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A Zen-mode Jekyll blog editor

Shown by alagu on May 24, 2013. Click the card to turn it over.

36points

26comments

#686of 1,739 in 2013

Top 40%of 2013 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

10 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 15 comments about the project. Thread score +0.41.

Idea: 2 for, 2 againstExecution: 3 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 against

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Looks great and mature; typography and design praised
From 4 comments
- I only had a chance to gloss over it but it looks great. I love the fact that it uses Jekyll and not rails like Obvtse. Can you use Jekyll plugins? Does it output a static…
  wasd on HN
- This looks very nice, I think I'll be using this to write my blog posts in the future. Just one whinge: Jekyll 1.0 now has support for a _drafts folder. You might want to…
  ioddly on HN
- This is great. I started working on something very similar to this a few weeks ago. Your project is much more mature, so I may end up contributing.
  dcalacci on HN
- wish I wasn't such a noob. good job on the typography and thanks for contributing.
  kumarski on HN
Supports mobile devices for editing
From 1 comment
- Though, I have to say, Pagoda by itself is an awesome project because it supports mobile devices as well.
  xrd on HN

Browser-based editing goes against Jekyll's $EDITOR workflow and version control
From 1 comment
- > Zen like blog editor for your Jekyll blog, heavily inspired by Svbtle and Obvtse. What is the problem ? >> I want to look cool like Svbtle ? Give the stylesheet away for free.…
  prollyignored on HN
Using 'Zen' for a minimal editor is a misuse of the term
From 2 comments
- <rant> This "pop" usage of zen hurts my religious sensibilities. zen is about being a lotus in a dirt-pool. I use a custom aspell dictionary for writing in German. I use a word…
  prollyignored on HN
- So I guess "Zen" is SF-hipster for "simple" now?
  Void_ on HN

Hosted demo or hosted service version
From 2 comments
- I only had a chance to gloss over it but it looks great. I love the fact that it uses Jekyll and not rails like Obvtse. Can you use Jekyll plugins? Does it output a static…
  wasd on HN
- If you had this as a hosted service, I'd sign my clients up for it!
  josephers on HN
Support for Jekyll 1.0 _drafts folder
From 1 comment
- This looks very nice, I think I'll be using this to write my blog posts in the future. Just one whinge: Jekyll 1.0 now has support for a _drafts folder. You might want to…
  ioddly on HN
Layout to make blog look like Svbtle
From 1 comment
- Would be you interested in teaming up to make a separate project to provide the layout to make your blog look like a svbtle blog? I used to Obvtse but I didn't like it because it…
  wasd on HN

Does it work with Jekyll plugins?
From 1 comment
- I only had a chance to gloss over it but it looks great. I love the fact that it uses Jekyll and not rails like Obvtse. Can you use Jekyll plugins? Does it output a static…
  wasd on HN
Is Markdown supported for writing posts?
From 1 comment
- I only had a chance to gloss over it but it looks great. I love the fact that it uses Jekyll and not rails like Obvtse. Can you use Jekyll plugins? Does it output a static…
  wasd on HN