Simple repeater blocks without a cms

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Is there any option or future plans for simple "repeater blocks" without connecting to a CMS?
For example: a static profile page with multiple blocks for profile pics/names/about
It's only updated every once and a while by the dev so a CMS isn't necessary, but each block is the same structure so it makes sense to have some "repeater" setup.

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JJohn Siciliano

You could hard code a json object. I do this a lot on webstudio site. Main downside is you can't use first party images as we don't expose img URLs

LLuke AKA Shoot Your Bricks

Well I want the easy way to do it and I'm not against using a CMS

LLuke AKA Shoot Your Bricks

Just wondering if there was any easy option other than CMS

JJohn Siciliano

If you are comfortable with JSON then that. Unless you need pngs/non svgs

JJohn Siciliano

eg our pricing page is nearly entirely controlled by first party json

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JJohn Siciliano

I only design one row in the whole table and it repeats over the json

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LLuke AKA Shoot Your Bricks

You know what Json might be easier than I thought cause I don't even really know about it

JJohn Siciliano

Could be worth learning 🤷‍♂️ Its just a structured list more or less

LLuke AKA Shoot Your Bricks

Currently reading https://docs.webstudio.is/university/core-components/collection.md

LLuke AKA Shoot Your Bricks

I know I can definitely learn it. I've made a website with Laravel before 😂

LLuke AKA Shoot Your Bricks

Mostly just thinking about non-devs cause I'm creating a web course

JJohn Siciliano

Ah gotcha I misunderstood

JJohn Siciliano

Yeah might be tricky for non devs. I'd use baserow or airtable or something

LLuke AKA Shoot Your Bricks

Yeah I think CMS is just fine for that

LLuke AKA Shoot Your Bricks

Myself personally, I'll probably use JSON in the future. I really didn't know about it with WebStudio though so thanks for mentioning it

LLuke AKA Shoot Your Bricks

I need to read through all the docs

JJohn Siciliano

🙂 its pretty nice. I use it a lot. But I also use Baserow for other areas that are bigger

JJeremy

@Luke Monroe, you can use AI very easily for this. See my example prompt for your profiles.

Grab the JSON data and create a collection. In the collection bind it to your items. (John has a bunch of videos on YouTube for binding if you get lost).

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OOleg Isonen

I actually think even non devs won't have a problem, once they learn it. Json itself isn't hard

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Simple repeater blocks without a cms