Vote For HTML and Embedding!

[IonSound]

I Vote yes to html. Thanks wix.

[kaos-team]

YES TO HTML!!!!

did you maybe see the HTML box on www .webs.com

something like that, just an empty small windows opens, and we paste the html code in there (or embeeded) and press OK. And we got it done!

There are a lot of web shops, widgets, chats that are in HTML and need to be added as HTML code to add to site... thats what we want!

And on the other side to, we got GOOGLE ANALYTICS which gives ya a HTML code whcich we got to paste into site like a HTML code so we can see the statistics.... NEED THAT TOO! since wix doesent offer statistics

[RoyK]

Thanks for the tip, Kaos. I'll look into the Webs implementation.

[njw]

Would love to see HTML/widget/plugin embedding capabilities.

[akerbeltz]

Yo!! I want HTML!!! pleaseeee let us use it!!!

[kaos-team]

Originally Posted by RoyK

Thanks for the tip, Kaos. I'll look into the Webs implementation.

Anytime )


You mentiones the carosell HTMLing... There is no need to edit (the HTML code) of the WIX widgets and stuff... Dont waste time on that, all we need is a small empty window where we paste the HTML code...

Thats it!

[jeckgo]

we really need this... do something.... please

[lesliev]

Originally Posted by RoyK

Hey guys, I'm Roy, the Wix developer in charge of the (obviously) much beseeched feature, HTML component. I'm here to give a little update on what's going on with it.

First of all, the good news: Your plight has not been in vain, as I just got the HTML component seriously bumped up in priority. I've got several nasty issues to get out of the way before I can give it my full attention (Wix is still a small company, and we all have lots of responsibilities to juggle), but in a day or two it'll be my numero uno priority.

Right now I have it working on Firefox, and when I get to work on it again, I'll be laboring to have it working on Internet Explorer and Safari. I will also have to determine some special editor behaviors for this component (what happens, for example, when you throw an HTML box into a carousel gallery?)

The (possibly) bad news: Since the next version update is in a week, and this is a short work week, I can't guarantee that it'll be included in the next version. I can guarantee, though, that I'll do my very best.

I'm interested to know what you plan to do with this component, and it'll help me to know what type of html codes to expect. Please share in this thread what uses you want to achieve with embedded html in your Wix!

Yes, we need HTML!! I would use it to import a custom contact form as well as a calendar feature and a counter too! I like site meter! Great to hear it could be updated real soon!! Go Roy!!!

[doymarn]

Great to hear from one of the developers in the forum... congratulations on what you guys have achieved thus far and big hopes for the future especially with a much needed HTML component which will take Wix into a whole new league.

Thanks to Adva for pointing out this post which i would have missed if it weren't for her heads up on it in another thread.

I can think of trillions of uses for the HTML component but ones which immediately come to mind for me specifically mentioning the services so you can check out their embed code are as follows:-

a) for it to support simple iframe capability which would thereby allow the wix site to be the primary customer facing site and allow us to integrate functionality in a very cosmetic way for content, web pages and services which are not available in wix currently. Full iframe support for large frames would be a must and the ability to show or suppress scrolling bars on the frame.

b) embedding of the swf object in a html component is a strong contender as it will allow more sophisticated swf (and flash objects) to be embedded, specifically ones which use xml files and skins which can't be currently implemented because of crossdomain issues or external xml files. This would also get you over the hurdle of enabling ActionScript 2 swfs as it would delegate this handling to the swf object in your html sandbox.

c) embedding of wufoo forms and polldaddy.com polls and surveys

d) embedding of database functionality from third party companies like dabbledb.com or zoho.com would fill the hole in the current lack of a database ability.

e) embedding of a video chat service like tinychat.com or userplane.com

f) embedding of broadcast video from sites like justintv.com, zaplive.tv or payperlive.com

g) embedding of the other video hosters like vimeo.com, viddler.com, bliptv.com, stupeflix.com, screencast.com and animoto.com

h) embedding of viral marketing content channels like Kyte.com, sproutbuilder.com, toufee.com

i) support for popular widget libraries like widgetbox.com and Universal widgets from eco.netvibes.com

j) integration to customisable social network services like SocialGo.com or Webjam.com which would allow membership management, blogging, forums and event management - iframes here would do the trick.

k) document integration services like issuu.com and docstoc.com. Issuu is a great service where pdf documents are uploaded and then made available as online flip books for embedding in html containers.

l) file storage and sharing service integration for sites like box.net, mediafire.com etc.

ok, that's enough i think and should give a nice cross sample of code requirements from embedded objects, javascript and iframes If you want more i can happily give you some more references of neat services for integration.

A suggestion i have for a nice feature would be to do what netvibes.com does on it's html components on it's start pages... that is to only process and render the html when the html container is set as open. This allows many html components to be inserted on a page but only the ones set as open by a user click on a header button, are visible or not. This could be a very nice optional paramater for each html container and allows for a tidier page layout but dynamic in user interaction. It would also improve the loading and rendering of a page as only the open containers need to be fetched and rendered.

My 10 cents and can't wait to see what you come up with. If you want any help alpha testing i would be happy to help.

[ASwov1]

I would love it if wix had html and embedding. I was loving wix and feverishly designing a killer website until i found i could not do anything with html or embedding. If wix got these features I'd most likely become a premium member and change my host to wix. Even without these features wix is still the MOST user friendly, what you see is what you get web builder I've ever run across. It's just doesn't suit my needs without html and embedding.