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Show HN: my weekend project, PageBlox (pageblox.com)

42 points by ctek 14y ago

guynamedloren 14y ago
First thought: dragging doesn't resize boxes. broken. Second thought: dragging doesn't move boxes. broken. http://jqueryui.com/demos/draggable/ http://jqueryui.com/demos/draggable/ Other than that, very neat project. Hope you continue to build and develop this further.
mapleoin 14y ago
UURRGH the soap-bar buttons are back from the 90s! Help!
sgdesign 14y ago
This is neat, but I think these days if you're going to use a grid it might as well be responsive. For example this is a good responsive grid generator: http://gridpak.com/ http://gridpak.com/ Or you could always use Bootstrap.
sajithdilshan 14y ago
page doesn't load here.
DeepDuh 14y ago
Kinda neat, I don't see yet any added benefit over Bootstrap however - the problem it solves in a visual way is not really a problem for a mildly experience web developer and for the beginners it's not enough functionality IMO. As a thought experiment it's cool, as a viable product it would need some work.
- ctek 14y ago
  Thanks for the feedback, PageBlox is not meant to be a tool for professional or even novice web developers. It allows someone who has no experience with html/css to create a functioning cross-browser compatible layout and build on top of that with their own css, which is trivial to learn.
  - aarondf 14y ago
    I don't think someone that has "no experience with html/css" would care or understand what a "functioning cross-browser compatible layout" is. Just my opinion though, I've been wrong before!
    - tmh88j 14y ago
      How so? Everyone has to start somewhere. Not that learning HTML or CSS is difficult, but it would've helped to speed things up when I first started.
ecesena 14y ago
I'd reconsider using blueprint, AFAIK it's no longer maintained. I'd go for bootstrap or foundation.
damncabbage 14y ago
I remember seeing this before, and for curiosity's sake went for a look: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3546149 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3546149 (Posted six months ago.) Was this, umm, the same weekend?

42 points by ctek 14y ago

First thought: dragging doesn't resize boxes. broken. Second thought: dragging doesn't move boxes. broken. http://jqueryui.com/demos/draggable/ http://jqueryui.com/demos/draggable/ Other than that, very neat project. Hope you continue to build and develop this further.

mapleoin 14y ago

UURRGH the soap-bar buttons are back from the 90s! Help!

sgdesign 14y ago

This is neat, but I think these days if you're going to use a grid it might as well be responsive. For example this is a good responsive grid generator: http://gridpak.com/ http://gridpak.com/ Or you could always use Bootstrap.

sajithdilshan 14y ago

page doesn't load here.

DeepDuh 14y ago

Kinda neat, I don't see yet any added benefit over Bootstrap however - the problem it solves in a visual way is not really a problem for a mildly experience web developer and for the beginners it's not enough functionality IMO. As a thought experiment it's cool, as a viable product it would need some work.

ctek 14y ago
Thanks for the feedback, PageBlox is not meant to be a tool for professional or even novice web developers. It allows someone who has no experience with html/css to create a functioning cross-browser compatible layout and build on top of that with their own css, which is trivial to learn.
- aarondf 14y ago
  I don't think someone that has "no experience with html/css" would care or understand what a "functioning cross-browser compatible layout" is. Just my opinion though, I've been wrong before!
  - tmh88j 14y ago
    How so? Everyone has to start somewhere. Not that learning HTML or CSS is difficult, but it would've helped to speed things up when I first started.

ecesena 14y ago

I'd reconsider using blueprint, AFAIK it's no longer maintained. I'd go for bootstrap or foundation.

damncabbage 14y ago

I remember seeing this before, and for curiosity's sake went for a look: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3546149 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3546149 (Posted six months ago.) Was this, umm, the same weekend?