You only need the API key to continue visually editing the page. If you want to export your content you can just export your page data as JSON and pass it to the open source Makeswift Page component found in this package:
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If you manage a Next.js marketing site and have non-technical teammates who want to move faster, we've created Makeswift for you.
We've just launched a way for engineers to incrementally add visual editing capabilities to their Next.js sites and would love some feedback.
What do you think?
Squarespace and Wix are great for people who want to set up a template, skin it, and forget it. Their focus on wizards and templates optimizes the user experience for beginners, but at the cost of flexibility for advanced customization. There are a lot of people that this makes sense for.
Makeswift is designed for opinionated people who are constantly tinkering with design, layouts, and new ideas, but don't want to climb a giant learning curve. We're focusing on making a generic, flexible user experience with composable components that doesn't have opinions about how you build your pages.
Wix's current editor is based on fixed position (think photoshop / illustrator). This approach works great for banners, graphics, icons etc, but is inherently at odds with web design. The solution for fixed position builders is to hardcode breakpoints, but there are too many devices. It's better to just design a UX around the box model, as that's how we code for the web anyways.
Editor X has potential but there's a little too much magic happening in the layout for my taste.
These are just a few of the many pain points. From our research, companies rarely keep using Wix / Squarespace after a certain stage. I personally haven't tried scaling a Squarespace or Wix site, but I also have never gotten them to a point where I was happy with all of the details before deciding to just code it myself.
With what seems like a new website builder popping up every week, I'm often asked the same question. Why build another one? Here's my answer.
We're starting to invite people to our early access program and would love your feedback.
At Makeswift we're on a mission to build the best tool for creative minds to bring their ideas to the world. The concept is simple. Combine the experience of a buttery-smooth, elegant design tool with the infrastructure required to go to production. Instead of mocking up static images and prototypes, build production-ready websites out of live components. Working with React engineers? Reuse their work by integrating existing components directly into Makeswift. Our vision is to open up our APIs and foster a component ecosystem that will bridge the gap between developers and designers.
We're hiring the first engineers outside of the founders following a 1.5M seed round. If you're interested in working with a product led, early stage startup up against ambitious technical challenges, read more about the opportunity here:
https://www.makeswift.com/jobs/engineer
Tools you'll be working with: React, Node, GraphQL, Kubernetes, Typescript, PostgreSQL
At Makeswift we're on a mission to build the best tool for creative minds to bring their ideas to the world. The concept is simple. Combine the experience of a buttery-smooth, elegant design tool with the infrastructure required to go to production. Instead of mocking up static images and prototypes, build production-ready websites out of live components. Working with React engineers? Reuse their work by integrating existing components directly into Makeswift. Our vision is to open up our APIs and foster a component ecosystem that will bridge the gap between developers and designers.
We're hiring the first engineers outside of the founders following a 1.5M seed round. If you're interested in working with a product led, early stage startup up against ambitious technical challenges, read more about the opportunity here:
https://www.makeswift.com/jobs/engineer
Tools you'll be working with: React, Node, GraphQL, Kubernetes, Typescript, PostgreSQL