Hi there,
I am a developer working with designers that use Webflow. I had a problem with getting code from Webflow every time designer made changes in web design. So I have created a small app to handle that.
The app is called flowgator.com and it automatically exports Webflow code to GitHub every time the designer pushes Publish button in dashboard.
Very cool, I am actually considering using this on my next project. Are you using this more for apps/dashboards that require more development outside Webflow? Or what types of projects are you using this on?
FYI, just looked you up on Dribbble haha and saw you hadn’t been drafted yet. Just sent you an invite if you’re looking to join the plaatform!
@myonke Yes, most apps I make are outside Webflow (I work with Ruby on Rails). Webflow has the best visual builder on the internet and generates the best HTML and CSS code so why not use it
This app can help people who need to make more complicated apps than Webflow can handle. It makes front-end development much quicker.
Also, it helps with seeing changes between versions of code in exports. So, continuous work on website design is smooth.
Do you have a live app example of something you made? Would love to check something out that started on Webflow. I am really interested in using this haha.
Amazing! I imagine connecting information with a Webflow site to make an app takes quite a bit. If you have a Webflow change and publish something new, does this not break what the developer has done? I just imagine that to be hard to get right between the designer and developer unless it;s the same person…
That makes sense! If you’d ever like to collaborate on a project, let me know! I have an idea that would use Flowgator + the slack and Stripe API. Would be fun, just DM me if you have any interest in talking about it!
Hi, @bartosz!
I’ve tried to use Flowgator to export and host my Webflow website on GitHub, but I’ve noticed some bugs when I tried to connect GitHub Pages and launch it — basically, the website was unusable due to the fact that not all the files were exported. Moreover, the CSS file that contains all classes of my website was corrupted — the name of the file was changed from name.webflow.css to name.webflow.somerandomnumbers.css.
What was that? Why did it happen? Is it intended or it’s just a bug?
To be honest, I’m quite hyped about Flowgator because it saves quite some time on exporting/uploading the website’s files to GitHub.
Thank you for your reply in advance!
P.S: I’ve tried to use the chat widget on your website but no one replied
I’ve yet to try Stacket but @flashsites is a really nice guy who updates the app quite often and always asks for the feedback. According to his words Stacket does even more than an automatic publishing to GitHub, for example, website and assets optimization
Some features are locked behind a premium but I think they worth it, especially for those who need ‘em. Most importantly, the automatic publishing to GitHub is free (at least, that’s what I’ve heard), so that is awesome