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Re: Show HN: LonelyPage – One page is all you need

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post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How would it solve the problem?

Can't speak for Dat, but for IPFS, your content is alive so long as at least one node has the site pinned. (Think of it like seeders for a torrent)

With torrents, long tail stuff frequently runs out of seeders, no?

Re: Show HN: LonelyPage – One page is all you need

#12
Nice work!

Some usability feedback: Adding a new element to the page (+) is the first action and it was hard for me to find it. It's likely also one of the most frequent functions you'll use, so I think this button should have way more relevance, at least on the same level as "Save".

Re: Show HN: LonelyPage – One page is all you need

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How long will they be around? I'm kinda sick of putting up a page about some random thing then a couple of years later its gone.

There's just no free lunch really; the simplest thing to do is host it on S3. I doubt that's ever going to disappear, and it costs cents every month. Surely a website that lasts forever is worth a few cents

Re: Show HN: LonelyPage – One page is all you need

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post #5

Pretty nice. I'm still in the market for a good lander builder. initial feedback: - I can't figure out how to change the image in a template, close to giving up - more templates please - and maybe more content in the templates (easier fill in or delete content than to figure out how to add new sections and content) - I didn't read site that closely (who does), do I get the generated html etc? I'd like to host myself…

To change the image, click the image you want to change, then click in the left column the icon for "Background & Border" .. i guess the icon is supposed to resemble an image, but it's not the best fit in my opinion.

Re: Show HN: LonelyPage – One page is all you need

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I get that this is easy, but there are 2 main cons:

1. It is $4 a month (that's a lot for a really a simple static page)

2. Vendor lock-in. These sites come and go and might not be around in a couple of years.

This is why I recommend Hugo hosted on netlify. Sure, it has a learning curve (but plenty of open source themes make it fairly easy). Hugo spits out plain HTML so there is no lock-in, and netlify hosts for free. If Netlify goes away, I can host somewhere else.

Re: Show HN: LonelyPage – One page is all you need

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Reminds me a bit of SabreCMS, despite the options being much more limited. And Sabre allows a full export of your entire site/shop/landingpage in case you want to self host after building - And it works with all browsers which seems to be an issue here. But nicely done.

Re: Show HN: LonelyPage – One page is all you need

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post #15

I get that this is easy, but there are 2 main cons: 1. It is $4 a month (that's a lot for a really a simple static page) 2. Vendor lock-in. These sites come and go and might not be around in a couple of years. This is why I recommend Hugo hosted on netlify. Sure, it has a learning curve (but plenty of open source themes make it fairly easy). Hugo spits out plain HTML so there is no lock-in, and netlify hosts for free…

if the page builder is able to export to something like Gatsby or Hugo templates, then that eases the fear of lockin
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