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Show HN: Custom CMS using Node and Backbone for my girlfriend's fashion blog

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Re: Show HN: Custom CMS using Node and Backbone for my girlfriend's fashion blog

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maxmzd_ wrote: post #3
vsergiu wrote: post #2

Is it open source?

No, I wrote it solely for the purpose of this blog, but I wouldn't mind open sourcing it after I add a couple more things to the admin panel (if there's interest).

I think there is interest :). Btw how do we access the admin?

Re: Show HN: Custom CMS using Node and Backbone for my girlfriend's fashion blog

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vsergiu wrote: post #4
maxmzd_ wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, I wrote it solely for the purpose of this blog, but I wouldn't mind open sourcing it after I add a couple more things to the admin panel (if there's interest).

I think there is interest :). Btw how do we access the admin?

Cool, good to hear! I will push towards it. Admin panel is located at a hidden URL right now. There are no user accounts yet, just a single, protected resource with a private key. That's one of the things I need to add.

Re: Show HN: Custom CMS using Node and Backbone for my girlfriend's fashion blog

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Post by maxmzd_ »

sathvikl wrote: post #7

very very cool ! Can you point to some links that you used to learn node, backbone.. what do you use for layout design ?

Thanks!

I learned Node.js by watch some of Pedro Teixeira's screencasts: http://nodetuts.com/

I'm using Express.js as the backend framework and read some tutorials on that. Can't remember which ones.

I learned Backbone.js by reading the docs: http://backbonejs.org/ along with reading source code of projects I was familiar with.

This best practices article came in handy too: http://geeks.bizzabo.com/post/83917692143/7-battle-tested-ba...

For layout design, I tend to sketch my UX ideas on paper. For this site, since it's so minimal, I designed straight in the browser using HTML / CSS (SASS)

Re: Show HN: Custom CMS using Node and Backbone for my girlfriend's fashion blog

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msurguy wrote: post #6

Very cool idea for the fashion bloggers. You might even sell this CMS (per client basis) or if you gather a team of web developers - become an agency working with fashion bloggers. There is some potentially good money in this.

Yeah, lots of opportunity here for sure. One thing I've been getting good feedback on from some fashion bloggers is the "shop the look" feature on each photo. Affiliate links is how many fashion bloggers monetize.
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