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Dockbox.io - Host websites in Dropbox using your domain

41 points by karlcoelho1 13y ago

yRetsyM 13y ago
I grow more weary of how many clones there are in this space, especially considering how easy (and within character) it would be for drop box to flick the switch themselves on this. yet I yearn for increased innovation in this space. I'd love to see this turnkey style hosting support php, databases and more...
- captn3m0 13y ago
  This doesn't use dropbox to host content, just to share it with the hosting service. Unless Dropbox pulls the plug on "shared folders", which I doubt, I don't see such services going down.
- nl 13y ago
  I'd love to see this turnkey style hosting support php, databases and more What kind of things are you looking for?
yRetsyM 13y ago
I grow more weary of how many clones there are in this space, especially considering how easy (and within character) it would be for drop box to flick the switch themselves on this. yet I yearn for increased innovation in this space. I'd love to see this turnkey style hosting support php, databases and more...
captn3m0 13y ago
I'd like it if there was a Dropbox based Jekyll service. I could edit my file on any platform, and the site gets rebuilt to html using jekyll (or any other static-site-generator). This will make it as much powerful as GitHub pages, but without the additional git overhead (I'm fine with git, but not everyone is).
- tuananh 13y ago
  well it would need some kind of mechanism to know when to rebuild like git commit. otherwise it would break in the middle of editting.
- santialbo 13y ago
  You've got http://scriptogr.am/ http://scriptogr.am/
- silverlight 13y ago
  Harp.io does this (although with Harp not Jekyll). Using it to build a little web comic site[1]. Makes it easy for the author to upload new pages even though they don't know how HTML/FTP work. [1] http://houseoforr.com http://houseoforr.com
  - taude 13y ago
    Harp.io lost me at: "Harp Platform would like access to all files and folders in your Dropbox. This app will be able to read and modify everything." I don't know much about DropBox API, but is there a way to limit access to resource folders?
    - captn3m0 13y ago
      Yes, the Dropbox allows you to create apps which only ask for access to Apps/Appname folder in your dropbox.
    - silentrob 13y ago
      Disclosure - I work on Harp In order to build a truly compelling service that solved our problems, along with others was to allow collaboration and sharing. Right now Dropbox has no way to share within sandbox style applications. We have been talking with Dropbox about ways to improve their API and things are only getting better. Right now we maintain the NodeJS API[1][2] and have sandboxing build in at that layer, so we don't even see any files from Dropbox outside of the folder we have scoped to. [1] github.com/sintaxi/node-dbox [2] https://www.dropbox.com/developers/core/sdks/other https://www.dropbox.com/developers/core/sdks/other
useragent 13y ago
Isn't this the same as site44.com ?
- alabut 13y ago
  Except it's free.
coldarchon 13y ago
I just canceled Dropbox as their stupid app now asks for control over my contact lists. Absolute no-go -> uninstall and cancel acoount.
xerophtye 13y ago
um... brace.io anyone?? They jsut sent me their free invite. Seems oretty cool to me. Anyone know any reasons why this is better?
quarterto 13y ago
For a Linux user, you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an VPS account, syncing the files using dropbox-cli, and then using nginx on the synced folder. (inb4 downvotes: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224)
- deleted 13y ago
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- wwwarhawk 13y ago
  I was losing my mind as I read that, up until I clicked the link and realized it was a well placed joke.
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jbarrec 13y ago
http://www.brace.io http://www.brace.io offers this but also has a separate staging environment which is very useful!
jheriko 13y ago
still not sure why we want to use dropbox to host a website... sure its a little more convenient than a free host and ftp, but its a real stretch.
- jbarrec 13y ago
  It's only useful for prototyping or testing code in my opinion. I would never suggest hosting a live site on a service like this!
  - jheriko 13y ago
    i still don't get it... this is what my hard drive is for :P just seems to me like making a mashup mess for its own sake, with little regard to the spirit of the service provided by dropbox.
achairapart 13y ago
What about HTTP Headers and cache-control?

41 points by karlcoelho1 13y ago

I grow more weary of how many clones there are in this space, especially considering how easy (and within character) it would be for drop box to flick the switch themselves on this. yet I yearn for increased innovation in this space. I'd love to see this turnkey style hosting support php, databases and more...

captn3m0 13y ago
This doesn't use dropbox to host content, just to share it with the hosting service. Unless Dropbox pulls the plug on "shared folders", which I doubt, I don't see such services going down.
nl 13y ago
I'd love to see this turnkey style hosting support php, databases and more What kind of things are you looking for?

yRetsyM 13y ago

captn3m0 13y ago

I'd like it if there was a Dropbox based Jekyll service. I could edit my file on any platform, and the site gets rebuilt to html using jekyll (or any other static-site-generator). This will make it as much powerful as GitHub pages, but without the additional git overhead (I'm fine with git, but not everyone is).

tuananh 13y ago
well it would need some kind of mechanism to know when to rebuild like git commit. otherwise it would break in the middle of editting.
santialbo 13y ago
You've got http://scriptogr.am/ http://scriptogr.am/
silverlight 13y ago
Harp.io does this (although with Harp not Jekyll). Using it to build a little web comic site[1]. Makes it easy for the author to upload new pages even though they don't know how HTML/FTP work. [1] http://houseoforr.com http://houseoforr.com
- taude 13y ago
  Harp.io lost me at: "Harp Platform would like access to all files and folders in your Dropbox. This app will be able to read and modify everything." I don't know much about DropBox API, but is there a way to limit access to resource folders?
  - captn3m0 13y ago
    Yes, the Dropbox allows you to create apps which only ask for access to Apps/Appname folder in your dropbox.
  - silentrob 13y ago
    Disclosure - I work on Harp In order to build a truly compelling service that solved our problems, along with others was to allow collaboration and sharing. Right now Dropbox has no way to share within sandbox style applications. We have been talking with Dropbox about ways to improve their API and things are only getting better. Right now we maintain the NodeJS API[1][2] and have sandboxing build in at that layer, so we don't even see any files from Dropbox outside of the folder we have scoped to. [1] github.com/sintaxi/node-dbox [2] https://www.dropbox.com/developers/core/sdks/other https://www.dropbox.com/developers/core/sdks/other

useragent 13y ago

Isn't this the same as site44.com ?

alabut 13y ago
Except it's free.

coldarchon 13y ago

I just canceled Dropbox as their stupid app now asks for control over my contact lists. Absolute no-go -> uninstall and cancel acoount.

xerophtye 13y ago

um... brace.io anyone?? They jsut sent me their free invite. Seems oretty cool to me. Anyone know any reasons why this is better?

quarterto 13y ago

For a Linux user, you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an VPS account, syncing the files using dropbox-cli, and then using nginx on the synced folder. (inb4 downvotes: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224)

deleted 13y ago
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wwwarhawk 13y ago
I was losing my mind as I read that, up until I clicked the link and realized it was a well placed joke.

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jbarrec 13y ago

http://www.brace.io http://www.brace.io offers this but also has a separate staging environment which is very useful!

jheriko 13y ago

still not sure why we want to use dropbox to host a website... sure its a little more convenient than a free host and ftp, but its a real stretch.

jbarrec 13y ago
It's only useful for prototyping or testing code in my opinion. I would never suggest hosting a live site on a service like this!
- jheriko 13y ago
  i still don't get it... this is what my hard drive is for :P just seems to me like making a mashup mess for its own sake, with little regard to the spirit of the service provided by dropbox.

achairapart 13y ago

What about HTTP Headers and cache-control?