Announcing Viviti: Build websites with no code and no hassle (we hope!)

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Post by tkiley » Mon, Dec 08, 2008, 9:48 PM UTC

Announcing Viviti: Build websites with no code and no hassle (we hope!)
viviti.com

Re: Announcing Viviti: Build websites with no code and no hassle (we hope!)

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Post by tkiley » Mon, Dec 08, 2008, 9:53 PM UTC

Viviti, our beloved new CMS/sitebuilder, has been under development for several years now. The CMS market is crowded, but we're going for a level of simplicity and flexibility that hasn't been achieved by any of the solutions out there right now.

Feedback is always welcome!

Re: Announcing Viviti: Build websites with no code and no hassle (we hope!)

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Post by Shamiq » Mon, Dec 08, 2008, 9:56 PM UTC

Uhm...having a hard time finding an about page (both company about and people about).

I love reading about the creators of a service :)

Re: Announcing Viviti: Build websites with no code and no hassle (we hope!)

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Post by tkiley » Mon, Dec 08, 2008, 10:01 PM UTC

Shamiq wrote: post #3

Uhm...having a hard time finding an about page (both company about and people about). I love reading about the creators of a service :)

Shamiq,

We're planning to put up an "about" page (as well as a more extended explanation of features) as soon as our designer can get it all put together visually. Should be sometime later this week.

In the meantime, check out the blog: http://blog.viviti.com/

There's quite a bit of info about the development of Viviti in there, plus links to the personal sites of all the developers.

Thanks for checking it out!

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Post by bprater » Mon, Dec 08, 2008, 10:10 PM UTC

It's obvious there has been a tremendous amount of development time invested in the project. Looks great, feels good. There are many site builders out there, so I think execution counts for a lot.

Two quick suggestions:

1) Get a demo video up on the homepage. Show a person what they can do.

2) Get a demo video up after a person has signed up. If my dad were using this, he could walk through the wizard up to the point where he arrives at his site. Then he'd get lost as to what he should click on next to accomplish whatever task is in his head.

Re: Announcing Viviti: Build websites with no code and no hassle (we hope!)

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Post by tkiley » Mon, Dec 08, 2008, 10:17 PM UTC

bprater wrote: post #5

It's obvious there has been a tremendous amount of development time invested in the project. Looks great, feels good. There are many site builders out there, so I think execution counts for a lot. Two quick suggestions: 1) Get a demo video up on the homepage. Show a person what they can do. 2) Get a demo video up after a person has signed up. If my dad were using this, he could walk through the wizard up to the point…

Good points. Getting a demo video up on the homepage is a priority at this point; for orientation after sign-up, we're thinking about doing a quick overlay/popup that explains how to edit and add content. I don't think it should take more than a few hints to help people through creating their first few pages.

Thanks for checking it out.

Re: Announcing Viviti: Build websites with no code and no hassle (we hope!)

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Post by jerrett » Mon, Dec 08, 2008, 10:21 PM UTC

tkiley wrote: post #4

Shamiq wrote: post #3

Uhm...having a hard time finding an about page (both company about and people about). I love reading about the creators of a service :)

Shamiq, We're planning to put up an "about" page (as well as a more extended explanation of features) as soon as our designer can get it all put together visually. Should be sometime later this week. In the meantime, check out the blog: http://blog.viviti.com/ There's quite a bit of info about the development of Viviti in there, plus links to the personal sites of all the developers. Thanks for checking it out!

And that blog links to our personal blogs, too :)

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Post by jbyers » Mon, Dec 08, 2008, 10:22 PM UTC

Fantastic editing experience, well done.

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Post by fizx » Mon, Dec 08, 2008, 10:27 PM UTC

The tool itself is wonderful. I'd switch my blog from wordpress to it, if it had analytics, and I knew you'd be around a year from now.

Minor thing on signup:

Password: ancmthdnvu Password Strength: You're kidding, right?

Password: 123456 Password Strength: Admirable

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Post by ken » Mon, Dec 08, 2008, 10:30 PM UTC

1. Show more features, or show them more in-depth. (It doesn't need to be a video, but it could be.) Unless I'm really interested, I'm not going to sign up for something just to find out what it can do. Or maybe create a shared demo account with a public password, if collaboration is one of your features.

2. I'm wondering what this has to do with Panic's Coda, since your logo looks eerily similar to theirs, from the wavy light-green leaf right down to the water droplets and veins.