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Re: Show HN: SinglePage – Quickly and anonymously publish a page to the web

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Post by ryandetzel »

webel0 wrote: post #20

This sounds interesting! What are your thoughts on (for lack of a better term) the marketing of each single page? Is the idea that each page should live on an island, that writers will promote through their own separate channels, or is the idea to eventually have a sort of front page/recommended links? I jumped to this question because it seems like the urge to promote tends to undermine the privacy impetus. It’s not…

There is no promotion or even an index page to list out what pages exist. The pages can be indexed by search engines if they're submitted. An idea for the future would be to allow people to opt in/out of notifying search indexes or making the pages not crawlable if they want

Re: Show HN: SinglePage – Quickly and anonymously publish a page to the web

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Post by indigodaddy »

odo1242 wrote: post #19
ryandetzel wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've done all the static site generators, I just don't post enough to justify the maintenance, if you do they're probably a better solution! As is, it's pretty basic but I want to add features that GitHub pages don't support

Creating a GitHub repo with one file titled “index.md” and publishing it to GitHub Pages creates a single-page site using relatively sane defaults. There's no maintenance involved whatsoever. You can add multiple pages as well by creating new .md files and publishing them.

Do the new pages/posts automatically populate on the front/home page? Guessing yes via some kind of basic Jekyll template?

Re: Show HN: SinglePage – Quickly and anonymously publish a page to the web

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Post by ryandetzel »

odo1242 wrote: post #19
ryandetzel wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've done all the static site generators, I just don't post enough to justify the maintenance, if you do they're probably a better solution! As is, it's pretty basic but I want to add features that GitHub pages don't support

Creating a GitHub repo with one file titled “index.md” and publishing it to GitHub Pages creates a single-page site using relatively sane defaults. There's no maintenance involved whatsoever. You can add multiple pages as well by creating new .md files and publishing them.

Try telling my mom to do that or my friend who is a landscaper. Not everyone is technical. GitHub pages are also tied to your account.

Re: Show HN: SinglePage – Quickly and anonymously publish a page to the web

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Post by flockonus »

Missing ToS or anything about the company / service, a 100% deal breaker.

> secret phrase in a safe location

Smart stuff with the secret phrase, but i'm afraid the security in the number of words there is just not sufficient for any practical safety.

> Very rarely do you need to update a page once it's been posted so we punted on that feature for now

LOL seriously?? Maybe you're a more sure shot than I am but i even update my gists more often than not

Re: Show HN: SinglePage – Quickly and anonymously publish a page to the web

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Post by ryandetzel »

w-ll wrote: post #18
ryandetzel wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've done all the static site generators, I just don't post enough to justify the maintenance, if you do they're probably a better solution! As is, it's pretty basic but I want to add features that GitHub pages don't support

Care to tell what features GitHub pages are missing?

Anonymity. Maybe I'm wrong but I thought it was only markdown which isn't ideal especially for no technical people.

Re: Show HN: SinglePage – Quickly and anonymously publish a page to the web

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Post by ryandetzel »

flockonus wrote: post #26

Missing ToS or anything about the company / service, a 100% deal breaker. > secret phrase in a safe location Smart stuff with the secret phrase, but i'm afraid the security in the number of words there is just not sufficient for any practical safety. > Very rarely do you need to update a page once it's been posted so we punted on that feature for now LOL seriously?? Maybe you're a more sure shot than I am but i even…

It's a project I did in 9 days, it's not perfect or done. ;)

Practical safety? It's a single page not a bank account. It's odd you would jump to that conclusion without know the dictionary. You don't think 5^1000 is secure enough for a single page?

If you edit your pages, use a blog. This service isn't for the person that wants mutable pages. Different strokes my friend

Re: Show HN: SinglePage – Quickly and anonymously publish a page to the web

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Post by ryandetzel »

Jemm wrote: post #15

I like the concept but the act of paying $1 means it is no longer anonymous.

It is anonymous but you're trusting the provider. The payment isn't tied to a page. No logs are kept. It's open source, but, in theory I could be running a version that does log or keep records but I have to reason to.
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