Is there already a way to upload your HTML website and visually edit it? [SOLVED]
Kinda like a website builder, but instead you import your project folder in, edit it like any other editor, then export it?
edit: I have realized thanks to some indie hackers here that I am basically describing something like Dreamwaver or Tina.io. If you still want to share some advice and guidance, feel free to though.
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One CMS I've come across which is quite neat is https://tina.io/
It doesn't completely fit the brief as it relies on React (so not just plain html). You can set up a deployment using GitHub and Netlify to have changes automatically be deployed to your production site from where you visually edit your website.
It's a nice and simple flow, maybe something worth looking into for your use-case, good luck!
tina doesn't work for uploading html projects.
Wow that’s super neat. Thanks for sharing!
GrapesJS can do it. If I'm right, you can just initialize the HTML in the init method and then edit it from the editor.
Neat, thanks.
I think bootstrap studio can do that. I'm not positive though
Thanks for replying. I’ll check it out.
Who is the target group?
What would be the benefit of this app compared to any IDE like Webstorm?
Yeah so right now I’m seeing if there’s already a product out there solving the problem of:
How annoying it is to do design tasks in the code versus using a website builder. But what if you could setup your codebase and config and then just edit it visually, then export it?
I’m making this post first off to see what’s already out there and to see what potential competitors got under their belt.
I see. But who is your target group? Who needs this service?
I assume your target audience is not developers or web designers.
So let's say I have a static website. So instead of edit it via Webstorm I should use your tool do make adjustments, right?
Yes, I would guess so. I see what you mean how developers probably aren’t the target group but instead people with a template they bought that they want to edit themselves.
Thanks for helping me jog my brain on this one. 👍🏼
Happy to help. Ok, so i have this static website with CSS, JS, HTML. I would like to modify it quickly, online. What kind of things could I modify using your tool?
Well, I basically imagined it to be a website builder and editor where you can upload a static Html site and edit it visually without the code editor.
There's a standard protocol for this called WebDAV, which can be combined with popular version control systems like Git.
Neat - Thanks!
Sounds like you're describing Dreamweaver. At least offline. For an online service there is Cloud Cannon - they've retargeted a few times over the years, but they started out as exactly what you described.
Gotcha. Thanks for letting me know.
https://pinegrow.com/
Works, I used it once.
Thanks.
You can import tailwind sites in https://versoly.com/, edit them and then export all for free.
Thanks for sharing. Good to know what’s already out there.