So is the marketplace going to be open to developer/designers as well?
Dropplets - A simple database-less CMS
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Re: Dropplets - A simple database-less CMS
#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yep. It's also not self-hosted. Other than the fact that these are both CMS's with modern design on their landing pages, I don't see the correlation. They're very different types of software.
According to the features page: "You can host it on your laptop, or you can host it on a public server. The code is open, and so is the MIT license." It's currently not public, so I would imagine at the moment it's all hosted on their servers, but according to their blog[0], they're going public on the 14th of October, meaning it should be self-hostable from then, one would assume. [0] http://blog.ghost.org/ghost-0-3…
Ghost was released to Kickstarter backers. I'm self hosting it right now at ianthedeveloper.com.
It's not released to the GP currently.
Re: Dropplets - A simple database-less CMS
#43Amazing. Since the dissolution of Posterous, I've been looking for something simple and easy. And with the theming abilities, it looks like it might just be perfect for me. Can't wait to give it a try today!
Re: Dropplets - A simple database-less CMS
#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yep. It's also not self-hosted. Other than the fact that these are both CMS's with modern design on their landing pages, I don't see the correlation. They're very different types of software.
According to the features page: "You can host it on your laptop, or you can host it on a public server. The code is open, and so is the MIT license." It's currently not public, so I would imagine at the moment it's all hosted on their servers, but according to their blog[0], they're going public on the 14th of October, meaning it should be self-hostable from then, one would assume. [0] http://blog.ghost.org/ghost-0-3…
Ah. I did not catch that. Thanks!
Re: Dropplets - A simple database-less CMS
#45Side note: I love how this has been in development since at least February (when the Twitter was launched). Too many half-baked projects get posted to HN the weekend they're launched and then never end up progressing much further. The fact that this has been in the works for a while gives me the confidence to try it, knowing this isn't as fly-by-night as a Show HN weekend project.
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#46A small rant: I think it is bad practice to hide content below the page height. I just wanted to close the website because I thought 'nothing to see here' before I accidentally scrolled and more content was revealed.
There's a learn more button...
It has really faint text semi-transparent text on a semi-transparent background which is covered by a Twitter icon, at least in my Chrome with my browser height.
If I zoom out all the way, there's still no indication you can scroll down, because the page "helpfully" hides everything from you.
It's pretty bad.
Re: Dropplets - A simple database-less CMS
#47"Installing Dropplets can be accomplished in about 30 seconds or under. Just download the latest version, extract "dropplets.zip", then upload the extracted files to your server."
yeah, setting up a dropplets server is simple... step 1: already have a server set up.
who are these "simple" platforms supposed to be for if you already have to have a "server" set up that you can "upload" to? if i can set up a server, why can't i set up a database?
this just seems dumb.
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#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
There's a learn more button...
It has really faint text semi-transparent text on a semi-transparent background which is covered by a Twitter icon, at least in my Chrome with my browser height. If I zoom out all the way, there's still no indication you can scroll down, because the page "helpfully" hides everything from you. It's pretty bad.
Agreed, also, don't make me click on a button to figure out what I am looking at and why I should be interested.
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#49Anyone looked at the code and see how this works? When you publish does it generate html or does it do it for each GET?
The code is unfortunately written in straight procedural PHP. It is kind of spaghetti code. The end result is quite pretty, but it ignores all of the best practices in PHP development right now.
Also the last time I tried to set it up, it required that I have a twitter account.
Re: Dropplets - A simple database-less CMS
#50I like Pico (http://pico.dev7studios.com/).