Hi guys,
I'm Horea, CEO and Co-founder of CloudPress. Thanks @kwdinc for posting!
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@kwdinc@horearadu Hi Horea, looks really impressive. One question, What are the available themes that you can use? only the ones on the site?
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@horearadu wow you guys just killed Squarespace. Can't wait to try this out.
@kwdinc@emivelazquez6 Yes, right now we have 10 themes available (the ones on the site). We're working actively to add new themes and in the future we plan to allow users to sell the themes they create on CloudPress
@danielkempe Yes, you can transfer your site to your hosting server with just one click using the CloudPress Sync plugin.
The plugin also helps you keep your work site and your live site in sync in case you need to make changes on CloudPress after you've added more content on the live site.
If you have any question, please feel free to email us at support@cloud-press.net
First of all, great job, guys. Very well executed and I believe this really stands out in the crowded WYSIWYG drag-n-drop website builder space. I think it's also reasonably priced.
That said, after using it for a few hours I have some feedback:
- the site crashed a couple of times - the tab just closed away. Luckily, I didn't lose any changes but I can see this being a big buzzkill. This happened when I was saving my changes and launching the preview.
- performance-wise, it's a bit slow. Granted, there's a lot of processing going on I'm sure when using an editor like this in the browser. Saving changes, especially, takes a while, and it's not automatic either, it seems.
I think the issues above may be mitigated if this had a companion desktop app or maybe even an offline mode. Are there any plans to add these?
I'm impressed by what you've got as-is, and I'm bullish on this being a great tool once all the performance issues are sorted out. Looking forward to seeing more developments on this!
@alirtariq Thanks for the great feedback! We're aware of the performance issues and we're working on them. We're also considering the companion desktop app idea.
This looks pretty neat! Aside from the Wordpress integration, how does this compare to something like Webflow (www.webflow.com), in terms of the flexibility I have over my templates, and outputting standards-compliant code?
@allmakebelieve The tool is quite similar to WebFlow in terms of flexibility and code. You have complete control over your markup and CSS, you can set your own class names, etc.
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After trying my first installation from cloudpress (bought from appsumo), it erased not only the frontend, but the backend dashboard of the WordPress website I was redesigning (how does that even happen?!). I wrote to them 5 days ago with no response. Definitely the worst WordPress experience I have had in my 3 years of using WP.
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I've been using CloudPress for about 2 months. I was looking for a way to create WP pages in a more "design" oriented way. I tried several tools - this one made the most sense to me. Has a few quirky things you need to get used to, and there are still some "undocumented features" which cause problems. But in general, it works for me. I highly recommend checking it out if you get the time and looking to design your own WP themes.
no upgrades or anything. felt asleep.
Pros:great idea
Cons:nothing new - nothing changes