HubPress.io: A web application to build your blog on GitHub • Hacker News Board

Re: HubPress.io: A web application to build your blog on GitHub

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Post by Spivak » Fri, Jul 15, 2016, 4:57 PM UTC

danso wrote: post #15

krionicle wrote: post #7

Are we aware of any efforts to decentralize git so that blogs made with it can't be silenced at one point of failure?

Jekyll is open source and it can be run on any server (I always use it locally) and its output is just static HTML, which means it can be served from anywhere.

You might want to check out using CI to build your site. It's really satisfying to watch the commit -> push -> build -> deploy cycle.

Re: HubPress.io: A web application to build your blog on GitHub

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Post by abyd » Fri, Jul 15, 2016, 5:43 PM UTC

Do you plan to use ssl?

Re: HubPress.io: A web application to build your blog on GitHub

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jul 15, 2016, 6:21 PM UTC

wodenokoto wrote: post #12

baus wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think you are missing the point of git.

I think parent meant github.

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Re: HubPress.io: A web application to build your blog on GitHub

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Post by ben_jones » Fri, Jul 15, 2016, 7:53 PM UTC

soumyaray wrote: post #3

Genuine question: Is there any attraction of this tool for folks who already know how to use a static site generator (SSG)? I'm guessing most people who understand how to use git could catch onto an SSG overnight. (I should add that this is an impressive concept and I'm just begging for a reason to use it).

It could be a good way to teach basic github usage.

Re: HubPress.io: A web application to build your blog on GitHub

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Post by rmelly » Fri, Jul 15, 2016, 8:35 PM UTC

sarreph wrote: post #2

Great idea to leverage GitHub pages! Not sure if this has been done before but this is certainly a lucrative SaaS opportunity due to the non-existent marginal cost of creating a GitHub site. -- IF OP is the author (or the author sees this) Couple of nitpicks about your landing page: - Syntax / typo: "no server's rent" --> "no server costs to pay" or similar - Please do your visitors a favour and add controls to your…

Not sure if this has been done before

Seems similar to TinyPress: https://tinypress.co/

Re: HubPress.io: A web application to build your blog on GitHub

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Post by steffoz » Fri, Jul 15, 2016, 10:07 PM UTC

soumyaray wrote: post #3

Genuine question: Is there any attraction of this tool for folks who already know how to use a static site generator (SSG)? I'm guessing most people who understand how to use git could catch onto an SSG overnight. (I should add that this is an impressive concept and I'm just begging for a reason to use it).

Well, even if you do not understand Git, static website generators are starting to become a viable solution.. if you want to offer a web-based editing experience to your clients, you can use products like http://www.datocms.com/ or https://forestry.io/

Re: HubPress.io: A web application to build your blog on GitHub

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Post by leeny » Fri, Jul 15, 2016, 11:17 PM UTC

Your logo looks almost identical to HackerRank's. I work in the eng recruiting space, so not everyone might think so. But still.

Re: HubPress.io: A web application to build your blog on GitHub

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Post by anonymousDan » Fri, Jul 15, 2016, 11:43 PM UTC

Could I run this off a locally hosted gitlab repo too somehow?

Re: HubPress.io: A web application to build your blog on GitHub

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Post by sebastianconcpt » Sat, Jul 16, 2016, 2:58 AM UTC

Looks fantastic! I was trying it but the login isn't working for me. Check demo here:

https://gist.github.com/sebastianconcept/caf92590d15b073993f...

Re: HubPress.io: A web application to build your blog on GitHub

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Post by jayjohnson » Sat, Jul 16, 2016, 3:02 AM UTC

anonymousDan wrote: post #38

Could I run this off a locally hosted gitlab repo too somehow?

Not the same as HubPress (which looks like something I wish I knew about), but just a month ago I wanted to run an SSG locally (that wasn't using jekyll) so I built this one for deploying nginx + sphinx using docker. It auto-converts rst markup files into bootstrap + bootswatch html-themed posts (and has a search engine in it). http://jaypjohnson.com/2016-06-25-host-a-technical-blog-with...