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Show HN: You Don't Need WordPress – Create a Blog With Only Google Docs

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Re: Show HN: You Don't Need WordPress – Create a Blog With Only Google Docs

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Or you could use the new Google Sites which has a lot of the same features and benefits. https://sites.google.com/

Oh wow I've never seen that. Pretty cool.

After building this project I was thinking about a similar project where you could build a straight up website with Google Docs. Since Google's HTML export is pretty sophisticated (it also converts charts/shapes/etc) to HTML, it could work!

Almost a throwback to that Microsoft product? Can't remember the name..

Re: Show HN: You Don't Need WordPress – Create a Blog With Only Google Docs

#23

Or you could use the new Google Sites which has a lot of the same features and benefits. https://sites.google.com/

Oh wow I've never seen that. Pretty cool. After building this project I was thinking about a similar project where you could build a straight up website with Google Docs. Since Google's HTML export is pretty sophisticated (it also converts charts/shapes/etc) to HTML, it could work! Almost a throwback to that Microsoft product? Can't remember the name..

FrontPage! Good memories...

Re: Show HN: You Don't Need WordPress – Create a Blog With Only Google Docs

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post #2

Hey HN, In my opinion, platforms like WordPress can feel bloated or be intimidating to new users. For this reason, I wanted to build a blogging platform on top of Google Docs. I actually run my own blog as a side project, and I use GDocs religiously because of its excellent collaboration and sharing features. When I’m collaborating with dozens of writers, it’s convenient to be able to use a product that everyone is f…

I agree think there's plenty of room for new ideas for collaborative blogging, but I do think relying on centralised proprietary SaaSS is very problematic.

Google can just take down your blog any day if they feel like it. With Wordpress I can host my own.

I wonder if it would be possible to use something like Etherpad as backend instead?

Re: Show HN: You Don't Need WordPress – Create a Blog With Only Google Docs

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post #6

Enjoyed watching the idea-to-launch process on Twitter and Twitch. Nice work, Pat!

It got too a bit too meta for me after watching 10 minutes screencast of the author posting about this on Reddit. Perhaps I am not the target audience for Twitch-style videos.
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