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   Show HN: Visual website editor for Atom(pinegrow.com)

   6 points by mattront 10y ago|2 comments
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   by mattront 10y ago

   Our desktop app Pinegrow Web Editor ( http://pinegrow.com ) is build with HTML / JS / Node.js packaged with NWJS/Electron. Three years ago I started by myself, now we're three working on the app full time and m
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   by mattront 11y ago

   Pinegrow starts at $49 and has been around for two years since 1.0 release. Makes me so happy that I'm my own boss and don't have to prove anything to a person like you :)
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   by mattront 11y ago

   http://pinegrow.com , now that you mention it :) Pine in Pinegrow comes from Pine trees and no code comes from Atom. Besides Bootstrap, PG also supports Foundation, plain HTML, converting HTML pages to WordPress themes, master pa
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   by mattront 11y ago

   We use http://paddle.com (they're based in UK) for payment processing. They take care of VAT and fraud prevention. There's no need to implement these services yourself.
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   by mattront 11y ago

   SEEKING FREELANCER - Remote - Pinegrow Web Editor - Online course author Pinegrow Web Editor ( http://pinegrow.com ) is our desktop app for Mac, Windows and Linux that lets web developers and designers work with HTML and CSS visua
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   by mattront 11y ago

   Pinegrow Web Editor - Senior Javascript developer - REMOTE Matjaz here, the author of Pinegrow Web Editor ( http://pinegrow.com ), a desktop visual HTML & CSS editor for professional web developers. It also has WordPress theme
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   by mattront 11y ago

   It's built with Pinegrow as a static HTML page, with documentation part done with Jekyll. For some sites static HTML works better than CMS. But the plan is that we soon transition to WP because we need more flexible documentation &#x2F
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   Show HN: WordPress Theme Builder for Mac, Win and Linux(pinegrow.com)

   5 points by mattront 11y ago|2 comments
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    by mattront 12y ago

    Thanks for your input on this!
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    by mattront 12y ago

    tnx!
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    by mattront 12y ago

    Supporting SASS (via libSASS) is high on the to-do list. Until then you can use PG to work with HTML and edit SASS in an external code editor. PG will auto-refresh styles when it detects that CSS file was modified.
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    by mattront 12y ago

    > From the sounds of things, you've worked around this by making it a web app that just so happens to be in a node-webkit container. Yes, that's it. Evertyhing is in browser JS.
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    by mattront 12y ago

    Thanks! Glad to hear that PG was a good investment for you :)
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    by mattront 12y ago

    You get 1 year of updates with the purchase. Each additional year of updates will be about 50% of the purchase price.
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    by mattront 12y ago

    Thanks :) Most of 16000 emails on the list are trial version signups. To activate the trial user needs to enter the email address and a simple activation code that we send to that address. A lot of times trial users like your app but will f
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    by mattront 12y ago

    Thanks, great articles!
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    by mattront 12y ago

    Originally I planned to publish PG packaged as a Chrome app. I spent a lot of time working around Chrome App API security limitations and complicated way of accessing the file system. Then I found node-webkit. I had PG working in a couple o
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    by mattront 12y ago

    As John said, having Paddle deal with VAT saves us lots of time and boring administrative work. In EU accounting rules are quite strict, so you have to enter every single transaction into your accounting books. A lot of this work is still d
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    by mattront 12y ago

    I don't have any hard data about the effect on piracy. But a couple of users wrote to us that Pinegrow was the first software they actually bought. It is hard to steal from people you know, especially if you think they are nice. Thanks
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    by mattront 12y ago

    Thanks!
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    by mattront 12y ago

    Thanks Phillip. Good idea, we'll think about it.
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    by mattront 12y ago

    Fixed, thanks!
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    Pinegrow Year in Review 2014 – From 0 to $100K(medium.com)

    114 points by mattront 12y ago|42 comments
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    Pinegrow Web Editor 1.25 with live reload(pinegrow.com)

    2 points by mattront 12y ago|0 comments
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    by mattront 12y ago

    Pinegrow Web Editor - 10$ off for personal license, 15$ off for company license. http://pinegrow.com
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    by mattront 12y ago

    SEEKING FREELANCER - REMOTE ONLY - based in Slovenia Looking for Web developers who enjoy building tools for web developers. Our product Pinegrow Web Editor ( http://pinegrow.com ) is a desktop app that lets users build responsive
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    by mattront 12y ago

    SaaS model often doesn't make sense for users. Why do you need software in the cloud when working with local files directly would be much better? That's why we sell Pinegrow Web Designer ( http://pinegrow.com - I'm
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    by mattront 12y ago

    You should try http://pinegrow.com (I'm the author). It's a downloadable desktop app sold for $50 (no monthly fee).
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    by mattront 13y ago

    Try to work on some real projects (student job, startup, open source, app...) besides your studies. There is nothing more depressing from an employer's point of view than a CS graduate with no projects to show. Start with small project