• November 28th, 2021
• Design
• By Steve Shead
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Carbon Website Development - an online no-code website builder a devtestweb.io

One phase, or should I say another phase in delving deeper into online web development was to find a way to make it simple for folks to create a professional website. I create them from scratch, but that's a lot of coding HTML, CSS, Javascript, AJAX, PHP and so on. The quest was to be able to visually create a website with ease. I think I have that ready now. I created the website https://devtestweb.io as the entry into what I affectionately call the Carbon Website Builder. The cover image for this post is a glimpse at what that entry point looks like.

There are a lot of website builders out there. Competition is tough, and I have two others that I am working with on my journey, but this one is super simple. The interface is simple and intuitive. The video below shows you just how simple it is to edit any attribute on a page, whether it is text, text size, images and more. The simplicity of it is visually changing the attributes in realtime - no coding required. There are over 100 prebuilt page templates to choose from that can be used as is, or as a starting point. Take a look - it's quite simple.

Below is an example of the interface used to choose blocks, or sections of prebuit code in the build process. All of the blocks have a light or dark version, and are broken out into categories. All of the attributes in each block are editable. Consider them either used as is, or a starting point for something you want to build, thus adding to the extensibility of the builder, and the simplicity to build.

As you can see the interface is easy to interpret. Adding a block is as simple as clicking on it. Or, you can create your own blocks and templates from scratch. It really is that simple. You can host your new website on my domain, or on yours - again, making it simple to use and simple to maintain. You have the choice to use the builder, or I can build to your requirements, and it doesn't just have to be from the website builder itself. That's just one reason available. There is also the ability to have the same backend functionality of this websiite, but that's another avenue, and another story.

Take a look at https://devtestweb.io and see for yourself. If you're interested in testing it out, shoot me an email and I'll give you a tour. Obviously this new venture is meant as a way of making some money, but I can give you a demo - no harm in trying, right?

Last note on this topic. The website at devtestweb.io was built using the Carbon interface. I didn't need to do it that way but thought it should be built with the tool I'm advertising. Again, flexibility is in the hands of the creator, but options are always good.

Enough for now. As always, please let me know your thoughts and ideas.

Happy coding!

Cheers

~Steve

 

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