Copybar
Web and SaaS
hosted cms
SHOW HN2012
How HN took it
5 positive, 17 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 12 critical, out of 36 comments about the project. Thread score -0.28.
Idea: 3 for, 4 againstExecution: 0 for, 4 againstDesign: 2 for, 1 againstPricing: 0 for, 2 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Clean, nice-looking site and concept
From 2 comments
Website looks really good! Is copybar dynamically replacing the content and then next time when the page is loaded javascript replaces the content by fetching the value from…
AhtiK on HNOhhhh, nice! This is sick, I could see using this as a way better CopyCopter replacement.
yakshaving on HN
Useful for giving nontechnical users access
From 1 comment
I actually have been looking for something like this. Mainly so I can give some nontechnical people access to edit different parts of a page. This hasn't been easy to set up in…
freemans86 on HN
Objections
Pricing per asset seems too high
From 1 comment
The pricing seems way out of wack. If, for instance, I wanted to use your product to create a squarespace competitor, I'd need a $99 licence per user per month? I can't actually…
Ensorceled on HN
Dependence on a third-party service for CMS features
From 1 comment
...so my site would have and ADMINISTRATIVE/EDITORIAL feature that depends on a 3rd party service now?! Thanks but no thanks... (Sometimes I wish people would go back to the…
nnq on HN
Site fails to load or demo returns 504 errors
From 1 comment
Your site fails to load almost completely past the homepage, when I try to use your demo I get quite of a bit of resources 504ing.
clone1018 on HN
Try It Now button does nothing in some browsers
From 2 comments
I don't get it. What is it supposed to do. I click on the big green "Try it now" button and nothing happens...
ams6110 on HNGood stuff. FYI, tried on Android, didn't work (nothing happens).
borplk on HN
Pasting crashes Chrome on Windows
From 1 comment
Pasting causes tab to crash in Windows Chrome 22.0.1229.94
mharty on HN
Requests
Django integration
From 1 comment
Any pointers on how to integrate with Django?
pajju on HN
Inline image editing
From 1 comment
Interesting concept, well done for shipping. Just a couple of points: - You id="mask" element has a higher z-order than your formatting popup making it impossible to select…
skyhook_mockups on HN
Remove watermark for trial use
From 1 comment
Doesn't seem that anyone has mentioned this, but that watermark is the only thing stopping me from immediately putting this into production. Would be nicer from a consumer…
maxmcd on HN
Drag-and-drop block rearrangement
From 1 comment
Love it! Now a quick question, is there any way to allow for editable blocks to be re-arranged via some form of drag and drop interface? Or is there anyone out there that knows…
navs on HN
Questions
What counts as an asset in pricing
From 1 comment
Looks really cool, but I was wondering if you could address a point with the pricing. In that context what does an "asset" mean? An editable area on a webpage?
michaelbuckbee on HN
Whether SEO works with JavaScript-replaced content
From 1 comment
Website looks really good! Is copybar dynamically replacing the content and then next time when the page is loaded javascript replaces the content by fetching the value from…
AhtiK on HN
Main target market
From 1 comment
That's great - I only know of Aloha but this whole new ecosystem springing up from contenteditabke is really impressive. Whilst it is of course possible to replace a CMS with…
lifeisstillgood on HN
Alternatives named
Create.js
From 1 comment
Interesting. Though of course you can just use my http://createjs.org/ and get pretty much the same thing for free :-)
bergie on HN
Aloha Editor
From 1 comment
The good thing about Hallo is, besides licensing and easy plugin development, the fact that it uses plain, unstyled contentEditables, so the stuff you're editing looks exactly…
bergie on HN
Hallo.js
From 1 comment
Glad to see that contenteditable-type editors are becoming more viable. Looks like Copybar uses Redactor, but I'm hoping bergie's http://hallojs.org/ gets a lot more traction…
callmevlad on HN
CopyCopter
From 1 comment
Ohhhh, nice! This is sick, I could see using this as a way better CopyCopter replacement.
yakshaving on HN