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Launch HN: Weweb.io (YC W21) – Create websites visually using JAMstack tools

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Re: Launch HN: Weweb.io (YC W21) – Create websites visually using JAMstack tools

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raphael-gold wrote: post #38
winkelvoss wrote: post #34

This is 100% where the website building ecosystem is going. As a coder who knows just enough to be dangerous, I'm so excited about it. I know http://stackbit.com/ has been doing this for a while. What makes WeWeb guys different/better?

great question! From my perspective, stackbit is made for large corporates willing to add a no-code layer above an existing Jamstack site. This provides additional customization option to marketers compared to a headless CMS only. Our approach is different because you would build your site from scratch using weweb, which gives you much more customization possibilities on the front-end than a stackbit, but it would no…

huh, that's totally off. Stackbit enables visual editing from a Jamstack site built from scratch too. Their visual editor seems like it's better. And you could do a site from scratch, with a theme or even just add it to your existing site. Neat product. But don't see any value add to the ecosystem in it.

Re: Launch HN: Weweb.io (YC W21) – Create websites visually using JAMstack tools

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Post by raphael-gold »

sandGorgon wrote: post #60

I would love to see a Next SSR output here. This would be killer !

I discussed this with the guys at Vercel a few weeks ago, this is definitely something we'll look into when we improve our React support. We'll also enable a one click deployment to Vercel so you can do a Next SSR + deployment on Vercel in one click. This should be possible by the end of Q3 this year.

Re: Launch HN: Weweb.io (YC W21) – Create websites visually using JAMstack tools

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Post by raphael-gold »

notahacker wrote: post #40
raphael-gold wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

that's interesting, we actually have a real difficulty here because our buyers are either marketers or developers. As the problem we are trying to solve is shared between them, both are looking out for solution and we are having a hard time positioning our marketing website's communication because of this. Also, thanks for sharing your impression on the video! When you say "if their site is not set up in just the rig…

Have you explored the simplest option: separate "Weweb for devs" and "We web for marketers" landing pages, videos and homepage subsections/columns/tags? On the video: first impression is that it's heavily Weweb-built template driven like another Squarespace (especially if I stop watching in the first couple of mins before the bit about design systems) whereas I assume from the description in this thread that the desi…

On the previous version of our website we actually dedicated the home page to marketers and had a link in the nav called "For Developers". The for developers page started to rank on google on some requests like "visual builder for react". We are revamping this page now and we'll add it again on the site.

Thanks for the feedback on the video, it's really useful. Makes me think that on the developer video we should probably start from a blank site and add a custom component in the editor right away.

Re: Launch HN: Weweb.io (YC W21) – Create websites visually using JAMstack tools

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Post by raphael-gold »

domano wrote: post #65

I've been whishing for a CMS like that, but i would prefer something selfhosted though. Headless CMSes are not customer friendly at all.

I understand. When you say self-hosted you are talking about the websites generated or the full app?

Re: Launch HN: Weweb.io (YC W21) – Create websites visually using JAMstack tools

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Post by raphael-gold »

winkelvoss wrote: post #61
raphael-gold wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

great question! From my perspective, stackbit is made for large corporates willing to add a no-code layer above an existing Jamstack site. This provides additional customization option to marketers compared to a headless CMS only. Our approach is different because you would build your site from scratch using weweb, which gives you much more customization possibilities on the front-end than a stackbit, but it would no…

huh, that's totally off. Stackbit enables visual editing from a Jamstack site built from scratch too. Their visual editor seems like it's better. And you could do a site from scratch, with a theme or even just add it to your existing site. Neat product. But don't see any value add to the ecosystem in it.

To start with Stackbit I believe you need to start with one of their themes and stackbit would be added on top of it. While you can start from a blank page in our tool. In their editor, the customization possibilities are limited in no-code compared to a comprehensive no-code website builder.

Re: Launch HN: Weweb.io (YC W21) – Create websites visually using JAMstack tools

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Post by raphael-gold »

alex-wallish wrote: post #69

This is really cool, congrats on the launch! Is there any way to add authentication currently?

Currently it is not available but that's the next feature on the list! We are thinking about integrating Firebase and https://supabase.io/ to start with. We are also taking a look at the possibility to manage all the users & authentication from Airtable. What would you prefer to use as an authentication service?
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