This sounds interesting. I also did a quick google and see other people doing this. I use peakd to post and used to use ecency to comment, however now I don't like the way ecency handles usernames and link on their posts.
Much is made on Hive about owning our content but we are just using someone else's site. So not exactly the best way to get your word out there.
I also saw a post on Medium from a few years ago Why I Am Building Custom Hive Front-Ends, And You Should Too
I together with @deraaa are developing a wordpress site and using a hive account @mmonline to post our blogs here first.
Do you have a link/screenshot to your front end to see how it looks?