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Re:Show HN: *.temp.website – Host temporary static sites wit... by lecarore on Wednesday January 24, 2018 @04:15AM (#16221397)
So, it's like bitbaloon but with a self destruct timer? I use bitbaloon when needing to host a few static HTML files for demo purpose. Also, please add a message for disabled js users (noscript with site text in it)
Re:Show HN: *.temp.website – Host temporary static sites wit... by eerikkivistik on Wednesday January 24, 2018 @04:28AM (#16221450)
Your description is apt. Bitballoon seems limited by the fact that it requires an index.html page. I want to provide a way to temporarily host a wider range of content in further iterations. Think autoindexing, download as zip, display as gallery etc. As for noscript, good point, I completely forgot about that.
Re:Show HN: *.temp.website – Host temporary static sites wit... by eerikkivistik on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @03:08PM (#16217132)
Hi, developer here. This is a small passion project to solve a simple problem - sometimes you just need to temporarily demo/serve something over http and be done with it. The idea is simple, you drag and drop your files (for Chrome and Firefox directories work too) and get a link in return, that expires in 24 hours. That's it. As always, feedback from the community is greatly appreciated and will be put to good use.
Re:Show HN: *.temp.website – Host temporary static sites wit... by dharness on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @03:13PM (#16217185)
I can't personally imagine using it while gh-pages is free - but I love how simple it is, good work.
Re:Show HN: *.temp.website – Host temporary static sites wit... by eerikkivistik on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @03:18PM (#16217239)
Thank you! For me the use case is to show some work in progress demos/prototypes without messing around with git. Obviously this is meant for simple use cases, there are far better tools for static site hosting for more complex issues.
Re:Show HN: *.temp.website – Host temporary static sites wit... by dharness on Friday January 26, 2018 @06:25PM (#16243729)
Yeah I don't know though, git is usually the first thing I do for a demo or prototype so I'm not sure I see it.
Re:Show HN: *.temp.website – Host temporary static sites wit... by antares88 on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @04:13PM (#16217760)
Interesting! Do you think you will also add the option to password-protect the link?
Re:Show HN: *.temp.website – Host temporary static sites wit... by eerikkivistik on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @04:17PM (#16217791)
Actually that was one of the next things on my mind, adding something simple like Basic Auth to it.
Re:Show HN: *.temp.website – Host temporary static sites wit... by antares88 on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @05:29PM (#16218440)
Nice to hear!
Re:Show HN: *.temp.website – Host temporary static sites wit... by DyslexicAtheist on Wednesday January 24, 2018 @01:16AM (#16220739)
how about pastebin, ghostbin or even HN comments as websites? maybe run them through archive.org or even some other site with RSS as an overlay ...
Re:Show HN: *.temp.website – Host temporary static sites wit... by eerikkivistik on Wednesday January 24, 2018 @02:12AM (#16220947)
Could you elaborate?