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Perhaps I didn't stress enough in the blog that this system was designed with non-technical users in mind. My girlfriend uses it on her blog and she is savvy e

Perhaps I didn't stress enough in the blog that this system was designed with non-technical users in mind. My girlfriend uses it on her blog and she is savvy enough to understand Markdown, but if I asked her to run a command-line script every time she wanted to publish something it would be a non-starter.

eric-hu 15y ago
This could actually be a pretty neat feature to install on a server for clients so that they can change/add text content on the server without having to contact a dev (and without having command line access). Once set up, it could be as simple as sharing folders with them.
_delirium 15y ago
I've set that kind of stuff up before by just having a .bat file with an icon on the desktop to run whatever script is needed. No need to actually type into a command line.
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MatthewPhillips 15y ago
Blog systems for non-technical users: Wordpress.com, Blogger.com. I'm not trying to be flippant Joe, but I'm not sure what demographic this really serves. Someone who's technical enough to understand markdown and dropbox but not technical enough to understand running a script (which can be done in GUI). I guess that's a sliver of a demographic, but what reason does that person have for wanting to do something like this (what do they gain IN THEIR EYES, not in your eyes). This just feels to me like "popular webservice of 2011" + "popular markup syntax of 2011" = "a trendy blog platform that will be a pain in the ass in 5 years when the new hotness markup language is a must-use." Things that don't go old: HTML. Exportable database-driven blog systems. Pick one.
_frog 15y ago
Out of curiosity, are you using this for Up On a Hill now?
- joehewitt 15y ago
  yep.
alexatkeplar 15y ago
Your girlfriend can't use a command line but prefers handcranking Markdown to using WordPress WYSIWYG? That's unusual.

eric-hu 15y ago

This could actually be a pretty neat feature to install on a server for clients so that they can change/add text content on the server without having to contact a dev (and without having command line access). Once set up, it could be as simple as sharing folders with them.

_delirium 15y ago

I've set that kind of stuff up before by just having a .bat file with an icon on the desktop to run whatever script is needed. No need to actually type into a command line.

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MatthewPhillips 15y ago

Blog systems for non-technical users: Wordpress.com, Blogger.com. I'm not trying to be flippant Joe, but I'm not sure what demographic this really serves. Someone who's technical enough to understand markdown and dropbox but not technical enough to understand running a script (which can be done in GUI). I guess that's a sliver of a demographic, but what reason does that person have for wanting to do something like this (what do they gain IN THEIR EYES, not in your eyes). This just feels to me like "popular webservice of 2011" + "popular markup syntax of 2011" = "a trendy blog platform that will be a pain in the ass in 5 years when the new hotness markup language is a must-use." Things that don't go old: HTML. Exportable database-driven blog systems. Pick one.

_frog 15y ago

Out of curiosity, are you using this for Up On a Hill now?

joehewitt 15y ago
yep.

alexatkeplar 15y ago

Your girlfriend can't use a command line but prefers handcranking Markdown to using WordPress WYSIWYG? That's unusual.