My name is Vito and I would like to share with you a SaaS I have been working on for a few months now, DynaBlogger. It's a new blogging platform I just launched as a simpler alternative to platforms such as Wordpress and Ghost, for people who prefer something less complicated but still with all the features one really needs for a great blogging experience. Wordpress is an absolute beast and for many people it can be overkill. There are other options but they are often very limited in customisation and features. If you would like to just focus on publishing great content without having to worry about hosting and servers, and would like something simpler than Wordpress or Ghost, then I believe DynaBlogger can be a great option.
DynaBlogger has a very nice and fairly powerful text editor, as well as a code editor that allows you to customise any aspect of a theme and see changes immediately without having to upload a new version. I am launching with a few simple ready themes and I will be adding more soon. In the near future it will be possible for any user to share (or even sell later) themes in a marketplace. Themes offer maximum flexibility so DynaBlogger can also be used for other simple sites, not just blogs. The DynaBlogger website is also hosted on DynaBlogger.
Of course you can add custom domains, and invite other people to collaborate on your sites. You, the owner of the website, can choose which permissions to grant to each collaborator.
You can also very easily import content from Wordpress or Ghost, so if you already have a website you could migrate very quickly.
There's a free 14 days trial - no credit card required - so it's easy to give it a try. With the coupon code "EARLYBIRD" you get 50% off for the first three months. You also get 2 months free if you choose a yearly plan.
My personal blog [0] is also hosted on DynaBlogger, so you can take a look at it for another example of website.
Thanks in advance for checking it out, I'm looking forward to any feedback!
Awesome, thanks! I've spent quite a bit of time trying to make sure that websites are speedy, so it's great to hear that you like the performance. :) Hopefully you will try it and let me know if you have any questions!
Thanks for the feedback! I don't have an API yet but I was thinking to implement it so that any kind of clients could connect to the backend to retrieve content. It's on my list :)
A couple of things I noticed that I'd like to share with you :)
- I feel like there's too much text and information and it is kind of difficult to understand the power od DynoBlogger unless you read everything. (e.g. in the first text block you put in bold the word Dynablogger multiple times, I think it would be better to highlight the words that already explain at the first sight what this tool can do for you);
- Same thing happens multiple times throughout the page, but in the price section especially. Just highlight those features that make one plan different from the other, in this way a potential user could understand immediately which plan suits him/her the best;
- The "About" section is very cute, but if your intent is to build a profession website, I would change it a bit.
These are just my reflections on your work, if you don't like them feel free to throw them away :) Otherwise, hope they can help somehow, wish you good luck!
Hi! Thanks a lot for the suggestions! I am actually looking with a friend who is a designer if he can help with the design and copy overall, since I am a programmer and perhaps it shows :) Note taken. Let me know if you try it and have any questions!
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 25.5 ms ] threadMy name is Vito and I would like to share with you a SaaS I have been working on for a few months now, DynaBlogger. It's a new blogging platform I just launched as a simpler alternative to platforms such as Wordpress and Ghost, for people who prefer something less complicated but still with all the features one really needs for a great blogging experience. Wordpress is an absolute beast and for many people it can be overkill. There are other options but they are often very limited in customisation and features. If you would like to just focus on publishing great content without having to worry about hosting and servers, and would like something simpler than Wordpress or Ghost, then I believe DynaBlogger can be a great option.
DynaBlogger has a very nice and fairly powerful text editor, as well as a code editor that allows you to customise any aspect of a theme and see changes immediately without having to upload a new version. I am launching with a few simple ready themes and I will be adding more soon. In the near future it will be possible for any user to share (or even sell later) themes in a marketplace. Themes offer maximum flexibility so DynaBlogger can also be used for other simple sites, not just blogs. The DynaBlogger website is also hosted on DynaBlogger.
Of course you can add custom domains, and invite other people to collaborate on your sites. You, the owner of the website, can choose which permissions to grant to each collaborator.
You can also very easily import content from Wordpress or Ghost, so if you already have a website you could migrate very quickly.
There's a free 14 days trial - no credit card required - so it's easy to give it a try. With the coupon code "EARLYBIRD" you get 50% off for the first three months. You also get 2 months free if you choose a yearly plan.
My personal blog [0] is also hosted on DynaBlogger, so you can take a look at it for another example of website.
Thanks in advance for checking it out, I'm looking forward to any feedback!
[0] https://vitobotta.com
Impressive performance on the blog, loads instantly.
A couple of things I noticed that I'd like to share with you :)
- I feel like there's too much text and information and it is kind of difficult to understand the power od DynoBlogger unless you read everything. (e.g. in the first text block you put in bold the word Dynablogger multiple times, I think it would be better to highlight the words that already explain at the first sight what this tool can do for you);
- Same thing happens multiple times throughout the page, but in the price section especially. Just highlight those features that make one plan different from the other, in this way a potential user could understand immediately which plan suits him/her the best;
- The "About" section is very cute, but if your intent is to build a profession website, I would change it a bit.
These are just my reflections on your work, if you don't like them feel free to throw them away :) Otherwise, hope they can help somehow, wish you good luck!