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Re: Show HN: Primo – a visual CMS with Svelte blocks, a code editor, and SSG

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Post by eropple »

_jal wrote: post #47
codegeek wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ok I will bite. What was an alternative to WordPress especially back then that actually was as easy to use as WP AND had the ecosystem of plugins that WP has. Focus on non technical users only who have no idea how to write code.

The main competitor was Movable Type. I recall there being several other also-rans, but am having trouble recalling names.

Movable Type was pretty great, but it also cost money. The open-source era of MT was brief and after its primary period of relevance.

Re: Show HN: Primo – a visual CMS with Svelte blocks, a code editor, and SSG

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Post by Jiocus »

klaussilveira wrote: post #12

I wish there was something like this, but for serial dynamic content, like blog posts, reviews, etc. People are really attached to WP, but customization and themes are a nightmare.

Did you https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost ?

Re: Show HN: Primo – a visual CMS with Svelte blocks, a code editor, and SSG

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Post by andybak »

EspressoGPT wrote: post #90
andybak wrote: post #52

Sigh. I presume SSG = Static Site Generator (Does anyone actually try to write clearly for people who even slightly not keeping up with their specific domain? I do webdev and even I had to think for a moment to decode the acronym)

I think most people who know they need an SSG know what SSG means. But yes, it might be more helpful for users who don't know that yet.

I know what a static sure generator is and I've used one (briefly).

But the acronym is unfamiliar to me and it took me a moment or two. It's bad form and we should do it less often.

Re: Show HN: Primo – a visual CMS with Svelte blocks, a code editor, and SSG

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Post by hedgehog »

ransackdev wrote: post #44

Y'all remember Macromedia Dreamweaver? Nothing against this particular project, but how many times are we going to recreate a wysiwyg cms. There must be hundreds at this point.

I do, and about 20 other projects since. In my experience far from a solved problem. I mean, I remember IE3 too, how many times are we going to recreate the web browser?

Re: Show HN: Primo – a visual CMS with Svelte blocks, a code editor, and SSG

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Post by rsp1984 »

While I think the combination of drag-and-drop / blocks and Svelte is really awesome, this unfortunately sits at the wrong end of the spectrum for me.

What is is: a visual website builder where I can customise blocks using an online editor.

What I'd like: an online interface that clients can use to add / change text, or make other small adjustments, for Svelte websites that I build offline using my own tools. The idea would be that, as long as I build the website according to certain interface standards, it is readable by Primo and the client can modify using the visual interface. For any bigger modifications the client would come back to me and I have all the speed and freedom of my offline workflow.

Some might suggest that what I need is a headless CMS, but I have tried those and they are all over-engineered and giving me a big headache just for setup and maintenance.

Re: Show HN: Primo – a visual CMS with Svelte blocks, a code editor, and SSG

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Post by kiwicopple »

mmmateo wrote: post #89
cal85 wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And as a frontend! I mean, I don’t mean this as a dunk, maybe it’s all cool with Supabase, but aesthetically it looks extremely similar, not just a little bit. Is that intentional? Do they encourage sharing their styles or something?

haha good point, but no it wasn't intentional. Wanted to replace the hot red & black design I had before with something besides blue.

Don’t worry, we don’t mind. Thanks for using supabase! Let us know if you need anything to help with Primo - it looks amazing

Re: Show HN: Primo – a visual CMS with Svelte blocks, a code editor, and SSG

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Post by thomasqbrady »

rsp1984 wrote: post #95

While I think the combination of drag-and-drop / blocks and Svelte is really awesome , this unfortunately sits at the wrong end of the spectrum for me. What is is: a visual website builder where I can customise blocks using an online editor. What I'd like: an online interface that clients can use to add / change text, or make other small adjustments, for Svelte websites that I build offline using my own tools. The id…

What you say you’d like is what I’m looking for, too, but what you say Primo is doesn’t sound far enough off that I understand your complaint. When you say “customize blocks” I guess that doesn’t include changing the text? Or perhaps it doesn’t constrict the possible actions enough for you to feel safe handing it over to a client?

Re: Show HN: Primo – a visual CMS with Svelte blocks, a code editor, and SSG

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Post by mmmateo »

rsp1984 wrote: post #95

While I think the combination of drag-and-drop / blocks and Svelte is really awesome , this unfortunately sits at the wrong end of the spectrum for me. What is is: a visual website builder where I can customise blocks using an online editor. What I'd like: an online interface that clients can use to add / change text, or make other small adjustments, for Svelte websites that I build offline using my own tools. The id…

Is your concern with the fact that clients can lay out their sites with blocks? Note that they can't edit any of the visual aspects unless you create a field for those specifically (e.g. making an image a circle or square).

If it's with not being able to use a local IDE - that is something that's currently possible by bundling your Svelte components into vanilla JS and importing them into your Primo blocks & passing along data as fields - but I'd give it a couple weeks before using it in production until we smooth it out.

But what you've described is essentially how I do my client projects - I build it all with code (usually reusing blocks from other projects) and hand off a site that literally any of my clients can edit on day one with minimal training.

Re: Show HN: Primo – a visual CMS with Svelte blocks, a code editor, and SSG

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Post by mmmateo »

kiwicopple wrote: post #96
mmmateo wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

haha good point, but no it wasn't intentional. Wanted to replace the hot red & black design I had before with something besides blue.

Don’t worry, we don’t mind. Thanks for using supabase! Let us know if you need anything to help with Primo - it looks amazing

Thanks for making it! And that's great to know - I've always wondered

Re: Show HN: Primo – a visual CMS with Svelte blocks, a code editor, and SSG

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Post by promiseofbeans »

rsp1984 wrote: post #95

While I think the combination of drag-and-drop / blocks and Svelte is really awesome , this unfortunately sits at the wrong end of the spectrum for me. What is is: a visual website builder where I can customise blocks using an online editor. What I'd like: an online interface that clients can use to add / change text, or make other small adjustments, for Svelte websites that I build offline using my own tools. The id…

You might like Builder.io (https://www.builder.io/m/developers) - they let you embed drag-n-drop powered sections within your regular page markup, and it looks like they support most frameworks like svelte.
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