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You really, really need to let me pay you for this. I'd pay $10/month for this, easily. Do you allow custom domains?

illdave 13y ago
Aha, thanks for the kind words. I haven't got plans to allow custom domains just yet - but if there's enough demand (which it sounds like there might be), then I won't rule it out.
- blairbeckwith 13y ago
  Custom colors and basic styling would be amazing too. I love the look, but now I'm struggling to find a picture that looks nice with blue and turquoise.
  - illdave 13y ago
    Just so you know, it adds a black and white filter to any image you pick (if that helps - which it may...not).
    - blairbeckwith 13y ago
      Hmm, interesting. I'm not seeing this behavior on mine: http://hoverboard.io/blair http://hoverboard.io/blair
      - illdave 13y ago
        Ah - just noticed Firefox doesn't display it in black and white. If you check it out in Chrome/Safari you should see it in black and white (out of interest, which version do you prefer?)
        blairbeckwith 13y ago
        Ahh, I'm sorry. I should have specified I was in Firefox (and should have tried it in Chrome!) Black and white looks tons better, but I think it would depend on the picture.
- shloime 13y ago
  I'd like to second the demand for custom domains. Also, love the UI. Fantastic.
- xauronx 13y ago
  Another for custom domains. Perhaps that's a non-scummy way of generating some income. Charge a small fee for the ability to use a custom domain.
  - evo_9 13y ago
    Great suggestion Xauronx - keeping it free for the majority to check out I think is huge to keep it growing. I really like the idea of a paying for a premium feature like a custom URL if you need it.
- aaronbrethorst 13y ago
  Custom domains are a make or break feature for me. Looks like you're hosted on Heroku. You could do this pretty easily by setting up their wildcard subdomains feature and allowing me to pick a subdomain which I can map to my own domain with a cname.
gcr 13y ago
I would love to be able to host this on my own server. Even letting me pay say $5 for a .zip of some HTML to put up on my website would be excellent.
dorian-graph 13y ago
I agree. I wouldn't start using it without being able to pay. blairbeckwith, if you are looking for similar services that are paid, checkout Squarespace (http://www.squarespace.com/ http://www.squarespace.com/) and Virb (http://virb.com/ http://virb.com/). (I don't mean to steal attention away from illdave)

Aha, thanks for the kind words. I haven't got plans to allow custom domains just yet - but if there's enough demand (which it sounds like there might be), then I won't rule it out.

blairbeckwith 13y ago
Custom colors and basic styling would be amazing too. I love the look, but now I'm struggling to find a picture that looks nice with blue and turquoise.
- illdave 13y ago
  Just so you know, it adds a black and white filter to any image you pick (if that helps - which it may...not).
  - blairbeckwith 13y ago
    Hmm, interesting. I'm not seeing this behavior on mine: http://hoverboard.io/blair http://hoverboard.io/blair
    - illdave 13y ago
      Ah - just noticed Firefox doesn't display it in black and white. If you check it out in Chrome/Safari you should see it in black and white (out of interest, which version do you prefer?)
      - blairbeckwith 13y ago
        Ahh, I'm sorry. I should have specified I was in Firefox (and should have tried it in Chrome!) Black and white looks tons better, but I think it would depend on the picture.
shloime 13y ago
I'd like to second the demand for custom domains. Also, love the UI. Fantastic.
xauronx 13y ago
Another for custom domains. Perhaps that's a non-scummy way of generating some income. Charge a small fee for the ability to use a custom domain.
- evo_9 13y ago
  Great suggestion Xauronx - keeping it free for the majority to check out I think is huge to keep it growing. I really like the idea of a paying for a premium feature like a custom URL if you need it.
aaronbrethorst 13y ago
Custom domains are a make or break feature for me. Looks like you're hosted on Heroku. You could do this pretty easily by setting up their wildcard subdomains feature and allowing me to pick a subdomain which I can map to my own domain with a cname.

gcr 13y ago

I would love to be able to host this on my own server. Even letting me pay say $5 for a .zip of some HTML to put up on my website would be excellent.

dorian-graph 13y ago

I agree. I wouldn't start using it without being able to pay. blairbeckwith, if you are looking for similar services that are paid, checkout Squarespace (http://www.squarespace.com/ http://www.squarespace.com/) and Virb (http://virb.com/ http://virb.com/). (I don't mean to steal attention away from illdave)