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Frontend: The web visual editor

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Re: Frontend: The web visual editor

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Post by jwarren »

Bro, do you even Bootstrap? Edit: Sorry, it's not Bootstrap, it's their own framework. Though visually it's very similar.

But seriously, I'm not sure who this is for. It looks like there's quite a technical hurdle to setting it up - node.js and vagrant aren't easy to install for a novice user, and they aren't suitable for any shared hosting environment that I've come across.

I imagine (possibly incorrectly) that the market for simple point and click interfaces wouldn't necessarily overlap with that of people who are comfortable setting up complex hosting environments.

Now, as an online subscription model, I think it could be quite competitive. That's an entirely different route which definitely has a market.

Re: Frontend: The web visual editor

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Post by meerita »

This is Microsoft Frontpage all over again.

I'm sure they will have market: people who don't have the money to contract serious developers, and some novel developers who may like this idea, but in the end, I think it's a product with few possibilities.

Re: Frontend: The web visual editor

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Post by nailer »

BenjaminN wrote: post #21
ilaksh wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is a CMS in itself. How is 75k high for two people? Are they supposed to commit to living below the poverty line?

In which country living with $75k is living below the poverty line exactly?

It's 75K for two people.

This is 32.5K each if we pretend Kickstarter didn't take any and there were no other expenses for the business.

Living wage for a single adult with no children in San Francisco is $26,692. For two adults with a kid its $50,186. http://livingwage.mit.edu/places/0607567000

SF is an expensive city, but so are most large cities in the world.

So yes, 75K for two people would be close to the poverty line. I'm surprised they're not asking for a lot more.

Re: Frontend: The web visual editor

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Post by coldarchon »

bbx wrote: post #30

Although Frontend is impressive, the target market is a bit blurry. As a front-end developer, I don't see myself using such a tool. And non tech-savvy people would probably feel a bit overwhelmed and would still have issues designing a decent layout considering it's not their job. For some time, I've had in mind a service where people could easily build their websites. A bit like Squarespace (which is amazing) but wi…

Target market? They "ship" their beta access and github only to the US. When they fail at the most basic cognitive skills, I won't waste my time to look deeper into this.

About your app, if you are sure it is different from services like WIX and alike, I can help you.

Re: Frontend: The web visual editor

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Post by sorich87 »

tmikaeld wrote: post #35
sorich87 wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The goal is to allow make the whole development process, from prototyping to deployment, easier. It's AGPL. The commercial licenses are for people or companies who may want to modify it without releasing their modifications back to the community. If they don't want to contribute their code, they will at least contribute financially.

It really does, just don't over-complicate things and add support for plugins and it will be perfect! Do the commercial license cost 299$ per year? Is it limited per install, or company-wide?

Support for plugins is high priority!

It will be per install. I just put that price as a baseline. It will be adjusted depending on the needs and use cases. If you would like to talk about it in depth, shot me an email.

Re: Frontend: The web visual editor

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Post by elsurudo »

Looks to me like it works pretty much just like Squarespace (except self-hosted and open). The way Squarespace makes it easy for non-web-designer folk to put together nice-looking websites is excellent, so it's a good model to work from.

Re: Frontend: The web visual editor

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Post by dsego »

kanakiyajay wrote: post #33

1.How is it different from macaw or Adobe Muse ? 2.I did not understand why are you using a custom web framework xtyle , instead why not go for Bootstrap ?. Its already used by millions and you also save a lot of time. 3.Components feature sounds exciting , but how much similar is it to angular directives. 4.What is target market ? front-end developers or non-tech people?

What is so f'ing special about bootstrap?

Re: Frontend: The web visual editor

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Post by j_s »

tmikaeld wrote: post #15
sorich87 wrote: post #13

A shameless plug for my own similar open source project with an already functional version http://www.brickseditor.com/ . It uses Bootstrap for the layout but there are plans to support other frameworks. It's built on AngularJS. I'm currently working on it full time. Maybe there could be some way we could collaborate if this Kickstarter isn't successful?

Very nice! Yours is much more than just a front-end editor, yours create complete apps. EDIT: And yours is not MIT licensed and has separate commercial licenses.

Took me a while to find the repo:

https://github.com/sorich87/bricks

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