a split second when you mouse-over the screenshots where the image completely disappears as it's loading the hover image. Otherwise the design looks very nice.

Thanks for the tip. We've been meaning to go the css sprite route on those, but haven't gotten to it yet.

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#18

Post by brett » Wed, Mar 19, 2008, 6:41 PM UTC

rksprst wrote: post #10

Add comments (or use disqus) and allow people to use their own domains.

We actually have comments. Clearly that's not obvious if you are not logged in (and no one has yet commented on a link on the page). Something we should look at.

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#19

Post by mr_palomar » Wed, Mar 19, 2008, 6:42 PM UTC

If I set my site to "private", the "Users" link gives me a 500 error ("We have a piper down"). If I change it to Public it works fine. I would still expect to be able to invite users to a private site.

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#20

Post by brett » Wed, Mar 19, 2008, 6:59 PM UTC

mr_palomar wrote: post #19

If I set my site to "private", the "Users" link gives me a 500 error ("We have a piper down"). If I change it to Public it works fine. I would still expect to be able to invite users to a private site.

Yeah that was a bug; I just deployed a fix. We weren't ready for people putting periods in their usernames. My guess is that you changed it to public right after the fix. Thanks.