Show HN: my weekend project, PageBlox (pageblox.com)

Show HN: my weekend project, PageBlox (pageblox.com) (pageblox.com)

42 points by ctek 13 years ago | 10 comments

damncabbage 13 years ago |

I remember seeing this before, and for curiosity's sake went for a look: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3546149 (Posted six months ago.)

Was this, umm, the same weekend?

sgdesign 13 years ago |

This is neat, but I think these days if you're going to use a grid it might as well be responsive. For example this is a good responsive grid generator: http://gridpak.com/

Or you could always use Bootstrap.

guynamedloren 13 years ago |

First thought: dragging doesn't resize boxes. broken.

Second thought: dragging doesn't move boxes. broken.

http://jqueryui.com/demos/draggable/

Other than that, very neat project. Hope you continue to build and develop this further.

DeepDuh 13 years ago |

Kinda neat, I don't see yet any added benefit over Bootstrap however - the problem it solves in a visual way is not really a problem for a mildly experience web developer and for the beginners it's not enough functionality IMO. As a thought experiment it's cool, as a viable product it would need some work.

ctek 13 years ago | |

Thanks for the feedback, PageBlox is not meant to be a tool for professional or even novice web developers. It allows someone who has no experience with html/css to create a functioning cross-browser compatible layout and build on top of that with their own css, which is trivial to learn.

aarondf 13 years ago | | |

I don't think someone that has "no experience with html/css" would care or understand what a "functioning cross-browser compatible layout" is. Just my opinion though, I've been wrong before!

ecesena 13 years ago |

I'd reconsider using blueprint, AFAIK it's no longer maintained. I'd go for bootstrap or foundation.

sajithdilshan 13 years ago |

page doesn't load here.

mapleoin 13 years ago |

UURRGH the soap-bar buttons are back from the 90s! Help!