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Great work! I built something similar to this but you've just really taken it to the next level utilizing HTML5. Nice!

I think you need to work on your paragraph tags. :-/

Really appreciate the feedback!! Yeah totally open to ideas. I'm just soft launching it to see if it gets any traction.

Hiya, Sorry if I sounded vague! Yes I'm going through a transition period in my life. I have one main startup that's doing well, but not yet in the position to pay me a full time salary, so I'm looking at whether I invest time in other startups as well, do contract work, or invest in my main startup and just stick it out for a bit longer, or get investment.

So was just curious as to what people thought. Yes I designed it all myself. Had a guy do the Halogy logo and Project Bubble logo though.

Yeah I was thinking of doing that until I looked on the database and saw a Kroud called "vagina" and "whatthefk"

:-)

At the moment you have to be signed up. I'll set it up so you can optionally enable anonymous posting or not. Personally I like people in my community to sign up so I know their name and their bio, and you dont get that from Guest posts. But yes, it should be at the disgression of the person running the community whether this is allowed. So I'll build this functionality over the weekend probably.

It's built on CodeIgniter, using jQuery. I wrote all the code except for that.

I've revised the home page with "Why use Kroud". I think a personal touch to a home page really helps, and I've been advised a lot in the past to do this more often with my products. So I've kept my face, but asked a very valid question. Why use Kroud!?

I've updated the strapline just now.

Yup you got it - brandable Quora. Can't say that though on the home page or we could get in trouble

That's really good feedback thanks, I'll take it on board. This is actually just the kind of thing I was looking for because I really struggle with "The Irresistible Offer" type slogans that catch people. I'll work on it.

Stu

I've just build my own Questions and Answers app called Kroud. The idea is anyone can create their own 'Kroud' and start interacting with their customers through Q&A. I know the idea isn't original (GetSatifaction and Qhub), but I wanted to have a go myself. Let me know what you think of it. I've started one for Startups and added a few questions.

What if you were only referring the job to your private network, of say 5-10 other freelancers who you trusted? Not the public network.

Thanks Jeff. I see you've been using it already :-)

Ah its in now... Here's the link: http://gigshare.co

Not sure why this isn't getting in to the Ask section...?

Which community is this in Cambridge?

Hah. Yeah the most important thing though is always quality of the content, over the aesthetic of the design. But nice design is always the icing on the cake. Good information architecture always beats pretty design in my opinion.

Apple-like icons? Surely not. No-one would surely dare to copy Apple right?

I've noticed that too. Every time a new web app comes along, they often have the same website design. Screenshot on the right (with reflection), Tour and Signup on the left, features underneath and then some endorsements and company logos. All very similar. However there are some, like that Notebox app which do break the mould.

Hey, sure I'll remove the link to Halogy. That was totally not the idea behind mentioning the site - it's non-biased. There are a lot of competing web apps on there, so the link at the bottom is purely coincidental. I'll remove it now just to avoid any suspicion. Thanks for pointing it out.

Well I'll have to say that our CMS Halogy can do this very well. It's currently handling over 5000 users for a project management site, and we have another site that houses over 7000 users for an online shopping community. It does all the 'normal CMS stuff' too (like Blog, Editing, version control etc). http://www.halogy.com

Hey thanks. People can edit in realtime, but the changes won't get reflected unless the master user changes the version - so thoughts welcome on this.

I'm not sure technically how you would do it, literally in realtime, unless the data was pushed to the editor somehow every time there was a change - but then that could get annoying for the person actually in the flux of writing.

Hey nudge, thanks for the kudos. Yes I did Invoice Bubble too, it has been developed quite a bit since you last looked but design wise it should all be quite the same?

Yeah the locking automatically is whats happens in Writeboard and some people have expressed this to be a problem, so I'm just gathering feedback at the moment.

Thank you!

Stu

Would appreciate your feedback on this.

Do you get the concept? Does it makes sense? Is the pricing appealing and does it seem reasonable?

What reservations would you have to using a service like this?

Thanks

Nope, it's not harsh. I take every comment on board. I've rewritten the sentence on home page. What do you mean we need plans for more users, we have 3 plans, one of which is unlimited users?

If you're happy with your current PM software I guess then no sales pitch in the world could convince you to move over to our software. However, for those that are hungry for a "simple online project management app" - this will be music to their ears hopefully. But I take your points on board.

Any marketing advice for how to word my text on the home page would be appreciated.

Hiya, Well the video needs to enlarge so that's the only reason why really - so people can see the video more clearly. However the call to action has grown quite a lot in recent updates to the home page so it could be part of the home page now as it turns out. Be keen to get other people's opinion on this.

Hiya, It shouldn't do that it should redirect to the Projects tab when you add a Project. I've tested this and it works for me, so I'm trying to work out how you've done it. What page were you on before, and what had you done prior to clicking the add project button? Thanks.

Hah. Well Project Bubble can't give the first thing (I don't think!) but it can do the other two. I'll make it clearer.

Yep - you are totally right. I will probably rework the video to talk about how the software can really save your time and hassle.