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Review my weekend project: Webapp to add CSS to any website and share the result

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Re: Review my weekend project: Webapp to add CSS to any website and share the result

#81

Post by jackbach »

Nice project!

After some use, there are some points I'd like to share with you:

* Everytime I save I create a new url. I feel bad, like I'm creating things I'm not gonna use... And this way I can't edit the already saved urls, so if I share one with my friends and then I want to change something, I can't. Maybe you could ask for an optional password before saving.

* If I create a custom CSS, let's say for dribbble, and then I click a dribbble link in the 'frame' in csspivot, the style is not aplied to the loaded page!

Btw, that's what I got: Dribbble Black http://www.csspivot.com/y036m (just for ff, srry I have no more time).

Good luck with the project! ;)

Re: Review my weekend project: Webapp to add CSS to any website and share the result

#82

Post by Vivtek »

Vivtek wrote: post #26

One suggestion: add a button on your top bar to view the original site (flip back and forth) to compare before-and-after.

Sub-suggestion, once you have a little time: add a radio button group at the top to group alternate designs for the same site - the first one being the non-changed one.

Re: Review my weekend project: Webapp to add CSS to any website and share the result

#83

Post by metachris »

shazow wrote: post #74

Very awesome! Suggestions: 1. Revamp the "Recently viewed" and "new" lists to show the domains instead of the slugs. 2. Add "Most popular CSS pivots" for global and for a specific domain, track the most popular domains for pivots. Possibly add upvote/downvote ratings ala HN/Reddit. 3. Promote competitions for "CSS pivoting" specific sites. For example, "Best rated news.ycombinator.com pivot by April 15th wins a YC t-…

Great suggestions!

I've improved on #1 (added a "Discover Pivots" button that displays the url's as well).

I'm working on #2 and definitely thinking about #3! Showing the number of pivots for a specific domain would also be quite interesting!

Re: Review my weekend project: Webapp to add CSS to any website and share the result

#84

Post by metachris »

jackbach wrote: post #81

Nice project! After some use, there are some points I'd like to share with you: * Everytime I save I create a new url. I feel bad, like I'm creating things I'm not gonna use... And this way I can't edit the already saved urls, so if I share one with my friends and then I want to change something, I can't. Maybe you could ask for an optional password before saving. * If I create a custom CSS, let's say for dribbble, a…

Thanks for your feedback! Yeah it only applies the css to the selected page -- will think about extending it though!

I'm working on the ability to update existing pivots (if you are a logged in user). Should be online later today.

BTW: I really like your dribble variation -- added it to the selected examples!

Re: Review my weekend project: Webapp to add CSS to any website and share the result

#86

Post by gumbo »

michalstanko wrote: post #80
gumbo wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Good job. I was thinking this money about something that migth interest you. Here is the short story: Sometime at HN it is penible to read all those hundred comments. There are few possible improvments: - collapsible threads How about a chrome plugin that allow one to add css to any website? I know it look like a hackers only tool but how freakibg cool this could be.

There is one already, it's called Stylebot: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/oiaejidbmkiecgbj...

Thanks, i missed that one.

Re: Review my weekend project: Webapp to add CSS to any website and share the result

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Post by metachris »

there wrote: post #85

neat. here's how i've been viewing HN through the stylish firefox plugin and my custom style: http://www.csspivot.com/PRGZ3

Oddly news.ycombinator.com doesn't load in the iframe all the time -- sometimes I need to reload several times.

Re: Review my weekend project: Webapp to add CSS to any website and share the result

#88

Post by jmacd »

kingofspain wrote: post #67

Beat me to it :) I decided to have a go at this myself last week and got quite a lot done until the day job interfered. Second comes right after first though, right? Nice work getting it done!

It seems like people say this for every HN post.

Re: Review my weekend project: Webapp to add CSS to any website and share the result

#89

Post by carterdea »

metachris wrote: post #61
carterdea wrote: post #57

I kept trying to tab to format my CSS and accidentally went to the preview. That might be for accessibility, but I'd like to ability to Tab the textarea. Also Syntax highlighting would be great, but I like the simplicity of it. Don't worry about showing any of the existing css.

Thanks! I am working on allowing tabs in the textarea (that's not exactly easy though). Don't know about syntax highlighting.

syntax highlighting isn't that important. CSS is a pretty simple language

Re: Review my weekend project: Webapp to add CSS to any website and share the result

#90

Post by metachris »

yemkay wrote: post #54

Will be a good tool for design reviews. Just one feedback: Can the popup be aligned to bottom?

Let me know how you liked it! I'm also just working on settings for registered users, and that may be one of them.

Now you can also toggle the popup by pressing `, btw.

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