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And there's still that ugly port number in the URL. Vast majority of clients would neither like nor understand this -- most of them don't even know what a port

And there's still that ugly port number in the URL. Vast majority of clients would neither like nor understand this -- most of them don't even know what a port number is. EDIT: Also, Showoff isn't suggesting it's doing something you couldn't do before. It just does it in a simpler & pain-free way.

chrismetcalf 16y ago
Set up an Apache mod_proxy from port 8080 on your server's localhost to a vhost at showoff.yourdomain.com. You'll have to make sure to build your app to not make any assumptions about where it's running (ex: links to "http://localhost:3000/path http://localhost:3000/path), but you should be doing that anyway.
- bobwaycott 16y ago
  Yep, that's definitely possible. And yet, again, you have to "setup" something. It's totally okay to do things that way. Two thoughts: You have to have Apache setup (which, when developing a new project, you may likely not have even reached that point). You can also save your current file by going to File > Save. But Ctrl/Cmd+S is easier (and probably what you use every day).
  - mishmash 16y ago
    > You have to have Apache setup (which, when developing a new project, you may likely not have even reached that point). Showoff project is definitely cool, but instead of apache, nginx installs in one command and can easily proxy like this with about 10 lines of easily googled config using 1/10 of the resources on a simple prgmr account or the like.
    - bobwaycott 16y ago
      Absolutely. The win here is that you get to stop at "installs in one command". No googling. No configuration. Job is done; share your URL.
  - tekacs 16y ago
    With just the most minuscule bit of initial setup a simple bash function using just SSH can replicate all of the functionality (and more) of showoff.io, with just as much ease ('show 3000 subdomain') but hopefully the upcoming features will make it a more viable proposition... :) Then again, I'm quite happy with a VPS setup since I get all of the extra benefits of having the server around...

chrismetcalf 16y ago

Set up an Apache mod_proxy from port 8080 on your server's localhost to a vhost at showoff.yourdomain.com. You'll have to make sure to build your app to not make any assumptions about where it's running (ex: links to "http://localhost:3000/path http://localhost:3000/path), but you should be doing that anyway.

bobwaycott 16y ago
Yep, that's definitely possible. And yet, again, you have to "setup" something. It's totally okay to do things that way. Two thoughts: You have to have Apache setup (which, when developing a new project, you may likely not have even reached that point). You can also save your current file by going to File > Save. But Ctrl/Cmd+S is easier (and probably what you use every day).
- mishmash 16y ago
  > You have to have Apache setup (which, when developing a new project, you may likely not have even reached that point). Showoff project is definitely cool, but instead of apache, nginx installs in one command and can easily proxy like this with about 10 lines of easily googled config using 1/10 of the resources on a simple prgmr account or the like.
  - bobwaycott 16y ago
    Absolutely. The win here is that you get to stop at "installs in one command". No googling. No configuration. Job is done; share your URL.
- tekacs 16y ago
  With just the most minuscule bit of initial setup a simple bash function using just SSH can replicate all of the functionality (and more) of showoff.io, with just as much ease ('show 3000 subdomain') but hopefully the upcoming features will make it a more viable proposition... :) Then again, I'm quite happy with a VPS setup since I get all of the extra benefits of having the server around...