webflow-dev-workflow

An alternative to using Webflow's built in editor. A standard workflow to allow developers to program locally, bundle, and export code to a Webflow project.

This repo is public to allow for the use of JSDelivr's CDN. Do not include any sensitive data.

Initial setup

Clone repo and run yarn to install dependencies.

Within /client-projects, create a new folder for the project you are working on, with an index.ts file inside. (/client-projects/[current-project]/index.ts)

Add console.log('[message of your choice]') in the index.ts file so you can test it (I like "woof!", but you do you.)

Local development

Set up builder file

If there's already a builder.mjs file set up for your project at client-projects/[current project]/dist/builder.mjs, copy that file to the repo's root directory.

Otherwise:

1. in the root directory, make a copy of builder.mjs.example named builder.mjs
2. Edit the entryPoints and outdir values in the builder.mjs file to match your project. entryPoints: ["client-projects/[current project]/[the file you’re working on]" e.g. "entryPoints: ["client-projects/test-project/index.ts"] outdir: "client-projects/[current project]/dist" e.g. outdir: "client-projects/test-project/dist"

Build your JS & CSS files

yarn build will now:

• create minified js and css files in your designated outdir directory
• serve them at port 8000
• watch for changes.

Add code to Webflow

In Webflow, go to Site settings >> Custom code

• add CSS files to the Head code section in a <link>, e.g. <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://localhost:8000/scss/styles.css"/>

• add JS files to the Footer code section in a <script>, e.g. <script src="http://localhost:8000/index.js"></script>

Save and publish.

Refresh your published site to see changes, there's no need to re-publish via Webflow to see changes after this point. Look for your logged message in the console.

Prod / CDN

1. In the root directory, copy your current builder.mjs (which is ignored by git) to your project's subdirectory[client-projects]/[current project]/builder.mjs (where it will be tracked). Commit all of your changes and push to a branch with a name following this structure: [your-project]/[type-of-change]/[ticket-number-if-one-exists]--[description] eg. the-lumery/chore/ABC-204--update-readme

2. Once you have pushed your changes to GitHub, and you want to serve your code via a CDN, use JSDeliver’s CDN. Go to: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/springload/webflow-dev-workflow/client-projects/[current project]/dist/index.js You should see a minified version of your js file (+ any other modules you imported).

3. If this is not your first deployment of this script, you will need to purge the CDN cache. Go to https://www.jsdelivr.com/tools/purge, and enter the URL of your JS file, and any other files which you would like to update (one per line), e.g. https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/springload/webflow-dev-workflow/client-projects/[current project]/dist/index.js

4. In Webflow, go to Site Settings >> Custom code >> Footer code (or Head code for CSS). Add src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/springload/webflow-dev-workflow/client-projects/[current project]/dist/index.js" within the script tag, or your CSS link within the link tag.

5. Save and publish.

6. Refresh your published site to see changes.