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Re: Frontend: The web visual editor

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Post by madoublet »

bbx wrote: post #30

Although Frontend is impressive, the target market is a bit blurry. As a front-end developer, I don't see myself using such a tool. And non tech-savvy people would probably feel a bit overwhelmed and would still have issues designing a decent layout considering it's not their job. For some time, I've had in mind a service where people could easily build their websites. A bit like Squarespace (which is amazing) but wi…

I am working toward a similar goal with my open source project (respondcms.com): allow the developer/designer to focus on design while allowing the end-user to focus on creating content.

Re: Frontend: The web visual editor

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Post by Xdes »

bbx wrote: post #30

Although Frontend is impressive, the target market is a bit blurry. As a front-end developer, I don't see myself using such a tool. And non tech-savvy people would probably feel a bit overwhelmed and would still have issues designing a decent layout considering it's not their job. For some time, I've had in mind a service where people could easily build their websites. A bit like Squarespace (which is amazing) but wi…

>easy-to-use platform for non tech-savvy people

Hasn't this been beaten to death by now? There are a handful of decent "free" website editors out there already. They tend to produce generic and unprofessional websites because the target market isn't going to pay to have a decent theme.

Re: Frontend: The web visual editor

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Post by marveller »

madoublet wrote: post #51
bbx wrote: post #30

Although Frontend is impressive, the target market is a bit blurry. As a front-end developer, I don't see myself using such a tool. And non tech-savvy people would probably feel a bit overwhelmed and would still have issues designing a decent layout considering it's not their job. For some time, I've had in mind a service where people could easily build their websites. A bit like Squarespace (which is amazing) but wi…

I am working toward a similar goal with my open source project (respondcms.com): allow the developer/designer to focus on design while allowing the end-user to focus on creating content.

I have been watching on this CMS for some time, great job!

Re: Frontend: The web visual editor

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Post by madoublet »

marveller wrote: post #53
madoublet wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am working toward a similar goal with my open source project (respondcms.com): allow the developer/designer to focus on design while allowing the end-user to focus on creating content.

I have been watching on this CMS for some time, great job!

Thank you. It is always a work-in-progress, but it (hopefully) gets better with each release.

Re: Frontend: The web visual editor

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Post by marizmelo »

bbx wrote: post #30

Although Frontend is impressive, the target market is a bit blurry. As a front-end developer, I don't see myself using such a tool. And non tech-savvy people would probably feel a bit overwhelmed and would still have issues designing a decent layout considering it's not their job. For some time, I've had in mind a service where people could easily build their websites. A bit like Squarespace (which is amazing) but wi…

Hi bbx, Sorry if I could not make clear the market for the product.

Frontend is suppose to be an open-source general purpose web editor.

Beginners can use the visual mode, expert can access the source code to make things better. An ORM database plugin is on its way, along with other many cool features.

I am waiting to see how the project goes before I release the stretch goals on Kickstarter.

We hope you join us too.

Re: Frontend: The web visual editor

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Post by marizmelo »

sorich87 wrote: post #13

A shameless plug for my own similar open source project with an already functional version http://www.brickseditor.com/ . It uses Bootstrap for the layout but there are plans to support other frameworks. It's built on AngularJS. I'm currently working on it full time. Maybe there could be some way we could collaborate if this Kickstarter isn't successful?

Sorry sorich87, I've never heard about your project. I did not create Frontend using Bootstrap (you can plug yourself anyways). The project is built using AngularJS + NodeJS + Vagrant + MongoDB (with support for other databases).

Re: Frontend: The web visual editor

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Post by marizmelo »

alco wrote: post #25

It pains me to see how he repeats the same action for each subtitle-block element, doing the same thing 3 times total. Imagine you had a scrollable area with 20 blocks. If it's a mockup editor, then it should be easy to customize from JS to make anything useful from the mockup. If it's a site builder, better add support for templates, so that one would then be able to drag and drop data (e.g. json) onto the canvas an…

The system has a code editor for your convenience @alco. I will try to make that more clear.

Also, you will be able to select multiple elements and parent elements and apply the same actions.

Re: Frontend: The web visual editor

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Post by marizmelo »

jwarren wrote: post #41

Bro, do you even Bootstrap? Edit: Sorry, it's not Bootstrap, it's their own framework. Though visually it's very similar. But seriously, I'm not sure who this is for. It looks like there's quite a technical hurdle to setting it up - node.js and vagrant aren't easy to install for a novice user, and they aren't suitable for any shared hosting environment that I've come across. I imagine (possibly incorrectly) that the…

Hey jwarren. Thanks for the comment.

Online system is definitely an option down the road.

About the setup. Basically the only thing you need to install is vagrant. The Frontend VM has all the files and tools required to run the application on your machine.

1. Install Vagrant (with our installer);

2. Run VM

3. You are ready to go.

Re: Frontend: The web visual editor

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Post by marizmelo »

glazskunrukitis wrote: post #11

Have you seen Webflow[0] and Froont[1]? [0] https://webflow.com/ [1] http://froont.com/

Yes, they are great. I have met with the Webflow team (great guys).

The differences:

1. Frontend is open-source;

2. Database integration;

3. Plugins (components) create by users;

Other differences will appear on the stretch goals.

Re: Frontend: The web visual editor

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Post by marizmelo »

kayoone wrote: post #7

The open source part of it is cool, but i still have a couple of issues with it: + why do you need 75K as a minimum ? Sounds a bit high, even for 2 people + They say its built with node, but what about the frontend of frontend ? Only jquery ? + does it support bootstrap or other layouting frameworks? + when will they let people contribute to it ? Id really like something like this being open source, but in that case…

Hey kayoone. Let's see:

1. The goal was set after carefully look other software project costs on Kickstarter. Also, 75k is the average income for a software engineer here in Silicon Valley (the living cost here is crazy);

2. The front-end of Frontend is built using AngularJS, our own JS Library, JQuery, JQuery-UI (just for the visual editor, not included on production projects), and QUnit/Jasmine.

3. It uses xtyle framework (also open-source) by default, but you can choose to use Bootstrap;

4. We will first open the Github repository for early backers. After the project is done the repository will be open for everybody else.

Integration with frameworks and CMS systems are on its way. We are planning to release a list of stretch goals for the project.

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