Thanks Tim. Actually we do already use Wix for our website (catbase.com) and one other, but haven't tried the database integration tools yet. Yes there are some limitations, but we've found workarounds for everything we needed to do so far. For example, we wanted to embed videos from Wistia instead of YouTube, and Wix tech support people said it couldn't be done. But it was actually quite easy to do with a bit of HTML I will report back on the database integration aspect after I try it in case anybody is interested. Pat
On Tue, 4 Dec 2018 at 21:32, Tim Nevels via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > On Dec 4, 2018, at 2:00 PM, Pat Bensky wrote: > > > We've been looking into ways to make it easy for our customers to build > > custom websites using data from our 4D app (CatBase). I'm quite > interested > > in the Wix solution but haven't had time to properly look into it. > Anybody > > tried this? > > > > Basically, you can create a database on your Wix website and populate it > by > > importing a csv file (AFAIK this is the only upload format currently > > supported). They also have an API which will probably offer much better > > opportunities for integration but I haven't looked into that yet. > > > > Then you can build your website interface using their excellent tools - > no > > coding required. Create interactive forms, edit the database, etc. So the > > 4D developer doesn't need to know more than the basics of web > > design/development and can focus on what they know best ... 4D coding :) > > And the end-user should be able to easily create their website or you > could > > offer that as an additional service. > > > > All theoretical of course. It's something I hope to find time to > experiment > > with soon (a nice little Christmas holiday project, perhaps!). > > Hi Pat, > > I just did a Wix database for a friend and it is pretty good. Great > development tools for the average guy. WYSIWYG for the most part. Has many > features. Full mobile support so it will adapt to tablet or phone or > Desktop. So that’s a big plus. Has may tools for the store for managing > contacts and processing orders. Great integration if you are doing a > shopping cart for credit card processing with Stripe and also easy PayPal. > Lot of options for easy coupon support, and “it’s on sale 20% off” type > things. > > Has a mini database of course, but I did no integration work. No export or > import work or connecting to 4D. The project was just set up a website with > a store for a friend that wanted it to look very, very nice and have full > iPhone and iPad support. Wix satisfied all of that. > > You’ll find it a pleasure to use and very beautiful. Great iPhone app that > lets you deal with “chat” from the website in real time if you want to > offer that feature. Only thing is you can only do what Wix lets you do. If > they have a button for it, or a menu item for it, or an option for what you > want, you can do it, and it’s easy. If you want to do something it doesn’t > provide, it’s super hard or you just can’t. > > So keep that in mind. As a 4D developer sometimes that is a hard pill to > swallow. We usually get our way and build whatever we want/need. With Wix > you use their tool. It is a website creation for mere mortals, not > hard-core developers. > > I would recommend you get a free Wix account and try it out over the > holidays. Spend some hours building a site and see if you like it and it > does what you want. It is super popular so there is a lot of help and > examples on the web. You may find out how to do automate database > integration. Someone may have already done the hard work and you can read > how they did it can copy it. You can upgrade to the paid version later if > it meets your needs. > > Tim > > ***************************************** > Tim Nevels > Innovative Solutions > 785-749-3444 > timnev...@mac.com > ***************************************** > > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com > ********************************************************************** -- ************************************************* CatBase - Top Dog in Data Publishing tel: +44 (0) 207 118 7889 w: http://www.catbase.com skype: pat.bensky ************************************************* ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **********************************************************************
