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The community member is excited to discover Webstudio and has a few questions: 1) Is the downloadable app only for self-hosting, or can it be used with Webstudio's hosting platform? 2) What is the estimated timeline for CMS integration? 3) Are there plans for a rich text element?

The comments discuss the downloadable app, with some community members suggesting it is causing confusion and should be better explained or even removed. Others express a preference for using the app over the web interface. There is also discussion around improving the website's layout and user experience, such as using clearer wording and considering heatmap tools.

The original poster clarifies that the confusion stems from the lack of distinction between the web interface and the downloadable app on the homepage, and the pricing page's information about the "open source builder" being unclear.

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ttumbler0104
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Hello everyone. I'm very excited to discover Webstudio. I've been dying for a viable alternative to Webflow for years now. I have a couple of questions that maybe somebody can answer--please let me know if I'm posting these in the wrong place:

1) I see there's an app that can be downloaded. Am I right that this is only for if you want to self-host a site? Is there any way or are there any plans to be able to use the app and then sync a build to host online using Webstudio's platform?

2) Any sense of the ETA to getting CMS integration going? I see it's on the roadmap for soonish, but I'm not clear on whether that means a month, 6 months, a year...

3) Any plans for something like a rich text element?
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AAlex
Hey Legend, first part of cms will ship in coming weeks. Check #updates

The download is just a browser wrapper. I'm starting to think we should kill this as it's causing more confusion than solution.

You're posting in the right place 😀
AAlex
And also welcome 👋 ♡
JJeremy
Don't kill it! I love having it, I use it exclusively over the web interface. :p
AAlex
Killing it might be an overstep haha.

Any suggestions on how to better position it to explain what it actually is?

Too many users are looking at it as the only way to use webstudio OR as the way to self host, which really isn't the case 🤔
OOleg Isonen
some people love it, just in case of figma
OOleg Isonen
I have a feeling there will be always people don't read or try anything and just ask questions, there is just no way around it, even if you write it somewhere
AAlex
for sure.

But we dont exactly do a great job of explaining it either.
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OOleg Isonen
well there are 2 buttons one leads to building in the browser, one to download, they are descriptive, you can click o them and see what hapens, its free, I don't really know what to improve
OOleg Isonen
Webstudio has arrived is kinda meaningless at this point, since its arrived long time ago
hhmrks
maybe it's the wording? Calling it "app" or "desktop app" would help with that a lot I suppose, instead of just download. Especially because there is in fact the builder and the self hosting thingy (which I haven't fully understood/checked out yet either haha)

I also assume that people aren't exactly stumbling across that section much either. Did you checked hotjar or something to see how many visitors actually scroll all the way down?
Imo, I've expected the download / start building buttons on the very top of the site, but maybe that's just me
RR3C4L1BR4T3
imho phrasing like "Start on our web app" vs. "Download for your desktop" provides enough delineation
RR3C4L1BR4T3
hotjar's functionality is cool. i've thought about getting a screen recordings/heatmaps tool up and running on a webstudio site just to test the implementation, but i don't have any traffic at the moment. webstudio.is source shows they're not using it, or any other similar tool as far as i can tell... but it's sort of expensive these days and closed software which seems outside the ethos around here, if a free / open source alternative is interesting i like Clarity by Microsoft for that: https://clarity.microsoft.com/
ttumbler0104
As the person who asked the question, I can clarify the source of confusion at least for me. On the homepage it doesn't note any differences between using the web interface versus the local builder app--it just has the two buttons side by side. However, when I go on the Pricing page, in the "Features" table, it seems to outline a lot of things that are possible in the web app but not possible with the open source builder (which I take to mean the downloadable app). Also above that under "Open Source Builder" it seems to say you should only use it if you want to self-host: "For anyone who wants to self-host or integrate Webstudio into their projects". (Or is "open source builder" NOT the downloadable app??? If so then that is the point of confusion.)
ttumbler0104
Pricing page: https://webstudio.is/pricing
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