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Turn spreadsheets into website designs

30 pointsby seestrawalmost 3 years ago
Hi HN members,<p>I&#x27;ve been facing this problem recently. As a startup founder, I am managing a lot of Google Sheets. I want to hire a developer to convert it to custom websites but I couldn&#x27;t find a place I could get it designed.<p>I decided to solve it myself. I tried this out with one company and they were quite happy with the solution. So I&#x27;m opening it up to everyone.<p>I&#x27;d love to see if anyone else has the same problem.

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zachallaunalmost 3 years ago
Kinda funny UI thing: I’m on my phone, and it took me longer than I care to admit to realize that the triple dash next to the logo on the top left <i>wasn’t</i> a fancy hamburger icon to open mobile nav. =)<p>I actually thought there might be a bug preventing my touch press from being captured, before realizing that I was just being a bit of a doofus.
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donboxalmost 3 years ago
Great that you were able to build it.<p>Something similar <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sheet2site.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sheet2site.com&#x2F;</a><p>Also google search yeilds at least 5 similar services.
cube00almost 3 years ago
This is as great example of how you can test the market when you have an idea before you sink too much into the setup.<p>Single launch page, a price, &quot;contact us&quot; just goes to a regular email.
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flanbiscuitalmost 3 years ago
looks cool!<p>Sort of related but not exactly the same, there&#x27;s a YC funded startup that also turns spreadsheets into apps called Glide<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.glideapps.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.glideapps.com&#x2F;</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=19163081" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=19163081</a>
xudingalmost 3 years ago
You can also check out <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;sitefast.live&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;sitefast.live&#x2F;</a>, which does something similar. The difference is that it offers a drag-n-drop page builder.
butzalmost 3 years ago
Useful, but are there any risks that accidentally including some dubious information might get your Google account suspended, including all its data? How do you make backups?
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akpa1almost 3 years ago
It looks like you forgot to update the page&#x27;s `&lt;title&gt;` - it still says &quot;Business - Webflow HTML website template&quot;
frittataalmost 3 years ago
Smart idea. I could find a use for this.<p>But I have to say that I hate the word &#x27;unlimited&#x27; when it comes to a service business. It works for software, but it is impossible for a service business.<p>If you got just a handful of clients sign up for this then unlimited tasks could turn into hundreds of man-hours.