Dropkick
Web and SaaS
content management system
SHOW HN2015
How HN took it
2 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 23 critical, out of 30 comments about the project. Thread score -0.71.
Execution: 0 for, 8 againstPricing: 0 for, 7 againstIdea: 2 for, 3 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Simple setup for small sites
From 1 comment
It's not about features, it's about the ease of setup and maintaining the pages. > If (like us) you just want a few editable pages or elements on a page for clients to edit, then…
wingerlang on HN
Objections
Demo redirects to unrelated sites and crashes browsers
From 3 comments
I also like others don't think that bashing competitors is the way to go for you, whether your product is great or not. The price listed at the end of the page adds to the bad…
flaie on HNWow, I am at work and it just redirected me to pornhub... that is bad taste...
duiker101 on HNClicking "try the demo" made FF 38.0.5 eat up 2.7Go RAM. Page was never able to load, process froze and I had to kill it. Not really what I call lightweight. Curious to see if…
Jhonbxl on HN
Bashing WordPress in the headline is rude
From 2 comments
I personally wouldn't use Dropkick, simply because you bash your "competitor" (not really since you charge 30 bucks for a simple CMS) in the first headline.
nik736 on HNI wouldn't "call out" another CMS like that on the front page. Kind of rude.
wingerlang on HN
No free version
From 3 comments
Without a free version to pique interest and start building a user base, I don't see this gaining any traction.
thekevan on HNNo free version is simply stupid.
sidchilling on HNYou really need a freemium model for this to gain any type of traction.
tmchow on HN
Fewer features than WordPress for the price
From 1 comment
So the premise is that I should pay money for something with less features than Wordpress?
TD-Linux on HN
Static generators already solve this
From 2 comments
I really value simplicity, security and reliability and therefore use an offline generator for static HTML pages. I don't really see the use case for something in between a "fire…
static_noise on HNClicking "try the demo" made FF 38.0.5 eat up 2.7Go RAM. Page was never able to load, process froze and I had to kill it. Not really what I call lightweight. Curious to see if…
Jhonbxl on HN
Requests
Add a freemium or free version
From 2 comments
You really need a freemium model for this to gain any type of traction.
tmchow on HNAny suggestions on running a free version that's downloaded? cheers
latteperday on HN
Sanitise user input in the demo
From 1 comment
The user input is not sanitised and since it's a demo it's open for everyone to edit. I'd suggest maybe sanitising user input on the server end so that script tags don't get…
cetra3 on HN
Questions
What is the use case for live-updating content
From 1 comment
Definitely thought it was called "Wordpress is overkill" for a good portion of the page. Doesn't help that that's the biggest text on the page when you first load it. Regarding…
tschuy on HN
Alternatives named
WordPress
From 2 comments
"bashing competitors"? c'mon, folks - WP runs 40% of the friggin' web, and it's a free OS project. It isn't anyone's "competitor". WP is what most Mom & Pop shows think of when…
jmadsen on HNSo the premise is that I should pay money for something with less features than Wordpress?
TD-Linux on HN
CodeCanyon $14 version
From 1 comment
Yeah, there is a $14 version of this on CodeCanyon so...good luck though!
1986v on HN
Jekyll or Octopress
From 1 comment
Thanks for the feedback everyone. This really helps a lot. When you put things out there like this you have no idea if it makes any sense so thanks again. Wordpress is still a…
latteperday on HN
CushyCMS, SurrealCMS, PageLime
From 1 comment
Thanks for the feedback everyone. This really helps a lot. When you put things out there like this you have no idea if it makes any sense so thanks again. Wordpress is still a…
latteperday on HN