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One time post, an easy way to blog

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Re: One time post, an easy way to blog

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post #9

Idea is good, execution is a bit shaky. On my first attempt the post appeared and disappeared after I hit Enter in Author field. URL definitely needs to be better. Do what word press does, if possible convert the title to url replacing spaces with hyphens. Remember the Author name in the cookie. Next time I come prefill the author name. Include author name in url like onetimepost.com/{author}/{title}. Great SEO.

Nice feeback. yeah url need a re-shape, and nice advice on the author field.

Re: One time post, an easy way to blog

#12
post #9

Idea is good, execution is a bit shaky. On my first attempt the post appeared and disappeared after I hit Enter in Author field. URL definitely needs to be better. Do what word press does, if possible convert the title to url replacing spaces with hyphens. Remember the Author name in the cookie. Next time I come prefill the author name. Include author name in url like onetimepost.com/{author}/{title}. Great SEO.

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Re: One time post, an easy way to blog

#13
post #10

I had a similar idea with Urgeous: http://urgeous.com/ It lets one blog by email, without the necessity of prior login ("no login necessary... or possible"). It's not generating much interest but the one consistent advice I got was that people would like to personalize the experience (register their own handle instead of having their posts listed under a number). So I'm working on this feature now. Good luck to you a…

Urgeous seems better thought out. It makes clever use of an interface that most are already familiar with, has a better visual design, and it doesn't put DISQUS ads on your content. I'd rather use this or GitHub Gist.

Re: One time post, an easy way to blog

#18
This is one of those ideas that I think needs to discover some little nuance to work. Some use-case or utility it can slot into.

Context-less web publishing or is something that (IMO) has been tried in various forms and it doesn't seem to build momentum. The thing is, there are fairly easy no-specialized tools for this that a lot of people already use. Google docs & dropbox, for example.

The way I could see this taking off is for some sort of culture to arise around it. EG, it could work for 'ask/show HN.' Stuff that's needed for a limited time and for the purpose of a discussion.

Re: One time post, an easy way to blog

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post #10

I had a similar idea with Urgeous: http://urgeous.com/ It lets one blog by email, without the necessity of prior login ("no login necessary... or possible"). It's not generating much interest but the one consistent advice I got was that people would like to personalize the experience (register their own handle instead of having their posts listed under a number). So I'm working on this feature now. Good luck to you a…

I sent a test email, nothing happened. I think your idea/site needs explanation. I cannot tell what your site provides.
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