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Re: Site44 turns Dropbox folders into websites

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Post by andrewfelix » Tue, Dec 04, 2012, 4:28 AM UTC

WrkInProgress wrote: post #22

Maybe I just don't get it, but who is the target audience for something like this ?

Quickly deploy an easily editable site at no cost. Off the top of my head; for me this would be useful for showing HTML work in progress to clients.

EDIT: Didn't realise the free option only allows 100MB/month. Turns out this is kind of useless for me :(

Re: Site44 turns Dropbox folders into websites

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Post by quinndupont » Tue, Dec 04, 2012, 4:29 AM UTC

taskstrike wrote: post #25

This is already possible through the public folder function on Dropbox. You can still turn it on in Dropbox if you don't have it.

The old /u/ trick doesn't seem to work anymore.

Re: Site44 turns Dropbox folders into websites

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Post by Shenglong » Tue, Dec 04, 2012, 4:31 AM UTC

WrkInProgress wrote: post #22

Maybe I just don't get it, but who is the target audience for something like this ?

It'd be very useful for laypeople. No FTP, no SSH, no SCP... You just drag and drop - I can definitely see it taking off.

Actually, I think I'll be using it too for shenglong.ca where I keep a bunch of static content. Lots of people have domains, but don't really pay for any servers during project down times (blasphemy, I know!)

Re: Site44 turns Dropbox folders into websites

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Post by frozenport » Tue, Dec 04, 2012, 4:38 AM UTC

How do you make a website that is 100% client side? Where is the SQL, PHP? I am not sure I know who this for...

Re: Site44 turns Dropbox folders into websites

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Dec 04, 2012, 4:42 AM UTC

andrewfelix wrote: post #31

WrkInProgress wrote: post #22

Maybe I just don't get it, but who is the target audience for something like this ?

Quickly deploy an easily editable site at no cost. Off the top of my head; for me this would be useful for showing HTML work in progress to clients. EDIT: Didn't realise the free option only allows 100MB/month. Turns out this is kind of useless for me :(

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Re: Site44 turns Dropbox folders into websites

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Post by WrkInProgress » Tue, Dec 04, 2012, 4:44 AM UTC

Shenglong wrote: post #33

WrkInProgress wrote: post #22

Maybe I just don't get it, but who is the target audience for something like this ?

It'd be very useful for laypeople. No FTP, no SSH, no SCP... You just drag and drop - I can definitely see it taking off. Actually, I think I'll be using it too for shenglong.ca where I keep a bunch of static content. Lots of people have domains, but don't really pay for any servers during project down times (blasphemy, I know!)

But these same lay people are going to create html and css files ?

I'm not trying to obtuse but I'm having a hard time seeing the value proposition of something like this.

Re: Site44 turns Dropbox folders into websites

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Post by kreutz » Tue, Dec 04, 2012, 4:45 AM UTC

frozenport wrote: post #34

How do you make a website that is 100% client side? Where is the SQL, PHP? I am not sure I know who this for...

There are static sites all over the web that have no SQL or PHP or anything like that (http://shows-app.com/, http://www.usefabric.com/). Static site generators like jekyll could use something like this. Splash pages for startups and apps could also use this.

Re: Site44 turns Dropbox folders into websites

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Post by recursive » Tue, Dec 04, 2012, 4:46 AM UTC

WrkInProgress wrote: post #22

Maybe I just don't get it, but who is the target audience for something like this ?

It's easier than ftp, and I suspect ftp is the most commonly used deployment mechanism on the internet.

Re: Site44 turns Dropbox folders into websites

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Post by mceoin » Tue, Dec 04, 2012, 4:51 AM UTC

Guys, just want to say thanks. This site is awesome. Exactly what I was looking for when I woke up this morning.

Re: Site44 turns Dropbox folders into websites

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Post by simonlang » Tue, Dec 04, 2012, 4:51 AM UTC

frozenport wrote: post #34

How do you make a website that is 100% client side? Where is the SQL, PHP? I am not sure I know who this for...

I've found it great for quickly showing clients a semi-functional mockup or prototype. I just replace my database connection with a big lump of json. Great if most of your application logic is in javascript.