Show HN: my weekend(s) project, instant websites

[+] suhastech|14 years ago|reply

In the google plus demo thing, by default, you could autofill the ID with someone famous like Robert Scoble .. For people like me who are not active on G+ (thats pretty much everyone)

[+] ed209|14 years ago|reply

Do you think that's an ok thing to do? I mean wouldn't Scoble have a right to be annoyed that I'm using his posts :)

Certainly be adding some examples though, but here's mine for now http://qiip.me/edlea

[+] pawelwentpawel|14 years ago|reply

really like the idea, good job! would probably come quite useful for a number of my friends. Home page is a bit confusing and empty though, takes a second to realize what it is. Also the preview of the list view (the first thing I've seen after inputting my userid) is a bit narrow, embedded youtube videos seem to jump out of the div but I guess it's not a massive problem ;)

[+] ed209|14 years ago|reply

Thanks for the feedback. Mentioned in the comments is having a couple of example users to try and get the concept across quicker.

I'm also opening up the site designs for anyone to make ( http://qiip.me/create ) as there are much better designers out there than me :) Do like a ThemeForest marketplace.

[+] vidhoonv|14 years ago|reply

Awesome work! It did take five mins to understand what the service was. But wonderful piece of thought! :) +1

[+] nc|14 years ago|reply

Unrelated, but which font are you using for the tagline "Beautifully Simple Websites" ?

[+] ed209|14 years ago|reply

It's "Bree Serif", available for free from here http://www.type-together.com/index.php?action=portal/viewCon...

[+] zerostar07|14 years ago|reply

Couple that with the ability to buy my own domain right away and you 've got a business

[+] ed209|14 years ago|reply

it's on the road map, but I'm not sure whether to add more services first or get domain names working...

[+] paulovsk|14 years ago|reply

Nice! I've registered and kinda like it.

Integrate with facebook would be hard?

[+] ed209|14 years ago|reply

Thanks! Maybe Facebook pages might be better suited. It's on the list of services to hook up with though.

[+] realschool|14 years ago|reply

There was an article recently about how all the low end development/design will be done without developers/designers and only high end will need people. Tools like this seem to be propagating that idea.

[+] sunsu|14 years ago|reply

I created a similar open source project that lets you host a blog powered by your Google+ profile: https://github.com/lylepratt/Plusify

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