Can't create a empty project

[drakgoku]

I’m not much of a visual editor, but I want to migrate to one.

I was looking at codox, but I found builder.io which in principle should be better.

When I was going to create a “simple blank page” I couldn’t find the way.

I don’t know if the use case of how it is structured is the best way for the public, but for me personally, it’s very jarring.

Well let’s start:

When I go to home:

It recommends that you go to Figma to get a project from there.
It is not my intention to get the project from Figma, rather, I want to create it from scratch.
Then when I go to content:

We find more Figma. It seems redundant to me, however, as I am on a new “NOT INTUITIVE” platform, I don’t care.

So far, I can’t create a blank page to work on. No problem, there are still more tabs, I hope I don’t find more Figma.

When I go to the content templates, I suppose I’ll find a blank template and other base templates.

We find more Figma.

If I go inside, to see if I can at least edit something:

It’s just the Figma import settings.

Is Figma okay? Of course. Nobody says otherwise.

The problem is that if I don’t want to use anything from Figma since I want to customize it myself, it seems that I can’t. What happens? Do I have to select the Figma template?

It’s not to promote codux, which seems like a fried potato to me, since pinegrow is 100 times better. What I’m trying to do is to leave the frontend to dedicate myself exclusively to the backend. The problem is that I see Builder.io as very limited in terms of “everything”.

1. It doesn’t create empty templates so you can design yourself
2. Imports are only from Figma
3. There are a lot of things that aren’t generated
4. It doesn’t have real time like codux (code modification with drag and drop…)
5. All the project tabs are about importing and working from Figma.
6. It doesn’t have bootstrap support like codux (since you can import it in the same index.html since it’s a visual/code editor)
7. It’s very limited in terms of adding elements, like a nav, headers…
   
   
   
   The elements that are there are very poor
8. By not having live code, you don’t allow users to rework based on the template they created, since you generate the code once. If you make modifications to the backend afterwards, and then need to add another feature, you will lose the previous data.
   That is, you generate and keep the template. If you make manual modifications (urls to the backend, TS checks) and then need to add a form from the template, you won’t be able to, because every time you generate the template you will lose what you have done outside of the code. That’s the problem with not having live code.

I don’t see it.

I don’t see how Builder.io can replace exactly what I’m looking for, a visual development environment instead of code.

Note: Why is the current https://forum.builder.io/ web theme that Epic Games uses becoming so popular on other websites?

[Fernando]

Hello Drakgoku,

We have two types of spaces: one called Delevop and another called Publish.

The Develop is for importing Figma designs into code with AI, and the Publish is the Visual Editor.

You should create a new space type Publish.

Here is our documentation on how to create a new space:

Manage Spaces - Builder.io

About not having a navbar or other components, we do have some components and we call them templates:

I hope the information above is helpful.

Thank you,

[drakgoku]

Can the code be edited? There are areas where I can edit and others where I can’t:

I can’t add functionality, nor structure that functionality in different documents.
You can edit just what is necessary. Can I put other files as .tsx? Can I add extra functionality outside of this .tsx?
Can I “do things” outside of here?

You can’t create other .tsx to edit code.
You can’t edit the code as it seems there is deepfreezer.
I can’t modify anything that is not within this page/sheet.
I can’t add scripts, Bootstrap imports to the index… it doesn’t have support for Bootstrap with manual imports…

It’s not enough. It’s very poor, I need more. How can I manually add Bootstrap to index.html or .tsx? without generating the code… not much configuration possible.

What is requested is:

• Show all files
• That it can be modified wherever and whenever you want
• Full configuration

What is requested is this, codux has:

I need to be able to modify it at my convenience.

Codux = 100% configurable 0% usable (slow, Bootstrap default package = not working and adding it manually = works, meaningless errors…)
Builder.io = 0% configurable 100% usable (styles ok, intuitive, easy…)

What Builder.io gives me is like a template that can’t be modified once it’s generated. Codux can be modified by hand as you want and whenever you want.

If I could modify all the files without any problem then yes I would migrate to Builder.io

[Fernando]

Hello Drakgoku,

Here we are sharing some more details about Builder.io:

Builder.io is designed to offer a balance between usability and configurability. It allows you to create and manage content using an intuitive visual interface while providing some level of customization and integration through models and APIs. Here is a general overview of what you can do with Builder.io:

1. Content Integration: You can integrate page, section, and data models into your application. Each model serves a different purpose and gives you flexibility in how content is structured and reused.
2. Customization: You can register custom components with Builder.io to use within the visual editor, allowing for some customization of functionality.
3. Styling and Design: While Builder.io provides a large degree of styling through its visual editor, it might have limitations in terms of adding external libraries directly. However, you can always extend the styling with custom design tokens and CSS.
4. Limitations: Builder.io might not allow the same level of manual code editing that development environments specific to coding (like coding editors or environments that support frameworks like Codux) would offer. However, it excels in allowing content creators and marketers to work independently from developers for most content-related tasks.

Thank you,