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Typegram – Platform for writers and their subscribers with a minimalistic design

60 points by recompileme 8y ago

recompileme 8y ago
Maker here. I'm open for questions and suggestions. But my English is not good, sorry about that(
- dddw 8y ago
  Looks nice! gonna give it a go. Was looking for a place to drop some thoughts, and wasn't willing to pay a big buck for something like svbtle. I really love their kudos thingy though. SSL on the register page would be nice/necessary, on all subdomains... easy nowadays with letsencrypt.
  - recompileme 8y ago
    Thank you! https version must work to, but not totally finished(
tbirrell 8y ago
I clicked around for about a minute and couldn't figure out what this is or what I'm supposed to use it for.
- recompileme 8y ago
  I will try to be short: it's blog platform like medium
  - abhiminator 8y ago
    Maybe I don't understand how this works exactly, but I couldn't find any article to read (using Medium's homepage as my reference). The homepage contained language selector and a 'playground' hyperlink above it, and clicking on it does nothing. What am I missing here?
    - recompileme 8y ago
      Sorry for my love of zen interfaces( I'm from 90's and love sites without "landings page". I love to explore new things, but maybe it was over zen All articles on English language, for example - on subdomain http://en.tgr.am/all http://en.tgr.am/all - here: http://en.tgr.am/all http://en.tgr.am/all It's first public beta and i want to catch as many feedbacks as possible before going forward. Most activity from first adopters on http://ru.tgr.am http://ru.tgr.am On others languages - it may contain only auto-translated welcome post(
      - abhiminator 8y ago
        I got it, thank you. Will get back with my thoughts on the interface. Edit: Looks decent for an unfinished/early stage project. I especially love how you can browse without requiring JavaScript. I feel this should be a hit among minimalism enthusiasts, like the readers of Zen Habits[0], for example. [0] https://zenhabits.net/ https://zenhabits.net/
        recompileme 8y ago
        Thank you very much. I'm very tired of the saturated and overloaded interfaces
      - anonytrary 8y ago
        I think the interface is beautifully simple, "zen" fits the whole feeling and the logo as well.
        recompileme 8y ago
        Thank you! Here a huge merit of https://egorabaturov.com/ https://egorabaturov.com/
writepub 8y ago
Is this open source alternative to medium - a blogging, publishing, commenting platform?
- recompileme 8y ago
  Yes. But i try totally reinvent all
dewey 8y ago
Are you thinking about adding RSS? Seems pretty essential for a publishing platform.
- recompileme 8y ago
  Yes, of course, you totally right, i need rss feed (https://github.com/recoilme/tgram/issues/10 https://github.com/recoilme/tgram/issues/10) json - api and many other things.. I work on this project around six month - and this post - i don't know how to say it.. It's very hard to stay motivated in silence.. I want to find more contributors/early adopters.
marataziat 8y ago
It's shitty, I tried to add some post, I got error! Feeling that the project is unfinished!
- recompileme 8y ago
  Oh, sorry about that( May please try again and show me the error text? In case of to short text, for example - error messages may look very ugly(
  - marataziat 8y ago
    Key: 'Article.Body' Error:Field validation for 'Body' failed on the 'min' tag Key: 'Article.OgImage' Error:Field validation for 'OgImage' failed on the 'url' tag
    - recompileme 8y ago
      Sorry for this incomprehensible error message ( Link to the picture - should be a link, for example http://en.tgr.am/m/img/logo_big.png http://en.tgr.am/m/img/logo_big.png I do not know how to explain more precisely.. May be empty space in that field?
    - recompileme 8y ago
      Second error: Error:Field validation for 'Body' failed on the 'min' tag Means that post body must be more than 10 symbols http://tst.tgr.am/i/tst/recoilme/24_.png http://tst.tgr.am/i/tst/recoilme/24_.png
keb_ 8y ago
good work so far, i had thought about making something similar for my own purposes, but you've gone ahead and done it for me!
- recompileme 8y ago
  welcome to contribute! Right now i open the new issue faster than close(
  - keb_ 8y ago
    EDIT: Nevermind, realized I was on the test domain instead of the `en` domain. All is well. :) Odd... I made an account (@keb) and made a post while at work, but as I got home and attempted to log in, it seems like my account had been deleted. Just remade it. Anyway, I have no experience with Go, but I'll definitely consider as I play around with this more. :)
mittermayr 8y ago
Just a quick warning — I've had a business that had the name "gram" in its title, and while it was sort of related to Instagram, Facebook has been going after domains (and 100% of all trademark registration attempts) that contain the word "gram". I had a trademark application in the final phase, with only a few days left until it became registered, when Facebook called up and basically said: shut down, or we'll sue you this afternoon and you'll have to fight this out in California. Even though they did not own the right to the word "gram" at the time, I basically caved as my financial options were limited. For reference, they're not just going after Instagram-related businesses: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/sep/09/instagram-lawyers-anti-litter-app-change-name-littergram-instagram https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/sep/09/instagram... If you think this could become a big thing, either be ready for the battle and have lots of money, or rebrand now while you still can. I know this is a hard pill to swallow, especially after you've registered the domain and everything — and it likely won't be a problem for you for a good while, but in the rare case of this hitting product hunt, or techcrunch, you may run into issues later down the road.
- rinze 8y ago
  I feel the need to register justonegram.com.
  - ngold 8y ago
    How about snailgram?
    - mittermayr 8y ago
      get facegram.com — all or nothing.
      - ltc5505 8y ago
        instafacegrambook.com
  - zimbatm 8y ago
octosphere 8y ago
Reminds me of Telegram's https://telegra.ph https://telegra.ph
- recompileme 8y ago
  Yes, this project heavily inspired by telegram (channels), telegra.ph(editor) and medium. Is starting from writing full medium clone) After that - i start again, now from an empty list. I try don't copy/paste and think many about the balance of futures/simplicity
throw2016 8y ago
This is really easy on the eyes. I am loving the minimalism. Away from the frenzy and noise. This lets you focus on the content. Kudos to the designer.
tcmb 8y ago
Thanks for posting, some quick feedback: The link to https://docs.inscryb.com/editor/markdown-guide https://docs.inscryb.com/editor/markdown-guide is broken. I clicked on all links on the page, multiple times, before I found out how to publish something (it's in your profile). When I tried to sign in on another language's page, I got an error message like "key not found" or something. Could maybe be more clear. Is it a conscious decision to require separate accounts for different languages?
- recompileme 8y ago
  Thanks for the feedback! Error messages should be more clear, and I fix the link, thank you Individual accounts were a difficult decision. But I think it's good overall. For example, I can just move the folder "ko" to a Korean server and run the typegram. This strange solution (total separation) seems to me extremely interesting
pedalpete 8y ago
One thing I've wanted from a blogging platform is the ability to include iframes for webgl content. I took a look at the github and don't see any iframe refs. Does anybody know of a good blogging service with this capability?
sharkstationery 8y ago
http://sharkstationery.de/ http://sharkstationery.de/ with also a good one

60 points by recompileme 8y ago

recompileme 8y ago

Maker here. I'm open for questions and suggestions. But my English is not good, sorry about that(

dddw 8y ago
Looks nice! gonna give it a go. Was looking for a place to drop some thoughts, and wasn't willing to pay a big buck for something like svbtle. I really love their kudos thingy though. SSL on the register page would be nice/necessary, on all subdomains... easy nowadays with letsencrypt.
- recompileme 8y ago
  Thank you! https version must work to, but not totally finished(

tbirrell 8y ago

I clicked around for about a minute and couldn't figure out what this is or what I'm supposed to use it for.

recompileme 8y ago
I will try to be short: it's blog platform like medium
- abhiminator 8y ago
  Maybe I don't understand how this works exactly, but I couldn't find any article to read (using Medium's homepage as my reference). The homepage contained language selector and a 'playground' hyperlink above it, and clicking on it does nothing. What am I missing here?
  - recompileme 8y ago
    Sorry for my love of zen interfaces( I'm from 90's and love sites without "landings page". I love to explore new things, but maybe it was over zen All articles on English language, for example - on subdomain http://en.tgr.am/all http://en.tgr.am/all - here: http://en.tgr.am/all http://en.tgr.am/all It's first public beta and i want to catch as many feedbacks as possible before going forward. Most activity from first adopters on http://ru.tgr.am http://ru.tgr.am On others languages - it may contain only auto-translated welcome post(
    - abhiminator 8y ago
      I got it, thank you. Will get back with my thoughts on the interface. Edit: Looks decent for an unfinished/early stage project. I especially love how you can browse without requiring JavaScript. I feel this should be a hit among minimalism enthusiasts, like the readers of Zen Habits[0], for example. [0] https://zenhabits.net/ https://zenhabits.net/
      - recompileme 8y ago
        Thank you very much. I'm very tired of the saturated and overloaded interfaces
    - anonytrary 8y ago
      I think the interface is beautifully simple, "zen" fits the whole feeling and the logo as well.
      - recompileme 8y ago
        Thank you! Here a huge merit of https://egorabaturov.com/ https://egorabaturov.com/

writepub 8y ago

Is this open source alternative to medium - a blogging, publishing, commenting platform?

recompileme 8y ago
Yes. But i try totally reinvent all

dewey 8y ago

Are you thinking about adding RSS? Seems pretty essential for a publishing platform.

recompileme 8y ago
Yes, of course, you totally right, i need rss feed (https://github.com/recoilme/tgram/issues/10 https://github.com/recoilme/tgram/issues/10) json - api and many other things.. I work on this project around six month - and this post - i don't know how to say it.. It's very hard to stay motivated in silence.. I want to find more contributors/early adopters.

marataziat 8y ago

It's shitty, I tried to add some post, I got error! Feeling that the project is unfinished!

recompileme 8y ago
Oh, sorry about that( May please try again and show me the error text? In case of to short text, for example - error messages may look very ugly(
- marataziat 8y ago
  Key: 'Article.Body' Error:Field validation for 'Body' failed on the 'min' tag Key: 'Article.OgImage' Error:Field validation for 'OgImage' failed on the 'url' tag
  - recompileme 8y ago
    Sorry for this incomprehensible error message ( Link to the picture - should be a link, for example http://en.tgr.am/m/img/logo_big.png http://en.tgr.am/m/img/logo_big.png I do not know how to explain more precisely.. May be empty space in that field?
  - recompileme 8y ago
    Second error: Error:Field validation for 'Body' failed on the 'min' tag Means that post body must be more than 10 symbols http://tst.tgr.am/i/tst/recoilme/24_.png http://tst.tgr.am/i/tst/recoilme/24_.png

keb_ 8y ago

good work so far, i had thought about making something similar for my own purposes, but you've gone ahead and done it for me!

recompileme 8y ago
welcome to contribute! Right now i open the new issue faster than close(
- keb_ 8y ago
  EDIT: Nevermind, realized I was on the test domain instead of the `en` domain. All is well. :) Odd... I made an account (@keb) and made a post while at work, but as I got home and attempted to log in, it seems like my account had been deleted. Just remade it. Anyway, I have no experience with Go, but I'll definitely consider as I play around with this more. :)

mittermayr 8y ago

Just a quick warning — I've had a business that had the name "gram" in its title, and while it was sort of related to Instagram, Facebook has been going after domains (and 100% of all trademark registration attempts) that contain the word "gram". I had a trademark application in the final phase, with only a few days left until it became registered, when Facebook called up and basically said: shut down, or we'll sue you this afternoon and you'll have to fight this out in California. Even though they did not own the right to the word "gram" at the time, I basically caved as my financial options were limited. For reference, they're not just going after Instagram-related businesses: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/sep/09/instagram-lawyers-anti-litter-app-change-name-littergram-instagram https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/sep/09/instagram... If you think this could become a big thing, either be ready for the battle and have lots of money, or rebrand now while you still can. I know this is a hard pill to swallow, especially after you've registered the domain and everything — and it likely won't be a problem for you for a good while, but in the rare case of this hitting product hunt, or techcrunch, you may run into issues later down the road.

rinze 8y ago
I feel the need to register justonegram.com.
- ngold 8y ago
  How about snailgram?
  - mittermayr 8y ago
    get facegram.com — all or nothing.
    - ltc5505 8y ago
      instafacegrambook.com
- zimbatm 8y ago

octosphere 8y ago

Reminds me of Telegram's https://telegra.ph https://telegra.ph

recompileme 8y ago
Yes, this project heavily inspired by telegram (channels), telegra.ph(editor) and medium. Is starting from writing full medium clone) After that - i start again, now from an empty list. I try don't copy/paste and think many about the balance of futures/simplicity

throw2016 8y ago

This is really easy on the eyes. I am loving the minimalism. Away from the frenzy and noise. This lets you focus on the content. Kudos to the designer.

tcmb 8y ago

Thanks for posting, some quick feedback: The link to https://docs.inscryb.com/editor/markdown-guide https://docs.inscryb.com/editor/markdown-guide is broken. I clicked on all links on the page, multiple times, before I found out how to publish something (it's in your profile). When I tried to sign in on another language's page, I got an error message like "key not found" or something. Could maybe be more clear. Is it a conscious decision to require separate accounts for different languages?

recompileme 8y ago
Thanks for the feedback! Error messages should be more clear, and I fix the link, thank you Individual accounts were a difficult decision. But I think it's good overall. For example, I can just move the folder "ko" to a Korean server and run the typegram. This strange solution (total separation) seems to me extremely interesting

pedalpete 8y ago

One thing I've wanted from a blogging platform is the ability to include iframes for webgl content. I took a look at the github and don't see any iframe refs. Does anybody know of a good blogging service with this capability?

sharkstationery 8y ago

http://sharkstationery.de/ http://sharkstationery.de/ with also a good one