Typed is a Better Blogging Platform
Typed.com is a blogging service for writers, journalists, artists, storytellers, and for anyone with something to say. It’s the online writing platform that we’ve been wanting to create and use for years.
Online services come and go, but we want to make something that stands the test of time. We want Typed.com to be around for decades to come, and with your help we can make this happen. We can build a blogging platform that’s sustainable and enjoyable to use.
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Back Typed to get early beta access!
Here's what the Press are saying…
"Realmac is already famous for web tools, namely RapidWeaver for OS X, and Typed has been available as a stand-alone writing app for Mac for a while now. They're also phenomenal at user experience, exemplified by apps like Clear and Ember." -iMore
"Realmac have shown, time and time again, to be the type of software house capable of breathing new life into mundane, worn out concepts by adding their own, unique and novel spin to them." - Lets Talk Tech
"a beautiful writing experience" - T3
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A Beautiful Writing Experience
Most blogging software is clunky, with bloated writing tools that get in the way. Typed is different. Typed.com uses Markdown syntax for writing content, combined with a beautifully focused interface. It’s a joy to use.
We know a thing or two about building apps that have great user experiences: Typed.com is built by the same team that made Clear, the award winning to-do app for iOS and Mac.
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All the things you’d expect from a great blogging platform
Tags, Scheduled Publishing, Support for additional page (ideal for about pages, products, or contact details for example), Multiple Blogs under one account, Blog Contributors, Use your own custom domain, pretty URLs, custom slugs, image hosting, Markdown-based editing, and much, much more.
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Adding images is easy
With Typed.com adding images is as easy as drag and drop, and of course we'll also host them for you too. Here's an example of it in action…
Create extra pages
You can add extra pages to your site that appear in the navigation so you can build full websites. This makes Typed.com more than just another blogging platform.
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Collaborate and Contribute
Within your Typed account you can have multiple sites. There’s also support for multiple authors: invite and collaborate with your entire team and have full control over managers and contributors. Just sign into Typed and you’ll see all the blogs you’re associated with. It’s magical.
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Mobile Friendly & Responsive
We built Typed.com to work on any platform: from your Desktop, iPhone, iPad or Android device. Typed.com is a fully responsive web app so it will work just about anywhere.
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Themes to make it personal
Typed.com will come with a choice of themes so you can make sure your site and content fit your style of writing. You’ll also be able to create and publish your own themes opening up a world of possibilities!
Typed Logo
We’ve also been working on the design and branding for Typed.com - here’s some of the early logo iterations we’ve been through. We haven’t managed to create the perfect logo just yet, but hopefully with your feedback we can create something that perfectly represents Typed.com.
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Why we need your help with funding
We’ve spent many months working on Typed.com to get it into a working prototype. We’ve taken the initial concept and ideas, sketched, built wireframes and now have a working prototype, but it’s still a way off of being finished. Your support and funding helps us take everything we’ve built so far, and bring it to life - the funds raised will help pay for the design, development, testing and the hosting of Typed.com
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Development Timeline for Typed.com
We'll have a special beta version of Typed.com for backers to use in April. We'll get feedback from you and implement changes and suggestions and follow up with a full public release in late Summer 2015. All backers will get early access ahead of a public release.
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Rewards & Perks for Your Support
In return for you support we’ve put together some great rewards and perks, including huge discount, lifetime membership options, and some limited addition swag like T-shirts and stickers.
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Technical Details
Typed.com is a Python application built on top of the powerful and robust Django framework. It’s backed by a PostgreSQL database for reliability and performance. Both the application and database will be hosted with Heroku. Choosing Heroku allows us to focus on building an awesome blogging platform for you rather than managing servers. There are lots of other other moving parts that make up Typed which we’re excited to discuss with you in more detail as development progresses, so watch this space.
About The Team
We’re a small team of designers and developers based in Brighton England with many years’ experience shipping world class apps. In the last decade (technically 12 years) that we’ve been building apps we’ve focused on a small number of areas: one of which is building websites. We’ve built (and continue to develop) the pre-eminent app for the Mac - RapidWeaver - and we’re using this expertise to create the best online writing & publishing service in the world.
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Risks & Challenges
As with any project, our biggest challenge is shipping Typed.com on time. Software can be notoriously hard to estimate the amount of work required to get it shipping - however, Dan (the Founder) has been building software for over ten years now. We’re confident that with your help we’ll be able to hit the planned release date.
FAQ
I have questions, how can I reach your team?
For questions related to the Indiegogo campaign, feel free to email us at indiegogo@realmacsoftware.com. Otherwise, you can always reach us at support@realmacsoftware.com
Forever is a long time, can you really host my content forever?
As long as we have paying customers, we’ll keep the servers running and the lights on. We want to build a blogging system people can rely on. We’re in this for the long haul, and will be publishing our own blogs with Typed.
Will I be able to publish a blog while Typed.com is in beta?
Once you get invited to the beta you'll be able to setup and publish your own public blog.
Other than contributing, how can I help?
You can spread the word about Typed to your friends, family, enemies and co-workers via Twitter, Facebook, email, or any other means. You can find the share links at the top of this page. With your help we can reach our goal!
What's the difference between Typed.com and Typed for Mac?
I'm glad you asked. Typed is our distraction free markdown based writing app for the Mac. Typed.com is going to be an online blogging platform. Typed for Mac will eventually be able to publish directly to Typed.com - but first we need to finish Typed.com to enable this to happen :)