VvvebJs

VvvebJs

Drag and drop page builder javascript library.
Built with Vanilla Js with no dependencies or build tools and Bootstrap 5

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Live Demo

For a full featured Open Source CMS using VvvebJs page builder check Vvveb CMS

Using Vvveb landing page template for demo page and Bootstrap 5 sections and blocks.

Features

• Components and blocks/snippets drag and drop and in page insert.
• Undo/Redo operations.
• One or two panels interface.
• File manager and component hierarchy navigation.
• Add new page modal with template and folder options.
• Live code editor with codemirror plugin syntax highlighting.
• Image upload with example php script included.
• Page download or export html or save page on server with example php script included.
• Components/Sections/Blocks list search.
• Bootstrap 5 components.
• Media gallery with integrated CC0 image search and server upload support.
• Image, video and iframe elements resize handles.
• Elements breadcrumb for easier parent elements selection.
• Full Google fonts list support for font selection.
• Youtube, Google maps, Charts.js etc widgets.
• Optional CKEditor plugin to replace builtin text editor.
• Zip download plugin to download the page and all assets as zip file.
• SVG Icon component bundled with hundreds of free icons.
• Animate on scroll support for page elements.
• Theme global typography and color pallette editor.

By default the editor comes with Bootstrap 5 and Widgets components and can be extended with any kind of components and inputs.

Install

• Clone the repository

#git 2.13+ 
git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/givanz/VvvebJs

# older git versions 
git clone --recursive https://github.com/givanz/VvvebJs

• Pull changes

git pull --recurse-submodules

Usage

Clone the repository or download a release then open editor.html

Because of browser iframe security you need to use a webserver such as apache/xampp and open http://localhost/editor.html

To disable browser security and open editor.html without installing a webserver run chrome with

chrome --disable-web-security --user-data-dir=/tmp/temporary_profile editor.html

To use the image upload or page save feature you need to have php installed.

Docker

Local development

From VvvebJs folder run

docker-compose up

Image

Or run image

docker run -p 8080:80 vvveb/vvvebjs

Open http://localhost:8080/editor.php or http://localhost:8080/editor.html

Save page

Save page function needs either php or node

PHP

If you use docker, xampp or a shared hosting account php should work without any change.

Saving is done using save.php

Node

For node go to VvvebJs folder and run

npm install express
node save.js

Open http://localhost:8080/editor.html

Saving is done using save.js

Landing template

To make changes to template files or sections run the following commands from demo/landing folder

Install gulp

npm i

Generate html files

Template html partials are located in demo/landing/src folder.

npm run gulp

Watch for changes for development

npm run gulp watch

Generate sections list for page builder

Sections html files are located in demo/landing/src/sections folder grouped in folders with the section group name.

npm run gulp sections

Generate blocks list

Blocks html files are located in demo/landing/src/blocks folder grouped in folders with the blocks group name.

npm run gulp blocks

Generate screenshots for sections

npm run gulp screenshots

Usage

Initialize example

<!-- bootstrap-->
<script src="js/popper.min.js"></script>
<script src="js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>

<!-- builder code-->
<script src="libs/builder/builder.js"></script>	
<!-- undo manager-->
<script src="libs/builder/undo.js"></script>	
<!-- inputs-->
<script src="libs/builder/inputs.js"></script>	
<!-- components-->
<script src="libs/builder/components-bootstrap5.js"></script>	
<script src="libs/builder/components-widgets.js"></script>	

<script>
let pages = [
 {
	name:"narrow-jumbotron", 
	title:"Jumbotron", 
	url: "demo/narrow-jumbotron/index.html", 
	file: "demo/narrow-jumbotron/index.html"
  },
  {name:"landing-page", title:"Landing page", url: "demo/landing/index.html", file: "demo/landing/index.html"},
];
	

let firstPage = Object.keys(pages)[0];
Vvveb.Builder.init(pages[firstPage]["url"], function() {
	//load code after page is loaded here
});

Vvveb.Gui.init();
Vvveb.FileManager.init();
Vvveb.SectionList.init();
Vvveb.Breadcrumb.init();

Vvveb.FileManager.addPages(pages);
Vvveb.FileManager.loadPage(pages[firstPage]["name"]);
Vvveb.Gui.toggleRightColumn(false);
Vvveb.Breadcrumb.init();

<script>

For editor html and components/input javascript templates edit editor.html

For css changes edit scss/editor.scss and scss/_builder.scss

Scss

To compile scss to css first install gulp

npm i

Then you can run

npm run gulp

or use watch to compile on file change.

npm run gulp watch

Wrappers

• React VvvebJs React wrapper

Documentation

For documentation check the wiki

Support

If you like the project you can support it with a PayPal donation or become a backer/sponsor via Open Collective

License

Apache 2.0