Comment by oellegaard | Hacker News Reader

Comment by oellegaard | Hacker News Reader

I just signed up and migrated (manually, as there doesn't seem to be any way to import stuff) my blog from tumblr.

http://kristianoellegaard.silvrback.com/ vs http://blog.kristian.io/

To be honest, I think it is a bit too minimal. With the tagline "own your brand", I find it strange that the site is completely white and generic - what exactly is my brand then? Not even my name or picture is in the header.

I was also hoping for the posibility to write a synopsis for each blog article, as I some very long and technical articles that I don't want to be displayed in its full length on the front page. This unfortunately isn't possible.

Furhtermore, I find the menu thing extremely strange. It took me a while to discover it and I don't think it's very user friendly.

I have to say that if the above things are not fixed, I don't think I would want to move my blog at all. Fortunately I signed up for the monthly plan.

Edit: Also, it would be cool to let me store the markdown documents in Dropbox, so I could use a proper editor (and also for import/export).

Hey oellagaard. When you say, "I was also hoping for the possibility to write a synopsis for each blog article", where would you want that synopsis to show up? In the archive? Just curious about this idea. (I'm taking feature requests). Sorry if you find it to be too minimal and don't like the menu. I guess everyone has different tastes. I like your idea about storing the docs in dropbox.

I'd love for it to show up on the home page. Since some of my blog posts get a bit long, it would be cool to write a small synopsis of each article to let me user scroll through a few articles on the home page, without reading through the entirety of all each blog post.

I think it would be really cool if you could use the header from the bio page, for the rest of the site as well - then I think it would be less anonymous, e.g.: http://kristianoellegaard.silvrback.com/bio

In the end the menu isn't a big problem - but I would really like the opportunity to put my name or a blog name on the top of the page.

You actually can do this: "I think it would be really cool if you could use the header from the bio page, for the rest of the site as well - then I think it would be less anonymous, e.g.:"

In "Settings," there is a field called "short bio sentence." This bio sentence will show up next to your name on every post.

I'm still playing around with different home page variations. I will consider your request (or give people more options for their homepage). I'll let you know.

I wasn't thinking about the short bio sentence, what I want on the top of the page is http://c.kristian.io/image/2b3X1P2y1Z3R ;)

I think it would be cool with a few variations or options.

I might be biased, but I think your new blog on silvrback looks way better than your old one. The presentation of your code is much more enjoyable to read, as well. Just my 2 cents.

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