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Show HN: Turn Dropbox in a CMS

by mneumegen on 7/1/13, 11:49 PM with 5 comments

The majority of CMS's are overkill for a simple 10 page website. Deploying with Cloud Cannon takes a few steps.

* Drag static website files into Dropbox to deploy

* Add class of "editable" to any div in the HTML to setup CMS

* Simple content editor for your clients with no branding and requires no registration

* All websites are automatically compressed periodically (CSS & Javascript minified, all assets served from CDN).

Static websites are becoming super powerful with 3rd party applications such as Firebase, Disqus and Wufoo. We want to be a big part of this static website ecosystem.

All feedback is welcome.

http://cloudcannon.com

  • by jmduke on 7/2/13, 12:21 AM

    This is a really cool idea. I've been looking for ways to combine the advantages of a static site with a more traditional CMS-esque workflow (I love Jekyll, but I hate having to recompile my site and repush it just to add a new post -- it makes things like mobile editing difficult.)

    My question is thus: how would this work with a blog? The demo video showed how to change the text of divs on a landing page, but is it possible to actually create new pages/posts?

  • by meerita on 7/2/13, 11:34 AM

    Basic $5 per month 1 website

    I prefer having my own server for $5 and use Jekyll to admin not one but several websites.

  • by achalv on 7/2/13, 1:26 AM

    Pretty awesome. I love how just one css class can change the way content is shared between client and dev. :)

  • by mneumegen on 7/1/13, 11:50 PM