There is with write.as (e.g. <https://write.as/hjr5ogk4f0wnw.md>), which uses the same engine as WriteFreely, a blogging alternative to Medium, and is operated by the WriteFreely maintainer.
Cool project. I've been looking for this kind of service for a long time.
I would like to report a bug regarding your rich-text editor. I'm trying to post several images, but everything is vanished when i publish it. See here : https://streamable.com/wpm5mh
I'm currently working on a personal project similar like this too, but now focusing in making a simpler javascript-based WYSIWYG rich-text editor (now supporting : bold, italic, underline, add link, paste image)
Screenshot : https://github.com/altilunium/rtnF/blob/main/rtnf_screenshot...
Github Repo : https://github.com/altilunium/rtnF
Maybe you can use it as a component for this service.
Oh, sorry. I haven't read your thread comment below. At least you probably should tell it directly to the users on the landing page (no image support yet), or hide the "image" icon on the richtext editor, and disable the paste-image feature on the richtext editor. Some users are probably expecting your service can handle the image feature, just like the usual blogging platform.
Also, how do you plan to promote it? Apart of HN.
How far I get with stages 2 and 3 depends on the kind of feedback I get from people over the coming weeks.
I have ideas about how to extend it to a paid for app, but the short answer is I haven't decided yet if that direction has legs. Too early to say.
As for promotion, I'm reaching out to different types of potential users right now. I have some older desktop products in the creative writing field, and have a lot of users of those products, so that's another avenue for feedback and potential users.
The quickest way to explain QuikPub in a way everyone should get is to describe it as “Imgur for text.”
I’ve felt for a long time that there was no easy way to quickly publish short or long form rich text without going down the blog route. Blogging -- by design — comes with a history of posts and comments. Too much information when all you want to do is post about something that has nothing to do with your blogging persona or area of expertise.
QuikPub lets you post anonymously (or add your name) and share a short URL to that content anywhere you want (just like Imgur). It comes with a slightly longer edit URL so that you can change or delete the post later.
There’s no link or connection to other posts you make. There’s no public list of “new posts.” Your QuikPub post is invisible to Google and to casual browsers until you choose to share it.
There was a Show HN yesterday about a new product called Haven that seems to be targeting a similar user base, though their solution was very different. (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26013715) While reading the comments I felt that many of those commenting would benefit from a simple publishing app like QuikPub.
Feedback is very welcome. I’m not a UI designer, and I’m aware that the UI is a bit on the weak side, but that’s something I hope to improve over time.
Here’s a few examples of posts I made myself earlier:
https://quikpub.co/3K5MIPZGWP
https://quikpub.co/THMWJII2AW
https://quikpub.co/XL3HHFCFQF
https://quikpub.co/SMP42QPSQ1
Thanks