Newbee Question
Newbee Question
Hi there, I built a website in Webflow and host it at Netlify as a static site making changes to content myself on an "as required" basis at no cost to the charity. Volunteerbuild have expressed a wish to make content changes themselves but can not afford the Webflow CMS and hosting fees. So I went looking for an alternative and have just discovered WonderCMS, but am unsure if it would be a suitable candidate for this style of website. Grateful for any pointers and/or advise you can provide
Re: Newbee Question
Hi kiwifruit and welcome!
I can see this website working well with WonderCMS. But there is some tinkering required.
WonderCMS allows one user (admin) and has some useful plugins (install from admin dashboard), like:
- Summernote Editor (live demo: https://summernote.org/ ) with support for drag&drop images and text
- Simple blog plugin
You could create a new theme from Webflow files (structure and css).
- Documentation: https://www.wondercms.com/docs/
- Github documentation (still some great tips here): https://github.com/WonderCMS/wondercms/wiki
Looking at the website, there are few things to consider:
- News, some articles are linked to external websites, while simple blog plugin has a "read more" to single post. You could add a link to external website inside the post description. Or customize Simple blog plugin to fit your needs.
- Slider, there is no easy way to add one without using external library. Or replace slider with good old pictures grid.
- Statistics counter on home page, make it non-editable (a part of the theme) and transfer any css and js from Webflow.
- Social media feed, only option is to embed respective sites code (Instagram, Facebook and so on)
- WonderCMS is not a "block" editor, so everything is edited, added or removed using Summernote or default editor (there is no option to drag and drop heading block, card block, and so on). For example, your cards on Destinations page would be manually added:
This goes for any block area where flex or grid is used.
Try WonderCMS as a local installation or a free alwaysdata hosting (there is a paid option too) for a quick test.
And think about how a non-technical person would edit a website and apply that to your theme.
I can see this website working well with WonderCMS. But there is some tinkering required.
WonderCMS allows one user (admin) and has some useful plugins (install from admin dashboard), like:
- Summernote Editor (live demo: https://summernote.org/ ) with support for drag&drop images and text
- Simple blog plugin
You could create a new theme from Webflow files (structure and css).
- Documentation: https://www.wondercms.com/docs/
- Github documentation (still some great tips here): https://github.com/WonderCMS/wondercms/wiki
Looking at the website, there are few things to consider:
- News, some articles are linked to external websites, while simple blog plugin has a "read more" to single post. You could add a link to external website inside the post description. Or customize Simple blog plugin to fit your needs.
- Slider, there is no easy way to add one without using external library. Or replace slider with good old pictures grid.
- Statistics counter on home page, make it non-editable (a part of the theme) and transfer any css and js from Webflow.
- Social media feed, only option is to embed respective sites code (Instagram, Facebook and so on)
- WonderCMS is not a "block" editor, so everything is edited, added or removed using Summernote or default editor (there is no option to drag and drop heading block, card block, and so on). For example, your cards on Destinations page would be manually added:
Code: Select all
<div class="card">
<h2>Title</h2>
<p>description</p>
</div>
Try WonderCMS as a local installation or a free alwaysdata hosting (there is a paid option too) for a quick test.
And think about how a non-technical person would edit a website and apply that to your theme.
Re: Newbee Question
Hi nox, Thanks so much for that information, I will do as you suggest and run a local trial using the Webflow site structure as a starting point for a theme.