ContentBuilder.js
Dev tools
jquery content editor plugin
SHOW HN2014
189points
48comments
#111of 2,272 in 2014
Top 5%of 2014 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
8 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 5 mixed, 5 critical, out of 23 comments about the project. Thread score +0.09.
Pricing: 3 for, 2 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, sleek editing interface and blocks
From 3 comments
I am curretly working on similar project. I really like your concept. But I see some flaws. - No list auto-creation - Sometimes ugly html like <span font-weigth=> - Does not…
bliker on HNSlightly depressing that the comments are all (as I write this) about the pricing... I'm always interested in these sorts of things, having come close myself on several occasions…
bshimmin on HNCool, nice work. I personally think the pricing is quite reasonable as well. I have a project I might be able to use this with in the near future. Thanks for showing!
nateweiss on HN
Pricing seen as reasonable compared with building in-house
From 3 comments
What is your hourly rate? How many hours would it take you to recreate even a subset of this functionality? If the answer is "more than half a day" then assuming typical hourly…
ams6110 on HNI thought this when the highcharts.js story came up a few weeks ago. How many hundreds of hours would it be to recreate that and you can skip all that pain and maintenance for…
hackerboos on HNCool, nice work. I personally think the pricing is quite reasonable as well. I have a project I might be able to use this with in the near future. Thanks for showing!
nateweiss on HN
Objections
Not free; no free developer or trial version
From 3 comments
Not free, not free, wooh. I think you spend a reasonable amount of work there and therefore it is just normal that its not free. Nothing great is free these days, and, to be…
tomw1808 on HNLooks great! Several questions. 1 - Since you do not provide trial, do you have documents? I at least need to have a feel on how to integrate it into my program. 2 - How is the…
edwinyzh on HNI like it and I might use it, if you have that feature available. Any idea, when it might be completed. I am hoping there will be some kind of call back or dialog result, to send…
koolkokil on HN
Demo lacks image upload and browse, a deal-breaker for some
From 1 comment
You say it like releasing a paid-for product is a bad thing? I'm currently working on a project and would've happily paid for this if I'd seen it at the time and it met my…
rhubarbcustard on HN
Examples section renders poorly on iPad with narrow text columns
From 1 comment
The complexity designing responsive websites that respect typography and readability good practice at all (most) screen sizes is certainly a problem that deserve a better…
nnx on HN
Generated HTML has inline styles and messy markup
From 2 comments
I am curretly working on similar project. I really like your concept. But I see some flaws. - No list auto-creation - Sometimes ugly html like <span font-weigth=> - Does not…
bliker on HNThis is really impressive. Well done. Having build a number of CMSes I have a few, hopefully constructive, criticisms: 1) I understand why you are utilizing a lot of inline…
phirschybar on HN
Requests
Custom image dialog to pick existing images
From 2 comments
Can I add a custom dialog, on the image link popup, to show the images already in my website.
koolkokil on HNI like it and I might use it, if you have that feature available. Any idea, when it might be completed. I am hoping there will be some kind of call back or dialog result, to send…
koolkokil on HN
Markdown output option
From 1 comment
This is really impressive. Well done. Having build a number of CMSes I have a few, hopefully constructive, criticisms: 1) I understand why you are utilizing a lot of inline…
phirschybar on HN
Better documentation
From 2 comments
@yusw is there any way to see more documentation, for example, on how the image uploading is handled? Also, is there a way (twitter?) where we can get updates on the progress of…
phirschybar on HNLooks great! Several questions. 1 - Since you do not provide trial, do you have documents? I at least need to have a feel on how to integrate it into my program. 2 - How is the…
edwinyzh on HN
Server-side upload URL for images
From 1 comment
This is really impressive. Well done. Having build a number of CMSes I have a few, hopefully constructive, criticisms: 1) I understand why you are utilizing a lot of inline…
phirschybar on HN
Questions
Which CMS it can be integrated with
From 1 comment
looks VERY cool, indeed! any idea which CMS i could easily tie contentbuilder.js to? i know i can THEORETICALLY use it with ANY cms. i do not have too much (php) programming…
ashtonizer on HN
Difference between unlimited websites and resale licenses
From 2 comments
Not free, not free, wooh. I think you spend a reasonable amount of work there and therefore it is just normal that its not free. Nothing great is free these days, and, to be…
tomw1808 on HNConsidering how similar licenses work, I'd guess that "resale" means bundling it in a project you hand off to a client whereas "unlimited websites" means using it in a project…
pluma on HN
How closed source is protected in a JS library
From 1 comment
Other question: How can you use a JS library without having the source? ... I mean, how do you make sure that it remains closed source? As far as I know obfuscating and minifying…
tomw1808 on HN
Alternatives named
Odoo website builder (open source, AGPL)
From 2 comments
We built the same features in open source for the Odoo website builder. You can try it here: https://www.odoo.com/page/website-builder We also put features like resizeable…
fpopenerp on HNWhat do you think about this one? http://odoo.com/start/cms It's not a standaline jquery lib but can easily be extracted from the code of Odoo as it's open source. We worked a ot…
fpopenerp on HN
Flowtype.js
From 1 comment
The complexity designing responsive websites that respect typography and readability good practice at all (most) screen sizes is certainly a problem that deserve a better…
nnx on HN
CKEditor
From 2 comments
Slightly depressing that the comments are all (as I write this) about the pricing... I'm always interested in these sorts of things, having come close myself on several occasions…
bshimmin on HNYou say it like releasing a paid-for product is a bad thing? I'm currently working on a project and would've happily paid for this if I'd seen it at the time and it met my…
rhubarbcustard on HN
Sir Trevor.js
From 1 comment
I am also working on something a bit like this. Sounds like a trend is starting... I also like OP's work, it's far nicer than Sir Trevor.…
teleclimber on HN
Squire
From 1 comment
Squire (http://neilj.github.io/Squire/) does the same thing without the jQuery.
matthewborden on HN