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

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Post by Kpourdeilami »

sandGorgon wrote: post #19
awill wrote: 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

Since it is just 1 page, I think you should be able to just save the source with all the dependencies and then host it somewhere else afterwards

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

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Post by jstanley »

sandGorgon wrote: post #19
awill wrote: 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

Templates? If it's just one page, just download the HTML.

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

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Post by bigge »

jgautsch wrote: 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…

Hey, thanks for your feedback! - Yes, changing an image defo needs be clearer. - More templates are coming. - Self-hosting is not an option for now, but I obviously need to state that out. However, I think people here on HN are more eager to host themselves. A "normal" user probably wants that taken care of.

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

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Post by prophesi »

aklemm wrote: post #11
prophesi wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

Yep! But there should hopefully be an efficient + cost-effective incentive for others to host your content when they implement FileCoin.

Or you could just host it on your own devices, so long as you're okay with it only being reliably accessible so long as at least one device is up and running.

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

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Post by bigge »

grinsekatze wrote: post #14
jgautsch wrote: 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.

There's also an icon/button in the upper left corner to let you do that, after you have selected an image. Thanks for your feedback.

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

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Post by bigge »

guico wrote: post #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".

Great feedback, thanks a lot!
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