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by topcat31 16y ago
thanks :)
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I'd encourage you to put them live before you finish them! 7books isn't finished at all, this is just the beginning but all this feedback and testing is what shapes the future of the site. I learned the "publish fast" concept from HN and I
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Thanks vidar - I'm blown away by all the positive feedback :) It's been a fun few weeks, I hope my post encourages others to follow in my steps!
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Using ajax with either the amazon or google books api is definitely on my roadmap. I don't (yet!) know how to code ajax though. Also - i'm unconvinced about book covers. Most book covers are actually pretty uninteresting so I'm not a big fa
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Learned it as I went along. I was completely new to both app engine and python when I started. The beginners guide on app engine (link in blog post) guides you through everything you need really
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by topcat31 16y ago
Thanks Zachster - some of those are definitely on my road map. I wanted to launch early though so as soon as I was partially happy with it I set it live. I can add those features later. The ajax thing is definitely a strong priority - but I
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Hey - I'm at pubcon right now!! Come say hi! My email is on the 7bks site or twitter me or something. Small world :) Oh - and nice site.
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The domain was unregistered. I owe @sharkseo a MASSIVE thank you for spotting the domain and tipping me off. I contacted 7books.net and 7books.com along the way - I'll write a follow up post talking about that experience at some point. Than
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Ooh nice site - I tried googling around to see if there were any other sites that did it but didn't find your site before I built mine. I'll definitely take a poke around and see what I can learn though :)
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Thanks almost :) I hope the story is inspirational but also, really anyone can do it with a little work. I hope I inspire people to follow suit and code their dreams
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Kyro, I'm planning a follow up "lessons learned" post already (#1 - enable billing on app engine 'just in case'!!). Thanks a lot for your feedback :)
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Hey mate - we spoke on email a few weeks ago! I was gonna drop you a line about the site but things have been a bit manic recently. I think I'm going in a slightly different direction to you so hopefully you don't mind too much that our sit
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Update - the site just fell over :( I've activated billing in app engine but no idea how long it takes to come online. Really sorry guys - I assumed the free quotes would see me through! Hopefully it comes back soon. edit - looks like the b
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I completely agree - annoying as hell when you click the logo and you just stay on the blog. Joined up thinking people! Of course it helps that I built it all from scratch so integrating the blog was pretty easy :)
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Holy wow - thank you so much everyone for your feedback and comments! I leave for 2 hours (taking a tour of Zappos in Vegas, amazing and life changing btw) and this thing goes crazy! I've enabled billing in appengine as I'm nearly over quot
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I'm totally adding animated gifs :-p 1) Hmm - I'm not sure how this would work but an interesting idea. I'll have a think about how to do this. 2) On my roadmap. See my comment below for more detail. 3) This is also on my roadmap! I'm going
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Yes, at some point I want to greatly improve the login system and offer both direct login but also twitter/google/facebook. Unfortunately it's a little beyond my coding abilities at the moment! Also, as soon as I start storing passwords I n
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by topcat31 16y ago
Thank you :) When you say you're not the target user - is that because you're not a big books fan or because the site puts you off somehow? Any feedback is always useful. Thanks
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Show HN: my first ever coding project (7bks.com)
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I did that once too. Took 2 minutes looking at the account to realise they were spending £3k / month driving traffic to a URL which didn't exist anymore. They'd been driving traffic to that page for 18 months without noticing...!
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I was hired to do consulting so it wasn't my direct employer but this was a pretty quick change (<5mins) that saved a lot of money(>$500,000 / year): http://analytics.blogspot.com/2010/07/using-wrong-tracking-c...
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a friend of mine is selling code.co.uk(code.co.uk)
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How I Made One Client An Extra $500k a Year In 5 Minutes(analytics.blogspot.com)
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Set up goal tracking. For beginner level that's all you really need is the basic installation and some form of goal tracking (ecommerce tracking if you have ecommerce transactions). That will let you make business decisions. Once you figure